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Fun at the new park

Nancy — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:34:22 +0000

Down the road a ways the city built a new park. It is not that great, but since it is a change from the old on they have been going to it is like hitting the jackpot for the kids. One day I decided to take their pictures just for fun.

Diana’s Kindergarten Mother’s Day Program

Nancy — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:30:56 +0000

For mother’s day this year all the kindergarten classes got together to do a program for their mothers. We were off track at the time so I had to drive Diana to school instead of sending her on the bus. Diana has been excited the past month or so because they have been practicing the songs they were going to sing. Some of the songs she would sing at home while she watched TV or played with her barbies. She did a very good job singing although one of the songs she didn’t sing. I asked her when we go home why she didn’t sing the one song and she told me, “I didn’t like that song mom!” Boy was I not smart to know that!

Camera Update

Nancy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:58:21 +0000

I went outside to check the garbage can in case the camera had fallen in, and I found it. Luckily it wasn’t in too deep so I could reach in and get it with not too much searching in the muck. So now I will put some pictures in my post about Samuel’s birthday party.

Sam’s 8th Birthday and the lost camera

Nancy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:20:19 +0000

This past Saturday we had five little friends over to celebrate Sam’s 8th birthday. It was a very low key affair. To start things off we had Pizza and lemonade, while the boys talked about video games and other boy stuff. Then we played the candy matching game which is like memory where they match two of the same candies and then they win the candy that they matched(my kids love this game for some reason).

Then we played a game similar to pin the tale on the donkey. I had Anne draw me a picture of a boy without a face (she did a FANTASTIC job) and then the boys had to draw and cut out the facial features to put on the faceless boy. The boys had fun drawing and cutting, but I think the part when we blindfolded them and put the facial features on was somewhat boring to the boys that had to wait for their turn.

After that game it was time for cake, ice cream and then presents. The boys weren’t in to cake and ice cream all that much so this part went fast.

The last thing we did was the pinata. Sam chose a pinata shaped like a football, he got to choose the candy we put in and was really excited for this part of the party. We went one time through with the blindfold and after that I just gave them the baseball bat and let each boy have at it. After about three boys it was toast, broken in half candy flying everywhere, they had a blast.

That was it for the party and the boys went home their party bags and their bellies filled. I hope everyone had fun.

Now for the lost camera bit. I would love to show you all the cool pictures I took with our camera of Sam’s birthday party, but I have no idea where the camera went. Sam says I left it on my desk and someone must have knocked it off into the garbage and now it is sitting in a landfill somewhere. The last time I saw it, it was on the kitchen island by the fruit bowl. I hope it is not in the trash and that it is sitting somewhere in the house hiding out.

2009 Winter Recitals

Brian — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:27:44 +0000

December was recital time. Emily, Anne, and Caroline’s recital was at the piano teacher’s house. Sam’s recital was at the West Jordan Library.

Emily played Petite Russian Rhapsody by John Thompson and I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schönberg:

Anne played the Raindrop Prelude by Chopin and the Minute Waltz by Chopin:

Caroline played Hogwarts Hymn by Patrick Doyle and Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John:

Samuel played Chocolate Cake by Bastien:

7th Grade Band Concert

Brian — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:01:50 +0000

Anne’s 7th grade band had a concert last year at Christmas time. It’s taken me this long just to get around to posting the video. Thank goodness for Conference weekend where I can catch up on all this stuff. Nancy was the videographer on this one.

I don’t know what would possess someone to become a 7th grade band teacher but I’m glad that there are people out there who are willing to take on the job. I’m betting that 7th grade band teachers are among the highest consumers of aspirin and acetaminophen.

Anne is one of only two girls in percussion. She is looking forward to next year when she can be in concert band and jazz band.

Tower of Babel

Brian — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:49:33 +0000

Diana’s elementary school is going to have a Chinese Immersion Program next year for select 1st graders. What? An elementary school in Utah with a Chinese language immersion program for 1st graders? Pretty amazing if you ask me. I agree that it’s important to speak a 2nd language and you can’t really argue with the selection of Mandarin Chinese seeing how it is the most spoken language in the world. That being said, it just seems a little odd having 1st graders in a Chinese language immersion program.

I took Spanish in 7th and 8th grades and, while rusty, I’m good enough to get the gist of what people are saying if I concentrate hard. Anne is taking Spanish next year and it will be fun to work with her on it. My Chinese is only good enough to get a taxi back to my hotel or to order one or two simple street dishes that I learned about while spending time in Tawain during my days in the semiconductor industry. Still, it would be fun to throw some words around with Diana and see how she is doing. Of course, Grandpa Kent speaks Chinese pretty well and he could evaluate if Diana’s progress in the program is legit.

So, what do you think? Should we sign Diana up for it?

Caroline’s Birthday

Brian — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:16:43 +0000

Caroline got to have a friend party this year. When you’re 10 years old a friend party is still exciting. Nothing can be more high energy than a group of 9 and 10 year old girls and it is impossible to comprehend the capacity of 10 year old girls to giggle incessantly – it truly is a miracle of nature.

Some kind of mummy game

When you’re 10 you don’t play pin the tail on the donkey or other lame “kids” games. Nope, you play some kind of weird mummy game that doesn’t make any sense but sure makes for a lot of giggles.

What's better than a pizza party?

Caroline wanted to have a pizza party and Nancy obliged. Caroline was kind enough to let her siblings participate in the pizza party as well. It wasn’t too much of a sacrifice though because 10 year old girls are so busy giggling that they don’t do much eating and there were plenty of leftovers.

Happy Birthday Caroline

Happy Birthday Miss Caroline. We love you very much and wish you many happy returns.

Some more Art from Anne

Nancy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:20:16 +0000

Anne just finished this beautiful piece of artwork. She is also going to write a story to go with the picture. I think she is very good artist and her best work medium is pencil.

Queen Skye

Christmas 2009

Brian — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:05:58 +0000

All the stockings were lined...

Trying to be on their best behavior

Cool man, Zoids!

Teenagers are too cool to get excited any more

What a haul!