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Special Stake Conference – Bishop Burton

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 of the church and what the church is doing to help those around the world.  🙂

We were very concerned at first because we ended up right up in front on the second row and were not sure how Ben would behave.  I took my iPad and he ended up playing with it the entire time and not making a peep!  That device is TOTALLY worth its weight in gold!  Not once did I have to tell him to be quiet  Whew!

After the meeting was over, we were able to shake his hand and Brittany was totally excited!  He was only able to shake a few hands before rushing out the side door due to his busy schedule so we considered ourselves very lucky that we were so close up front.  There were many wanting to shake his hand that didn’t get the opportunity.

 

By |2011-07-12T13:44:35-07:00June 5th, 2011|Church|0 Comments
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Father’s and Son’s Campout

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 soon as we got there, he starting running and never stopped until we went to bed!  🙂

We stopped on the way up there and got dinner at Chick Fil-A and then went and picked up some junk food.  We arrived and set up the tent, ate dinner, and then the boys had a blast climbing trees, playing Frisbee, and having fun with their friends that were there.

When it was time to go down to bed (the boys’ favorite part), we pulled out the junk food, ate a bunch, and watched a movie on my laptop.  They really love this because they can relax and I really love this because we can be together!

This morning when we got up, we got ready for breakfast.  Even after all the junk food, the boys were really hungry and ready to eat.  I had to cook breakfast with the bishopric and so as I was cooking, the boys tried to stay out of trouble.  We only had one injury when Ben was trying to help me with the pancakes and hit his arm on the hot griddle.  It burned him pretty bad (as you can see in the picture), but he was very brave and didn’t even cry.  Crazy!  I’m sure he’ll have a wicked scar from that.  He’s OK though.

Overall we had a wonderful time and I really enjoyed spending time with the boys!  We can’t wait to do it again!  We won’t wait until the next Father’s and Son’s Campout.  Maybe we’ll camp out in the back yard when mom and sisters are at Girl’s camp!  🙂

 

 

By |2011-07-12T13:40:20-07:00June 4th, 2011|Church, Home Life|0 Comments
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Zoo Field Trip!

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 her favorite animal was, research it, and then we were supposed to visit that animal during our visit.

Zach did his research about bats and wrote a great report to read to us.  It was fun to listen to what each boy had written.  🙂

The trip went really fast!  I think we were actually on the bus longer than we were in the zoo itself.  Each of the kids brought their own lunch and with my boys, as soon as we got to the zoo they wanted to eat!  🙂  I made them wait until they had found their animal and read their report so we could at least see some animals.  🙂  We ended up walking fast and seeing quite a bit in the couple of hours we were there!

Thanks for asking me to come, Zach!

By |2011-07-12T13:25:46-07:00June 1st, 2011|School|0 Comments
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