Today, Ben and Zach finished swimming lessons and boy were they bummed when the lesson was over. They want to take another set of lessons when we get back from our trip. We’ll see. They did a great job and they had great teachers. We’re going to practice a bunch with them when we go […]
Today, Kirstyn harvested her first vegetables from the garden! They were beautiful radishes and she was very happy about that as you can tell from the picture! 🙂 She can’t wait to see what comes up next! The garden is looking a little dead right now due to the intense heat and lack of rain.
Today, Kirstyn started her Northern Illinois University Summer Engineering Camp (NIU-EEP) that was part of the program she started on Saturdays not long ago. The program buses them out to NIU in Dekalb every day and they spend the whole day there learning about engineering, completing projects, and going on field trips. She loves the
Well, only one more year until she can date… That’s the first and foremost thing on Brittany’s mind today on her 15th birthday! She is quite the funny girl and she definitely keeps our family laughing at how boy-crazy she is! 🙂 It’s hard to believe that our little “itty bitty” is already 15 and
Today, Ben and Zach started swimming lessons at Philips Waterpark. They are so excited to swim, and Zach thinks he’s a pro already! 🙂 It was so much fun to watch the two boys (in swim lanes right next to each other) work with their teachers and see how well they caught on. Ben is
Over the last 3 days, Sarah and Brittany were able to participate in a wonderful Stake Youth Conference in Nauvoo. It is great having Nauvoo so close! 🙂 They went down with a couple hundred youth and leaders and spent the time learning about church history, dancing, and the highlight: doing baptisms in the temple.
Today I had a GREAT day up in Milwaukee at an RLF Reconnect for my leadership program I participated in through work. Once a year, the Midwest region hosts one of these and people come from all over to renew relationships, learn about leadership concepts, discuss the book we are asked to read for the
Today, Ben and Zach saw the Aurora Fire Department testing out the fire hydrant in our yard and could not resist going out to check things out! The firemen were really nice and let them hang around. Then they got a picture with Ben and Zach! Quite funny! After that, Ben told me he wanted
Yea! It is finally here! The last day of school was today and the kids were VERY excited to be done! Sarah and Brittany have been wanting to be done for quite some time. This year was pretty hard for them and they were tired! I think we are excited to have Zach done to
Today we had a special Stake Conference that was not on the normal schedule. Bishop Burton of the Presiding Bishopric came to speak to us and it was a wonderful meeting! He is Brittany’s idol (if you can say that about a general authority), because she loves it when he talks about the welfare program
Last night and this morning, Ben, Zach, and I had our annual Fathers and Son’s Campout with the ward. We had a GREAT time! Zach was VERY excited (as usual), and Ben was happy as well. This was Ben’s first trip. He was a little nervous because he didn’t know what to expect, but as
Today I was a chaperone for Zach and his school class at Brookfield zoo! I did this with Kirstyn and had a blast, so I volunteered to help with Zach as well. I only had 3 kids (including Zach) and that worked out VERY well. Each kid was supposed to figure out what his or
