Max's Swim Team Senior Night

The night before Max's senior night, he took an elbow to his head during practice.  It was one of those unfortunate accidents.  The coach, lifeguard, etc. did the concussion protocol and he saw the doctor.  he did have a minor concussion.  He had to take take it easy the next day but he was able to attend senior night without swimming in the meet.  It was fun to see the seniors honored.  I'll add more pictures when I get them from other parents.  We're really proud of Max and his dedication to swim.  We're glad this wasn't the last night and he still has more season left.

 

Family Daily Memories

 We started doing something new when we gather for scriptures and prayers at night.  Before we start, we write down what's going on in the world and then individually, what we've done that day to grow spiritually, physically, socially and intellectually.  We also write down a random act of kindness and something we're grateful for.  

Some of the things we've talked about:

Deb:  

Spiritual- Reading Doctrine & Covenants and Conference Talks

Physical- walking, push ups

Intellectual-Reviewing First-Aid

Social- Reached out to 2 friends, Sent a text to connect

Act of Kindness-- Updated the Recess Rockstars bulletin

Grateful for-- Jason making dinner, Ev feeling better 

Tony:

Spiritual- Prayer

Physical- Walked two laps at work, Went to massage appointment

Intellectual- Listened to podcast about ethical hacking

Social- Talked to friend on phone, talked to cousin

Act of Kindness-- Sent Deb flowers at work, 

Grateful for-- marriage, wet/dry vac

Max:

Spiritual- Seminary

Physical- Swim Practice

Intellectual- Studied Limits in Calculus

Social- Hunt out with swim team friends

Act of Kindness-- Held door open

Grateful for-- Free college, bench press

Ryan:

Spiritual- Prayer, seminary

Physical- Walked dogs

Intellectual- Worked on quartet piece, learned about the cause and effect of discrimination in Psychology

Social- Hung out with friends at school, hung out with new friends from 3rd period class

Act of Kindness-- Gave friends late Christmas presents, let people go in front of him in the lunch line, lent someone a charger

Grateful for-- loving bros

Jason:

Spiritual- Prayer

Physical- Played soccer at lunch

Intellectual- Learned about Bio Mimicry, coded a robot in robotics 

Social- Planned a campfire program with Ryder

Act of Kindness--Cooked meat for campout

Grateful for-- Cute Pets

Evelyn:

Spiritual- Prayer

Physical- Ran at recess,

Intellectual- Learned more about fractions

Social- Hung out with friends

Kindness-- Helped Mrs. Curtis as a STEM star, helped Ryan serve Buche de Noel

Grateful for-- Life, my family

Museum of Glass in Tacoma

We also visited the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.  It was a glass kind of weekend.  

We loved seeing the visiting artist in the Hot Shop.  It was Laura Donefer and she was amazing.  The few times I've been lucky to see glass blowing in action, I've seen vases and bowls.  Laura was doing an abstract art piece to represent grief and loss because she just loss her parents.  I was grateful that she was willing to share her pain because the art process was beautiful.  The scratched and dug at the warm glass and pushed it out from the inside.  We can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Celebrating Our 20th!

We had such a fun little get away.  We enjoyed time in the temple and then we drove to our VRBO in Seattle.  

We woke up to this cool view and then drove to Kona Kitchen to eat Hawaiian food.  This restaurant is owned by Yuji Okumoto, who we love from Karate Kid II and Cobra Kai.

Then we went to the Seattle and took this not-so-flattering picture at the Space Needle.  Then we went to the Chihuly Garden and Glass.  It was beautiful and we loved seeing a demo of glass blowing.

Some fun buildings in Seattle

 

Scout Camp out at Winter Quarters

 

Happy 20th Anniversary to Us!

Ryan made our Buche de Noel this year and he did a beautiful job!  I love the trees added to the top!