"The sky is falling down, It hit her on the crown"

Woodruff Elementary's Annual Theatrical Production this year was Chicken Little. The volunteer director and her assistants held eleven practices after school during the month of March. Tyler was cast as a Foxy Loxy. Andrew was a Henny Penny Chick. They loved it and had so much fun! They performed four times last Friday, twice as assemblies for the school and two evening performances. Thanks to everyone that came to watch them.

Look at those cute feet!

Scared Chicks! "The sky is falling down, and we must spread the word around."

Silly pose!

Tricky Foxys! "We're putting our trust in the fox."

Silly pose!

Tyler

Andrew

The cast of 73 students! "This is our barnyard home, We live here as a group."

A photographer from the Herald Journal also took some pictures for Sunday's newspaper!

"The sky is falling down. It hit her on the crown."

"We're Foxys who love to scheme and plot to get our way. No cunning plan is too extreme when we're on the hunt for prey. Foxy Loxy is our name, and huntin' prey is our game. Somewhere near we smell a treat, we are Foxy Loxys, ready to eat."

"We count on one another to save us all from trouble."

"The world's a scary place, if you go it alone."

"Two heads are better than one (than one), and three are better yet (you bet)."

"We'll never be undone, when we work together as one."

"We try to get along, though different as can be."

"It's here we all belong, on that we do agree."

13 Years on the 13th

Thirteen years ago there was fresh snow on the ground. It was chilly, but not too cold for pictures. (And those pictures were taken with a film camera.)

Thirteen years ago two best friends were married in the Bountiful Temple.

Thirteen years ago the cake at the reception smeared across the floor. (If you were there, I bet you remember it...)

After dinner tonight we will celebrate with a cake and the kids. Lee heard of the fun idea to treat our anniversary as the "birthday" for our family. Sounds like a good reason to have cake. (And of course, I'll make chocolate covered strawberries!)

Boot Exploded

Lee went skiing last Saturday with Arik at Pebble Creek in Idaho. They had a great morning, but every once in a while Lee felt like his boot was a little bit loose. He tightened it up and kept doing runs...until in mid-ski his boot shattered. He picked up the big pieces and hiked down the mountain. Then they called it a day. When he got back to the truck he noticed the other book had a big crack across the bottom too. He has had those boots since High School (and they were old then) so just a little safety tip...if you don't want your ski boot to explode, you should replace them every once in a while. He had fun anyway. After we all had lunch we went to a park.

Snow on the Ground

Tyler and Andrew just getting started.

 This winter hasn't been good sledding weather! We took advantage of the Saturday that actually had snow on the ground and went sledding with some neighbor friends. (Lee came too, but he had the camera, so he isn't in any of the pictures.)

Andrew coming up for more.

Emma, Becca, Tyler, Laura, and Andrew

Ready to go!

Laura and Emma on their way down.

Tyler spinning down the hill.

All the kids were old enough to go down and come back up by themselves.

Laura had so much fun, and then she slept really good that night.

Happy Birthday Theodor Geisel!

We celebrated with Cat in the Hat Parfaits. It was easy to make, just layers of white whipped cream and red jello.

Extra Generous

The background: Our life insurance company, Modern Woodmen of America, is a not for profit company. They do lots of community donations and service and give away the funds that would normally be counted as profit. (For instance, I arranged for them to donate 750 jump ropes to Woodruff Elementary.) They have Youth Service Clubs that have monthly activities for the children members in the area. I am a volunteer leader for one of the youth clubs. (Modern Woodmen is still fairly new in Utah. They are growing in Davis and Weber counties, but my group here in Logan is still just my own kids.) We hope to add to our group soon...since Lee is officially signed on as a Financial Representative!

The story: I contacted CAPSA (Community Abuse Prevention Services Agency) to see if a donation of children's book would be something they could use. They were excited about that and I told them I would bring them in the next day. We went to Jenson Books and picked out 50 books. (When I told Jenson Books we were donating them to CAPSA they were impressed and told us to find 20 more!) We brought the books home and added a bookmark to each book. The next day we delivered the books. They were really grateful for the books. They had me fill out some paperwork. The last question kind of threw me off, it asked how I found out about CFSC. That made me notice the wall, that in very large letters said Child and Family Support Center. After we walked out, I turned to Lee and said, "That's not CAPSA." I had that building in mind the whole time, but apparently I had called a different place and I told someone they would have books coming. The Child and Family Support Center was, of course, very happy with the donation. We got back in the van, and went to Jenson Books again. (And I had to admit to Jenson Books that the donation they thought was going to CAPSA didn't.) We picked 50 more books, added bookmarks, found out the location of CAPSA, and made a second delivery. My mistake benefited both organizations. Our plan to donate 50 books ended up being 120 books!

Placing bookmarks in each book.

Kindness Begins With Me

Lee taught a lesson for Family Home Evening about communication. Well, it was more about communicating without getting upset or angry, stating clearly what you want to have happen, and doing so nicely. He split us into teams. Only the person with the blindfold on could touch the game board. The other team member had to kindly talk their teammate through the moves. Halfway into the game, we had the boys switch roles. (The girls both ended up falling asleep early that night.) It was an interesting game. It might be a good technique for newlyweds.