AP Calculus Test
Today Sarah took her AP Calculus Test! She felt VERY good about it and hopes to get a strong 4 if not a 5. We’ll keep our fingers crossed! She should get some good college credit out of this one!
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2011
Home Life, School
20 Years!!!
Today marks the BIG 20 year mark for Angela and me! Wow! How time has flown. It seems like yesterday that we got married, and now it’s been 20 years, 5 kids later, and a few gray hairs. OK, more than a few gray hairs… 🙂 We are planning a 20th anniversary get-away when we
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AP Psychology Test
Today Sarah took her AP Psychology Test! Let’s hope all the studying paid-off! 🙂 She didn’t think it was too hard, but has no idea on how she may have done. We’re all keeping our fingers crossed!
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Teacher Appreciation Night
Tonight, we had our 7th (I think) annual Teacher Appreciation night! Brittany and Zach had school teachers there, and Brittany and Sarah had one of their Seminary teachers there. It was a crazy time and we wish that more teachers could have come, but we had a great time! We had dinner for them, and
Home Life
Jim and Heather Visit
Over the past few days (26th through today), Angela’s Brother Jim, his wife Heather, and their 3 kids came to visit us. They were out in Wisconsin for the funeral of Heather’s Grandmother and decided to extend their vacation and come down and see us. We had a great time! The boys were really excited
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Sarah ACT (Round 2)
Today, Sarah took the ACT for the second time. She has been studying very hard and taking all kinds of practice tests. She really wants to get at least a 30. She said that this one was a little bit easier than the last one. Hmmm… I wonder if it has anything to do with
Home Life
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter everyone! Today we had a great Easter Sunday! Church meetings were wonderful and then after that, we went over to some friends’ house and had a wonderful dinner. Most of my early morning meetings were cancelled so I didn’t have to get up as early and didn’t have any after meeting appointments! Yea!
Home Life, School
Easter Egg Hunt & Kane County Cougars
Today was a pretty busy day! The boys had an Easter egg hunt with some friends (Kirstyn helped out as well). They got loaded up on candy and had fun playing at the park as well. After Zach got back from the egg hunt, he and I went to the Kane County Cougars baseball game
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Our Little Scientist
Tonight was the Gombert Elementary School Science Fair. Zach had been wanting to do the Science Fair for some time now, so we worked with him on a project that he thought was really cool! The title of his project was “Solid or Liquid? A Study in Non-Newtonian Suspension.” Pretty fancy, huh? 🙂 He made
Church, Home Life
Coloring Contest and Ward Party
When we were shopping a month or so ago at Jewel, Zach picked up a sheet to color for their annual coloring contest. He entered and we found out that he WON for his age group! 🙂 What a kick in the pants we thought that was! Zach is not known for his patience with
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District Technology Strategy Meeting
This morning, I took Mike and Pat to the Naperville train station and dropped them off. They took the Amtrak train downtown and then to Quincy, IL, where they rented another car and drove to Nauvoo. They’ll stay there for a couple of days and then drive to St. Louis and fly home. What a
Home Life
Uncle Mike and Aunt Patricia Come!
A couple of months ago, we got a call out of the blue from my Uncle Mike and Aunt Pat. They were taking a trip out to our area (to see Chicago and then Nauvoo) and wanted to know if they could stay with us for a couple of days! We were excited for visitors