Science Fair 2009

We had our school's annual science fair last Thursday. The children did a great job on their projects. They chose what they wanted to do and really did well on their science boards and experiments. We had fun at the fair with Mad Science doing a demonstration and they are so entertaining and fun as well as being able to teach the kids. It is always so fun to see how different each project is at the science fair. Lauren kept wanted to go back to her station to see how people had done her duck experiment! It is an amazing amount of work to get 4 projects ready but really worth the effort!

Baptism Blessings

Lexi was baptized on February 7th! It was such a special day for her. She had Grandma Lia and Grandpa Bill come and be here for her special day. I am so glad they made it on the first flights out! We had a special lunch just for her. She wanted parmesan chicken, mashed potatoes and strawberries and I added some squash which she did not want. The baptismal service was very nice. Grandpa Bill did a fabulous job on his talk on the Holy Ghost. He made Mom and myself cry which, he commented, is not hard to do. I am so grateful for his testimony. Lexi was baptized on the same day as 4 others from church and it was wonderful to have so many ward friends there as well as Mom and Dad. We went to Wendy's for dinner afterward which was Lexi's choice, too. Devon and Jason would not come in and eat with us because they were embarrassed to be in church clothes. I know the 3 strangers in Wendy's at the time would have mocked them silly. They missed out on dinner because of it. Whatever! I am so proud of Lexi's decision to be baptized. She couldn't wait to get her own set of scriptures and has been reading them diligently. She is such a sweetie. Lance baptized her and confirmed her and luckily he stumbled on the prayer for the baptism because I was not seated where I could see yet. We had fun with Grandma and Grandpa playing games and we are so glad they came!

Happy 10th Birthday Devon

Devon has hit the double digits! He had a fun birthday but still had to do school and our Natomas co-op. He chose chicken broccoli casserole, honey-glazed carrots, orange rolls and cream soda for dinner. He chose rice pudding for dessert which was fine with me since that is something Lance makes. I think he was pretty happy with his gifts. Devon is such a fun person, he is so animated, sensitive and smart. I hope he knows how much he is loved! He also had the Pinewood Derby and made a very cool car.

Chinese New Year

For our literature co-op we read some books about China and made dragons and chinese laterns. The girls and our cute lone boy had fun coloring and painting them. We had fortune cookies for our treat. The older boys had a blast on their own out in the pouring rain for hours sneaking around and catching each other.