First Semester Finals Start!
Finals started today for the high school! Good luck Brittany and Sarah! They have been studying pretty hard and we are all keeping our fingers crossed that the studying will pay off!
School
2010
Home Life
Let it Snow!
Today was the first big snow of the season! The boys were totally pumped to go outside and play in it. They got all bundled up and had a chat about what they wanted to do outside. The first thing they decided on was to try and build a castle. That said, they got out
Church
Naperville Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
Today was the Naperville Mayor’s Community Prayer Breakfast that they hold annually. This is hosted by the Heritage YMCA in Naperville. This year, Angela was on the board to plan and produce the event! 🙂 She was in charge of all of the music. The program included music which Angela arranged, scripture and special guest
Home Life
The Builders!
Today was a day of building stuff! Ben is really into his blocks and building castles and such. He loves to build stuff and then when he is finished, he finds us and wants a picture taken… Once the picture is taken, he then wants to see it to make sure it’s OK and he
Home Life
Black Friday!
This year, we are trying to take things a little lighter and not buy as much as we did last year. We want to spend more time this season contemplating the true meaning of Christmas and not spend it shopping! We got a large chunk of our shopping out of the way today and were
Home Life
Thanksgiving Blessings
Today we had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a couple of families over to celebrate with us. Initially, Angela had said it would be very low-key, but I think my definition of low-key is a LOT different than hers! 🙂 We cleaned like crazy, cooked like crazy, and prepared like crazy to get ready for
Home Life
Just Dance 2 Party!
Recently, Angela entered to win a Just Dance 2 Party and won (she seems to be winning a lot of this stuff lately)! She got the Wii Just Dance 2 Game for free along with a bunch of other stuff to host a party. She and the girls invited over friends and had a girls
Home Life
Creative Little Boys!
The boys had a very creative day today! They got out Zach’s Thomas the Tank Engine track set and built a person on the floor of the family room. They were SO proud of it! We had to take some pictures because we knew that shortly thereafter, the wrecking balls (a.k.a Ben and Zach) would
Home Life, School
Kirstyn EEP!
As we mentioned in an earlier post, Kirstyn applied for and was accepted to a girls engineering program at Northern Illinois University (Naperville Campus). It’s called NIU EEP (Northern Illinois University Enhancing Engineering Pathways) and is designed to get middle school girls interested in engineering fields of study. Today was her first day and she
Church
Primary Party and Church Production
Today, Zach and Kirstyn had a Primary party at the church that they went to. After that, I stayed home with Ben and the rest of the family went to Savior of the World. It was a great production put on by the Naperville Stake. It was a musical drama presented with a live chorus
School
Kirstyn Chorus Concert!
Tonight, Kirstyn had her first middle school chorus concert and did a GREAT job! Zach and Ben came too and we were floored that they also did a great job sitting still and quiet. Right after Kirstyn sang, I took the boys and we walked home while the rest stayed and enjoyed the singing of
Work-Related
Work Thanksgiving Party!
Today, we had the Grant Thornton Thanksgiving party. Our division was assigned to bring the main dish, so I signed-up to bring meatballs. Little did I know that my boss had just given the event planning group some money to buy all the stuff. 🙂 From the list, I looked like I was the only