6th Grade Graduation

We had a wonderful morning with Keiffer's 6th grade graduation. He was honored with a Hope of America award from the Kiwanis club. If you don't know what that is, read about it here. Each 6th grade teacher selects 2 students so there were only 6 awarded today from the 3 classes. He also recieved a Gold President's Award for Educational Excellence and was recognized for participating in Discovery Lab and Math Olympiad.

Keiffer will be attending Provo High next year. They are starting a program for gifted 7th and 8th graders and he was accepted. We are a little nervous about him being in the high school, but they have had a similar program in SLC for 20 years with great success. He of course, doesn't want to be away from all his friends. But we believe it will push him to be an even better student and benefit him in the long run.

Okay, I am done bragging now.

Spring Break - so called

Today is the 2nd day of our so-called Spring break. It has been cold, windy, rainy and snowy. Seems more like Winter break to me. We didn't get to hunt eggs outside on Easter, either. So now I am stuck in the house with 5 bored kids. Doesn't seem like much of a break to me. I think we need to get out of the house. Maybe a trip to the library is in order. As for pictures, I will try to post some recent ones, or you could look at my Facebook account. I have some from our trip to San Diego posted there.

April Fool's Day

Mother Nature played a great April Fool's Day joke on northern Utah yesterday. For the last week we have had fairly pleasant early spring weather. Then yesterday we wake up to snow on the ground. It wasn't snowing however. Then around midday, it starts snowing again. By the time 4 pm rolls around it has stopped snowing and has warmed up enough to melt all the previous snow. THEN about 6 it starts snowing AGAIN! And this time some hail is mixed in. So we got those little round snowball type hail that looks as if the styrofoam bead stuffing has come out of your kids favorite toys. Finally today is warmed up again. I really hope we have some nicer weather this weekend so that we can hunt eggs outside.

Happy Birthday to Me!

My darling, wonderful husband and children "woke" me up this morning singing to me. Mom is coming over later to watch the kids while Robson and I go out.

Anyone here?

Okay, it has been over a year since I updated my blog. Let's see who notices this post, if anyone.

I promise to try to update more regularly.

December

I love this month of cheer.

It's the best time of the year.

On Christmas Day we laugh and play.

Hooray! Hooray! It's Christmas Day.

-a poem by Rebecca da Silva

I never do these things, but...

1. What is your occupation right now?
Computer programmer for Choicepoint, a LexisNexis Company, yadda yadda yadda

2. What color are your socks right now?
Socks? I don't need no stinking socks!

3. What are you listening to right now?
Scooby Doo that Anna and Giulia are watching

4. What was the last thing that you ate?
Oatmeal (Cinammon Roll flavor), orange juice and hot chocolate

5. Can you drive a stick shift?
Yes, my Dad made me learn before I got my driver's license

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
Robson, about what he needed to buy for dinner on his way home last night

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
Of course!

8. How old are you today?
29, for the 11th time :)

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?
Tennis, basketball or BYU football

10. What is your favorite drink?
Hmmm, probably orange juice or Dr. Pepper

11. Have you ever dyed your hair?
Yes, and I need to have it done again

12. Favorite food?
Anything I don't have to cook

13. What is the last movie you watched?
The Lazarus Project, it was so-so

14. Favorite day of the year?
Probably Thanksgiving

15. How do you vent anger?
Well, I would never admit to yelling and slamming doors, so probably cleaning something

16. What was your favorite toy as a child?
A good book

17. What is your favorite season?
Spring, when the flowers start to bloom and it gets warm

18. Cherries or Blueberries?
Both!

19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?
Of course

20. Who is the most likely to respond?
Karla S.

21. Who is least likely to respond?
Kristina, I haven't heard from you in a while, my fault

22. Living arrangements?
Messy house in Provo with my DH and 5 kids

23. When was the last time you cried?
The day before Thanksgiving

24. What is on the floor of your closet?
shoes, a bag full of library books, and my sewing machine covered in dust

25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to?
Robert

26. What did you do last night
Made dinner, watched a movie with DH and got kids into bed

27. What are you most afraid of?
Not being good enough

28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?
Cheese, defnitely

29. Favorite dog breed?
Anything big

30. Favorite day of the week?
Thursday, my big night out

31. How many states have you lived in?
Texas, Virginia 2x, California 2x, Utah 2x, Guam (not a state, do territories count), Florida 2x, Idaho and Wyoming (the last 2 on my mission)

32. Diamonds or pearls?
diamonds

33. What is your favorite flower?
Anything my husband buys me