November 2019

Rachel's sweet West Bountiful ward sent us some pictures from Girls Camp, a Manti Temple trip, and other activities.

 Ian had a jammed packed weekend performing with Heather's studio in the first Davis County Monster Concert.  They did Bohemian Rhapsody arranged by Gary Thomas and it sounded amazing!

 He also had his last Water Polo meet and did so well this season on something that is so hard. 

 This the whole piano group!

 His little brother thought it was the best!

 With composer Gary Thomas.

 Josie and Bridget headed on a date to see Ballet West's Snow White.

 It was such a cute production and a fun night.

Ian is growing like crazy!  His new school clothes from the beginning of the school year were already too small.

We had a fun Young Women Night of Excellence celebrating the changing of Personal Progress to the new goal system for children and youth. 

 Rachel was the Charger Champion of Gratitude at Centerville Junior and we love her cute guts.

Bridget's Grandma passed away and because of travel plans she wasn't able to attend the funeral.  The day she found out she couldn't go she was pretty sad and scheduled to help with reading for Andy's class.  She realized it was a good way to be honoring Mum since she was such a champion of literacy and education.

 Andy got this cute birthday present from his church leaders.

Ian is an 80 year old man in a 12 year old's body somedays.  Came home from church and put on his robe, read some Reader's Digest, and hung out with his dog.

Andy is 7!  It was fun to celebrate his birthday that fell on Thanksgiving this year.  He has been loving all things Pokemon and is the life of any party.

 He wanted a "dirt" cake to trick his cousins and siblings.

Some of our favorite things about Andy at age 7 are:
He is becoming a great reader and loves school.
His favorite color is green.
His favorite book is Polo.
His favorite movie is The Rise of Skywalker.
He loves to play games with his family.
His favorite food is pizza and fruit.
He is full of the cutest personality.  He loves to tell jokes, do crazy dance moves, and make us all laugh.  We love Andy!

His check-up stats for this 7 year old are:  3'10" (18%) and 44lbs (16%).  

 Rachel was our pie crust maker of the big day.

 And we got enough snow to go sledding!

 Andy got his own special pie for Thanksgiving!

 Then it was Monopoly tournament time!

 Bridget came out victorious!

 Ian has been doing a lot of fun projects at school lately.  Here he is with Brooklyn and Kennedy.

 With Andrew practicing balancing in the movement room.

 Working on orbits and shadows.

 At Halloween!

Some fun pictures of Philomena Penny that were collected for the funeral when Nana and Grandad went over.

 Visiting Poland.

 Grandad, Brian, Helen, Richard, and Kieran.

 Brian with Gillian, Niamh, and Samantha

Andy got to go on a work trip with Justin to St. George.  He LOVED it!  Lots of delicious food, hiking, and hotel relaxing in between work meetings.

 They explored the lava caves and it was the absolute best ever for our volcano-obsessed boy.

 Just a little on the comfortable side.

We found this on the white board one day.  Look at Andy giving something away and learning that it's better to give then to receive.