"WOW"

This years Reflections theme is "WOW" the kids needed to come up with something that "WOW's" them. Addie painted a picture with her Grandma Nancy and decided that she would enter the painting. Well she won an award. Way to go Addie.

Science Fair is over

Addie and her friend Eden have been working on a Science Fair project "Tongues with Attitude" they tested about 30 people in different age groups to see if their taste buds change with age. They tested, sugar cubes, pickles, lemon juice etc. It was really fun to see the different facial expressions on the people they tested. They were blind folded so they had no idea what was coming. The girls did an amazing job on their poster, and research. Unfortunately they didn't win and make it to district level, but that is OK. This project is finally over. Way to go girls

radKIDS

As many of you know I am a radKIDS instructor. This is a self empowerment program for children, it teaching kids how to stand up for themselves in the event that someone is bullying them. We teach the kids different techniques they can use to get away from bad situations, if someone is trying to take them or when to identify when someone is trying to trick them. But the most important thing they learn is that if someone is doing something to them that shouldn't be happening, "Its not their fault" and that they have the right to tell a trusted adult. This is an amazing course. It is about 3 weeks long with a simulation on the last day where the children get to show off their stuff to their parents. We have Dean Larsen the regional director for radKIDS come in to help with our simulations. He dresses is a big red (padded) suit and lets the children use their techniques on him. This is their favorite part of the whole course. One of the other things they get to do is hammer fist or pepper "BOB" in the eyes or face. The picture is Dani and myself kissing "BOB" eat your heart out. Dani and I teach together and we love it. This has been a very rewarding opportunity for us. We had a parent tell us just the other day that this has been a huge impact on their family. One of our students told us that she use to be afraid and because of us she isn't afraid anymore. Right there this is worth it. For more information please go to www.radkids.org

Life!!

I first want to apologize for having not updated our blog for a while. We have been very busy at our house with the everyday normal things that there just isn't anything real exciting going on. Here are just a few things.
*Addie is working on her Science Fair project with her really good friend Eden. They have been doing research to see if your taste buds change the older you get. This has been real fun to blindfold people and test different foods on their tongues. The facial expressions are priceless. They have done a phenomenal job on their project. Good Luck girls.
*Next, Mike was just called to be the Elders Quorum President. I know can you believe it. Mike is going to do an amazing job. He is perfect for this. He is quite the people person, very spiritual, and very loving towards others. He is very excited, and so are we.
*I was just asked to be the Vice President of the BNI Marketing Chapter that I attend. For those of you who don't know what this is. I belong to a group that meets once a week to market our businesses. We train each other to be our sales team. We help each others business grow. The position is for 1 year and I am very flattered to have been chosen.
*Another bit of exciting news is that my sister Kim is having another baby and it is finally a "BOY" My parents have 8 granddaughters as of now, and we are finally getting a little boy. We are all very excited but a little nervous, non of us know how to raise boys. But I am sure that we can dress him and I promise it wont be in a dress or anything pink. Congrats Kim
*We are headed to St. George next week for Thanksgiving, so I promise that I will take pictures of everything and have a little bit more exciting entry.

Happy Halloween

As many of you already know I do not like Halloween. I think it is an expensive not needed holiday. I hate spending money on costumes and I don't ever have anything just lying around the house to make things our of. My kids really don't need the candy etc. So this year I told the girls that Mike and I would take them to dinner and out bowling or mini golf, and I would get them their own treat. Well two of the three girls were totally fine with it. Yes you guessed it Rachael was the only one who really wanted to go trick or treating. Trust me I tried everything. The kids needed to dress up for their school parade and class parties. So I bit the bullet and went and purchased costumes. We actually found some pretty good deals at Partyland. Buy 1 get 1 1/2 off. I ended up going to the school for the parade and then I helped out in Brianna's class for the party. I don't think there were any kids that didn't have a costume so I am glad that I let them participate. That evening we had a party with the ward. It was a "Trunk or Treat" it was the first time that the ward tried it and it was wonderful. The kids had a great time and there is a big turnout. The best thing is that we were done by 6:30. Dave and Jessica came over to give the girls a little treat. All in all it wasn't all that bad. I just need to change my attitude. Maybe next year. The really frustrating thing is that we went to dinner with some friends and when we got home they called to tell us that someone had egged their house. They used her Halloween decorations as target practice. Then Saturday money I got up to start cleaning and looked outside to find all of our pumpkins smashed all over the sidewalk and the road. They even smashed one over the fire hydrant on the side of our yard. Rachael was so sad, we were going to carve them that say. A good friend brought us some of theirs so Rachael wouldn't be so sad.

Another home project

Many of you know me and you know that I always have to have a project going. So after the carnival was over it didn't take long for me to tell Mike that I wanted to paint the living room. The color that I originally chose worked great with our other couches. But it wasn't working with the new ones that we purchased. So I decided I wanted a drastic change. So I did it. Mike found a company through a marketing group that he attends and they were doing the first room for 50% off the original price. Mike and I both decided that it would be OK to pay someone to do a project for us. It was great they started at about 9:30 and they were done and cleaned up by 2:00. The company is 5 Star Painting, they are fantastic. (the best part is that Mike didn't have to do it)