one of the rare quiet moments

See why I can't get laundry done?

Alayna dressing up

May 15, 2005

May 15, 2005
Well, I traveled with the Stake RS today to a town called Waverly. It is about
1 ½ hours North. The Waverly branch just broke ground for a chapel, they have been meeting in the town hall which has a gorgeous view. The fun part is that one guy there is a guy I went to college with and haven’t seen since he sang at our wedding. It was fun to see him and meet his family. We were asked during sacrament meeting to speak for a couple of minutes. I think I may need to start coming prepared to speak!!
On Monday, Marisa had a combined Orchestra concert with Indian Creek Elementary. Bob took Kayla to go see it and I heard it went well. She had a huge final concert with all elementary and middle school orchestras. Kayla and I went to go see that one. Once again, it was an amazing performance. We found out only 2 middle schools in Iowa have a full orchestra and ours is one of them. We also heard all the awards they have won in competitions and found out that the program is ranked one of the best in the country. How lucky we truly are! Marisa did such a great job!
On Tuesday, we thoroughly enjoyed the finale of "The Amazing Race". The kids and I were literally on our feet jumping and cheering . We have such fun together!
We spent some time bike riding again this week. However, the temperature dropped and then it rained for several days, so we weren’t able to go out then. But we love to go out and Tyler finally figured out how to get on and start riding by himself. Before, we had to hold it til he started pedaling. Hopefully the weather will cooperate more this week. We make a huge train of bikes on the road. We hope to branch out to some fun trails soon.
Kayla had a fun assignment for school this weekend. She had to take a historic tour of Marion. SO, bob took the 3 older kids out to do that on Saturday. They had a great time and learned a lot more about Marion. (Basically driving in the car following a paper she had) Yesterday was a very busy day!! Marisa and dad mowed the lawn, I did the grocery shopping, they went on the historic tour, cleaned the house, got Wendy’s for dinner, made homemade frosty’s, then watched some movies. Crazy day! We started watching "Phantom of the Opera" and the kids have LOVED it so far. They love the music too. I have never seen it so hopefully the rest is ok for them to watch.
The kids have been putting leftover salad from dinner in the bunny holes in the backyard and we seem to have bunnies back there all the time now. The kids love it, Bob is not so thrilled. Alayna is always back there chasing birds and bunnies.
Well, I can’t think of much else going on. Have a wonderful and fun week!

Mother's Day

Alayna chasing bunnies and "exploring"

Alayna and Kayla with giant strawberries