Tonight was the second night of the Still Musical and Kirstyn did an awesome job as well (according to Brittany). We didn’t have tickets for night 2 but went over at the end to help clean up and strike the set. After getting everything cleaned up, I took Brittany (because she wanted to be social […]
Tonight Kirstyn had the Still Middle School Musical called “Once on This Island,” and Zach had Gombert Poetry Night. Both were very excited to be participating. I took Kirstyn over to the musical and Angela took Zach over to the poetry night. I was kind-of bummed because Poetry Night finished up and Angela was able
Tonight we had a fun time with Zach as we went to Gombert Elementary for Literacy Night. The boys especially had the most fun listening to stories, and participating in activities. The son of a friend of ours from another school came over with a storytelling group and performed for the kids. It was pretty
Tonight we had a “I’m a Mormon” fireside activity at the church for a ward activity. It was very well put together. We had a wonderful presentation in the chapel, and then afterwards, we had refreshments and booths/displays about all facets of the church in a “trade show” format around the outside walls of the
Today we took all the youth 12 and up to the temple to do baptisms. It was a great experience and it was nice to have all three of my daughters up there. This was Sarah’s last trip as a youth and she was kind-of sad that her time is almost up. 🙁
This evening we had our Pearls of Wisdom event at the church. This is to honor all the graduating seniors. Sarah had a huge amount of stuff set up for a display table and it was fun to see. There were 4 seniors that participated. Each senior was introduced by a sibling (Brittany spoke and
Today Sarah paid taxes for the first time!!! She came in a little close to the deadline, but no worries. She ended up having to pay Illinois taxes (go figure – this state is so screwed up)… On a much better note, Metea Valley High School had their big end-of-the-year bash, which they called Senior
Today we had day 2 of our RLF Re-connect, and it was even better than the first day! Cliff Higbee (our facilitator) flew out from Salt Lake just to be there with us. He’s a great guy and we all respect him quite a bit. We met at the Eaglewood Resort and found an area
Today I had an absolutely wonderful day! We held day 1 of a 2-day Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) Re-connect with a bunch of the folks from our group. We had 8 or 9 people there and we met at the Eaglewood Resort in Elgin. We read a fascinating book on leadership called It’s Your Ship
Today we finally got the outside wood on the house painted! It was MUCH needed and I had put it off for so long. We found a painter that had done other homes in our neighborhood and had done a great job. He power washed the wood and prepared it yesterday, and then painted today.
Yesterday we filled all the plastic eggs we had with candy and hid them in the back yard for our annual family Easter egg hunt. The boys had a blast! We invited the two little boys from next door over to join and they had a lot of fun as well. It was fun watching
Angela was called last week to be a Den Mom for our Pack and she is very excited! 🙂 She can’t wait until Zach becomes a Cub in July. She had her first Den Meeting today and although the kids are pretty rowdy, she had a great time and loves doing things with the boys.
