Skiing Mania

Joyanne and Bree had fun skiing at Snowbasin this last weekend.

These two girls are two peas in a pod.

They love hanging out together.

They both love music.

They love to listen to music, play music and write music.

They both love books.

They love to read books and write books.

They are very talented and creative girls.

Joyanne says Bree is her true friend and the best person in the world (besides her mom and dad, of course). ;-)

Crazy Acting

Joyanne had crazy hair day at school.

She still looks pretty cute in pigtails.

Grant just loves his big sister and thinks she is something special.

I performed in the play, "The Inventor's Daughter" for the family at the preview.

It's been a blast to be in the play.

Joyanne has joined a comedy club where she gets to do some impromptu acting.

Their club also performed a skit before the play that was pretty funny.

Joyanne and I have enjoyed building on this new acting talent.

It's always fun to act out!

Bowling

Yay! All the kids were back in school today.

I'm grateful we're all healthy for the moment.

Our family went bowling and enjoyed a Valentine exchange with the Utah Online School (UOS).

Joyanne has been taking her core classes online and doing really well.

We haven't bowled in forever, but we had a great time!

Piano Teacher

Hiram is having a hard time getting over this sickness.

He was home again with a fever and tummy ache.

Joyanne has been teaching piano lessons to 4 of her brothers as well as 4 other students.

She loves teaching piano and is looking for more students.

Noah has recently taken an interest in computer programming.

He is thinking that is what he'd like to do for a career.

The next "Bill Gates" here we come! ;)

Lingering Sickness

Hiram had another sick day at home.

He felt fine if he stayed laying down, but when he'd get up, he was light-headed and dizzy with a stomachache.

Lunch time just made his tummy hurt more.

At least everyone else is feeling better.

We all are ready for this sickness to leave our house for good! :)

Sunday Sick Day

This is how our day was all day today.

All the kids woke up with upset tummies, headaches and fevers.

Church was obviously out of the question, but we had our own little church at home.

Some of the kids were worse than others, Noah and Hiram in particular.

We watched the 4-hour long movie of "The Ten Commandments".

We are hoping for a speedy recovery for all of us.

Parents and Pancakes

Our school had a pancake dinner for all the students' families.

We had fun listening to stories about pancakes and playing pancake games.

On another day this week, Hiram and I enjoyed eating out at Arby's with his gift certificate.

All the kids enjoyed the Sliders I brought home.