Yesterday was the open house for our new church building. There were a lot of people who came, including our neighbors who accepted our invitation to come and check it out. Angela and the Stake Relief Society had a room where they talked about what the women’s organization does and there was a lot of interest and questions asked.
Today we had church in our new building for the first time. It was great!
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!
Today we unpacked all of the furniture, artwork, and all the accessories for the new church building and set everything up. There was a LOT to do, but there were a whole bunch of people there to help so it went pretty fast. Sunday is our first Sunday in the building and we’re excited!
Tonight we had the orchestra feeder concert for Brittany. All the elementary schools and middle school were there to perform. They all did a great job! It still amazes me the difference between elementary and high school after those years of work and practice!
We also had a kick-off meeting with the City of Castle rock for basketball for Zach. We learned the ins and outs of the league and are excited for him to play. He will hopefully be on a team with a couple of his good friends.
Today, we all went over to clean our brand new church building to get it ready to open! There was a LOT of construction dust and grit all over. We got really dirty but the church looked really good when we were done! 🙂
As you can see, Ben had a lot of fun too! 🙂 We’re excited for this new building. It’s really nice and it has the new building smell to it. 🙂
Our back yard is now complete and we love it! It took a bit with the torrential downpours we got and other weather-related issues, but it’s done and we couldn’t be happier!
The only thing we don’t have done quite yet is the planter boxes. We’ll fill those with dirt and get the drip line going in the spring when we plant the garden.
This is SO much better than all the weeds we had out there! 🙂 Thanks Atlas Landscaping and Fencing! If anyone in our area needs a GREAT job done, we’ll give you Paul’s info! 🙂
Happy Halloween everyone! Tonight, Angela and I went out with the boys, while Kirstyn and Melinda Liddell stayed back, watched Disney movies, and handed out candy. Brittany went with Taylor (her new “boyfriend”) out with some of his friends in Highland’s Ranch.
The boys were really excited! We went out to our neighborhood and then down to a nearby area which was jam-packed with people! 🙂 We had GREAT results! People here LOVE to give chocolate! 🙂 We went through a couple of haunted houses that people had set up, and we also saw a lot of people we knew.
When we came back with so much chocolate, Kirstyn and Melinda immediately decided that they wanted to go out, so they hurried and went around our street and came back with a bunch of candy. 🙂
Brittany got home later that night with a bunch as well! This doesn’t bode well for Angela and my attempts to get into better shape and lose some weight! 😐
Tonight they had a feeder choir concert at the high school where they invited all the choirs from the elementary schools and middle school to sing together. Brittany was able to participate in that in Versailles.
Unfortunately, with the late start and because the school is new, Aspen View Academy didn’t get to participate in this one. Zach will get to sing next year, however! 🙂
Tonight we were invited over to the Rollingson’s home for a Halloween party. It was a ton of fun! We had some great food, and then in groups we went out on a flashlight scavenger hunt for candy. They have about 10 acres or so of mostly unimproved land, so it was like taking a hike in the dark through the hills! The boys played flashlight tag after that, and we had a hard time getting them in the van when it was time to go home! 🙂
Tonight we had trunk-or-treat at the church and had a great time! There were a few Captain America costumes there, and one of Ben’s good friends dressed up like that as well! 🙂
There was a pumpkin carving contest tonight as well. Zach came up with this crazy idea of having the “Halliday Haunted Hotel” which lots of people loved! It took a long time for us to put together, but we got it done and brought it over. The funny thing was that it WON FIRST PLACE! Zach got to go up to the front and get his prize which was a huge tub of cheese balls! 🙂
We had a great time with the boys there (the girls couldn’t make it due to a football game and marching band). Trunk-or-treating here in CO is much different than out in Naperville. There was one family who actually had a farmer in the dell theme and had a farm in the back of their SUV… live chickens and everything! 🙂 It was really funny.
We had to leave a little bit early because tonight was senior night at the game and they recognized all the seniors, both football and band. It wasn’t like the senior night that we had at Metea, where they have each person recognized in front of everyone with his or her parents, but they do recognize the senior by name and applaud for them.
GREAT JOB Brittany! You are awesome! The performance by the Marching Band sounded wonderful tonight! We all thought it was one of the best we had heard!
Tonight, Brittany and Angela went to a Utah State reception (similar to the one that Sarah and Angela went to in Illinois). Brittany took her ACT score and transcript with, hoping to get accepted and to get some scholarship money…
She was accepted and given the out-of-state tuition scholarship! 🙂
She is SO excited! Right now that’s her top school she wants to go to, so she accepted and she is now planning on how to pay for this! 🙂 It’s more than BYU or BYU-i, but not by much (with the scholarship). She can’t stop talking about it!
Congratulations Brittany! You’re great!
