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Life 365 | Week 43

Monday, October 18, 2010
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I love seeing the progression in JJ’s reading ability. It has been very slow in coming, but he is finally reading. It’s fun to see him want to read to his sister too!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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JJ’s loves the special activities and the motivational things they have in his classroom. He loves earning his little prizes!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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The kids ditched school today and we went up to Salt Lake City to watch Lane, Colby, and Clint in the State Cross Country. Colby did amazing and got 3rd place. Unfortunately, Lane didn’t do as well as usual and he didn’t place. It was kind of a bummer – it being his senior year – but he did earn Academic All-state and that’s wonderful. It was fun to be with all the family.


Thursday, October 21, 2010
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The kids have enjoyed doing Halloween artwork this week at school! Holidays really make everything so fun!

Friday, October 22, 2010
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Although, its late in the season, I have been wanting to go for a nice Fall Drive and see the colors and leaves. I finally decided tonight was the night. After the kids got home from school, we headed up the canyon – and even though it has better colors earlier in the season – there was still lots of beautiful leaves to gather and enjoy! The kids really enjoyed it.

Saturday, October 23, 2010
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Joey is spending the weekend in Salt Lake City with Pete doing podcasts and fun guy time. So tonight, pizza was just the thing for me and the kids!

Sunday, October 24, 2010
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The kids were so excited when Joey got home tonight – they really missed having him home this weekend and couldn’t wait to have him join in their playtime!

Life 365 | Week 39

Monday, September 20, 2010
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It’s been hard to get into our new routine, but we are trying. Morning time has been a bit hectic and hopefully we will get used to it soon. It’s nice that we can get JJ off to school and then have a few hours before Beth has to get to school. Growing up, my mom always had hot breakfasts for us (of course I missed out on that most of the time because I had volleyball/basketball practice in the mornings). But around here it is cereal bars, yogurt, and cold cereal!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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I signed up to be a room mom for both of the kids this year and its been interesting getting involved in the school. It was my job to collect all the items for Beth’s class basket for the Fall Festival and I was impressed with all the fun toys we got. This Toy Story Basket is so awesome and I hope we win it!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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Another soccer game for Beth today. She is doing much better about getting in there. Our team is so small and its been hard to have her motivated enough to work at it, but she is doing well.


Thursday, September 23, 2010
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We visited Joey at work and brought him dinner again. We stopped in at the mall and walked around and a guy offered Beth a free jump on their trampoline. She loved it!

Friday, September 24, 2010
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Today was the Fall Festival. The kids had such a good time playing the games, eating cotton candy, riding a pony, and shooting rockets! JJ was so excited to see Darth Vader there and he even won a cake in the cake walk! Of course it was a BYU Football cake and JJ had a good time teasing his dad about it. After the Festival we traveled to Payson and met with Grandpa and Grandma Sorensen, Lane, Cody, Becki, and Mallory. We visited and had dinner at the Cracker Barrel. It was fun to have Grandpa, Grandma, and Lane spend the night with us.

Saturday, September 25, 2010
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We got to watch Lane run in the Orem Kiwanis Cross Country race today. While we were waiting for it to start, the kids had a fun time playing on the playground and just running around. Lane did a great job and we are proud of him. Grandpa and Grandma and Lane came with us to watch Beth’s soccer game before they had to head home. It’s always great to spend time with them.

Sunday, September 26, 2010
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Tonight’s movie night featured Benjamin Franklin and it was fun to share his story with the kids! We were glad to see another win for the Colts today!

Project 365 | Week 43

Monday, October 19, 2009
oct19We got JJ’s school pictures back today. I always debate whether or not to purchase the school pictures because they are expensive and I don’t ever use all the prints. But it’s a school memory that I hate to miss out on so I always do it. This time they had a digital copy available – YAY! And really so far, JJ’s school pictures have been great – he’s always smiling – so it’s all good! This one will be a memory of his crooked tooth that I hope we can get fixed soon!

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
oct20Today was Joey’s 33rd birthday. He didn’t really want to celebrate it though – so I didn’t even make a cake. I had made some Eclair pie though so he got that and he blew a candle out with his fingertips. LOL My parents and brothers came up to stay at my house tonight and I made dinner. It was fun to hang out and just be with them! Cody and Becki came over too – so it was great!

 

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
oct21I got to spend time with my family today. Beth skipped school and went with me and my parents to Lane and Colby’s State Cross Country Meet. It was really fun to see my brother and my nephew run in the same race. They did amazing and it was so awesome to see them cross the finish line – Colby just a few steps ahead of Lane. They both made it in the top 10 so they got some great medals and their team placed 5th – not too shabby for not having a team even come to state in several years. After the race we went to dinner with my sister’s family and my parents and brothers before they all headed home.

 

Thursday, October 22, 2009
oct22I spent a lot of time doing some design work today and almost finished up my VillanZ Kit. But I didn’t get a photo today and actually I really wanted to share a couple of cute photos of Beth and Whitnee from yesterday. Beth loves her cousin Whitnee SO MUCH and Whitnee is really good to play with Beth even though she is 2 years older. It was so fun to see them play at Sugarhouse Park as we waited for Lane and Colby’s race to begin. These girls are so cute!

 

Friday, October 23, 2009
oct23Today was Beth’s field trip to the Pumpkin Patch with her preschool. I was so glad that I could go with her. It was fun to get to know her classmates and their parents a little bit better. We went through a corn maze, played on some awesome slides (including Beth’s favorite slide where you went down in a burlap potato bag!), petted some animals, went on a hayride, and got to pick a small pumpkin to take home! Beth had so much fun!

Since Beth went to the PUMPKIN PATCH we decided to do something fun with JJ today too – so while Joey was gone doing his podcast, we had a “P” night. After dinner we got in our PAJAMAS, watched PETE’S Dragon, and had a snack of POPTARTS and POPCORN!

 

Saturday, October 24, 2009
oct24JJ finally got a haircut today – it’s been needing it for a long while – I really think he looks good with short hair. We also got a little grocery shopping done. Joey had the opportunity to go to the BYU vs TCU Football game. BYU lost badly, but I think Joey still had a good time-he says that somehow watching TCU is going to help our Utes team do better against them. 🙂 While Joey was gone to the game – we took the 2 little pumpkins that Beth got from the pumpkin patch and created a little Halloween Decoration with some things I had on hand. We put some beads on a string and wrapped it around and created a little spider and ghost to go on top. I think it turned out cute!

 

Sunday, October 25, 2009
oct25I sang with the choir in church today – I am really glad that I have the opportunity to sing again. It’s a wonderful outlet and so fun. We also had home teachers come over for a visit and we got our temple recommends renewed.

I love seeing Joey with the kids – especially at bedtime. He has such a fun routine with them – including choosing the stuffed animal that they each get to sleep with for the night. Tonight as we had scriptures and prayers at their bedsides – I just couldn’t help but pull out the camera and get a few shots of Joey and his little girl!