Tonight, Brittany had her final Orchestra concert at Still Middle School. She played in the 8th Grade Orchestra as well as the Chamber Orchestra (Honors). They played Viva la Vida, Night at the Museum, Perseus, Farendole, and Shenandoah. They did a GREAT job! Sarah babysat the kids while Angela and I went and enjoyed the […]
Happy Anniversary, Angela! We can’t believe it! This year makes big 19! We’re getting old… Angela and I were able to steal away for a few minutes tonight and go out to dinner at La Hacienda. We both had steak and the chips and salsa were awesome! While we were gone, the kids had a
Today was quite the busy day for the family! Angela got up early and went shopping with some friends. It turns out that there is a new craze around coupon shopping and getting a TON of stuff for pretty cheap! Some call it “black belt couponing.” It takes some time to figure things out (where
Tonight Kirstyn and Zachary participated in the Gombert Elementary Variety Vortex show! Zach was a background dancer in a group number and it was so cute to see him in his shades doing his thing! 🙂 Kirstyn sang “You Belong to Me” by Taylor Swift. She did a GREAT job! The music she had was
Last night and tonight, Brittany was a shining star in the Still Middle School production of Guys and Dolls. She, along with all the other cast members worked very hard over the last couple of months and it really showed! There is a lot of talent there this year. Brittany was in the chorus and
Today, Brittany sang a duet in church with one of her friends. The title of the selection was “Everywhere I Go” by Sally DeFord. It was incredibly beautiful and they did a GREAT job. Brittany was nervous because she was singing both harmony and melody parts throughout. It was a very difficult song to sing,
Brittany is participating in the Still Middle School production of Guys and Dolls, and Angela and I have been very busy helping prepare for this. We were assigned to be the chairs of the ticket sales and distribution committee. We had to come up with the order form to go out to everyone, a ticket
Tonight we went to a concert at East Aurora High School put on by the BYU Idaho Sound Alliance and Vocal Union. This was presented to the community through the help of the Public Affairs arm of the church here, of which Angela is a part. She has worked very hard over the last couple of
Today Brittany had her track meet at Waubonsie High School. Right now she is trying to juggle being in the Musical and running track at the same time. She hasn’t been to many track practices and the coaches have been really good about this. With not much practice, however, she got her personal best time
We found out that my dad has to have open heart surgery next week! 🙁 For awhile now he’s been having chest pain, but ignored it somewhat. He told my brother Greg about it (who is a cardiac PA) who then listened to his heart. Dad has always had a slight murmur (rheumatic fever twice
Brittany made the High Honor Roll for the 3rd quarter! She was so excited! She got above a 3.8 and we are very proud of her efforts! She worked very hard all the way through the quarter. She told us that she was going to do it this quarter if it killed her and she
Today was Zach’s first day of spring soccer! He was so excited that he got up way early and got dressed and ready to go. At 7am he was ready to get in the car to go, and we didn’t have to be there until 10am! 🙂 It’s fun being his head coach and we
