Robert Piano Festival

Robert earned another Superior in his piano festival this week. He did a great job. This time, they wouldn't let us take pictures or video tape the actual activity. Can't imagine why, but we complied.

So, here's a photo from the music store when he played.

Alaina quote

Here's one from a few days ago when Becky and I and Alaina were snuggling in bed. Becky asked her, "Alaina, where did you get all your beauty from?"

Dad: "Right here, from Becky."

Becky: "No, they came from heaven."

Alaina: "No, I got them from Africa!"

I have no idea where all that came from--except her brother Jeremy who loves animals from Africa.

New suits

Becky found some new suits for all 4 boys this week! We enjoyed wearing them to Becky's uncle Earnest and Dorothy Ahlborn's talk in church as they returned from their mission in Eastern Europe this week.

Holiday Sledding

Today we went to Ogden to a cabin that Harold Zentz' school district owns. It was a lot of fun playing in the snow that was at least 6 feet deep in most places--higher than that quite often.

My favorite part was sledding down the road that led from the parking lot to the cabin. I don't know how long it was, but it took at least 15 minutes or so to hike up. No cars were allowed on this section, so we could just sail down the road! I can't ever remember going that fast on a sled, so we did it several times. I went with Wesley all the way down several times, then with Jeremy and his cousin Natlalie Merrell several times.

Sometimes as we slid down at incredible speed, we'd pass people walking down the road. Then, as we hiked back up, they'd make comments. Here are a few of my favorites:

"Wow! You guys were really cooking!"

"You must have hit your head on something hard to want to keep trying to do that!"

I sure wish we had some pictures--or a video of me holding the camera as we sailed down. But, we don't.

Anyway, it was a fun time, and we enjoyed having a good time playing in the snow after shoveling so much of it this year. I don't think we've seen grass in our front yard since early December! It still has almost a foot on it, and it hasn't snowed in about a week.

Holiday Nap!

I absolutely love snuggling with Alaina, Timothy, and Wesley.  They're darling!  

Here's one recent short break for a nap.

Science Fair-more photos

More photos from the science fair.

Science Fair

Wesley, Jeremy, and Robert all entered the Science Fair this last week at their school, and did very well in the competition, even though none of them officially placed.

Wesley studied centrifugal force with an experiment involving a drill, water, and a plastic yogurt container.

jeremy tested Newton's principal of gravity to see whether heavier objects would fall faster than lighter objects.

Robert built an electrical circuit that tested whether a solar cell would produce different amounts of electricity at different temperatures. All of their displays looked very nice.

Becky was the parent volunteer in charge of the science fair, and she did an impressive job recruiting and training volunteer judges and just managing the fair all day long at the school. It wouldn't have happened without her excellent effort.