Feb 5, 2007

February 5, 2007

School was delayed today. Wanna guess why? For frigid temperatures. Wanna guess what constitutes “frigid” here? Well, that would be -38 (with the wind chill) !!!! The wind chill was so bad last night. They warned against anyone going outside as frostbite can start after only 10 minutes outside! I noticed you people in L.A. are at 76 degrees right now. That is just wrong...

Well, let’s see what is new in our chilly, icy, “frigid” neck of the woods: Marisa was accepted into the metropolitan orchestra. She auditioned and made 4th chair out of 25 kids who were auditioning for 2nd violin. That’s for the whole Cedar Rapids Metropolitan area (7th graders). She was able to perform in a huge concert in the Paramount Theater downtown. It is such a cool experience and she had a fun conductor. My favorite number that they did was “Farandole” by Georges Bizet. Wow! They did a great job. She sure loves being a part of such an amazing program.

Kayla also had her school musical performance about Lewis and Clark. She was an indian. It was a great performance and I took a picture of the costume we made for her. Actually, she made most of it and did a great job. I think she is becoming a real performer.

Bob was called to be ward clerk this week and released from the Elder’s Quorum. I was thrilled for him until he was at the church Sunday from 8-5:30- now I am not so sure. I know it won’t be that way every week, but we sure miss him when he isn’t here. Our family history class is going well. We are learning to navigate through the different research websites. It’s amazing how much information is available on the web for genealogy now!

I have been busy subbing quite a bit. I have also been working on a couple of papers for one of my college courses. I spent a good portion of Saturday filling out an electronic application for the Cedar Rapids district. It took forever. But once you have it all complete, it automatically scans you for all jobs you are qualified for and sends ALL your information to the person hiring. Or, if there is a job you really want, you just push the apply button and it sends your stuff priority. It’s actually pretty cool.

I guess that is all that is new here. We did have sick kids for a few days last week, but everyone is well now. We do have a giant snow storm headed in tonight so school may be cancelled tomorrow. Hope everyone else is staying warm and having a great week.

Love,
Kris and family