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!