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
Today I had the boys all by myself during the Memorial Day Parade!!! Sarah and Brittany were with the Metea Marching Band, Angela was helping Band, and Kirstyn was marching with the Still Middle School band. The boys and I had a great time relaxing and waiting for the parade to start. The kids (and
It’s GRADUATION DAY!!! Wow! Where did the time go! Today we attended our little “Silly Soapy’s” commencement ceremony at the University of Northern Illinois in Dekalb. We left really early to get a good seat, and even then, we had to split up. Angela and I were very close to the front, and Brittany and
Today we (and other families) threw a party for Sarah and all the graduating seniors from our ward. We were really worried at first because we couldn’t find a place to hold it. We looked all over and finally ended up asking the Anderson family (who’s house is still up for sale in Naperville) if
Today, Zach participated in the annual Gombert Field Day and had a blast. He loves going outside, doing all the games and having fun with all his friends. It sure is a great break from all the classwork! 🙂 Also, we found out some GREAT news!!! Brittany made Section Leader for Pit in the Marching
