May 9 - 13

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston has been working on two piano pieces for his piano recital.  Unfortunately, our trip to Moab overlapped with the piano recital so he performed for his teacher and she recorded it for our family.  

Preston has also been reading Ranger's Apprentice and is loving the series.  He just finished the second book in the series and can't wait to start the third.  

MARISSA

Marissa also played her recital piece.  It was adapted for her to be fully played with her right hand while her left hand healed from the break.  She played the first section alone and the second section was a duet with her teacher.  

Marissa has also been reading a series called "Zoe's Rescue Zoo."  She's loving them!  

CALEB

Caleb's been working on his piano pieces as well.  He has two songs that work on his fingers crossing over with both the right hand and the left hand.  He's doing such a great job! 

Caleb has been reading an easy reader series called "Golly and Bink," "Poppleton," "Henry and Mudge," and "Ting and Ling."  They have been a lot of fun for him to read! 

OTHER

MOAB

Our family had a great time in Moab this week!  We visited Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. We spent most of our time hiking, swimming, camping and reading lots of books!  

May 2 - 6

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston's biggest focus this week was on his Shakespeare Play.  They performed a version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with a Mexican theme.  He was Fernando and had the coolest costume ever.  He had three hour rehearsal Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, a full dress rehearsal on Thursday and performances Friday night, Saturday matinee and Saturday night.  So much work, but it was AMAZING!

MARISSA

Marissa has started a new type of schooling.  We have a puppy who is four months old named Indigo (Indie for short).  It was actually big brother's puppy, but he is too busy with work to have time for her so we are now going to be her owners.  We signed her up for puppy training classes.  Marissa goes with me to training every week and works with her daily.  She loves animals and wants to be either a nurse or a vet when she grows up, so having a new animal to teach and play with has been so much fun for her.  

Marissa has also been learning to sew.  She inherited a sewing machine table from her great great grandma and she has been learning on that.  It's so great to watch her create things she loves!

CALEB

Caleb and Marissa also got to help with the Shakespeare play this week.  We were in charge of concessions.  They helped me package popcorn bags, candy bags and rebrand water bottles.  They helped county inventory and add up money we made on sales each night.  It was really good practice for running a business (even though the proceeds went to the Shakespeare class for their performance next year).