80 day countdown

Monday was an encore performance of "The Monologue Show" which was not performed on the high school stage, but the stage at the old movie theatre. Before the class's show, Hannah performed a monologue that she used in her acting class this past semester at TMCC. She's been on a 2 week break and starts up again on Tuesday.

Glen's co-teacher for his inclusion world history classes starts counting down the days till school starts again...even before school lets out. I think that's pretty funny. I think it freaks Glen out. It does make us feel like summer is already slipping away.... Anyway, Alex has 80 days before he starts school again in August (they pushed back the start day from the 15th to the 17th). Glen has 75 days before he has to report back on the 12th. Sounds like a lot and like not enough at the same time.

Friday night was graduation. For Alex that meant staying up all night and playing games with his cousins. That tradition started a few years ago and seems to be a highlight in Alex's life. He got to bed at 9:40 am on Saturday. When he got up just after 6 pm I had to tease him a bit (not my normal pattern) and tell him that he had a few hours before we left for church. He was a bit confused and we had to tell him several times what the date and time was before he wasn't confused anymore.

Besides taking a well-deserved long nap, Glen spent a lot of Saturday getting our garden plot ready to plant our vegetable plants. He also had to go and buy a new swamp cooler since he declared ours not worth trying to save. We're trying a window version instead of a roof-top one this time. Hopefully he gets the new one up and running tomorrow morning as it's supposed to be a week of high temps.

I spent a lot of Saturday (and Friday) alternating heat and cold packs on my back. I'm not off to the productive start of summer that I would have liked, but hopefully I'll be better in a few days.

I've started prepping for next year's seminary class already. I have a great book that lines up the 4 gospels and also gives the Joseph Smith translation of the New Testament. I bought it used ($1.49 + $4.00 s&h is all) and it has really great handwritten notes in it from the student who used it at BYU. Score! I really like it. I'm wondering if you already own it Denise.

Poor Eric killed his computer and had to have a new hard drive put in--so he lost everything he had saved on his old hard drive. :(

Ryan has been playing around with a little generator and lighting up light bulbs with it. :) He also needs a new computer.  :(

Henry is walking and has several teeth now. :)

And that about wraps it up for this week. :)

one week left!

Forgot to post this last week. Glen at one of his Order of the Arrow activities.

Block of the Month at the museum--

     Our local museum started offering a "Block-of-the-Month" get-together. You bring your sack lunch, sit and visit, and then work on a quilt block that has been chosen for that month. This week I went for the first time. I've been meaning to get back into sewing for a few years now and this was a great way to start. I finished the piecing part of the block, but still have to embroider in the legs and eyes to my sheep. It wasn't too bad...I only had to pick out 2 seams while piecing.

Glen's Academy Awards--

     Wednesday night was Glen's awards night for his theatre students. Besides handing out his "Glennies," he also honors his Seniors. The was also a little bit of entertainment as well. Good fun.

Seminary done for another year---

     Thursday was the last day of seminary and we had the traditional breakfast to close out the year. I really love my students and will miss them. I'm already gearing up for next year, though. There are some big changes coming to seminary that I'm excited about. We will be teaching the New Testament like normal, but will also have actual lessons on the basic doctrines. The emphasis is on mastering the doctrine and not just memorizing the scripture mastery scriptures. It really looks amazing.

Glen's birthday--

     Thursday was Glen's birthday, so he took his second "personal day" off from school and we drove to Reno. After a session in the temple, we ate authentic Mexican food (Anna's Mexican Grill on McCarran) which was delicious, went to thrift stores, and then did some grocery shopping. Later that night was the pizza party for the cast of Sound of Music. He didn't want cake, so we just stuck one candle into the ice cream and sang to him. I think he had a great birthday. Happy Birthday Glen!

School--
     Alex got his schedule for next year and he got everything he wanted...and one thing he didn't. His classes are what he chose: Spanish 2, AP English, Video Productions II, honors Algebra II, World History, honors Chemistry, and AP Psychology.

     What he didn't want was to have his father for World History, but that's who he has. It's not that he didn't want Glen, he just wanted the other teacher because he had heard that the other teacher was easier. But he'll have Glen during the inclusion class, so there is a 2nd teacher, Mr. Rinker, and I think he'll have a great learning experience.

     Finals on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Last day is Friday. We are excited for summer vacation to begin!

Glen's dancing skills and the musical is finished

The video clip shown here is a student project from the high school's video production class. Glen's involvement in this clip came about because I was subbing at the high school and one of my students came to my class room and asked if they could film me dancing. I told them that I don't dance in public (dang, I missed my chance), but that Glen was an awesome dancer and so much fun to watch. The result is the clip above. Go to 1:22 to see him for his 2 seconds worth of fame. The fact that I know so many students and teachers in the clip make it extra fun. I thought the students did a great job.

Alex is also in video productions, but he and his partner are still working on their music video.

The Sound of Music has wrapped up. For last night's final showing, Tom (the director) dressed up as a nun and joined the Sister Act during intermission. The entire cast joined in as well. Glen (who designed the set) and Scott (who was the scenic artist) dressed up as monks and were in the wedding scene and the scene following.

Scott and Glen ready for their scene

Since I just posted on Wednesday, there isn't much more to post about today, so this will have to do.

Hannah moved, SOM, new car, + other stuff

Well, I wrote a whole post this weekend, but apparently I didn't save it much less get it posted. Here's a recap.

Hannah moved to Reno last week. She'll be in Reno during the week and home on the weekends. It seems so much more empty without her here. She's finishing up finals tomorrow and will then have 2 weeks off before the new semester starts.

We went to see Sound of Music last weekend. Fabulously done. Our niece plays Sister Sophia and starts off the play. The nuns put on a great show during intermission, too.

Glen took the minivan in to be fixed on Friday and discovered that it would cost a lot to fix it, but it isn't worth that much. We decided to get a new car instead of pouring money into the minivan. It was a short search. Tuesday we went to look at a car in Fernley and today I brought it home. It's a dark gray 2011 Ford Focus SE. I am very excited.



Glen and Alex went on a Father/Son camp out Friday night. It doesn't rain often in Fallon, but when it does, it's while my boys are supposed to be camping. They had a great time, rain notwithstanding.


What one of the streets looked like after Sunday afternoon's downpour.

We had a wonderful Mother's Day luncheon after church put on by the men of the family. I've always appreciated the great blessing of living so close to family. I also got to talk to my mom and Andrew, Eric, and Ryan, too. Great day.

Glen was in charge of getting the pansies to the church in order to pass them out to the women.

Rain and dandelions.

More rain this week. We have been so blessed this past winter season. We need the water, but it can cause some difficulties.

Glen went on a camp out to Dixie Valley Friday night with the 11 year-old scouts and their leader. Dixie Valley is the valley on the other side of the mountains to the east of us (the Stillwater Mountains). It's about a 2 hour drive. Anyway, it rained here in Fallon Friday night. And there, but it turns out they did OK.

The Stillwaters with snow on them a few days before the camp out

nice and cozy and protected from the rain

Outside of the Provo City Center Temple on their anniversary

Henry feels rain for the first time

this one is now the wallpaper on our computer

though I might switch the wallpaper to this one

You can't see it in any of these photos, but Henry now has his first tooth with the second one soon to follow!

Another happening this week was a Court of Honor for the Scouts. Here Uncle Alan presented Alex with several merit badges (and I didn't take the photo soon enough to get a good one).

So, 3 weeks left of seminary and 4 left of school. We are excited. We are amazed. We are ready.