WOW! It’s hard to believe it! Sarah turned 16 today! It’s amazing how fast time flies! It was just yesterday that we were poor, struggling, college students bathing our little Sarah in our kitchen sink when she was only 3 months old! 🙂 Brittany planned a GREAT surprise party for Sarah! She invited a bunch […]
Today was Zachary’s first full soccer game. The last 3 weeks have been spent in clinics and scrimmages for the Kindergarten-age kids. The team has become MUCH better since the first week they practiced! 🙂 Zachary’s team won 5-2 and ZACHARY SCORED A GOAL!!! 🙂 He was playing fullback and got the ball. There wasn’t
Brittany had a good run today in the Aurora “City of Lights” tournament with multiple school districts participating. They ran all the 7th and 8th grade girls together. Still Middle School’s 7th grade girls took 1st, 2nd, and 4th overall and beat everyone by a huge margin. Brittany came in 57th of 230 runners. She
Today the high school had it’s official dedication ceremony. I went with Sarah, Kirstyn, and Zachary. They left the decorations up from the dance last night and that added a nice touch! The gym was filled and the program was very nice. The auditorium is not quite finished yet so the gym had to do.
Today was an incredibly busy day! This morning Zachary had soccer practice, and he is doing a little better. The team at least didn’t bunch together like bees around honey, so that is good! 🙂 The head coach wasn’t there, so it fell upon me as assistant coach to get the team practicing the drills.
We finally got the Still Middle School Cross Country Team picture and here it is! The team is much smaller than it was last year due to the fact that Still was split into two middle schools with the high school and boundary changes. Many of her friends from last year are now at the
Zach had soccer practice this morning and then team pictures this afternoon. It’s really fun being their coach, and it is quite humorous too! During the clinic and practice, the expert leader teaches them some things and then we go back and practice. It’s funny to watch them. During the scrimmage part of the clinic,
Tonight we had a church activity (HP Group) going to a Chicago White Sox game! A friend of ours in our ward works for Waste Management and they have a box suite at the park. We hung out, ate food, watched the game, and had a great time! The Sox won 2-0. It wasn’t close
Tonight Sarah was inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society at Metea Valley High School. The Tri-M Music Honor Society is the international music honor society for middle/junior high and high school students. It is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical achievements, reward them for their accomplishments and service activities, and to
Today I finished up my last session of the Midwest Regional Leadership Forum (RLF)! We had a wonderful session and had great speakers and book discussions. I can’t believe I read 35 books like that in 9 months! I won’t miss that much reading, but the friends I have made and the experiences I had
Today was quite the day. Zachary had his first day of soccer! He was SOOOO excited to go this morning! Angela volunteered me to be the assistant coach so I was involved today as well! 🙂 It’s been a LONG time since I played soccer but it really doesn’t matter that much with kids in
Tonight was a great night for Sarah and the Metea Valley Marching Mustangs! It was 8th Grade Night, and so all the 8th grade students from the middle schools that go to Metea came and rehearsed with the high school band. Sarah got to be in charge of some additional people and show the 8th
