Sunday, June 10, 2012

Why I like Summer and how Murphy’s Law Ruled the Week!

Why I like Summer and how Murphy’s Law Ruled the Week!

Why I like Summer

Summer is finally here! It is my favorite time of the year (not favorite season) for many reasons- its warm, its sunny, I get to spend time with my kids, I get to organize, and I do NOT have to work!

The teens had their friends over for a free car wash for several hours. No one took them up on the offer which is too bad. But my cars got cleaned, and they had a great time having a water fight, so I count it as a success!

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This week we were able to start our annual family workouts and fun summer time. We played tennis, did the track, went on bike rides, etc.

The best part is that we finally decided to get a trampoline!! We are trying to stay active and the kids were excited about it. Its “easy assemble” instructions were ridiculously Uneasy. It took us forever to get it together, but we have it up and love it!

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Murphy’s Law Rules the Week

We started out the week working 4 hours again at Polk. We scanned and boxed over 4000 books! The kids were a tremendous help and we were able to get so much done!

That night we went to the Sprint store and upgraded the home phone, my phone, and Kayla’s phone. They all weren’t working well so it was time for a change. There weren’t many options for our plan so Kayla and I had to get the exact same ones. Bob started not feeling well at all.

That night Marisa accidentally dropped her phone in the toilet and it stopped working. Alayna was up during the night sick with what I call a mini-flu? Kayla was down too….

The next day at lunch, Bob took Marisa to get a new phone, she also had to get the exact same phone (so yes we had to order covers to tell the difference). While they were getting hers, Tyler raced into to bath because he was sick with this flu thing. I grabbed his clothes and threw them in the laundry unaware that his iPod was in his pocket!!! I didn’t check cause we had just finished playing tennis and I didn’t think he even HAD pockets! So, his iPod died a terrible death and he cried. (his new one arrived this weekend- I replaced it because I felt like it was my fault.

Bob and Tyler were sick the next day, then Bob and I were sick the day after, and Bob again the day after. We just cant seem to keep him well. We all seem to be well now and hope it stays that way!

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Memorial Day and lots of odds and ends!

Memorial Day

We had a fun-filled day with family! We launched 2 rockets (and lost them both)

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We did a fun experiment from a kit with super-absorbing gel.

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And then we blew up Ivory soap in the microwave!

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Lots of Odds and Ends

*Tyler auditioned for the high school show choir. He practiced hard all week and even had his sisters and “adopted” sister practice with him for hours and HE MADE IT!!! We are so proud of him and excited for this new adventure!

*My dad brought us some beautiful gifts from Ghana. He brought me these amazing hand-carved bookends!

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*Alayna finally decided to play the viola! We got her viola this week and are very excited to have another orchestra member in our family!

*Kayla interviewed and got a job at Hyvee! She started this week and I think she really likes it so far.

*I was finally released from Primary! The relief lasted all of 2 seconds and then they called me to be the 12-13 Sunday School teacher. I will reserve my thoughts on this until a later date.

*My boss hired me to work some hours this summer. One of the elementary schools closed. The librarian who had been there had NEVER weeded, which by the way, is an essential part of being a librarian. I am not kidding when I say that a good portion of the books I had as a child. The average copyright date is probably like 1970. I took Tyler and Alayna on Friday and we worked for 4 hours. We scanned over 2000 books and packed up 45 boxes!!! We work all week next week too!

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*The girls attended Mormon prom on Friday night. I wasn’t here to get any pictures and I don’t think they took any…

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Marisa’s Graduation

Marisa did it!  She graduated with several honors:

*Graduated with distinction (meaning all 4 years her GPA was above 4.0!)

*Full Tuition to BYU

*Hyvee Foundation Scholarship

*13th in state on the National French Exam

*Outstanding Senior in French Award

*National Honor Society

*Chords (over 160 service hours)

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Marisa’s Graduation Party!!!

The Grad!

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The trio:

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The Cake:

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Setting up for the party:

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Making the oreo tower and making sure the chocolate tastes good enough…

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Display Table:

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Chocolate Fountain:

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Line at the Margarita Machine:

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Jose-the pinata:

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The Party:

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After Party- Cooling down with fans in the 88 degree heat!  We all thought we would melt to death:

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Utah- Part 4