Tonight, our ward’s young men and young women had an etiquette dinner, sponsored by the Priests Quorum (16-18 year olds). They did a GREAT job and put a LOT of effort into making the night very memorable. It consisted of quizzes on how to have good etiquette and how to act in specific dining and […]
Tonight, Sarah and the rest of the Metea Valley High School freshman and sophomore fine arts students performed the school’s first “Collage” concert in the new auditorium, with more than 300 students participating in two consecutive shows to accommodate the massive crowds that poured in. We were all awestruck by the sounds of the various
Tonight Zachary and I went to Literacy night at Gombert Elementary. Unfortunately, Kirstyn was sick and couldn’t go, so we really missed her there. Zach LOVES reading and we think he has a photographic memory. The other day, he sat down at breakfast and looked at a placement of all the states with their capitols
Today Sarah and a bunch of the 16+ kids from our ward went to an area-wide “Mormon Prom.” This is a more formal church dance for all the Priests and Laurels (16+). Tickets were required and to go, you had to agree to abide by the church’s dress standards. Dates are not required but many
Today, Kirstyn had a reader’s theater in school, where she acted as Master of Ceremonies! She was very excited to do this and did a GREAT job! The theater was a collection of readings about famous African Americans. They were: 1) Phyllis Wheatley and the Famous Poets of Yesterday, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Great Migration,
Today Sarah went to Downer’s Grove North High School and participated in the Illinois State Solo and Ensemble Festival. She played a very hard piece that her private flute lesson teacher had given her (at least it looked incredibly hard to me)! She did a great job and the judge was impressed! 🙂 Naturally, she
Tonight I had a wonderful dinner and activity in downtown Chicago! At work, I am a member of the Customer Advisory Board for LogMeIn, a vendor we work with that provides us the ability to remote into people’s computers from anywhere. They had a dinner at Smith and Wollensky’s Steak and Chop House in downtown
Today we celebrated Ben’s birthday with a little party. He was very excited to have us sing to him and to open his present. He couldn’t do it fast enough! 🙂 He was so funny to watch! He would get a present, rifle through the bag, see what it was, get excited for about 5
Today, Brittany was involved in the regional Solo and Ensemble festival which she has participated in in the past couple of years as well. This morning, she sang in a girls ensemble of 6 girls and they did a GREAT job! 🙂 Brittany sang alto. She then went back in the afternoon and played a
Happy Birthday to Benjamin! Today he turned 2! My how time flies! It’s hard to believe that our little guy is growing up so fast! Brittany and Kirstyn made him a VERY cute cake (picture will be posted when I finally pull it off the camera) and we sang to him and he smiled and
Kirstyn had a GREAT band concert tonight. The three elementary schools that their band teacher teaches at, were combined together at Scullen Middle School for the concert. It is hard to believe that the kids have only been playing for about 6 months! They sound GREAT! I know, I know, I said this with both
Angela had a slight delay in getting home and didn’t walk through the front door of our home until about 3:00am! She was exhausted, but had a GREAT time! They left Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday, they shopped, went to the “Lion King” show, and had a blast, Friday, they went to Hoover Dam and
