Tonight was a crazy night! Zach had basketball practice and Kirstyn had her Holiday Band Concert. Getting to everything and making sure everyone was where they needed to be was tricky. Kirstyn did a wonderful job in her concert! We love listening to her play music.
Great job, Kirstyn! Keep up the great musical work!
Yesterday, we got to see the Pocock family who we got to be friends with in Naperville. They decided to move out west and are looking to move to Castle Rock or somewhere close by! 🙂 Ben and their son Jake are really good buddies and Ben can’t be more excited! They came over yesterday before going back to Illinois. They will most likely be moving out here right after Christmas!
Today Zach and his Aspen View Academy school choir went to a nearby assisted living center named Bonaventure and caroled for the residents there. They had a GREAT time and I got to go and help chaperone the group.
At first, they sang in the main atrium to a group gathered there. Then they went to another wing and sang to those who were not quite so mobile. Zach really enjoyed it and loves singing. They then went back to Aspen View and had hot chocolate with marshmallows. We weren’t quite sure which was their favorite part, singing or the hot chocolate. Either way, they provided a great act of service to the community.
Today we got up early and drove up to Rexburg to do a BYU Idaho tour. The girls did the tour while Zach, Ben, and I wandered around campus and checked everything out. There was no one in the big gym so we went in there and the boys had fun..
After the tour was done, we went to the bookstore and browsed around for awhile. We then left campus, got some food, and then drove up to Salmon for Thanksgiving. Brittany enjoyed the campus visit so we’ll see what she decides to do. She should find out in January whether she has been accepted to BYU-I and then she’ll make her decision. Right now it’s down to Utah State and BYU-I.
It’s nice to be in Salmon now and relaxing after all that driving over the past couple of days. We’re excited to be up here for Thanksgiving!
Today, Angela, Brittany, and Kirstyn got up early (after not much sleep) and drove up to Utah State University in Logan for a campus tour. Brittany was really excited and is leaning toward USU right now for school. They had a great time there while the boys and I slept in and then relaxed for most of the day! 🙂
After the tour, I met them at the Brigham City Temple where I was able to do baptisms with the girls. That was a real highlight for me.
After we got home from the temple, we went up to Chantelle’s for a great dinner and got to spend time with everyone up there. We love being with family and it’s great that now our drive time is cut down by a LOT to be able to see them. 🙂
Today Kirstyn had her callbacks for the musical at the high school! She was really nervous, but she had practiced a TON around the house and due to the fact that she is such a drama queen anyway, we think she’s got a pretty good chance of making it!
We picked her up after a great callback session and started on the road for Utah at about 5pm. We rolled into North Ogden at about 2am and we are really tired from the drive. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. We didn’t see or come close to hitting any animals, and with a little Mountain Dew and a book on CD, things went pretty smoothly. I didn’t have to fight to stay awake! Whew! 🙂
We’re looking forward to spending the Thanksgiving break with family!
Today, Zach had his 4th grade “Medieval Fair” at school. He and his group have been working on this for a LONG time, building things, creating costumes, flags, banners, etc. He had a GREAT time! Angela went over to help out in the classroom today with it and had fun as well. We built swords for his group, and Zach and I made a cool helmet for him. They got to have sword fights, jousting matches, and all kinds of other cool things.
Great work Zach! Glad you had fun and all the hard work to pull this together was worth it! 🙂
Today, Zach had his thanksgiving feast in the lunchroom and Angela, Ben, and I went to accompany him. It was super-crowded because there were tons of parents there.
We had a great time with him. What is really cool about Aspen View Academy is how supportive the parents are. Some of it is because there is a mandatory number of hours that each family has to give for their kids to attend, but most of it is because the parents are invested in making sure their kids get a great education. We really like the new school so far! 🙂
Today Brittany went on a river trip for her Aquatic Biology class. Angela went along with her as a chaperone since this kind of stuff is right up her alley! 🙂 They had a lot of fun, although it was a tad chilly. Brittany got to put on big wader boots and go out in the river and do all kinds of interesting observations. They had a fun time together!
Today, much of our free time was spent over at Aspen View Academy! Early this morning, I took Zach and Ben over to the school for a “Donuts with Dad” event! They had us enter the school through the library where the book fair was going on. I had to chuckle because I swear there was also another reason behind having all the dads come for donuts with their kids. I saw tons of kids begging their dads to buy them books, trinkets, and other things from the book fair. Getting the “softer” dads in their probably boosted the book fair revenue by a good percent! 🙂
Once we got through the library and into the cafeteria, we had a fun time together eating donuts and I got to meet some of Zach’s and Ben’s friends.
I then left the boys at school and came back home, to get some work done before lunch. Angela and I went over to the school for Ben’s Thanksgiving Program and Feast. They had a really cute program put together and they sang for us. All the parents brought Thanksgiving feast items and we ate pretty well! The desserts were great too!
What a fun day we had today! Zach was pretty jealous that he didn’t get to go to the feast! 🙂
Over the last two days, Kirstyn had singing and acting auditions for the school musical. She was highly complimented on her abilities and she feels she did a great job. She’s just waiting to hear news on whether she made call-backs or now. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
We also got a fun letter from Sarah today that was spread across multiple envelopes (kind of like a piece-by-piece guess what I did thing).
Turns out she just got her ears pierced! 🙂 I guess she changed her mind and decided not to wait until she got home. 🙂
Tonight Kirstyn had the band feeder concert for all the elementary schools and middle school. The high school performed as well to show what the culmination of practice would look like.
They sounded really good and the younger kids were really amazed to listen to the CVHS band! 🙂
Kirstyn has decided she wants to audition for this year’s school musical which is “Once Upon a Mattress.” She had the kick-off meeting for auditions and details today. Best of luck Kirstyn!
