Today was an incredibly busy day! Most of it was taken up by the District 204 Fine Arts Festival in which all of our kids (except Ben, of course) were involved. Zachary had art that was selected to be displayed. Kirstyn sang with her choir, played with her band, and had art selected. Brittany had […]
Tonight, Zachary, Kirstyn, and I went to the Kane County Cougars baseball game. Tonight was one of the “Ozzie Reading Club” nights where school kids can get free tickets, free hot dogs and drinks, and free t-shirts for reading a certain number of books! 🙂 When we got there, we found our seats, which were
Tonight Brittany had her final chorus concert at Still. She sang both with the 8th grade chorus and her honors chorus groups. They sounded great! We’re not done with the Still Middle School music program, however, as Kirstyn will be here next year doing both band and orchestra. Brittany sure has loved being in music
Tonight, our family held its 6th annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner. It’s getting more and more difficult to coordinate now that we have 4 kids in school! 🙂 All the kids invite 1 or 2 teachers they feel have impacted their lives in a good way during the year and we invite them over for a
Yesterday, Angela went down to Indianapolis with some of her friends from the ward to the Indy Mini (half-marathon). She was going to run but decided to cheer her friends on instead. It was freezing cold and she was shivering the whole time. They had a great outing and had fun together. There were also
Tonight, Kirstyn had her final chorus concert at Gombert. She loves singing, and will have a great time next year in Middle School both singing AND playing her clarinet. She also had a speaking part which surprised me because I had no clue (normal). 🙂 They sang some pretty complicated songs which had multiple parts
Tonight, Brittany had her final Orchestra concert at Still Middle School. She played in the 8th Grade Orchestra as well as the Chamber Orchestra (Honors). They played Viva la Vida, Night at the Museum, Perseus, Farendole, and Shenandoah. They did a GREAT job! Sarah babysat the kids while Angela and I went and enjoyed the
Happy Anniversary, Angela! We can’t believe it! This year makes big 19! We’re getting old… Angela and I were able to steal away for a few minutes tonight and go out to dinner at La Hacienda. We both had steak and the chips and salsa were awesome! While we were gone, the kids had a
Today was quite the busy day for the family! Angela got up early and went shopping with some friends. It turns out that there is a new craze around coupon shopping and getting a TON of stuff for pretty cheap! Some call it “black belt couponing.” It takes some time to figure things out (where
