Monthly Archives: June 2011
Youth Conference
Now that Clark is 14, he also got to go to our ward youth conference with Elliot. This year they went to Snow College. They especially enjoyed the ropes course, and the water games. The highlight was getting to see … Continue reading
Clark at EFY
Clark is finally 14 and old enough to go to EFY! We signed him up with his friend Nicholas and down to Provo they went for a week of fun away from the fam. He is on the back row … Continue reading
Father’s Day
All the kids came up from Provo and Alan’s parents came over for Father’s Day Sunday dinner. It is still wonderful after 5 years of missionaries, to have the whole family together for special occasions.
Tess is working at Deseret Book in Provo…
Tess is spending the summer working two jobs now. One as a secretary at the French/Italian Language Dept. at BYU and the other as a clerk at Deseret Book. On the side, she is working as an ordinance worker in the Provo … Continue reading
Madeleine buys a car!
As of today, Madeleine is the proud owner of her first car — a Ford Focus. After crunching numbers and thinking long and hard about it, she decided she needs a car to be able to take the jobs she … Continue reading
Elliot the Math Tutor…
If you know anyone who needs math help…Elliot is your guy. In fact, on his business cards it says, “I’ll help you solve your problems!” He has put up a lot of signs and we are advertising on all 3 … Continue reading
Birthdays for Loren, Phillip and Tess
Of course Loren and Phillip share a birthday, and Tess’s is just a few days later, so we decided to combine birthdays and celebrate with dinner and presents on the deck. It doesn’t sound exciting, but it was for me … Continue reading
No more wisdom teeth for Elliot!
Five kids down…only one left to go!
Elliot Receives the Waterford Book Award
Every year during the school graduation ceremony, Waterford gives a book award to the top male and female student in the 11th grade. With a rigorous class schedule that included AP Calculus, AP US History, AP Art and Honors Spanish, … Continue reading
Deck Project
Why pay someone else, if you can do it yourself? That’s what I was thinking when I decided to power wash and stain our deck. I watched someone do ours a few years ago — it didn’t look that hard, … Continue reading