Christmas Eve is always a memorable time around our house! As in years past, we got together with friends for a great and also spiritual evening of food, service, acting, and fun! This evening, we got together with 2 other families for our 4th annual Christmas Eve festivities. We started off having a wonderful meal […]
The kids are really excited! Today was the last day of school before Christmas Break (or should I say Winter Break to be politically correct)! 🙂 Brittany and Sarah finished up their finals and were VERY relieved to be done with them! This semester has been a tough one for them, but they have worked
Today we had a Christmas program during Sacrament Meeting at church. It turned out wonderfully well. The choir performed a cantata in which Brittany and Sarah both sang, and Sarah played her flute as accompaniment during one of the songs. They sounded really good. They like singing in the choir, since they aren’t in chorus
Tonight we had our Ward Christmas Party and we had a great time! Santa came first and the boys were really excited! They couldn’t wait to get to the church and tell Santa what they wanted. As is to be expected, every time we ask the boys what they want from Santa, the list changes
Angela went up to the high school tonight for the Academic Planning event the school was holding. It never ceases to amaze us at how fast time is flying! In less than 18 months, Sarah could be starting college (if she gets in on a summer track). If not, only 21 months! Yikes! The whole
For the last 3 days, I have been in Austin Texas at Dell Corporation. We are rolling out a new internet-based product that will help us with our asset management. The trip was a lot of fun and we had a great time! In addition to the great people at Dell training us on what
Tonight, Sarah and Brittany participated in the 2nd Annual Metea Valley High School Collage Concert! They did a great job! Unfortunately, I was out of town and was really bummed that I missed it. Angela took Kirstyn and the boys and went and it was quite the experience for her. I think that Ben kicked
Finals started today for the high school! Good luck Brittany and Sarah! They have been studying pretty hard and we are all keeping our fingers crossed that the studying will pay off!
Today was the first big snow of the season! The boys were totally pumped to go outside and play in it. They got all bundled up and had a chat about what they wanted to do outside. The first thing they decided on was to try and build a castle. That said, they got out
Today was the Naperville Mayor’s Community Prayer Breakfast that they hold annually. This is hosted by the Heritage YMCA in Naperville. This year, Angela was on the board to plan and produce the event! 🙂 She was in charge of all of the music. The program included music which Angela arranged, scripture and special guest
Today was a day of building stuff! Ben is really into his blocks and building castles and such. He loves to build stuff and then when he is finished, he finds us and wants a picture taken… Once the picture is taken, he then wants to see it to make sure it’s OK and he
This year, we are trying to take things a little lighter and not buy as much as we did last year. We want to spend more time this season contemplating the true meaning of Christmas and not spend it shopping! We got a large chunk of our shopping out of the way today and were
