Today Sarah and the Metea Valley Marching Band boarded buses for Orlando! They are going to march in the Magic Kingdom Main Street Parade on Sunday afternoon and they are all SO excited! They have been looking forward to this for months! I’m sure they’ll keep themselves busy during the 36 hour drive! 🙂 After […]
Congratulations Brittany and Sarah! Today we found out that both Brittany and Sarah made it into higher audition groups in high school next year! They are so excited! Sarah was the most worried she wouldn’t make it but was extremely relieved when the results of the auditions came back! We are very impressed with the
Tonight the Young Women in our Ward had a fashion show, where they modeled modest clothing and formal ware. They had the gym decorated up like a runway with lights and balloons and had personal bios of the girls and their dresses. Sarah participated in the show and Brittany brought her friend and enjoyed the
Well, it’s that time of year again and Zachary will be playing spring soccer. Angela signed me up to be the head-coach this season which stunned me when I got the notices! 🙂 Anyway, tonight, we had a meeting for all soccer coaches where they talked about the rules of the league. We then picked
Tonight the Primary had a talent show at the church and both Kirstyn and Zachary participated in it. There were a lot of very cute and talented acts. Kirstyn played a song on her clarinet: and Zachary showed his reading talent as a display for “non-performing talents” on a tables they had set up: They
Tonight, our ward’s young men and young women had an etiquette dinner, sponsored by the Priests Quorum (16-18 year olds). They did a GREAT job and put a LOT of effort into making the night very memorable. It consisted of quizzes on how to have good etiquette and how to act in specific dining and
Tonight, Sarah and the rest of the Metea Valley High School freshman and sophomore fine arts students performed the school’s first “Collage” concert in the new auditorium, with more than 300 students participating in two consecutive shows to accommodate the massive crowds that poured in. We were all awestruck by the sounds of the various
Tonight Zachary and I went to Literacy night at Gombert Elementary. Unfortunately, Kirstyn was sick and couldn’t go, so we really missed her there. Zach LOVES reading and we think he has a photographic memory. The other day, he sat down at breakfast and looked at a placement of all the states with their capitols
Today Sarah and a bunch of the 16+ kids from our ward went to an area-wide “Mormon Prom.” This is a more formal church dance for all the Priests and Laurels (16+). Tickets were required and to go, you had to agree to abide by the church’s dress standards. Dates are not required but many
Today, Kirstyn had a reader’s theater in school, where she acted as Master of Ceremonies! She was very excited to do this and did a GREAT job! The theater was a collection of readings about famous African Americans. They were: 1) Phyllis Wheatley and the Famous Poets of Yesterday, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Great Migration,
Today Sarah went to Downer’s Grove North High School and participated in the Illinois State Solo and Ensemble Festival. She played a very hard piece that her private flute lesson teacher had given her (at least it looked incredibly hard to me)! She did a great job and the judge was impressed! 🙂 Naturally, she
Tonight I had a wonderful dinner and activity in downtown Chicago! At work, I am a member of the Customer Advisory Board for LogMeIn, a vendor we work with that provides us the ability to remote into people’s computers from anywhere. They had a dinner at Smith and Wollensky’s Steak and Chop House in downtown
