Reflections

Take a few minutes to reflect on our Savior. Go here...
http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/
thanks Katie (and Julie) for sharing this with me.
I have been touched!

HSM3 surprise

So a few days ago, I decided to SURPRISE Ame and Kaipo,

by getting on Fandango and buying tickets for

High School Musical 3.

I told them I had a surpise for them on Friday,

but they would have to wait until then to find out what it was.

Kaipo hated the idea of not knowing,

and Ame just asked a lot of questions

tryingto figure it out!

I think Ame did figure it out, but they

were both super excited anyway!!

We had some time to waste, so we hit the arcade.
This was Kaipo's first time in a Movie Theatre.
We don't have dollar movies close, but
I figured as much as these two are into this show,
I could slurge and take them on a date!
And the show did NOT disappoint.
Kaipo was out of his seat most of the time dancing,
and Ame was trying hard to sing along to all the NEW songs!

It is so fun to make your kids day, especially with

things they don't get to experience very often!

FORE!!

Quinn played in his PGA Professional Ability Test (PAT) yesterday. Below are the 3 others that were in his group. He told me about his day and about the other guys who were pros at golf courses in the state, and then there was him. Each of them had taken golf lessons and had been golfing serious since they were kids...and then, once again, there was Quinn, whose only lessons have been taking video of his swing in our garage.

In order to become a PGA Professional the 1st step is to shoot a score of 75 at a golf course, in order to qualify. I was soo impressed, when he called me afterwards, to hear he was able to shoot a 69 and easily qualify. On top of that, he tied for 3rd place out of 40 in his round, with the winner shooting 66.

As for now, he is not sure if he wants to become a professional. Especially when our Stake President, who is a golf pro and owner of a local golf course, has counseled Quinn that a pro is so busy running the course that he rarely gets time to play, which is what Quinn really likes to do. Besides that, our Stake President says it costs about $10,000 to become fully certified.

Right now, Quinn has gotten so good so fast that he still is thinking about what he could do if he actually focused on golf more than what he is now doing. I don't know what the future holds for Quinn, but to see him succeed to this level, in something HE is so passionate about, makes me so proud of him. If only I had this much passion and drive about something! Way to go honey!!

TP game

I had a few people ask me about the TP/camping game I mentioned playing at our grandma social. You may have heard of it already. It is the one where you pass around a toilet paper roll and tell everyone to pretend we are taking an over-night camping trip and to tear off as much TP as they think they will need. Then they have to count how many squares of TP they have and that is how many 'things' they have to share with the group about themselves. It is quite funny when some keep winding and winding the toilet paper roll, then end up with A LOT to share! It is a real fun game and a great opportunity to learn about the others in your group!!

Some get real personal and others go through simple things like their kids names & other quite easy things to share.

FHE Treat

We have Family Home Evening on Sundays,

because QUinn teaches on Monday nights.

After a great lesson on

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy,

from the kids, we enjoyed THIS treat!

The kids inhaled their candied-caramel apples,

b4 mom thought of taking a picture.

We found Milky Way, Twix and M&M's

to make a great candy coating for the apples!

It seems as though we are adding NEW traditions,

along the journey of our lives.

2 definite keepers from this Halloween Season

(so far) are:

The Pumpkin Patch

and

Homemade Candy Apples