Yearly Archives: 2013

What a WONDERFUL day we had today!  We got up early and drove to Nauvoo.  Grandma and Grandpa Hobbs came with and we all went to the Nauvoo Temple with Sarah for her to receive her endowments.  It was a very emotional day and one that we will never forget.  What wonderful choices Sarah is making in her life, such as going through the temple and going on a mission.

We are so proud of you Sarah!  What a fine young woman you have grown up and become!

Zach had his last basketball game today.  We missed it because of the Nauvoo trip, but his sisters went and supported him.  At the lunch afterward, he received his “Play Hard” award for trying his best.

He played really hard and tried his best.  He wasn’t the best person on the team by far, but he worked his little heart out and had so much fun.  He probably was the most improved player on the team because of this!  🙂  Great job, Zach!

Today Zach had his first Pinewood Derby!  He was so excited.  He built most of the car by himself with only a little help from dad (I promise).  🙂  I’m not a huge fan of Pinewood Derby competitions (lots of kids end up crying) but Zach sure enjoyed it!

He ended up in the bottom half of the cars, but he sure had a blast.  The great thing was that he didn’t care if we won or lost.  🙂  That’s the way it should be.

Way to go Zach!  I’m sure glad you had fun, and I had so much fun spending time with you building your car!

Right after the Pinewood Derby was over, we went and picked up Sarah from the airport!  🙂  We flew her in tonight so she could go to the Nauvoo Temple tomorrow to receive her endowments, have a missionary farewell talk at church on Sunday, and re-connect and also say good-bye to friends.  It was so great to see her!  We all kept giving her lots of hugs!  The boys were especially clingy.  They have missed her so much!  🙂

Today Kirstyn participated in the regional science fair with her project on how different types of sugar make bread rise.  She did a GREAT job on her board, and really impressed the judges!  At the end, she was awarded semi-finalist!  She was glad she didn’t win outright because the state science fair will probably be after we move and she couldn’t participate anyway.  🙂

Great job Kirstyn!  It was also fun for Angela because she got to be one of the judges!

Tonight was Mormon Prom!  Brittany was so excited all day she could barely concentrate on getting anything done.  They had a group of them go up together.  They met at the Cawley’s for dinner and took a bunch of pictures.

Then they went to  Batavia to a really cool old church/school where they held the dance.  It was a multi-stake affair so there were a ton of people there.  They got pictures done and had a great time dancing to all the songs!  The cool thing about Mormon Prom is that even though you have a date, everybody dances with each other!  As parents, we LOVE that! 🙂

I was on duty to go help pick them all up after the dance, and that’s always a fun thing.  The kids talk and talk and talk the whole way home about all the fun things that they did and it’s always fun to just sit back and enjoy the craziness of it all.  🙂