More Music Concerts & Parties!

Lydia wearing her Solo & Ensemble medal!

Beautiful! 💐 Bravo!

Hotdogs, s’mores, gifts at the tree farm Winter Social

Abby’s Stallion Singers Breakfast Party

Julie playing in Christmas Cantata 

Christmas Show!

The 5th Graders put on quite a fabulous show, “Lights, Camera, Christmas!”

Trying to get a video, but the Stallion Singers sang lovely carols at a nearby assisted living & memory care center. Many a feet were tapping or hands clapping along!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had the week of Thanksgiving off to appreciate all we’re thankful for: animals, family, friends, food, shelter, our lord and savior Jesus Christ, and dogs!

Lydia & Kloe

Moody Gardens is ready for the holidays and we're ready for it!

 

free-roaming saki monkeys in the rainforest pyramid

 

the Macaw was talking to us!

enclosures housed bats (they were active!) and this komodo dragon!

We saw the aquarium after lunch-lots of jelly fish and barking sea lions!

My kitchen helpers say,

'Never enough marshmallows and cool whip in the fruit salad!'

Our 2 dogs are the best snugglers

Can't wait any longer to put the tree up!

Field Day & Halloween

Fun and Games for Field Day at Sampson!

Scraping and carving our pumpkins!

a bear

"Grandma" is ready for the little trick-or-treaters

a fun night in the neighborhood!

Camping out to watch the Astros go on to win the World Series!!

Trunk or Treat

I had fun bringing COOKIE MONSTER to epic proportions and tying it to our puppet theater and a message

 

Crazy eyes, cookies, letter pumpkin

The trunk or treaters buzzed with amazement as Elmo handed out candy 😉

C is for Christ

He died for you and me 

Choir

The girls have both been waking up early and working hard in their respective choirs. I love to hear them sing and enjoy themselves!

For Spillane’s fall concert, the non-varsity Treble Choir beautifully sang Pure, White Owl and Dona Nobis Pacem

For Sampson’s 20th anniversary celebration, the Sampson Singers performed the school song, Tutti Frutti and We’re All in this Together 

 

Back to School!

Big dog (or should I say Stallion?) at Sampson! 

Gma Jan visited and took them shopping before school!

1st day of 5th Grade

Abby has Mrs. Fox for Homeroom, Math, Science and Mrs. Garza for ELAR, social studies 

1st day of 7th Grade at Spillane

With electives choir and Spanish

UTAH

We flew into Salt Lake City and drove to Aarchway Inn, Moab for 3 nights.

 

It was a nice place-we enjoyed the pool and playground.

Early in the morning, we drove 5 minutes to Arches National Park. 

We really weren't the only ones hiking to Delicate Arch.

In fact, we met a really nice tour guide and group along the way.

Looking through Twisted Donut Arch. Almost there!

 

DELICATE ARCH

Once again, we feel tiny. 😄🔎

I was excited to see this petroglyph along the hike: ancient drawings of horse and rider surrounded by bighorn sheep.

BALANCED ROCK

 

DOUBLE ARCH

 

SAND ARCH

This place was an oasis in the shade between blades of sandstone. The kids took off their shoes and played in the sand like it was the beach and squeezed in all the rock crevices.

 

 

After our afternoon siesta and dinner, we checked out Canyonlands, and we're glad we did.

Lydia wanted to hang out on the ledge and take in the "dinosaur footprint," and it made me very uncomfortable.

MESA ARCH

very impressive

Slight delay, we spotted a waterfall from the highway!

BRIDALVEIL FALLS

 

Then 'goodbye desert' and 'hello family.' 4 nights with this crew in Park City.

We had a blast on the Alpine Slide and Coaster at Park City Mountain Resort.

LAKE MARY

Ben, Lydia, Roland, Addie, Kaitlyn, Aubrey, Dan, Will, Kathy, Julie, Abby

what a show- that hi dive is 3 x the olympic high dive height!

Abby and the Flying Aces!

The Utah Olympic Park Museum was very interesting since I remember the event from 20 years ago #feelingold