Happy birthday to Claire! Hard to believe we now have three teenage daughters in the house. To celebrate, we took Claire out to lunch as usual. She chose Cubby’s again this year, and this year decided to bring her sister Katelyn along with Manina and me. At lunch, we went through our standard questions like …
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Claire turns twelve
Just like last year, Claire and Manina stopped and picked me up so we could go to Cubby’s for Claire’s birthday lunch. In what is quickly becoming one of my favorite traditions, I interviewed Claire to get a little glimpse into her life. It was fun to see how she’s changed since her birthday last …
Claire’s 11th Birthday
For Claire’s 11th birthday, Claire got checked out of school to go to lunch with mom and dad. We went to Cubby’s and she loved it. While we were there we asked her about some of her favorite things. List of Claire’s favorite things at age 11: Cereal: cocoa pebbles Dinner that mom makes: homemade …
What is Your Story: Reflections 2016
Every year a few of my kids like to enter the Reflections contest that we have at our school. Claire had taken this picture of trails splitting on a hike we had gone on this summer. She entered it into reflections relating it to how your story is determined by the path we take and …
Claire’s field trip to Timpanogos Cave
I volunteered to go with Claire’s class to hike up to Timpanogos Cave in American Fork Canyon. I have been fortunate enough to have gone on this fifth grade field trip with Miss Louw’s class three times in the past. I always volunteer because I love it. If you’re going to go on a field …
Grove Creek backpacking with the kids
Last year, I took Katelyn and Megan backpacking up American Fork canyon. This year, we brought Jacob and Claire along with us too. We were also joined by the Rowberry family. My Uncle Greg and I were out talking one night and he expressed some interest in exploring the trails just east of the Pleasant …
Young Women’s 5K Chalk Run
This is our second annual Young Women’s color run. They have chalk stations all along the way, each color representing the values in the young woman program in our church. As you get to the station they throw chalk. None of my girls trained for the 5K so there was a lot of walking and …
Happy 10th Birthday Claire!
Happy 10th Birthday to our Claire Bear! Unfortunately her birthday fell the day after spring break ended and after we returned from our spring break trip. I gave her a couple options and she chose to skip school and go see Zootopia with her friend Allie. We dropped them off at the theater. They thought …
First Weekend of Spring Camping Trip
This last weekend Manina was out-of-town at yet another girls trip. Jacob, Megan, and Katelyn had a church “mini-mission” activity that would keep them busy (and supervised) all Friday night and most of the day on Saturday. I was home with just Claire, Drew, and Ellie. So, instead of sitting around and playing on iPods …
Spring Choir Concert
Both Katelyn and Claire joined the Highland Children’s Choir this year. Katelyn has always loved singing. She easily picks up on pitches and tones and such. Claire likewise loves to sing. Since she was a very little girl, I would often find her humming or singing while she played. Due to the sibling discount the …
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