ALL DONE!

Just got my last letter from NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards).
I have passed my last test.
Now I just have to do some houskeeping things at the state level and pay my fee to become an official registered (licensed) Architect!
Merry Christmas To Me!

I am very blessed.
Heavenly Father helped me a lot through these tests.
There were many tests where I came out thinking I had not done well enough to pass.
It is not typical to pass all 9 the first time.
HKS has been great at providing resources and an environment that helps with studying for the tests.
There have been a few people at my work who have passed all 9 without having to retake any.
I am grateful to work for such a great company.

Thanks to all of you who supported me and put up with my odd study hours to meet this goal for this year.

A Crafty Halloween

This is my first major craft project since I got out of school over 3 years ago.


And to complete the project, you have to have corresponding outfits for the rest of the family! :)

Pumpkins galore! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The kids get a huge kick out of picking out pumpkins each year.... we have yet to carve them, but that will happen soon. Unfortunatley we will have to replace two of them that have gotten a bit on the soggy side.



Happy Birthday to Sadie!

Sometimes I wish I could be one again. Wouldn't it be nice if someone did just about everything for you? Okay so it would drive me absolutely batty... but sometimes I do wish someone would do something for me.... Like maybe the laundry or the dishes or the toilets.... hint hint!

I Love Being In Kindergarten Again!

A couple of short clips for you today.

Being a kindergartener is soooo fun.

The Future's So Bright, I gotta Wear Shades

Ok, so these were pictures that were too fun not to share.

Enjoy!

School and outside fun!

The First Day of school!
They were both excited, but Tommy was dissappointed when he found out kindergarten didn't start til the next week.... but they both are enjoying it now.

Teeter toter....
bread and water....
Not sure where Mark went in this picture... Maybe he got bounced off... that is the favorite thing to do on the teeter toter.
Even Sadie loves the teeter toter! Well she really loves anything that happens to be outside.

SPENCER AND THE LEGO

These Legos are not very large.

They are among the smallest lego pieces available.

They fit into very small parts of any model to add a little extra detail.

. . . apparently Spencer decided his nose needed some more detail.

Yes, I was at the church and got a frantic call from Marthe telling me to please quickly come home because Spencer stuck a Lego up his nose and it was bleeding.

Of course, it is not hard to make Spencer's nose bleed.

You could look at it the wrong way and it would start to bleed.

Needless to say, I came home right away and by the time I got home, Marthe had pinned him down and made the extraction.

Spencer is just fine (So don't ask me how his nose is, or if he is ok Mom).

It will be a good one to laugh about for a long time.

Oh. . . this picture was taken before I left to go back over to the church after we brought them home. . . . Our little nose-picker. . . .and apparently nose-stuffer. . .. .I think he understands that we shouldn't put things up our nose anymore. :)

Moroni Added to Temple

On the way home from work on Friday, we noticed that Moroni had been placed on the Temple. I had heard that Moroni had been placed on the top of the Draper Temple on Tuesday. I think that he must have been added to our Temple on either Thursday or Friday sometime. The church doesn't publicize these things very much. There were people in our ward who caught wind of it and went to see it put on the temple. They said it was pretty fun to watch.

We're excited to have a Temple so close to us. The Draper Temple is nice and all, but our Temple here is architecturally superior. :) It has a very pleasant look to it and you can now see Moroni poking up along many of the major view corridors that have been created here at Daybreak.

It is a nice reminder of how the work of the Lord continues to move forward.

ROAR!!!!!!

We went to a distant land yesterday... so distant infact we happened to find dinosaurs still in existance! Boy, Ogden sure is behind the times!

It sure was fun though. The kids thought it was great and Dave and I had fun too. Mark is doing a project for school and he picked dinosaurs as his topic, specifically the T-rex. We thought the dinosaur park would be a good source of info. It turned out to be just the right amount.












Watch out she's DANGEROUS!!!





















But she sure is cute!






















Oh I'm being eaten by a dinosaur, a dinosaur, a dinosaur. Oh I'm being eaten by a dinosaur and I don't like it one bit!

Cute huh?

Tommy's 5-Year Old Pictures

We were a little slow at getting Tommy's pictures after he turned 5.
But he's still as cute as he was in March when he had his birthday.

Our Cute Little Girl

I haven't updated the blog for a while.
Here are some pictures for you to look at in the meantime.