The 4H ladybugs

I organized a 4H group for my ward. I was planning on just a few girls from our neighborhood, but felt later to open it up to the girls that were old enough, in our ward. So we have a group of 11. Another mother in the ward offered to help and I asked her if she would teach the cooking lessons, and I would focus on the sewing. So far so good. We are learning as we go. The first meeting we had the girls decided what projects they wanted to do (an apron and a bag) and the group name (the Ladybugs)

The next meeting we learned about how the sewing machine works and sewed thread-less on paper. The assignment was to go home and finish sewing on the lines. We also had chosen our "jobs" assignments. President, Vice President, Secretary, etc. The cooking lesson was on sanitation- keeping our hand washed.

The lesson we just had was sewing on fabric and learning of seam allowances. We may have bitten off more than we could chew when I had them sew "chill ties" for their dads for father's day. The class went much later than I had planned, but everyone had the Chance to nearly finish their project. The cooking lesson was from the workbook "6 easy bites" and they made pizza pockets.

Next week we are planning a field trip to Walmart. I plan on teaching them about different fabrics and choosing fabrics for their projects. I am also going to talk to them about Warp and weft and why straight of grain is important. For the cooking segment she is going to talk about food labels and then the girls can look at various products and compare.

Wish us luck- I think we may need it.

Let the Summer Games Begin!

Two weeks into the summer vacation and we have swimming lessons behind us now. Jason was very concerned about being in level 2. I woke up that first morning to hear him crying in the living room. It was stressing him out! He was dreading the lessons. So the first day of lessons it was decided to have him repeat level 1. It was the best choice for everyone. He did great, he warmed up to swimming lessons and is comfortable in the water again. Sarah has a few things to improve on before she moves on to level 3 and Samantha needs to practice her strokes before she moves on from level 4. Jordan doesn't like to get his face wet normally, but after the swimming lessons he's a little fish. We went to the pool a couple of times as a family and the only thing that got us out of the water was Jared who would get chilled.

Kindergarten Graduation

Jason Graduated from Kindergarten this week. Here are a few pictures of Him there.



There are also pictures of him at his Field Day- I got to go and help. We "fished" for paper fish and counted how many fish we caught in one minute. It was an adaption of what I have done sometimes for Primary. The kids thought this was fun to do.

Memorial Day Hike To the "T"

For Memorial Day we took a family hike to the "T" on the Mountain. Everytime we come home from Salt Lake City we look for our "T". So why not go and see it up close and personal? This summer we want to make many of these trips that will help us explore the area that we live.

Sarah's Dance Recital

Sarah is the one on the back row on the right hand side (look for her short hair)
Sarah Had her Dance Recital in May 16th. She has been taking dance from the Bizzy Bee Dance Studio here in Tooele. I like Sheila's Policy to keep the costumes modest and her dances to emphasize the basics in Dance.

I am learning simple things like to get pictures before the performance so that I get them, and so there are only a few images- Unfortunately.

Just another day

We think Jared had help making this mess. Especially since Hot Chocolate Mix was dumped on our head. I picture is worth a thousand words. Right now I am speechless.

I love to check out the blogs of those that I know. To see what they are doing and to be inspired to write in my own blog. While I don't feel that I have anything inspired to say, I do feel that it gives me the opportunity to express myself in words. Some of the blogs I have seen are like scrapbooks, others are like a Journal, and some are meant to promote their ideas or a product. I don't have anything to sell, so for me this is a culmination of my thoughts and a scrapbook of my activities.

To catch up on the temple trip. We did attend the open house and it was fun and exciting to walk through that beautiful building. It was great to share that with our family and friends. We didn't get pictures unfortunately- because we needed to get dad back to work, but we won't forget doing that as a family.

We celebrated my birthday with little fanfare. We went to lunch on Valentine's Day, and I got to open the presents up on Sunday Morning. I love my new MP3 player- I downloaded my favorite songs to keep me moving while I am working on housework or to listen to soothing music on a Sunday Afternoon.

Life continues to move forward. I am learning to keep my attitude positive as there are days that aren't wonderful and days that are.