It’s Great to Be 8

Armin turned 8 on November 29!!! He desperately wanted to have a nerf gun war with his buddies!!! So we made it happen!!! He invited 5 friends and they each brought their own nerf guns without bullets!!! I found a case of 500 generic bullets at Walmart for a decent price!!! That way no one would lose theirs or get them mixed up! But I sorta regretting the idea of owning 500 nerf bullets, I find them everywhere!!!!! The boys had so much fun! They played hard, had hot dogs and cupcakes and played hard some more!! Calum had set up some bases which went over very well! They played their own version of the video game “Fortnight”!

Not only is 8 a special birthday any old time but in our church it is when children can choose to be baptized and truly become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!!  Armin was so excited to be baptized!!! He thought hard about who he wanted to speak at his baptism and chose his Auntie Lalainia to speak about baptism and his Uncle Dave to speak about the Holy Ghost!! They both did such great jobs, I know Armin could feel the spirit as strongly as I did!! Lalainia’s talk made him teary eyed!!!! Such a tender hearted boy!!!! It was so nice having my mom and Mark and my Dad there too as well as many ward members!!! It was a beautiful service!!!! I’m so proud of the decision he made and the choices he will continue to make because of his baptism!!!

San Diego-Marine Biology

In November Jared and Emry has the opportunity to travel to San Diego with the Champion Junior High for Marine Biology!!! They started learning about the different marine life and ecosystems of the ocean about a month before the trip so they were familiar with everything! Kathy Perley taught them and put a lot of time and effort into doing so!!! Jared won the draw for the male chaperone spot which meant he had an all expense paid trip!!!!!!

They did so much in the five days they were there! Including boogie boarding on the ocean, snorkeling, a trip to Sea World and lots of classroom time learning and dissecting creatures!!! They had a bonfire on the beach one night and played games!!! Their counsellors were excellent!!! Emry said it was funny in the mornings because their counsellors would come out all bundled up in toques and jackets and the champion kids would be in shorts and t-shirts!!!! It averaged mid twenties there so the perfect temperature!!!!

Emry loved seeing the palm trees and even hugged one! I’m so glad they got to experience this trip together! They had a blast and if they could grow any closer than they already are I’m sure they did!!!

Another One Tops the Chart

Jared and I had the opportunity to go see one of our most favourite musicians in November!  Jack White came to Calgary and we just HAD to go!!! And boy are we ever glad we did!!!  He did not disappoint, he performed quite a few of his White Stripes songs and some of his newer solo album songs!!!! Sooooo good!!!! He has had quite the career, he started out his later teenage years as an upholsterer in a furniture store where he created his first band called The Upolsterers!!!! He then created a two man band with himself and a girl who was an amazing drummer, called The White Stripes!!! Then another band called The Raconters, who are making another album. And then The Dead Weather, who we also saw live and was an unreal performance as well!!!! Then his solo career, which have proved to be great albums too!!!!! He truly is an amazing artist and I’m so happy he keeps making great music!!!  These pictures were taken at the concert we saw in November and published on Jack Whites Instagram!!! 

Rejuvination

I got to go on a little getaway with my mom and sister in October! Arren went to Edmonton for a Women’s Conference through Enjo so she invited mom and me along!!! Mom and I had so much fun looking at the different booths at the women’s conference, too much fun I think!!!! We were putting our name in for draws all over, atone particular booth I started writing my name down when out of the corner of my eye I see mom laughing!!!! I asked the lady who was maning the booth what she was selling, it happened to be different “sex” toys!!!! Well mom said I turned bright red instantly!!!! I quickly moved on and hoped my name wasn’t picked for the draw!!!!!  We each had a 15 minute neck massage, got lots of goodies and had lots of laughs!!!! We left Arren there with her othe Enjo ladies and we went and  had a yummy supper at Moxie’s!!!  Later that evening we all went for a dip in the hotel pool and laughed some more!!!!

The next day Arren had a Enjo question and answer demo at the West Edmonton Mall!!! Before the demo we went to see A Star is Born, soooooooo good!!!!!!! A real tear jerker though!!!! Arren leaned over to me while at the movie and said if it ends bad she was never going to speak to me again!!!!!  Let’s just say I was silent bawling, the music in it was so good!!!!

We then went and ate at a Shwarma restaurant!!! So yummy, but the place was a real dive!!!! I felt a little unsafe eating there!!!! Windows were cracked, I was glad it was still light out when we left!!!

It was such a fun getaway!!!! Nice to be with my mom and sister!!!! I always enjoy their company, we always have some good laughs when we’re together!!!!! We will have to do it again soon!!!