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Friday, October 03, 2008
Friends
Justyn came in a few minutes ago. He had been playing with the twin 9 year old boys down the street. He said to me, "How do you know when it's time to come home from your friends house?" My answer was "Did you three get into another fight?" He answered, "No, it's time to go home when your friend pees on your toy soldiers."
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Answered Prayers
Last Friday, I picked Ken up from work on his lunch break and we flew to Burley to buy temple clothes since we now have a temple here in Twin but they don't have a clothes rental place in it. We got our new clothes and wanted to buy a couple other items that we needed to show our recommends for. Ken dug in his wallet and then said to me, "Oh yeah, you have the recommends." I looked in my purse and said, "No, you have our recommends." Ken says, "Oh, right, they are in my scriptures." This is a great place for them to be because Ken LOST his scriptures TWO WEEKS AGO! Now we are both stressed. This is the second set of scriptures he has lost in the last year. The first was the scriptures he used on his mission so they were well marked up. The second set he got for Christmas last year to replace the first set. I searched everywhere in the house and my mom searched her house. They were no where. Ken decided that they could be in one of three churches; the church building we just moved from, the church building we just moved to, or the new stake house across town that we met in when they divided our stake. On Sunday after church, he headed out to search the churches as a last resort before we canceled our recommends and went in for new interviews. Knowing this was a wild goose chase, I stayed home to take my traditional Sunday nap. The old building and the new building turned up nothing. The stake house across town was a long shot but he decided to check there anyways. He looked all over the building and finally saw a Bishop walk out of his office. Ken stopped him and asked if by any chance a set of scriptures had been turned into the Lost and Found. The bishop stuck out his hand that just happened to be holding a set of scriptures that looked exactly like Ken's and asked, "Do they look like these?" Ken quickly grabbed them and looked inside. Sure enough. his name was engraved on the cover. He opened the pocket of the case and there were both of our recommends. Ken said "Yes!" The bishop laughed and said that his wife has just handed them to him a few minutes before and that he was on his way to figure out what to do with them. So, with our recommends safely back in our possession, all I have left to do is hem our new clothing and we will finally get to attend our very first temple session in our brand new temple. And Ken is relieved to not be getting new scriptures for Christmas again this year!
Thursday, October 02, 2008
High Jacking Laurie's Blog
Since Laurie would never post anything like this about herself on her blog as she is too humble, I thought I would take a moment to applaud her in the efforts that she has undertaken to go back to school. I guess you can call this my first official blog high jack. While her schooling has been somewhat stressful on our family, she has done remarkably well. She consistently turns in her assignments that put her at the top of her class. I thought I would share some of the comments that her instructor's have posted on the community chat boards for you to enjoy.
Tue, Sep 30, 2008 -- Essay 2 In-Text Citation
Hello Folks--I've just read your Discussion Board postings for Essay 2, Tasks 1 and 2. I appreciate the depth of thought that people are exploring in identifying and discussing the complex elements of place. This reflective thinking will help you as you write Essay 2. As part of Task 2, I asked you to read about MLA style in-text citation in Penguin, then try to correctly integrate a quotation from Sanders's essay. Of course, everyone gets full points for trying! Now that you've wrestled with figuring this out, please carefully read the mini-lesson on in-text citation that I have just added into the Essay 2 folder. Many of you came quite close to correctly framing, citing, and integrating your quotations. Please see Laurie Mencl's posting for a correct example. Notice how she has framed the quotation with a lead-in (author's name and attributive verb), put the quoted words inside quotation marks, provided the page number in parenthesis (only the page number because the author's name is already in the lead-in) and has moved the period to follow the last parenthesis.
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 -- Professor's Response to Writing Workshop Essay 1 First Drafts
After reading everyone’s First Draft of Essay 1, I would like to reinforce several points. This would be a good time to re-read the Essay 1 assignment and mini-lectures to make sure that you are fulfilling the assignment.
Thesis Statement: Some people’s essays are missing a thesis statement. For this assignment your thesis statement must identify the tradition or ritual that is your topic and make a claim of significance. I require that your thesis statement appear in the traditional location as the last sentence in your first paragraph. For a good example of a thesis statement see Laurie Mencl’s essay.
Finally, in a conversation with her professor, this is what the professor told Laurie about some of the work she has been turning in. "You know what I love most about your postings is the honesty. I never feel that you are trying to impress me but instead that you are truly examining the issues we are dealing with in our readings and discussions. Wonderful!!!"
If she keeps this up, I'll be the one staying at home taking care of the house and the children, while she is out in the workplace!
Sorry Laurie, but dad2my6kids thought this would be a great idea to share! Love ya!
Tue, Sep 30, 2008 -- Essay 2 In-Text Citation
Hello Folks--I've just read your Discussion Board postings for Essay 2, Tasks 1 and 2. I appreciate the depth of thought that people are exploring in identifying and discussing the complex elements of place. This reflective thinking will help you as you write Essay 2. As part of Task 2, I asked you to read about MLA style in-text citation in Penguin, then try to correctly integrate a quotation from Sanders's essay. Of course, everyone gets full points for trying! Now that you've wrestled with figuring this out, please carefully read the mini-lesson on in-text citation that I have just added into the Essay 2 folder. Many of you came quite close to correctly framing, citing, and integrating your quotations. Please see Laurie Mencl's posting for a correct example. Notice how she has framed the quotation with a lead-in (author's name and attributive verb), put the quoted words inside quotation marks, provided the page number in parenthesis (only the page number because the author's name is already in the lead-in) and has moved the period to follow the last parenthesis.
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 -- Professor's Response to Writing Workshop Essay 1 First Drafts
After reading everyone’s First Draft of Essay 1, I would like to reinforce several points. This would be a good time to re-read the Essay 1 assignment and mini-lectures to make sure that you are fulfilling the assignment.
Thesis Statement: Some people’s essays are missing a thesis statement. For this assignment your thesis statement must identify the tradition or ritual that is your topic and make a claim of significance. I require that your thesis statement appear in the traditional location as the last sentence in your first paragraph. For a good example of a thesis statement see Laurie Mencl’s essay.
Finally, in a conversation with her professor, this is what the professor told Laurie about some of the work she has been turning in. "You know what I love most about your postings is the honesty. I never feel that you are trying to impress me but instead that you are truly examining the issues we are dealing with in our readings and discussions. Wonderful!!!"
If she keeps this up, I'll be the one staying at home taking care of the house and the children, while she is out in the workplace!
Sorry Laurie, but dad2my6kids thought this would be a great idea to share! Love ya!
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Daddy Daughter Date Night
On September 19th, Shaelynne and Ken went out on their first Activity Days Daddy Daughter Date. Since I am one of the leaders, I got to tag along also and take lots of pictures.... :)
They decorated picture frames together.
Then they helped each other get ready for the night. Shaelynne shaved her Dad...
And then Ken fixed her hair. Afterwards, they posed for a picture which they will put in their frames but I don't have that picture.
Finally, they had a cake decorating contest. They brought their cakes baked and ready to be decorated. Ken and Shaelynne decided to make a purse cake. They made two round cakes and then stood them up together. Ken cut a little too much off of one side so just as they finished, the one side fell over. I love this look on Shaelynne's face. She is such a perfectionist so this was a very stressful moment for her. She quickly thought it through and suggested it just be an open purse. They filled it with M&M's and called it a success!
Ken had a good time teasing Shaelynne. She just enjoyed being with her dad!
It was a fun night and since it was also my birthday, Shaelynne brought her cake home instead of eating it at the activity and we all got to eat purple purse cake. YUM!
They decorated picture frames together.
Then they helped each other get ready for the night. Shaelynne shaved her Dad...
And then Ken fixed her hair. Afterwards, they posed for a picture which they will put in their frames but I don't have that picture.
Finally, they had a cake decorating contest. They brought their cakes baked and ready to be decorated. Ken and Shaelynne decided to make a purse cake. They made two round cakes and then stood them up together. Ken cut a little too much off of one side so just as they finished, the one side fell over. I love this look on Shaelynne's face. She is such a perfectionist so this was a very stressful moment for her. She quickly thought it through and suggested it just be an open purse. They filled it with M&M's and called it a success!
Ken had a good time teasing Shaelynne. She just enjoyed being with her dad!
It was a fun night and since it was also my birthday, Shaelynne brought her cake home instead of eating it at the activity and we all got to eat purple purse cake. YUM!
Cross Country 2008
Zach is running cross country this fall. Since his charter school does not offer sports, he is running with Robert Stuart Jr. High. He is having a good time and has made a lot of new friends.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Assignment of the Week
In honor of the many papers I am seem to find myself writing, each week I'm going to post a personal favorite (and also got a good grade on)
This one is from my education class:
To continue to discern between schooling and education, please answer the following question. What do you think has been the most important thing you learned in school, and what has been the most important thing you have learned outside of school?
Upon graduating from high school, I did not have not much self esteem left. I had gone to school each day to learn intellectual subjects and walked away with an education in my social status among my peers. Looking back, that was my entire education. While I know I was taught other things, I did not learn them. I do not place blame on anyone but myself, but in talking to many other former classmates, many of them also have the same feelings towards those years. They were hard years and we were hard on each other! I have often thought that I spent the first half of my life in school learning how to be an adult and a contributing member of society and the second half of my life out of school trying to undo all that I learned, heal my inner child, and ironically, still have no idea what my role in society is. What I have learned outside of school is that my entire life is a learning process and that sometimes the things I learn can’t be graded or passed off. It’s a process where I am trying to become the best person I can be while learning to understand the world around me.
This one is from my education class:
To continue to discern between schooling and education, please answer the following question. What do you think has been the most important thing you learned in school, and what has been the most important thing you have learned outside of school?
Upon graduating from high school, I did not have not much self esteem left. I had gone to school each day to learn intellectual subjects and walked away with an education in my social status among my peers. Looking back, that was my entire education. While I know I was taught other things, I did not learn them. I do not place blame on anyone but myself, but in talking to many other former classmates, many of them also have the same feelings towards those years. They were hard years and we were hard on each other! I have often thought that I spent the first half of my life in school learning how to be an adult and a contributing member of society and the second half of my life out of school trying to undo all that I learned, heal my inner child, and ironically, still have no idea what my role in society is. What I have learned outside of school is that my entire life is a learning process and that sometimes the things I learn can’t be graded or passed off. It’s a process where I am trying to become the best person I can be while learning to understand the world around me.