Today Zach went to school and met his new teacher, Mr. Farrell! He was very excited because he knows Mr. Farrell a little bit from when Kirstyn had him for math. Zach can’t wait for school to start. I hope that his teacher feels that way too! 🙂 I’m sure Mr. Farrell got an update […]
Tonight we had the Anderson family over for dinner. They are good friends of ours and moved awhile back from Naperville to Long Island, NY. We miss having them here and I think they really miss being here too! 🙂 We had a great dinner of burgers, brats, chicken, and all kinds of stuff. Then
Today, Kirstyn, Zach, and Ben went to Phillips Park (and the Zoo) with Angela. They had a GREAT time playing in the park, getting wet, and really enjoying themselves. After getting worn out by all the playing at the zoo, Zach had his first football practice, with me as an assistant coach! We have a
Today was Angela’s 29th birthday! 🙂 We so many things going on that we really didn’t even have time to celebrate much, of which we feel really bad. We had a great day, though! Sarah was gone all day to a Marching Band leadership camp. They went canoeing down the fox river for a couple
Today kicked-off the official start of the St. Raphael Football season! Zach went to the first day of his “hitters” camp for the 1st and 2nd year players. He is very excited to be playing again this year, and I’m excited to be coaching him this year! The coach that he will have is an
Today, the girls came home from camp! We sure missed them! They had a really fun time! Brittany got to go on the 4th year canoe trip, Sarah was a Youth Camp Leader (YCL), and Kirstyn just totally enjoyed her first year and can’t wait to go back. It seems like everything lately is a
Today, all three of the girls and Angela took off to girl’s camp in Indiana. Angela is helping out at camp this year because it’s the only year that all three of the girls will be there together. It’s Sarah’s last year and Kirstyn’s first! Brittany is a 4th year and is excited to get
Today to celebrate Pioneer Day, we had some friends over and made tinfoil dinners and cooked them up on the grill. It was a far cry from the way they did things in 1847! We sure take for granted many of the modern conveniences we have today, that’s for sure! The food tasted great and
Today, the family (minus Kirk who had to go to work) went blueberry picking! They had a fun time and ended up picking 30 pounds! Everyone we told couldn’t believe it! The funny thing is that the farm said you could eat while picking, so Ben ended up eating probably 2 pounds of blueberries while
The new washer and dryer arrived today! I got them installed when I got home and they look great! They’re just like new toys! Angela loves to do laundry now, and so do the kids! The machines are SO quiet and you can’t even tell they’re running until you hear the little “laundry’s done” musical
Tonight we had a Ward Temple Night and what an awesome night it was. As part of Youth Conference, we came up with names for the girls to do baptisms for in Nauvoo. We asked the Raketic family if we could do the work for their family, and they said that we could. Brittany and
Today we went out shopping and found an awesome washer/dryer set for a great deal! It’s an Electrolux front-load set and we are excited to have them delivered! On a more fun note, the girls went to a combined Young Women and Young Men activity at the church with the 2 other wards in our
