CR went to the district spelling bee and after many rounds he got 2nd place.
These are the words he had to spell: Pueblo (Round 1: 67 contestants) Pistachio (Round 2: 48 contestants) Illuminati (Round 3: 33 contestants) Succotash (Round 4: 23 contestants) Brontophobia (Round 5: 17 contestants) Planisphere (Round 6: 5 contestants) (He got this word incorrect but so did everyone else :)) Propinquity (Round 7: 5 contestants) Heredon??? (Round 8: 3 contestants) (He got this word incorrect also. We don't even know how to spell it? 2/3 got their words incorrect so the one that got it correct got a challenge word that he got correct so he was automatically the first place winner. CR and the other contestant had to battle for 2nd and 3rd place.) Effloresce (incorrect but the other contestant got it incorrect also) Porringer (CORRECT. He won 2nd place!!!)
He was awarded at $1400 scholarship and many other gift cards and passes. We are so proud to have an amazing speller in our family. He was lucky because this is the first year that they have awarded prizes to the top 3 winners. In past years only the first place winner won a trip to Washington DC to participate in the national spelling bee.
These video clips bring the life of Christ close to my heart. I feel as if I know my Savior so much better now and yet I have a long ways to go until I can know Him completely and be like Him in a small way. I decided to post these clips on here so that I can always find them. We did not participate in any of these scenes and yet I feel like I was in Jerusalem watching from heaven the events that were taking place. I know so many of the actors also so that makes it even more personable.
My oldest nephew a.k.a. Malox. Went into the MTC on February 29th. He is on his way to the Oakland, California Mission. We had the privilege to host him and my brother at our house for a few days before and after.
Malox is an amazing young men and we are very proud of him for going to serve and teach the gospel to the people in CA.
These are the cousins with jazz hands at home. The things they make missionaries do!!!
We got to meet K in Provo so she could get a chance to see her closest in age cousin before leaving. We found out that we needed to feed the Elder before going in so we ate a Rubio's (Derick's Favorite).
Now when missionaries are dropped off the family goes across the street to a parking lot and says goodbye and takes pictures. It relieves the congestion at the curb.
Handsome missionary!
This is the gang that dropped him off. See you in 2 years! Maybe a little sooner if we get to say goodbye at the airport on his way to Cali.
It's Spelling Bee Time once again. This time CR is competing at the Jr. High level. He was a little nervous but managed to pull off the win once again.
The three winners.
This is my "cutie" on Valentine's Day. Her preschool class was having a fancy party and she was so excited. She picked out her princess dress a few weeks before and she was just counting down the days.
KC and I celebrated by going out to Olive Garden for dinner and then to see a preview of Titanic 3D. I was sooo excited to see this movie again on the big screen. I love this movie for some reason. I know it's a tragic story but I love the love story in the movie.
After the movie I had a message from Zildy saying that Jonas was in the hospital for blood clots. So since we were already in the area we went over there to see him. He was doing ok and everything was under control but he was feeling pretty helpless. I'm glad we got to go see him for a little while. The only problem was that we didn't make it home until about 1:00am and we still had to work the next day.
We got to go to St. George for a gymnastics meet. C and S didn't get to go cause they had a dance company competition at the UofU so they stayed behind, but we got to pick up K on the way so she could come with us.
CR also joined the NAL (National Academic League) this year and for his first year he did very well. This was the school's first year and they made it to second place in the district.
My dad's birthday is always a highlight of the month since he loves to celebrate it so much (joke). I love my dad he is the best there is. He is a good example for us to follow.
This is the dance that never was. The Dance Co. was scheduled to perform at the last basketball game of the season but the music did not work for some reason and they just stood there ready to dance but they were never able to get it to to work. It was really sad cause all the parents never got to see the dance.
I did my final presentation for my Master's program last week. (YAY!!! I can't believe I'm almost done!) It was no big deal just a presentation on a book. I was all prepared with 16 pages of notes. KC and I were going out and I needed a break after working all day on this that I saved and shut down my laptop because it had been a while since I had completely shut it off. When we came back at about 9:00pm I decided to work on my presentation a little bit more and I could not find my notes anywhere!!! Aghhhh!!! I asked KC (the expert) to help me but nothing. It was gone. I think what happened was that I had just opened the attachment from gmail and I never did "save-as" so who knows where it was saving to. 2 1/2 years in this program and I have never lost anything because I know that I'm supposed to save regularly. Oh well, I started over again. I guess I must have needed to know this stuff really well. Awesome book btw. It's called:
Life’s
Greatest Lessons--20 Things That Matter Hal Urban
Here is the 20 Greatest Lessons that we are never too old or young to remember:
I.Success is more than making money
Success means doing the best we can with what we
have.Success is in the doing, not the
getting--in the trying, not the triumph. Wynn Davis
II.Life
is hard… and not always fair
Life is a series of problems.Do we want to moan about them or solve them? M.
Scott Peck
III.Life
is also fun… and incredibly funny
Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on
human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.Norman Cousins
IV.We
live by choice not by chance
God asks no man whether he will accept
life.That is not the choice.You must take it.The only choice is how.Henry Ward Beecher
V.Attitude
is a choice—the most important one you’ll ever make
Everything can be taken from a man but
one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given
set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
Viktor
Frankl
VI.Habits
are the key to all success
In truth, the only difference between
those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of
their habits.Og
Mandino
VII.Being
thankful is a habit—the best one you’ll ever have
Don’t complain because you don’t have…
Enjoy what you’ve got. H. Stanley Judd
VIII.Good
people build their lives on a foundation of respect
Treat other people exactly as you would
like to be treated by them… The Golden Rule
IX.Honesty
is still the best policy
Honesty is the best policy in
international relations, interpersonal relations, labor, business, education,
family, and crime control because truth is the only thing that works and the
only foundation on which lasting relations can build. Ramsey
Clark
X.Kind
words cost little but accomplish much
Few things in the world are more
powerful than a positive push.A
smile.A word of optimism and hope. A
“you can do it” when things are tough.Richard
M. DeVos
XI.Real
motivation comes from within
No matter who you are or what your age
may be, if you want to achieve permanent, sustaining success, the motivation
that will drive you toward the goal must come from within. Paul
J. Meyer
XII.Goals
are dreams with deadlines
People with goals succeed because they
know where they’re going. Earl Nightingale
XIII.There’s
no substitute for hard work
The best prize life offers is the chance
to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore
Roosevelt
XIV.You
have to give up something to get something
Decide what you want, decide what you
are willing to exchange for it, establish your priorities, and go to work! H.
Lamar Hunt
XV.Successful
people don’t find time—they make time
Time is life.It is irreversible and irreplaceable.To waste your time is to waste your life, but
to master your time is to master your life and make the most of it.Alan Lakein
XVI.No
one else can raise your self-esteem
Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the
skin feeling you have of your own self-worth. Denis
Waitley
XVII.The
body needs nutrition and exercise—so do the mind and spirit
…Mind, body, and spirit act in concert
to determine health and well-being.
Dr.
Carl Thoresen
XVIII.It’s
OK to fail—Everyone else has
If you’re willing to accept failure and
learn from it, if you’re willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise
and bounce back, you’ve got the potential of harnessing one of the most
powerful success forces.Joseph
Sugarman
XIX.Life
is simpler when we know what’s essential
And now here is my secret, a very simple
secret; It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is
invisible to the eye.Antoine
de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
XX.Essential
#1 Is Being a Good Person
Do all the good you can, by all the
means you can.John
Wesley
