January doings.

Let's catch up on January, should we?


1st we had the school reflections projects due.  Nathan did well in the 3D art competition last year, however this year I was asked to judge that category this year.  So NQ entered an acrylic painting of his family playing in front of the red mountains.  The painting did not place, but I was proud of his participation.

Ashton also did a nice abstract piece

 One warm day we went for a drive around town (to find the street side orange stand) and decided to check out an old cemetery in Santa Clara.  It had a bunch of really old plots with those famous-like pioneers buried in them. Some 'born' dates dating in the 1700s.  

Ashton is one of the new Sunbeams of primary. His teachers Bro. and Sis. Brandan are great guardians of the class.  Ashton is happy there and can't wait to see his teachers.  The transition has been smooth. 

Nathan has broken down all of his Lego sets and now free creates his own inventions. This is a flying space ship he created. I took the picture for Shane as he was in Denver at his MVP invitational with the big wigs of Dish.  He had a successful trip and provided feedback and worked in workshops with the people who run the business.  He took tours, had dinners, and full meeting schedules every day. 

Zion Free Entrance day. NQ holding Ashton's hand down the path. 

This was a great entrance day, we spend most of our time at the river.  The boys threw rocks and explored the bank.  We'd all been a little under the weather and weren't up for a big hike, but very much up to seeing the splendid outdoors and getting some fresh air.

We had lunch at the lodge and skedaddled home.

That weekend we went to a birthday party for a couple of kids in our neighborhood.  It was out at Bishop Graf's farm.  the kids fed cows and horses, and roasted hotdogs and played with the bunches of kittens that were scampering around.

A friend at the school needed a Doctor Who cake for her son.  As I was contemplating how to achieve that, the thought kept coming into my head to have a girl in our ward do it. She an accomplished artist.  And the thought wouldn't leave me alone.  And with great results.  She agreed to 'paint' a scene for me on the fondant. It was great! So I made the cake, but she beautifully transformed it into an art piece.