Sunday, November 11, 2012
A Day of Firsts
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Eight is Great!
I can't believe our baby is 8 years old! She started off her special day with breakfast in bed. Chocolate chip pancakes (gluten free of course) with strawberries and whip cream was her menu of choice. The day seemed to take forever to pass for her, while we did our Saturday chores, but finally it was time to party! Whitney came home from BYU for the weekend and we invited Jessie (her not boyfriend, boyfriend) to dinner. Pizza and pumpkin cake to go with the presents and ice cream. Ellie received many craft supplies to do what she does best, create! The other day I commented to her what a good artist she was. She answered, "When I was younger I wasn't very good at art, but know that I'm older, I'm better. I'm creative and smart!" Yes Ellie, you are creative and smart and friendly and spunky and curious and loving and about to get baptised!
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Witch Festival
For field trip Friday this week the girls choose the Witch Festival at Gardner Village. Nothing like a few dozen witches to get you into the Halloween mood.
Antelope Island
The scouts headed out for a rainy adventure on Antelope Island. They lucked out with a pavillion, so they used our 12 man tent as a wind screen and stayed as dry as possible. The next morning they attacked a 10 mile bike ride including a 23% grade hill. Scouts can do hard things!
SUU Shakespeare Competition by Steve L.
Last week I had the opportunity to travel to cedar city with a group of other teens for the SUU Shakespeare competition. Basically an event where over three thousand high-school students come from all over the west to preform scenes from Shakespeare's works in a competition. I can't tell you how much fun it was to be on the SUU campus flooded with Shakespeare loving teens for four whole days. Eating at great restaurants every night, seeing play after play (Hamlet was amazing), living, breathing, eating and sleeping Shakespeare for four days straight. Loads of fun!
General Conference
Wow! What a thrilling General Conference! The new missionary age minimums have rocked our world around here. Whitney started crying when she heard, she was so happy. Before the first session was over, she and all her girl friends and half her BYU ward had committed, via text, to each other that they are going as soon as possible. I've always thought that Whitney would serve, but at 19 it make so much sense. I'm kind of jealous, come to think of it!
Whitney's first facebook post shortly after the announcement: My life GPS: "Recalculating"
Whitney's first facebook post shortly after the announcement: My life GPS: "Recalculating"
Zoo with Friends
If you ask the kids, they'll tell you one of the best things about homeschool is Field Trip Friday! We recently went to the zoo with our dear friends. One of the highlights was the new polar bear exhibit. We had voted for the bonding to build it 4 years ago and even had a sign in our yard, so the kids felt responsible for helping bring it about. What a majestic creature. This is an underwater photo that Daniel took.
Another highlight was the bird show! I don't know why we've never managed to see it before, loving birds as much as we do. Truly a delightful show.
50 Mile Bike Ride!
Daniel is working toward his Boy Scout Eagle award, and one of the big hurdles left was the 50 mile bike ride! Dad invited the other scouts and they rode 50 miles on the Rail Trial in Park City. They left at 5:30 in the morning from our house and were gone 12 hours round trip! The bike ride started out a little rocky, since they hit a patch of thorns right off and had to repair or replace several tires before moving on. But, on a gorgeous, cool day they accomplished all 50 miles in under 8 hours! Eagle Scout, here we come!
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