Today, Ben and Zach started swimming lessons at Philips Waterpark. They are so excited to swim, and Zach thinks he’s a pro already! 🙂 It was so much fun to watch the two boys (in swim lanes right next to each other) work with their teachers and see how well they caught on. Ben is […]
Over the last 3 days, Sarah and Brittany were able to participate in a wonderful Stake Youth Conference in Nauvoo. It is great having Nauvoo so close! 🙂 They went down with a couple hundred youth and leaders and spent the time learning about church history, dancing, and the highlight: doing baptisms in the temple.
Today I had a GREAT day up in Milwaukee at an RLF Reconnect for my leadership program I participated in through work. Once a year, the Midwest region hosts one of these and people come from all over to renew relationships, learn about leadership concepts, discuss the book we are asked to read for the
Today, Ben and Zach saw the Aurora Fire Department testing out the fire hydrant in our yard and could not resist going out to check things out! The firemen were really nice and let them hang around. Then they got a picture with Ben and Zach! Quite funny! After that, Ben told me he wanted
Yea! It is finally here! The last day of school was today and the kids were VERY excited to be done! Sarah and Brittany have been wanting to be done for quite some time. This year was pretty hard for them and they were tired! I think we are excited to have Zach done to
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
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
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
Today was a great day! It was very hot and muggy, but we had a great time going to the memorial day parade in Aurora and watching the girls march! It was kind-of weird, however, as it was just Angela, the boys, and I watching. What a small group! 🙂 The girls did a GREAT
Today we had dinner with some friends and did some long overdue catching up. We had a great time. A highlight of our night (not a good one, by the way) was when Ben disappeared and we couldn’t find him. We thought he was playing with Zach in the basement. Turns out, he went up
Tonight Sarah and Brittany attended their Metea Music Award Night at the high school. Brittany received her letter jacket numerals along with her music pin, and Sarah received her music letter along with her pin as well. The picture below is the only one that turned out but aren’t they cute? 🙂 I stayed home
Tonight was seminary graduation. Both Sarah and Brittany completed the year with flying colors and both got the Stake President’s award. This includes 100% attendence, reading daily and finishing the book they are studying (Doctrine and Covenants), memorizing all 25 scripture mastery scriptures, and more. We are so proud of them. Sarah has received this
