Happy 16th birthday to my sweet KK. Although I often find myself wanting to slow time down, I also find great joy in watching her grow into a beautiful, responsible young lady. She has a giant heart and is so creative and talented. We sure love having her in our family. She wanted to take …
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Katelyn’s 15th Birthday
Katelyn is 15 years old! One of the first things she wanted to do was to go get her learners permit so she could start driving. Since it was Monday, she even got a birthday video message from Jake in El Salvador, which was a fun highlight. Since she was already out of school, Katelyn …
Coach Manina and the Snipers
Manina volunteered to be Katelyn’s Jr. Jazz coach this year. Coaching 8th-grade girls recreation-league basketball takes a special kind of crazy, but Manina really worked hard at it and got the most out of her team. Manina inherited a team that went completely defeated last year — no wins all season long. Manina set up …
Katelyn’s 14th Birthday
Our Katelyn is fourteen years old! Manina and I took Katelyn out for lunch at Chick-Fil-A and I took some time to interview her. Here is what I learned: What is your favorite class at school? Foods right now. Usually student council but I have to do announcements this month which is difficult. What is …
Happy 13th Birthday KK!
This 13 year old got spoiled on her birthday! All the kids love being checked out and especially love it if they get to sneak out and get lunch and/or do their favorite activity. Katelyn couldn’t wait for me to take her to “Color Me Mine” in Provo. She is unbelievable talented and got right …
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 …
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mrs. Yingling, Katelyn’s sixth grade teacher, has her class perform a Shakespeare play every year. She assigns a student as the director and the director assigns all other parts and roles. They also tweak the play so it has its own little twist. It is ALL done by the kids…no adult help on anything. The …
Katelyn’s cute brace face
Katelyn got braces today. She was pretty excited about it, but wanted to keep it a secret from her family and friends so she could share her big reveal. She wouldn’t even tell Drew and Ellie why she wasn’t going to school. The procedure went well and she came home with all sorts of goodies. …
Miss Katelyn turns Twelve
I am not sure why but when my kiddos turn twelve, it feels monumental. They are finishing up six grade, going to junior high. They leave their younger church class and go with the young men/young women. It is also the age my girls are allowed to wear make-up. It just signifies change I guess. …
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