SCHOOL AWARDS CEREMONY

Yesterday was the last day of school!! It is always nice to finish up a year and clean up! Then it is always exciting to start a new year with new students. This year was especially fun, because John Paul was in my class. Not many kids can say their Mom was their 1st grade teacher. Chuck told me that if he didn't learn to read it was all my fault. I can proudly say, he can read and it mighty good at it.

At the school awards ceremony the kids walked away with some great earned awards.

Courney had many, but the highlight was the "Presidential Academic Award", only two 6th graders received this award.

Charlie's greatest achievement was 100% attendance in 4th grade. He also got this award last year!! CRAZY.

John Paul received the Team Player award.

I feel pretty lucky teaching at their school. I never miss anything.

The kids with the principal (My Boss)..I told them that they better NEVER get sent to the principal's office!!

Annelise Young Womens' Recognition

Yes, she did it!! With a little bit of prodding and begging. OK...ALOT!! Annelise finished her Personal Progress and received her medallion. I like the way that they do it now. It's not a four year program that you can only complete a year at a time. You can finish whenever you want. I like it because once the girls get to be 15 0r 16, they get too busy to finish. SO, we accomplished it!! (Yes, I say WE). I told her that now that it was done that she can do it again!!

Courtney 12th in the State of Utah

Courtney swam in the State Swim Meet in Feburary in 2 Events. The 50 Breaststroke and the 100 Breaststroke. She got 12th in State in the 50 Breast and 23rd in the 100 Breast. Annelise and Courney both swan in two relays and did pretty well, I just can't remember what place they got. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Here is a video clip of her amazing race. She is the 3rd from the left.

Yes, It's true...I am updating my blog!!

YW Broadcast-

On Saturday my two good friends Melanie and Kat and their girls Taylor and Alisha and Of course Annelise and Courtney went to the Young Wonen's Broadcast downtown. Our stake received tickets. We got there a little late because it was much more important to have a good dinner at Olive Garden before. So, we went to the tabernacle to watch it. It was good and inspiring wherever you saw it! And if we had to bribe the girls to go by taking them to a good lunch...then so be it!!

GOT SNOW??

OK all you California People. If there is ever a year to come to Utah this is the one!! IT WON"T STOP SNOWING!! We got about 10 inches of snow today. I thought that we would be lucky enough to have Stake Conference cancelled..NO luck!! If the storm would have been tomorrow, I am sure that they would have cancelled school!! It has been an inside recess EVERYDAY since Christmas and the 1st graders are DRIVING ME CRAZY! They have watched every movie in the library and played every game I own...now what??

Logan Swim Meet

OK...I am going to try to keep up on this blog "thing". I work full time, have four kids and a husband we are involved with swim, basketball, piano, school, Young Women's, our callings and now that I have started this blog I feel guilty that I am not doing this either!!

Last weekend we went up to Logan to a swim meet. We stayed at my Aunt Karyn's new house. The kids thought It was greater than a hotel!! Annelise took 9th overall (12-13)...Charlie took 8th overall 9-10) and Courtney took 11th overall 11-12). Had a great time! They are all doing great and are looking forward to the swim camps in the summer. Even though Charlie is purly there for social reasons, he still has fun. His heart is where the football is. In fact I told him that if he got a state time I would buy him a swim deck coat. He replied."Can they embroider a football on the back?"

Book of Mormon Challenge

President Hinckley often stressed our making the Book of Mormon part of our lives. He was 97 when he passed away, and we would like to celebrate his life and teachings by reading the Book of Mormon in 97 days.

President Gordon B. Hinckley on the Book of Mormon
"I take in my hand the Book of Mormon. I read its words. I have read Joseph Smith's explanation of how it came to be. To the unbelieving it is a story difficult to accept, and critics for generations have worn out their lives writing books intended to refute that story and to offer other explanations than the one given by Joseph the Prophet. But to the open-minded, this critical writing has only stimulated them to dig deeper; and the more deeply they dig, the greater the accumulation of evidence for the validity of Joseph Smith's story. Still, as has been demonstrated for a hundred and fifty years, the truth of the Book of Mormon will not be determined by literary analysis or by scientific research, although these continue to be reassuring. The truth about the origins of the Book of Mormon will be determined today and tomorrow, as it has been throughout the yesterdays, by reading the book in a spirit of reverence and respect and prayer."( "Praise to the Man," Ensign, Aug. 1983, 4) -->

If you want to participate, go to Hinckleychallenge.com