2012

School

Zach’s First Student Council Meeting

Zach had his first Student Council meeting since being elected class representative.  He was so excited to go and really participate in Student Government.  He said he can’t wait to make some changes that will be good for the school.  What the little politician!  🙂  Have fun and make a difference Zach!

Home Life

Standards Night

Tonight we had Standards Night at the church.  Hopefully the kids enjoyed it.  It never ceases to amaze me the difference in the written questions or responses we get from the kids prior to the event.  This year, we asked all the kids to make a list of the top 10 things they are looking

Home Life

Flu Shots

Today was flu shot day!  🙁  We all piled into the van like a herd of buffalo and drove over to the doctor’s office. I’m sure they thought it was humorous when we all came walking in and Ben had that scared to death look on his face.  Both he and Zach didn’t want to

Church, Home Life

Zach Gets Bobcat!

Tonight at Cub Scout Pack Meeting, Zach received his Bobcat rank!  For the first time ever,  Angela and I got to go up and have Zach pin on mom’s first scouting pin!!!!  Yea!!! Great work Zach!  He is really excited about Cub Scouts and can’t wait to do more and get his Wolf rank advancement. 

School

Marching Band Banquet

Tonight we had the Metea Valley Marching Mustangs marching band banquet.  The kids had a great time, and as usual, had a great time laughing about all the inside joke stuff while all the parents sat there wondering what all the humor was about.  🙂  Angela and I helped out with setting up and serving

Church, Home Life

General Conference – Exciting News!

This weekend was a VERY busy and VERY exciting!  A friend of ours went to the BYU vs. Utah State Game and saw Sarah.  He sent us a picture of her and Kristen Blackham together… He said they looked like they were having a TON of fun and really enjoying themselves! General Conference was this

School

8th Grade Band Night at the Game

Tonight the Metea  Valley Marching Mustangs held their 8th grade band night where all the feeder school 8th graders came and participated with the Marching Band.  They played the national anthem, the school fight song, and other pre-game stuff.  They got to come and meet Marching Band members who they will hopefully be playing with

School

Tri-M Induction

Tonight, Brittany was inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society.  She is very excited and enjoys so much her involvement in music in our school district.  We are so grateful that our district focuses so much on the Arts!  Great job Brittany!

Home Life

Leaking Foundation

Again!!!  We have another crack in our foundation that is leaking and got the carpet all wet in a different place.  So, we had to pull off the wallboard and get things cleaned up.  🙁  I then went outside and started digging a hole so it could be patched from the outside.  🙁  The funny

Home Life

Brittany’s First Day of Work!

Brittany got a job working at Anderson’s Bookstore and today was her first day of work!  Right now, she’s working in the warehouse sorting and getting books ready for book fairs at schools all over the area.  She really enjoys it and loves the people she works with, including one of her best friends!  Great

Home Life

AMI and Memorial Walk

Today Angela had an American Mother’s meeting at our house and so we all did our best to run errands and keep things quiet while they were in their meeting.  We had about 10 or so people show up from around Illinois.  This evening we had a special event that we went to.  About a

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