Wally's Last High School Play

Wally just completed his last high school play. I am truly saddened, but I am so proud of what he has accomplished during his high school years. He will be doing one more performance for his theatre class, but this was his last official high school play.

They performed '12 Angry Men.' He was Juror Number 10 and did a fabulous job!!!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter! A beautiful sacrament meeting at church, lunch at Grandma and Grandpa's, a visit from Oma and Opa, and our own family togetherness.

I am so grateful for our Savior, who gave his life so that we might have ours. Easter is the perfect time to remember His sacrifice and resurrection!

Hope you all had a fabulous Easter!!!

Just got word last night that Wally was accepted into Brigham Young University-Provo!! I am so excited for him, but at the same time...WE CAN'T BE THAT OLD!!!

Seems like yesterday Wally was just a little boy:

"I'm going at the store!" - as he rides his little tricycle around.

"This is what you call butterfinger!" - as he sticks his fingers in the butter.

"Fridg-a-frater" - his name for the refrigerator

"Did you know God has a T-shirt?" he asks Grandpa.

"No, what does it say?" Grandpa replies.

"Nobody knows..." said very mysteriously.

WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

I guess running a household of 7 keeps me busier than I ever thought! I can't believe I haven't posted anything since October! I wonder why...(Farmville)...whatever could keep me from posting about my amazing family...(Farmville)...I really need to get rid of those activities keeping me from sharing our wonderful lives....(Farmville).

Guess I'll do a brief update of all our happenings!

Let's start with Wally! Who is that? We hardly ever see Wally anymore. If he isn't at school, he's rehearsing for some kind of play or musical! Currently, he is a senior in high school planning to go BYU-Provo, Utah. He is eagerly waiting to hear whether he was accepted or not. BYU-Idaho already accepted him, but he really wants to go to Provo. While he's waiting, he is performing as Benny in 'Guys and Dolls' at a community theatre sort of nearby! Before that, he played Bob Cratchit in 'A Christmas Carol' at his high school. Busy, busy, Wally!!!

Pokemon King has been working hard in homeschool. We are trying to improve his writing skills and he is doing a great job! Like Wally, he volunteers at COSI, a local science museum. It's a great experience for him! He's also looking forward to playing soccer in the spring.

Dinodude is as active as ever! He played football in the fall and still plays his own football games in the bonus room! We love to watch him! He, too is going to play soccer in the spring, but I'm sure it will be back to football in the fall.

Rocket has amazed us with his musical talent. I started him on piano lessons this school year and he is flying by! He moves forward in the book on his own before he has even passed off the songs and does quite well on them!

Babymoon loves to do his school, too. And the boy loves to dance!! We put the movie 'Cars' on for him and we are constantly backing it up so he can dance to the opening song! He does that with other shows, too.

Same old, same old with Bond and me! Working, working, working!

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and I'm looking forward to posting more from our family!

Happy October

Yes...It's Halloween time! I love Halloween!!! It's time to get out the decorations. It's time to watch the boys get out all the costumes and try them on. I love watching them play in their costumes! I'm tempted to take the day off to decorate the house and watch some fun Halloween movies! In reality, I'll probably do the decorating, but the day off and movie watching will have to come later! We already took off last Thursday to go to COSI. Pokemon King had an interview for their volunteer program. Friday we went to the Dayton Air Force Museum with my parents, my sister and her kids. I'll try to post pics sometime this week! So, today is back to school. But, we like Mondays for MOVIE MONDAY! It's time for another fun filled episode of Mythbusters!

School is In

School is in session. Sadly, I think I'm already burned out! The boys like the new way of schooling. I, however, worry because they are getting done quickly! Pokemon King and Dinodude are more responsible for their work these days. I'm trying to get them to assert their independence and learn for themselves. I think they will remember things better if they figure it out on their own, instead of me just telling them.

I don't like to compare my children to each other, but I've been thinking back at how Wally was at this time where Pokemon King is now. His work seemed a lot more advanced than Pokemon King's, so of course I am officially worried. I can totally see how reading while young is very important. Wally was writing 2 page papers on History and Science and I'm lucky to get a paragraph out of Pokemon King. The difference between the two of them? Wally has always been a reader. Pokemon King has not. I am positive that has made a tremendous impact.

My goal this year is to get Pokemon King writing and reading. He is doing a lot more with reading, which is good. We are going to be working on writing more as the days progress. So, hopefully by year's end, he will be writing a lot better.

We've also decided to start the week off by having a 'Movie Monday.' Not a regular movie, but something educational or close to it. Although today's Tuesday, we decided to go ahead and watch something. We watched an episode of Mythbusters. If you haven't seen it, check it out. It's very interesting! On the episode we watched, they were recreating the motorcycle stunt from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. They wanted to see if throwing a stick in the wheel of a motorcycle would cause it to flip. Another stunt they decided to do was to find out if tying bedsheets together would allow a person to escape from prison. Along with the bedsheets, one of them tried tying hair together and the other tried toilet paper. I won't tell you the outcome. You need to see for yourself, but the boys and I really enjoyed it! So, come Monday, we will be watching another episode.

Look What I Made!

I attempted to make a new scripture bag. The scriptures I have are an older version of scriptures. The ones they make now are made with a thinner paper, so they are skinnier. My case is made for the newer ones, so I got tired of trying to stuff them in. I decided to use some fabric I have leftover. I originally was making a quit, but realized it was smaller than what I had envisioned! So, I decided to turn it into my very first scripture bag. I am definitely no 'Martha Stewart' when it comes to sewing, so it's not perfect, but I have to toot my own horn and say I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I got the handles at JoAnn Fabrics for only $1!