Our Roadshow, "Zion or Bust!"

Jake, Grace and Sarah all participated in our ward roadshow last week. It really was a roadshow, as they performed in 2 buildings on the same night. Grace was one of the main characters and did a wonderful job on her lines and facial expressions! Sarah sat at the edge of the stage and sang every song with lots of enthusiasm! And, the roadshow would have been nothing if it weren't for the very capable and efficient backstage crew member, Jake! We, of course, think our roadshow was the best!

My Kids are Great!

Today was the last day of the school trimester, and the school held award assemblies. Jake, Grace and Sarah all received awards! Jake received an award for passing his Math Facts in a Flash in under 1 minute and also under 45 seconds, a good citizenship award, and an award for achieving the Principal's Honor Roll(that means all 'A's on his report card). Grace received an award for her achievements in an Accelerated Math program, and for demonstrating the life skill of "Effort...I always try to do my best". Sarah received her first school award presented for demonstrating great "Initiative...I can get started," and was chosen to eat lunch with the vice-principal as a reward for good behavior. I'm so happy they are doing well at school. I am a lucky mom to have such awesome kids! (A mom's allowed to brag on her own blog, right?)

Sarah's New Hairstyle

We have been talking about cutting Sarah's hair for awhile now. She has been begging me the last couple of days, and I had to talk her into waiting until after Halloween. So today I finally cut it all off! I was a bit nervous at first...it ended up being a bit shorter than I thought it would. We had to cut at least 10 inches off so we could donate it to Locks of Love. Sarah loves her new hairdo and has been running up to everyone asking "what do you think of my hair?" She's also been posing a lot in front of the mirror. I think its way cute...she just looks much older to me now!

Happy Halloween!

For Halloween this year, the whole family dressed as characters from Mystery, Inc. Andy was the handsome Fred, Jake was Shaggy, Grace was Velma, and Sarah and Rachel were both Daphne. Our hope was that Rachel would be Scooby Doo, but she would not wear the costume! She insisted on being Daphne also. I was the villain. I made a t-shirt that said "Villain" on the front and "I would've gotten away with it if it hadn't been for these meddling kids and their dog!" on the back. Grace wished we could've painted our van like the Mystery Machine...maybe next time. Of course the kids came home with tons of candy and had a great time sorting it and watching the Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin cartoon.