Tonight we had the Metea Valley High School Marching Band banquet and had a great time. Kirstyn watched the boys, while Angela and I went with Sarah and Brittany and stuffed ourselves with roast beef sandwiches, pasta, and great desserts! After eating, we watched a great video presentation of the marching season, the kids were […]
Zach got his football pictures the other day and I just got around to posting them today. He is such a cute little football player. He has a great team and really nice and helpful coaches. Even though they have yet to win a game, they sure have a lot of fun! Zach loves playing
On MUCH better news than on yesterday’s post, today was Sarah’s Birthday!!! SWEET 17! Yikes! It is amazing how fast time flies. Just yesterday, we were in Provo bathing Sarah in the kitchen sink! 🙂 We celebrated a little but with Zach’s football practice and Young Women/Young Men activites, we were pretty swamped! We’ll celebrate
Today we received some terrible news… The dad of one of Sarah’s best friends and friend of our family passed away. Lonny Greenwald left behind his wife Jackie, and 2 daughters, Rebecca and Emily. It was quite a shock. We just chaperoned with him at the Homecoming Dance on Saturday, and he ran and finished
Part 2 of our very busy Saturday consisted of football and the Metea Valley High School Homecoming Dance! Zachary had his football game and played pretty well. He is still starting at center and today, he didn’t have a single missed snap! What a cute little football player he is. He is trying really hard
Today was an absolute crazy day! We had tons of things going on. Early this morning, Angela and her Public Affairs cohort, Julie Stevenson left to go to Bourbonnais, IL to a preparedness fair that they have been working extremely hard on coordinating for the past 6-8 months! There were groups from all over who
Tonight was the final Metea Marching Mustangs performance on the field. 🙁 On a good note, they had their best halftime show of the season and did a wonderful job! I absolutely loved being part of the pit crew and will miss hanging out with the pit dads at games. We had a great time!
Last night, Mom and Dad Hobbs were set apart as missionaries, and today they finally went into the MTC after weeks of preparing and getting excited! Jeremy (Angela’s Brother) took them down and dropped them off. They were just like two little kids on Christmas morning! 🙂 They only get to spend a week in
Today, Sarah and Brittany participated in a REALLY cool Billy Joel Tribute concert at the high school as part of their marching band season and show. They played all the music in their marching show and a Billy Joel cover band was there and played a bunch of music as well. Angela and Kirstyn went
Tonight, Sarah was inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society. I went last year, so this year, I stayed home with the kids while Angela went and supported Sarah. This is her second year in Tri-M. 🙂 The Tri-M Music Honor Society is the international music honor society for middle/junior high and high school students.
Today, the Metea Valley High School Marching Mustangs went to a competition at Northern Illinois University (NIU) to perform. They didn’t “officially compete” but were on the program to give them a competition-like experience. The Fine Arts Department Chair, Mr. Devany (who is also the band director), doesn’t really believe in the full-fledged “competition model”
This week was a CRAZY week in the health deparment. Every single one of our kids was sick at one point or another. Angela and I have escaped the bugs so far and are feeling very blessed right now! It’s tough for the kids to miss school around here. One day and it seems like
