Lego Birthday

They had limited legos to build a bridge that holds an egg.

Jared's birthday isn't for another week, but because of the holidays, we had his birthday party early.  Jared and six friends took the "Challenge of the Spinjitzu"  to become true Lego Ninjago.  Challenges included putting the dots on the Lego, the Lego toss, build a bridge, and speed building competitions.  At the end, all participants were awarded the "Sword of the True Ninja" (balloon swords - they already had received balloon ninja headbands) and given a small building set to take home.   Having seven eight year olds for an hour and a half doing ninja stuff was a little crazy, but in the end they all seemed to have a really good time, and Jared got a couple of Lego sets as gifts so it was all worth it to him. 

Jared is totally Lego obsessed right now, particularly with the Ninjago sets.  He literally spends hours watching the reviews for each set on the internet, reading the Lego magazine, and watching the Ninjago cartoons on DVD.  He hopes to save all his money from Christmas and his birthday to buy one of the expensive fancy sets. Ask him and he will tell you all about the ones he likes.



Holiday Concert

This week was my community choir and orchestra annual holiday concert and sing a-long.  I think it's great that we live in an area where so many people care about the arts. There are some truly talented people that give a lot of volunteer time so that we can put on these free concerts.  We may not be the best choir ever, but we have a really good time singing together, and I think that good feeling rubs off onto our audience when we preform.  This was the last concert of the season for the choir. The city musical starts up in the spring. They are doing Annie and if our family doesn't get accepted to the Nauvoo Pageant (we'll find out in January), then Ruth and I will probably audition.  Ruth really wants to be one of the singing orphans.



Kitchen Bids

This week we got three bids to redo our kitchen cabinets and change the footprint of our kitchen a little bit.  Right now, if you are standing at the sink, you can't open the dishwasher.  Yeah, crazy, right?   We are hoping to change that little flaw, at sacrifice of counter space and our wallets.   But the kitchen is the heart of our home, so we think it's worth it.   It will probably take us a few weeks to decided, and then another month or two before the work gets done.