It has been such a week! On Monday, Eden came home from school screaming (not that that is unique=) because she was chosen to sing the beginning solo to her high school choir's arrangement of "On My Own" from Les Miserables. Every girl in her choir tried out for the part so she had reason to be excited. She has a choir teacher who rewards desire, not just polished talent, which opens up what can sometimes be a narrow field of opportunity. I forgot my camera (can you believe that), but she performed on Thursday in the new High School Auditorium and did a nice job. It was just a brief opening piece but a fun experience for her. I'll have to see if I can get a photo from someone else who had a camera there that night. She also auditioned for the Treasure Valley Honors Choir and made it. It's just a one month commitment so we're letting her join and that will be fun for her as well. She is getting ready to take the BYU online dating course that we have required our children to complete before dating age, which is less than a month away. Jordan and Mikayla both passed it--I might require Eden to take it twice!=)
Two of Jordan's older friends returned home from their missions this week. One of them reported in Sacrament meeting today. It was so fun to see him. I haven't seen the other Elder yet because he doesn't report for two weeks, but it is a strange feeling to have the wave in the beginning of it's end. Time is now really starting to move.
We're all excited for our Family Harvest Party tomorrow. Fred is getting his annual Jeopardy game ready and Lily wants to deliver tamarind pods for our neighbor gifts. It's an odd gift--I'm used to baking, but I thought it sounded kind of fun to introduce our friends to something we discovered from our traditional Harvest Basket experimenting. I'm excited to go discover some new produce that we haven't yet tried, but the choices become fewer every year as we try more things.
Fred leaves on Friday for a RT convention and will be gone until Tuesday. I'm already sad. He wanted me to go with him but the cost of the flight is so expensive I have a hard time justifying the trip, so he'll be going without me. One of these times, maybe during the summer I'll have to tag along. Last time he was gone I painted our bedroom. I'll have to do something else fun for him this time.
Christmas stuff is already in the stores here. I know it's commercialism, but everything about Christmas just makes me happy--especially when it is taking over the Halloween aisles.
Quote of the week:
"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer." (Corrie Ten Boom)
Two of Jordan's older friends returned home from their missions this week. One of them reported in Sacrament meeting today. It was so fun to see him. I haven't seen the other Elder yet because he doesn't report for two weeks, but it is a strange feeling to have the wave in the beginning of it's end. Time is now really starting to move.
We're all excited for our Family Harvest Party tomorrow. Fred is getting his annual Jeopardy game ready and Lily wants to deliver tamarind pods for our neighbor gifts. It's an odd gift--I'm used to baking, but I thought it sounded kind of fun to introduce our friends to something we discovered from our traditional Harvest Basket experimenting. I'm excited to go discover some new produce that we haven't yet tried, but the choices become fewer every year as we try more things.
Fred leaves on Friday for a RT convention and will be gone until Tuesday. I'm already sad. He wanted me to go with him but the cost of the flight is so expensive I have a hard time justifying the trip, so he'll be going without me. One of these times, maybe during the summer I'll have to tag along. Last time he was gone I painted our bedroom. I'll have to do something else fun for him this time.
Christmas stuff is already in the stores here. I know it's commercialism, but everything about Christmas just makes me happy--especially when it is taking over the Halloween aisles.
Quote of the week:
"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer." (Corrie Ten Boom)
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