Our family is thankful for many things in 2012.....

  • Pam FINALLY graduating with 3 AA's after starting 19 years ago...now she will continue for her Bachelor's degree at the University of Arizona in the Fall 2013.
  • Emmalee getting straight A's for the first time ever!
  • Fresh Air mornings & beautiful Fall evenings.
  • Healthy bodies
  • A Temple announced for Tucson, Arizona!!!!!
  • Adam safely returning home in July from Brazil
  • EFY for our youth.
  • AC in our home finally!!!- (a benefit of working for an AC company).
  • Cars that are old but keep on going!
  • Aubrey learning to play the piano.
  • Sutures that can repair gashes in foreheads. ( Emmalee had to get 12 from falling on the 4th year Girls Camp Hike in July)
  • Safe return for Damian from Washington DC
  • Plan of Salvation
  • Great Spellers in the family :)
  • A good education for our children.
  • A's last semester for Pam

Friday, January 25, 2013

Aubrey's Spelling Bee 2013

I am one proud Mom! Aubrey competed in the school Spelling Bee for the 2nd year in a row. She has been diligent in studying her words since December 18, 2012. She is in the 4th grade this year and was 1 out of 24 participants in the schoool Spelling Bee. She went to the final round against Nic, a 5th grader. She misspelled her last word "demonstrable" and Nic spelled his word correctly so he was declared the winner. We are so proud of Aubrey’s hard work, determination, and bravery. Way to go Aubrey!!!!! (We ran out of time for studying all of the 450 words on the list and had to stop at the 7th grade words. "Demonstrable" was the 3rd word from where we left off studying...Bummer!)