BUSY SATURDAY

I had a great day today! I had the opportunity to spend the day with Daniel in Layton for a choir performance. He was chosen to be a part of an Honor's Choir, and our junior high chamber choir also got to perform there too. There were only 8 kids from each school in the state chosen to be in the honor's choir, so it was quite an honor for Dan to be in it. And, there were only 3 schools invited to perform. I have to admit that when he first asked if we could chaperone the choir, I was a little grumpy. We had to catch the bus at 12:15 in Lindon, and the performance was at 7, meaning we would not get home until about 10. So, I packed my bag with a book to read and a blanket to crochet, But, the guy who directed the honor choir was amazing. He was so good with the kids. It was like attending a motivational seminar. Even I felt uplifted and like I could do anything after listening to him (and I didn't even get much reading or crocheting done) I had an amazing day listenting to my boy share his talent! Dan had to practice with the honor choir, and then when the rest of his school got there, he had to practice with them, and then he performed with both groups. WOW!

The only down side to being with Dan was that I had to miss Alyssa's first ballroom competition. Rick and Lindsay went to support her. Rick said she did such a great job. Her team got a bronze ribbon! Yahoo ALYSSA. I have seen her perform once before at her school, and look forward to seeing her at the next competition. She has done so well in the level 2 class since she just jumped into it without ever doing ballroom dance before. Maybe if she practices a lot, she can grow up to be as wonderful as her cousin Nicole :)

Are we really old enough?

Well, we are going to be grandparents!! On New Year's Eve, Erin and Clay announced that they are going to have a baby in July. Fun Fun Fun! The girls are soooo excited to be aunts.

I found this fun website. See how many of you there are in the US. There are 157 of me. Wow, with that many of me, you would think I could get something accomplished in a day. My name is also the 21st most popular US name.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 157 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

EVERYONE COME!!!

ASK ME FOR ERIN'S ADDRESS!

EVERYONE's INVITED

On Tuesday, Nov 4, from 6:30 to 8:30 Alyssa and I are hosting a SCENTSY candle open house. Stop by and say hi and have a treat.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!!!

Today is my sweetheart's birthday. I should have posted this earlier, but better late than never--right. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK. I LOVE YOU soooooo very much!

He had been wanting to go to Arches and Canyondlands and so we loaded up the kids and went over the UEA break. We had such a great time. I will post the pictures soon.

I am in desperate need of organizing ALL my recipes. Years and years ago I typed my mom's recipe book using WordPerfect. But, I don't want to do that again, or add to that because it is too time consuming to alphabetize and manage them. Over the years, I have collected many new recipes. Most of these are just written on scraps of paper and stuck inside my binder (what a mess). I want something that I can sort by title and also assign categories for each recipe. SO, if anyone has used a good recipe organizing program, please let me know which one. I would be ever so grateful!


I guess a quick up-date is in order since it has been so long since I posted anything worthwhile. School is going great so far. Dan has the usual 9th grade classes, and he is really enjoying seminary. We measured everyone the week before school started and he was 5'9". We measured him again last week and he was 5'10". Who knows, he is probably even taller than that this week. That boy is growing like a weed. He is going to be in the school play again this Fall. He started guitar lessons and is doing really well. His teacher is amazed at how quickly he is learning.

Alyssa is doing great in 6th grade. She is also taking guitar and doing very well. I REALLY love to hear her practice because she sings along. She has a beautiful voice (she gets that from her dad's side of the family I think). She also is taking a ballroom dance class. They actually needed more girls in the advanced class, and so she jumped in and is doing great! She is still doing gymnastics too. She is quite a busy girl.

Lindsay likes third grade even though they really make them work. They have to do 3 book reports per month. Luckily they are just written pages, not projects that parents have to do. She takes tumbling and just moved up to the intermediate level. And, two weeks ago she started piano lessons. She has been wanting to take piano forever!

I still work at the school. I get to help in the 6th grades and am in Alyssa's class for an hour every day. She says she likes it (weird huh).

Rick just works and works and works, and occasionally golfs, and goes to BYU games with Dan.

Other than that, it is just the same old, same old here.