Today, Zach gave his year-end report on a famous person he admired. He has been working on this report for the past month and has been enjoying it very much. He chose George Washington. He dressed up like George and gave his report beautifully (from what we heard)!
He gets done with school next week and he is excited but a little sad because he has really enjoyed it and made some friends who he likes to spend time with. Great job Zach!
Today was the last day of school for the girls! They are excited to be out. They have struggled with the move but have made some good friends and have been having fun as well. It will take a bit more adjustment, but they’re coming along! The boys still have another week of school, so the noise level in our house for the summer will be a little less next week. 🙂
Way to go on a strong finish, girls!
Today the Denver Office had an outing to a Rockies game and so I decided to go and meet some of the Denver office people! It was a lot of fun. Fortunately, one other IT person was there so I wasn’t completely alone. We started off the activity eating Reindeer, Wild Board, and other exotic bratwursts for lunch, and then we headed over to the game. The office is only a few blocks from the park so we all walked. It was a GORGEOUS day and it wasn’t too hot (typical of here)!
We had a great time at the game. The Rockies played the Arizona Diamondbacks and won 4-1. They’re doing pretty good this year compared to years before, and everyone’s talking about it. 🙂
Angela found a fun little free thing for us to do today, so we went to downtown Castle Rock and rode the Castle Rock Town Trolley! The tour took us around the old/original part of Castle Rock and told us all about the history. The trolley started a the old train depot which was really cool!
It was a lot of fun and we learned a bunch about the history of where we now live. By the end, the boys were getting a little restless, so the ride was just the perfect length! 🙂
Today was Brittany’s last day of Seminary! She was bummed because she’ll really miss seeing her teacher, Brother Hess, every day. We really owe a lot to him. He took Brittany under his wing and made sure she felt accepted and welcome.
Great job on another wonderful year, Brittany!
Tonight Kirstyn had the final band concert of the year at the middle school. Her teacher has been VERY impressed with her (no surprise there considering her talent and the district we just came from)! 🙂 She did a great job playing and she also got a band award with all the other 8th graders for their hard work!
We just found out also from her auditions for the high school band that she is one of only 2 or 3 freshman that was selected to be in Wind Ensemble, the highest audition band at the high school! What an awesome thing is that! To be thought so highly of as a freshman is a huge accomplishment! From what we hear, that rarely happens at Castle View High School!
Brittany found out the results of her auditions as well! She made it into Chamber Strings, the highest orchestra at the high school! She is only 1 of 17 in Chamber Strings, and for a newcomer, that is absolutely phenomenal! They see a ton of potential in her as well!
In addition to band and orchestra, Kirstyn made it into the audition freshman choir, and Brittany made it into Versailles, the audition women’s choir. They are both excited, having not participated in choir in high school before. They both have great voices and we love to hear them sing!
Great job girls!
Happy Mother’s Day today Angela! You’re the best mom and wife in the whole world!
Today, the girls went to the church and spent all morning making hundreds of cinnamon rolls for a young women fundraiser for camp. We bought 6 dozen from them, which we put in the freezer and will enjoy a TON for the weeks to come (if we can make them last that long)! 🙂
Can’t wait to eat them! When we went to pick them up, all we saw in the gym at the church were a whole bunch of flower and frosting-covered leaders and kids! GREAT job girls!
Angela and Ben arrived safely back home today and it is GREAT to have them back! We also got Zach’s school picture today. They all had tie-dye shirts for their pictures (his school class). Since he came in late, they only had one left and it was a tad snug on him. 🙂 He hated his smile, but that’s OK. 🙂
Tonight, Castle View High School had a combined band, chorus, orchestra end of year concert where all the groups showed-off their talents. Brittany performed well in the orchestra. The music program here at Castle View is not quite what it was at Metea and in District 204, but the girls will continue to work hard and be the best they can be. 🙂
Great job Brittany!
Angela, Sarah, and Ben arrived safely on Monday and are staying at Greg’s and Lisa’s house. They are having a wonderful time there. They got to see Grandma B. and Aunt Mary as well. Yesterday, Angela and Sarah went to 2 temple sessions, had a wonderful time and got spiritually prepped. What was fun was that we were all in the temple at the same time… Me in CO, and Sarah and Angela in UT. 🙂
Today, Sarah got dropped off at the MTC! It was a very bitter-sweet moment for Angela as well, and Ben couldn’t stop hugging and kissing Sarah.
Angela got as many pictures as she could of Sarah walking down the sidewalk with her suitcases, ready as ever to serve!
We know she’ll be a great missionary and work hard to serve the Lord! After Sarah was dropped off, Angela went back to Spanish Fork to Greg and Lisa’s house to spend the night. She and Ben will come back to CO tomorrow. We sure miss them!
Today was one of the hardest days of my life. Angela, Ben, and Sarah left home today to take Sarah out to the MTC. I was able to give her a father’s blessing before they left, and I could barely get through it. It was a very emotional time, and I sobbed like a baby. Sarah thought I was crazy. 🙂 It’s just that we’re so proud of her for making these right choices in her life, and we’ll miss her like crazy!
It was very hard watching them back out the driveway and drive up the street and out of sight, knowing I wouldn’t see her again until November 2015. I was totally jealous of Angela and Ben!
We love you Sarah! You’ll do great!
Today after church, we went up to the Denver Temple and took some family pictures. Tripods and self-timers are great! We had a wonderful time on our last Sunday with Sarah here with us.
Tonight, we went over to President Gregg Lindsey’s home for Sarah to get set apart as a missionary. What a sweet experience that was. In our discussion with him, we found out that his brother who used to be inactive was just re-activated and his family baptized. They are in the Frankfort Branch out in our old stake! What a small world. We’ll have to e-mail President Carlson and let him know.
Anyway, the setting apart was a beautiful experience and it was such a wonderful feeling to stand there with President Lindsey and participate. What a warm feeling comes to your heart when you know that your daughter is making such a great decision on her own (with absolutely no coaxing from us) to serve the Lord and to bring souls the happiness the gospel can bring. We may not be the best parents in the world, but we did something right and that feels good! 🙂
Sarah goes into the MTC this week and we are going to be very sad to see her go, but know she is doing the right thing! Best of luck Sarah!
