Halliday Family Blog

Today we decided to get out of the house and have a day trip together as a family.  We drove up to the temple and let the kids walk around, and then we drove up into Wisconsin to go on a Jelly Belly factory tour.  Before doing that, we drove around Kenosha Wisconsin looking for a place to eat and found a place with some of the best food EVER!  It was called Jack’s Cozy Cafe and was really a dump from the outside (and kind of dumpy inside), but we just loved the food!

Most of us got breakfast food, and the signature Brezza that I got (Croissant Crust topped with sausage gravy, two cheeses, sausage, bacon or ham with onions, green peppers & mushrooms) was to die for.  The huge homemade cinnamon rolls were awesome too!  The owners came out and chatted with us, and we got to give our complements to the chef.  If you’re ever in Kenosha, here’s the link:  http://www.jackscozycafe.webs.com.  Well worth it!

We then went over to the Jelly Belly factory and did the tour.  We had a lot of fun there and the kids really enjoyed it.  I think the last time we did that, Zach and Ben weren’t even around.  🙂  We had fun and made a lot of noise (when we were supposed to) on the little train car that took us around the place.

After the tour, we went into the Jelly Belly store and bought a TON of belly flops and other candy that was pretty cheap!  We also sampled a lot of jelly beans in crazy flavors from pencil shavings, to barf, to dirt and grass.  Here’s the list:  http://www.jellybelly.com/fun_stuff/flavor_guides.aspx

I think we ended up with something like 35 pounds of stuff!   This will make GREAT Christmas and other presents!  🙂

This evening, Brittany had a PIT party for Marching Band.  Although Marching Band has been over for awhile, they still want to get together and have a great time!  Go PIT!

Tonight, all the honor choirs that feed into Waubonsie gathered at the high school for a concert.  They had a clinic beforehand with the high school directors and when they came out and performed, they sounded wonderful!

Great job Kirstyn!  Way to go!  Keep on singing!  You really do sound beautiful!

Today we attended parent/teacher conferences and it was a crazy day.  I went in late for work in order to go in and talk to Brittany’s teachers.   She is working hard and is struggling some, especially in physics (yuck!), but we know she’ll continue to work hard and try!  Tonight we went to Gombert and Still for Zach and Kirstyn’s conferences as well.  We are really proud of our kids and how hard they are working.  This district, being one of the best in the nation, is really challenging, but it is preparing our kids for the harder things to come!  🙂

Tonight, Kirstyn had a chorus concert with all the grades participating.  She did a GREAT job and they sounded wonderful!

After each grade sang, they had a combined choral number with everyone and it was very cool.  The only drawback is that they only have the gym to sing in.  Had this been in a full auditorium, the sound would have been amazing.  What a great district we live in that has such a great support of the arts!