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Sophie changed teachers at the beginning of the school year, and so they had a goodbye celebration with all the kids, their families, and the teacher.  For about two months before hand the kids had been voting on what they … Continue reading →

After the excitement and business of the previous few days, Sunday was a welcome change.  We went to church and then stayed at home doing pretty much nothing. 🙂  Well, Chris and I did nothing.  The kids were busy playing … Continue reading →

Sarah turned 11 this summer, and as most of you know, she is a HUGE Harry Potter fan.  She has read the entire series four times total, in both English and German. So it seemed pretty natural to have her … Continue reading →

In case you haven’t noticed, all the events from the last three posts all occurred in the span of 3 days.  On Saturday, day 4 of this crazy busy week we had two huge events, a soccer tournament for Sophie … Continue reading →

July 6th was the big celebration for all the kids in Alexandra’s preschool who were moving on to kindergarten.  They do not call it a graduation, thank goodness, but it is definitely a goodbye party. It is also the last … Continue reading →

Since the kids and I celebrated the Fourth at Julie’s, we felt like we missed out on our family celebration.  So we celebrated on the fifth. 🙂  It’s not like we do anything super special, but it’s the tradition that … Continue reading →

This year’s 4th of July celebration with friends was a rather subdued affair.  It was also the goodbye part for our good friend Julie who was moving back to the States with her kids.  She has moved away once before, … Continue reading →

On the very last day of June, Sarah had her violin concert for the year.  She has made a lot of progress and worked really hard on the song she played all by herself.  She practiced for weeks, and for … Continue reading →

To celebrate the dedication of our new ward building, a week of festivities was planned.  It was a little much, in my opinion, as we were expected to help out in several different areas, but never asked if that was … Continue reading →

Every time I told this story I just had to laugh.  It is just so full of stereotypes, how could I not?  You see, my avoids-team-sports-at-all-costs son broke his finger playing basketball, at Young Men’s.  Don’t worry, I didn’t laugh … Continue reading →