Alex's team comes in 2nd and, like Motel Kamzoil, we had a new arrival this week

On Thursday the Junior High hosted the Academic Olympics meet. Alex is part of that team. Glen, Hannah, and I attended the meet and it was really a lot of fun. It was the final tournament of the year, so the trophies were given out for the season. Churchill County placed second, beat out by Yerington. Alex really loved participating.

Alex is 3rd from the right

 Glen and I have matching "Dude, Be Nice" shirts and when I get the photo of the 3 of us in our shirts, I'll post it.

The proud team with their trophy

Glen has waited over 5 years for this, but his new hot tub is finally here. We went to Reno on Saturday to pick it up. Saturday evening he was already using it, though it wasn't quite up to temp yet. This morning I got my first dip. Heaven.

Glen got a little help from family members. Thanks, guys!

This weekend we had Stake Conference. Besides our local leaders, we had the Nevada Reno mission president and his wife, Pres and Sis Hermansen, come and speak to us as well as the Reno Temple President and his wife, Pres and Sis Tsukamoto. Such wonderful messages from such wonderful people.

Afterwards, we had a family dinner where we ate, played games, and talked. It was a great Sabbath. And a great week.

field trip and a surprise

Glen and I celebrated our 26th anniversary on the 21st. We had lunch together at school. I left for Utah at 5:30 because it was time for the annual pilgrimage to our Mecca known as the Utah Theatre Association's conference!

With 23 theatre students and 4 other adults along, Eric, Glen, and I spent the last few days in Provo. The conference was hosted by BYU and UVU.  I didn't have to ride on the school bus all night long there and back as Glen and Eric did, but got a cushy ride in a car in the daylight. Not being on the bus and having some great conversation with some great women--Divine.

I spent much of the conference workshop time in my hotel room. First I was working on homework for the online health class I am taking (I made an 80% on our first quiz--Hannah made a 90% on hers--I will have to study harder next time). Then I worked on lesson plans for the health classes I'm teaching. Then I worked on lesson plans for the In My World class I'm teaching. It felt so good to work on those things and get some things lined up for the rest of the semester. I still have a lot of work to do, but I feel so much more ready and less stressed about the semester.

I did attend 2 plays with everyone: The Wizard of Oz and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (which turned out to be a musical comedy). Everyone had such amazing voices.

And Andrew helped to make my sandwich one day when I went to his Subway on 9th East for lunch.

 

We spent a little bit of time in BYU's Museum of Art. Look what I bought at the gift shop:

I still hadn't spent the money my mom gave me for Christmas, so I used some of it to buy a Scrabble stamp set. What a riot. Thanks Mom!


And while at BYU I got to see Andrew, Heather, Sarah, and Becky. When the conference was over and everyone else was heading back to Fallon on the bus, I was in Sarah and Becky's apartment with Andrew and Heather getting creamed playing the games Tzolk'in and 7 Wonders. Good times.

(Sarah insisted on making a funny face, so don't think I'm mean for posting this here)

I arrived home at 4:30 Sunday afternoon to discover that Hannah and Geoff had been VERY busy while we were away. She lined and rearranged some cabinets, painted the kitchen (in Ace's Portland Twilight--which is a gray) and dining room (in Ace's Portland Twilight and Gray Embrace--which is a blue-green color), made and put up new curtains, put in a stainless steel hood over the stove, plus she had bought new plates and bowls, a mat for in front of the sink, a trashcan, a container for the school snacks, a mail basket, and a fruit basket to go on the counter. Thanks Hannah and Geoff!

(Dr. Phil: YOU'RE FAT Don't try and sugar coat it because you'll eat that too)

Great few days. Glad to be back. Not quite ready for tomorrow yet and bedtime is in 9 minutes...