Today we celebrated Ben’s birthday with a little party. He was very excited to have us sing to him and to open his present. He couldn’t do it fast enough! 🙂 He was so funny to watch! He would get a present, rifle through the bag, see what it was, get excited for about 5 […]
Today, Brittany was involved in the regional Solo and Ensemble festival which she has participated in in the past couple of years as well. This morning, she sang in a girls ensemble of 6 girls and they did a GREAT job! 🙂 Brittany sang alto. She then went back in the afternoon and played a
Happy Birthday to Benjamin! Today he turned 2! My how time flies! It’s hard to believe that our little guy is growing up so fast! Brittany and Kirstyn made him a VERY cute cake (picture will be posted when I finally pull it off the camera) and we sang to him and he smiled and
Kirstyn had a GREAT band concert tonight. The three elementary schools that their band teacher teaches at, were combined together at Scullen Middle School for the concert. It is hard to believe that the kids have only been playing for about 6 months! They sound GREAT! I know, I know, I said this with both
Angela had a slight delay in getting home and didn’t walk through the front door of our home until about 3:00am! She was exhausted, but had a GREAT time! They left Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday, they shopped, went to the “Lion King” show, and had a blast, Friday, they went to Hoover Dam and
Today we worked hard to get the house clean because Angela was coming back home from her Vegas trip! While we were cleaning, Kirstyn went over to a nearby middle school and took the PA math test to see if she could advance two grades ahead in math next year instead of the one year
After a day of working at home and hoping Benjamin’s brain wouldn’t turn to mush watching TV while I worked, Sarah and I drove into downtown Chicago to go to the Chicago Auto Show! We had a lot of fun just hanging out, looking at all the new and concept cars, and enjoying each other’s
Today, Angela and 4 other friends left for a “girls vacation” and flew to Las Vegas for 3 days! They are staying with the parents of one of her friends and going to a show, check out the strip, go to Hoover Dam, attend the temple, do some shopping, and just relax! We’ll give a
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I wasn’t very creative this year but I did give Angela a dozen long-stemmed roses and some chocolate. She enjoyed them. We had a long but good day at church and then had a nice Valentine’s day dinner. What an interesting holiday that has no real explanation of where it came
Tonight I had to go to the Blue and Gold Banquet for our Cub Scout Pack. Zach really wanted to come with also, and Brittany was invited to go and do face painting. As I was getting ready to go and was buttoning-up my scout shirt, Zachary saw my old scout shirt from when I
Tonight I drove to Wisconsin after work to meet a bunch of folks from our Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) group for a reconnect. We have decided as a group to meet 4 times a year (once each quarter) to discuss a book, have dinner together, have a guest speaker where possible, and to renew our
Today was a VERY interesting day! A big storm hit us and we got about 8 inches of snow overnight. It was cold and blowing so it wasn’t very pleasant. To add to that, at about 4am, we woke up to the house shaking. For about 10-12 seconds, the bed shook and immediately we knew
