Deaf Branch Conference Day Two

Deaf Branch Conference Day One

Tonight was the first night of our Deaf Branch Conference. We had about 65 people attend. About half from our branch here and half from out of town. We had Deaf people come from Northern Utah, California, and a few from other states. One person came clear from Maryland!

Tonight everyone arrived and had a chance to visit. I know many of our members were excited to see friends that they had not seen for a long time. Then we had a wonderful meal catered by Staheli Catering. The key note speaker was Ron Burdett. He did a fabulous job (as always)! It was a very enjoyable evening!

Annie

I took my kids to Tuacahn to see "Annie" tonight. We went with the deaf group and the interpreters did an incredible job! I had already seen the play earlier with Janika and so I enjoyed watching the interpreters much of the time. Janika was excited to see her friend, Ellie Smith, play the part of "Annie." They got to know each other in the production of "Les Miserables" last summer. Ellie did a fantastic job and we enjoyed the show very much! Jase decided at the last minute to stay home, which was fine by me since I needed someone to watch Josh and Jenna until Rick got home from cleaning up after the first night of the Deaf Branch Conference. Jared came along but was "too cool" to actually get into any of the pictures. The girls took their glasses off in one of the "poster pictures" because "none of the orphans were wearing glasses." Silly girls!

Cowboy Day

I feel so disorganized lately. I went to pick up our cute little neighbor girl, Aly, to bring her to pre-school with Josh and she was all decked out in cow-girl clothes. "Oh, is it cowboy day?" Her mom remembered and she just had a new baby four days ago. What's my problem?

The problem is -- I didn't write it on the calendar. I have a master calender in the kitchen which I check numerous times a day. If appointments and obligations get written on the calendar then I do pretty well at staying on top of things. But if they don't, then wedding receptions, baby showers, cowboy days, and "wear pink to school" days are completely erased from my memory.

But luckily my friend saved my son from the embarrassment of being the only kid not dressed up. (Actually I noticed that a couple of other kids apparently had forgetful parents too...) I hurried to the basement and dumped out the costume box searching for suitable cowboy gear.

Our cowboy hats have all been sat on, stepped on, squished, and tossed out and so I had to choose this goofy little hat which looks more like a farmer than a cowboy, but Josh didn't know the difference. (He has done just fine in pre-school since that "first-day melt-down" by the way). I didn't dare let him wear our cowboy boots since they are several sizes too big and I was afraid he might fall down the steep stairs that lead to the pre-school area. We also have chaps and the whole get-up but I could only find one leg in a hurry. So vest and hat it was. He was a perfectly happy little uh...cowboy!

Kindergarten Homework

Gotta love kindergarten homework. Thank goodness for older sisters who are crafty and like doing projects with little sisters!

Responsibility

After spending over 2 1/2 hours yesterday helping kids with homework, I was a little frustrated to find that Janelle (almost 7) didn't read her take-home book for today. It was now time to leave for school and too late. So after giving her the lecture about being responsible for her own homework because "I can't keep track of homework for 7 kids" she says, "Well, you are the one who decided to have 7 kids!!"

Hmmph!

After posting this on facebook one of my friends commented...

"That's some sound logic on her part. Maybe you don't need to worry so much about her intelligence and her ability to oversee her responsibilities...LOL."

I guess he is right!

Not Again!!

So, Jaiden cut her own bangs -- again!!! Granted, it is not near as bad as it was when she cut them clear up to her scalp last October.... but still!!! You would have thought she would have learned her lesson!

It was another hot day today and the kids had been swimming. I was talking with Rick later in the evening when Jaiden came up to me in her swimming suit with a crocheted snow hat on her head. She is usually in one costume or another and so I didn't think anything of the curious combination. She kept saying, "Mom -- I need to talk to you!" I was brushing her off, "not now -- I am talking to dad." Finally I finished talking and she led me somewhere private. Then she got all teary eyed as she pulled off her hat exclaiming, "I cut my bangs again." JAIDEN!!

Of course school pictures are on Wednesday. Oh well. If I curl them and brush them to the side a little, then it is not too noticeable.