It is an end of an era. All my kids have attended Challenger School and at the end of this school year my last baby will have finished her stint at this great preschool. On May 15th I got to attend the last spring program I will ever go to with one of my kids.… Continue reading No more Spring Programs
Flag Football
Every spring BYUFan and I sign up all of our kids for some sport through the county rec center. This year instead of having the kids all in one sport we had them in three different sports. Emily and Anne chose Volleyball, Texas and Luppin chose soccer, and Samuel chose Flag Football. Last night was… Continue reading Flag Football
A funny Primary Story
While doing my secretary work this past Sunday, Luppin’s teacher comes up to me and tells me a funny thing she did in class the week before. They were having a lesson about the word of wisdom and the teacher was talking about how tobacco is not good for you and that you shouldn’t chew… Continue reading A funny Primary Story
2009 Vacation – Yorktown, Baltimore, and Home
Towards the end of our vacation we decided to go to Yorktown, where the British surrendered to the Americans at the end of the Revolutionary War. Yorktown was also the site of action during the Civil War as well. One of the reasons we decided to go to Yorktown is that our National Parks pass… Continue reading 2009 Vacation – Yorktown, Baltimore, and Home
2009 Vacation – Washington D.C.
On Wednesday we had an appointment with our Congressman (Rep. Jason Chaffetz) to tour the U.S. Capitol. We had tried to get a tour of the White House through Rep. Chaffetz but the staff member told us that since Chaffetz was a freshman rep and also a Republican, the Obama Administration wasn’t making any White… Continue reading 2009 Vacation – Washington D.C.
2009 Vacation – Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg
After the frustration and headache of trying to get to Virginia and getting our luggage, we didn’t do much on Monday. We decided to stick at the hotel and swim at the pool and basically just get into a vacation mindset. By Monday afternoon we were bored so we decided to go to Jamestown. I… Continue reading 2009 Vacation – Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg
Vacation 2009 – On your mark, get set, fizzle!
2009 is a “big” vacation year and this time we chose to do our vacation in the spring while the elementary kids are off track because it meant only Emily would have to miss class. We thought it would be fun to go back east and visit Williamsburg VA, Washington D.C., and Maryland where Nancy’s… Continue reading Vacation 2009 – On your mark, get set, fizzle!
Buddy’s birthday
Samuel had a friend party last year so he had a family one this year. For his birthday he got a scooter, a toy tank and some army guys to go with the tank. He says his favorite present was the scooter, he rides on it everywhere.
2009 Easter
Easter is a typically low-key event around here and 2009 wasn’t any different. Nancy did some Easter baskets for the kids and we colored eggs (we’ve never pretended the Easter Bunny at our house) and had an Easter egg hunt and that was about it. Oh yeah, we went to church on Easter Sunday but… Continue reading 2009 Easter
I Hate Backflow Valves
After replacing my backflow valve last spring I vowed to remove the entire valve in the fall so that it wouldn’t have any chance of freezing during the winter. Unfortunately, good intentions in spring are often forgotten when summer and fall roll around. Even though I turned off the water I forgot to remove the… Continue reading I Hate Backflow Valves