The Wizard of Oz

Yesterday Mikayla made her debut as "Glenda the Good Witch" from the Wizard Of Oz. The 6th graders did their play for the student body and parents. They did a great job, and of course Mikayla was perfect for her part. (the little stinker wanted to be stage crew!)

She had a great time and I think that all of her complaining was forgotten as everyone cheered the beautiful witch.

Here is Nathan, Eric and Kayla--good buddies.
Great Job Noah Webster 6th Graders

Conference Weekend

It did not turn out like I had planned. I had this grandious idea that I would set up a tent downstairs and have snacks and conference packets a heater (in liu of a fire) etc. Pull out the sleeping bags, pillows, and blankets. And pretend that we were listening to the prophet just like the people in King Benjamins time (hence the pitching of tents). Yeah well two of my children blew it. They were naughty and disruptive and did NOT want to participate. Infact on Saturday they snuck out of the basement window to play "quietly" in the back yard. They fought and yelled and were like Lamen and Lemuel. I was mad by the second session of the 1st day. So I sent them to their rooms. Sunday comes--nope, no such luck. They shredded my tent! I was too mad to take photos. So next conference-they can sit quietly by me for 8 hours and suffer! Oooh Im bitter. On a good note, I did love conference.

After Conference we went up to cousin Kims and had our monthly family home evening and dinner. We had a surprise birthday party for my Aunt Laura.

Steve and Troy- snitching into the ham!

Aunt Laura and Mick

Crazy girls- Beans, Lala, Brookie the Cookie, and Nut Meg

THE PREECE GIRLS!
A Kim and Ker sandwich! (Trina's face got scrunched!)

The kiddies love to party!

Family- it's great to be a part of one!

Crack Off 2009

We held our first annual "Crack Off" last night. It was a riot. Last year our good friends the Caziers introduced us to the Easter Egg Crack off. We had such a blast that we decided that we would add it to our ever growing list of family traditions. AND because you are only invited back to defend your title...so we had to start our own. Thanks Maleenie for the great tradition.

Our crack off started with our friends the Aflac "Renegades. They each brought 3 decorated, hard boiled Easter Eggs. They drew for bracket placement and entered each egg with its name.

Some of our Eggs included- Bubbles, "Bareak Obama", Peanut (From Jeff Dunham), Flipper, Happy, Carribbean Crusher, BYU, the Aflac Duck, Di-eggo. We had 27 entered.
Before the cracking began, we gave each person a voting sheet that they had to vote for their top 3 favorite eggs. (cant vote for your own!)
Our winner was "Flipper" by Julie. She decorated hers in a bikini, and flippers,
and goggles.

There was a three way tie for second place.


Aflac duck, Peanut, and Boots.
Let the cracking begin. We had a double elimination bracket. Unfortunately Justin was put out early. He recieved the "Quaked" award. A little chocolate duck-for "Quaking" all of his eggs first. Sorry Justin!


Did you know that if two eggs roll into one another, only one will crack? I know you wanted that knowledge stored in your brain. Hey it may come in handy.
Our winner for the evening was James. His Egg "Frenchie" won! Good Job James! You are invited back next year to defend your title!

Im on a crafting surge!

So, I have rediscovered my love for crafting. For the past seven years I have done nothing but teach and focus on my love for scrapbooking and card making and paper crafting.Dont get me wrong folks-that is still after 23 years my favorite passion (besides Stevie wonder buns), but I forgot how much I LOVE to do crafts. I have found myself blog stalking for crafty ideas and Easter fun. So thank you to my cousin Shays blog and idea for these fun, cute easter eggs. My family will enjoy them for years to come-PLUS Meg and I had a riot making them together (she is my artsy fartsy child) and she loved every second of it.

MONDAY!

Our cute little Meg had a little problem on Friday at school. Her little friend had given her a pinewood regata. She took it to school along with a pocket knife (mini and broken)to carve her boat. Well, she got caught with her little weapon. Thus ending in being suspended from school on Monday. Poor kid, she has felt so bad. She kept telling us that she didnt take it to hurt anyone. She felt and feels terrible. So, I had my Megs home with me on Monday-

While she was home we worked on her diarama-

Mace called-forgot his lunch. I rushed to school and ended up with-

A TICKET! I have never been ticketed before! I have always been able to talk myself out of them! GRRRRrrrr-I was in a school zone going 32.
Not a fun Monday!

State Science Olympiad

Our Noah Webster Noble Knights Science Geeks. :-)
For the past (many months) few months we have been working with Mikayla and her partner Nathan on practicing and preparing for the State Science Olympiad. It was held this past Saturday at Weber State. Holy Cow what a day. We got up at 4:30 am and left Orem at 5:30. We thought our first event was at 9 am. Well there was a little mis-understanding our first event was not until noon. So Deborah (Nays mom) and I tried to not be too frustrated. Hey we were the first ones there. The kids competed in "Write it Do it". They said it was harder than they thought it would be. And then in the afternoon they did "Mystery Archetect". We waited around, ate, went to a movie, kids played games and ran around. Then we went to the awards ceremony. 90% of the teams competing were in Jr. High and High School. Our teams were 6th graders. So, when Mikayla and Nathan got the silver medal (second place) and a scholarship,we were thrilled for them. Yeah Mikayla and Nathan! You kids did great and we are so proud of you! We are hoping that they will get the chance to compete with each other again next year.

NWA- Science team

Silver Medalists

How would it be to be 11 and already have scholarships!

Mikayla's Busy Life

Holy Cow! Life never slows down if your name is Mikayla Scoresby! She has been preparing for months with her partner and one of her best buddies Nathan for the Science Olympiad in Ogden in a few weeks. Their catagories that they are competing in is "Write it Do it", and Mystery Archetect.

Here is a sampling of a tower they built in 43 minutes. It had to hold the mini soccer ball, standing 3 tiers high, and using only popcicle sticks and tape. They have to have their dimension and coordinates perfect or they get disqualified. They have lots of fun together. I find myself cracking up as I listen to them giggle and laugh at themselves.

Mikayla has been studying for months for the "State Spelling Bee". She was sick this past week with Strep and so she didnt get in as much studying as she wanted. She did well, and we are proud of her for even making it as far as she did. She was put out on the word--"Sukiyaki". Ok really this is an American Spelling Bee-what is up with the Japanese word? She had not a clue what Sukiyaki was. Her photo will be in Wednesdays Daily Herald.


*Fact: Her great grandmother won the spelling bee a LONG time ago.
Her Birthmother is a great speller.
She is very studious and diciplined. Great job sis!

Now we just have to get through this darn Wizard of Oz Play!