Zach had soccer practice this morning and then team pictures this afternoon. It’s really fun being their coach, and it is quite humorous too! During the clinic and practice, the expert leader teaches them some things and then we go back and practice. It’s funny to watch them. During the scrimmage part of the clinic, […]
Tonight we had a church activity (HP Group) going to a Chicago White Sox game! A friend of ours in our ward works for Waste Management and they have a box suite at the park. We hung out, ate food, watched the game, and had a great time! The Sox won 2-0. It wasn’t close
Tonight Sarah was inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society at Metea Valley High School. The Tri-M Music Honor Society is the international music honor society for middle/junior high and high school students. It is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical achievements, reward them for their accomplishments and service activities, and to
Today I finished up my last session of the Midwest Regional Leadership Forum (RLF)! We had a wonderful session and had great speakers and book discussions. I can’t believe I read 35 books like that in 9 months! I won’t miss that much reading, but the friends I have made and the experiences I had
Today was quite the day. Zachary had his first day of soccer! He was SOOOO excited to go this morning! Angela volunteered me to be the assistant coach so I was involved today as well! 🙂 It’s been a LONG time since I played soccer but it really doesn’t matter that much with kids in
Tonight was a great night for Sarah and the Metea Valley Marching Mustangs! It was 8th Grade Night, and so all the 8th grade students from the middle schools that go to Metea came and rehearsed with the high school band. Sarah got to be in charge of some additional people and show the 8th
Today Brittany had another Cross Country meet! She was feeling much better than she did on Tuesday and performed much better as well. She raced hard and passed 3 runners at the end. She was very excited! With hard work, she will continue to get better and better as the season progresses. Unfortunately I wasn’t
Tonight was an eye-opener for me! Sarah, Brittany and I attended a meeting at the Stake Center in Naperville where representatives from the 4 Church Schools (BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii, and LDS Business College) gave a presentation about attending these (or any other) for that matter. They also talked about the institute programs of the church
Today turned out very well! At work, as part of the Grant Thornton Leadership Program that I am taking part in, one of the areas of the program is to take on a leadership role to give back to the firm. I was asked to co-chair the IT Leadership Council, a group of my peers
Angela still is in a LOT of pain and couldn’t even get up to go to church today. I took all the kids and she was able to get about 4 hours of undisturbed rest. By the end of the day today, however, she was able to get up by herself (still very slowly) and
Today was a great day for Sarah! After getting home from the hospital and getting about 2 hours of sleep, we got up with Sarah and took her to the high school at 5am for a trip to participate with the Northwestern University Wildcat band for pre-game and halftime shows for the football game! She
Today was a GREAT day! I got out of work early for an Oakbrook IT picnic at a nearby park. We had a great time and had lots of food to eat and games to play. I was there for a couple of hours and then had to leave to see Sarah play in the
