Well, EFY is now over and I drove down to Normal IL to pick up Brittany and some other folks that went down. That’s one of my favorite things to do. It’s great driving back home listening to all the fun stories and such from the kids. 🙂 The only thing I don’t like is […]
Today, Zachary had his baptism interview with the Bishop. He is so excited to get baptized! We also dressed him up and took pictures for his announcement. We also got a call from Brittany this morning and she said she met this “really hot” guy down at EFY and she said his name was Baxter.
Today Kirstyn started a summer chorus program at Metea Valley High School. It is for all the middle schools in the district to give them practice and prepare them for the next year. Our district is great at doing these kinds of programs and it is wonderful to see how much time and effort they
Today, Brittany went off to EFY in Normal, IL. She is SO excited! Initially we weren’t going to let her go because she is saving money for her Florida road-trip with the Marching Band during Christmas Break, but we gave in and decided to let her go. She comes back acting so nice and has
Over the last 2 days, Brittany has been participating in our Stake Youth Conference. She really enjoyed it. It’s weird now that Sarah “too grown up” for that kind of thing. Having only 1 daughter attend is strange. Next year, Kirstyn will be able to go. This year, Youth Conference was centered around a Book
Today, Brittany had her sweet 16 birthday party! We spent a lot of time planning and getting ready for this, and she invited about 70 people! We had the party at Waubonsie Lake Park in a newly constructed and very nice pavilion with a fireplace, a great amount of space, and overlooking the lake. It
Today was a busy day in our household! Kirstyn started her 2nd year of Engineering Camp at Northern Illinois University and is looking forward to a great week. She’s going to the camp with Ashley Smith, one of her best friends, so they should have a wonderful time. Ben and Zach also started swimming lessons.
Tonight, Sarah attended a BYU Jumpstart Party at the home of an alumni here in Naperville (member of the Naperville 1st Ward). They had a great time meeting many of the incoming freshmen they would be going to school with. The main reason to pull them all together was to give them a pep talk
Today Sarah started her second job! We are very excited for her and with 2 jobs, she should be able to make enough money to almost cover her first year of school (with the savings she had already)! She is being a nanny for the neighbor of some friends in our ward. There are 2
Last night, the boys and I went to the annual father’s and son’s campout! We had a GREAT time and the boys really enjoyed being with their dad. We always go to the Blackwell Forest Preserve, and as you can tell by the pictures below, it’s quite the groomed camping area! 🙂 True to tradition,
Today was the last day of school for Brittany, Kirstyn and Zach. Sarah thought it was funny that they had to go and acted like she was an adult on vacation this past week! Something made her think that because she wasn’t in school and didn’t have to take finals that she was entitled to
It’s that time!!! Finals week has started and Brittany and Kirstyn (especially Brittany) are really stressed and are studying hard. Good luck girls! Sarah is really excited because for the first time, she doesn’t have to worry about finals during finals week!!! She is really looking forward to sitting at home and thinking about what
