We have been busy...

Zachary had another project to do this past month. It was a Book-in-a-Can. His book was Fudge-a-Mania. He had to "make" 3 objects that describe a character in the book and create a poster to "sell" the book to others.

Here is the poster. He thought of what to say and I wrote it out for him.

Here are the objects that went inside. Peter loves baseball and takes a vacation in a rented home with the family of a girl he hates.

Of course the outside of the can had to be decorated from top to bottom.

Zachary's drawing of Peter

Aside from that, Baseball season has started. Zachary is on the Yankees. He is very excited to play. We will see how it goes. This is the first year that the boys will actually pitch. We figure after getting hit several times he will come out of this season either hating it or loving it.

The Pinewood Derby is also coming up next week and we still haven't built a car. We may be using the one from last year.

Poor Savannah has been sick all week with a cold that has pretty much wiped her out. No school, which is great, but the make up work is to be dreaded.

Hannah is ready to graduate. She has filled out the forms for Seminary graduation. Counting down the days. She had the frustration of waiting online to apply for housing and get a date to select her room. That was a mess! Their server could handle the volume and mess they created and shut down. She now at least has a date to get housing. April 23 is the day she can select a room with no guarantees that a room will be available. She is a little stressed sometimes about this, but I am sure all will work out for her.

Kyle has been traveling. He was gone all last week. He isn't working from home this week but at least he is home at night.

We had a cold snap that came through and we got sleet and freezing temps last week. This week we are is the 70's with hope that this terrible winter is behind us and the fun that spring weather brings awaits.

Parade of Homes and Happy Mornings

Zachary's class made homes out of card board boxes and used a battery to make the house have lights. Zachary was so excited about this. He took some of his Halo toys to be the occupants of this house. He made this house with another boy in his class, that also goes to church with us. It is a true boy home. Just a bed and lots of room for fighting and wrestling around. They even put holes in the wall that they had to cover with wallpaper. True fun for a boy! The girls of course had pink homes with dishes, furniture barbies and pets.

Today they had a Parade of Homes. I went this morning to see his home. He was excited for me to see it. Great job Zachary!

When I was leaving it was time for the kids to be dismissed to their classrooms for the morning. They have a new counselor for the kids that was giving the kids high five and telling them "Happy Morning! Have a great day!" Their were lots of smiles in that hall. I am not a morning person and it even made me smile. So for all those people like me that hate the mornings, Happy Morning to you!

The Waiting is over...

Hannah has heard back from the school she really wanted to go to. She will get a half tuition scholarship. For her privacy I will not say which school it is. I will say that it is not close to home and it is in the western part of the US. Anyone interested in knowing what school it is, can shoot an email our way or a phone call. Sorry. I just don't want to put it on here in case someone I don't know reads this. She is very excited and she has a friend here that will be going as well. They want to room together. We are excited for Hannah, but we dread her leaving home. Sad:(

The College Waiting Game

Hannah sent out all of her college applications last fall. We have heard from one. It is a state school. They have even offered her a scholarship. She would probably go for free. She has one school that she wants to attend. It is not close to home. She was told not to expect an answer until after Feb. 27. She got an email over the weekend letting her know she could get an answer from them anytime. Now she will be checking their website everyday to see if she has been accepted. The college waiting game continues!

My New Friend

We have had really cold weather this year. I love to walk,but I won't walk when it is in the 20's or 30's. Call me a wimp. I miss my walking/jogging. Kyle and I decided to buy this wonderful treadmill. Now I can walk and not be grumpy even when it is cold. I have a feeling this treadmill and I are going to be great friends.

No School Today!

The kids are out of school today! They closed because it is cold and they didn't want the kids walking to school in the cold. It was 1 degree this morning and it felt even colder. We are having record cold temperatures. Anyway we are enjoying staying inside and watching some movies! Hope everyone else is staying warm through this cold weather!

Hello Again!

I have been out of the blogging world since just before Christmas. We had a great Christmas. The gifts were great and it was good to see family. After Christmas Savannah and Zachary got a wonderful stomach bug and when they recovered, Kyle got a double ear infection and strep just in time to ring in the new year. Everyone is well other than the sniffles and colds that come with our wonderful weather that jumps from 65 degrees to 30. I have no pictures to post from Christmas ( I am being nice to Hannah and not posting the annual Christmas morning stand on the steps from youngest to oldest before we can see our gifts).

I know it is hard to believe that I have no words of wisdom. What can I say. I guess all I can say is hello.