Science fair

Science fair time!  This year Joshua was required to enter because he is int he 5th grade.  It is so handy to have a science teacher for a dad -- we had access to lots of fun equipment.  Joshua decided to build a solar powered car.  after lots of trial and error, we were able to get it to actually run on nothing but sun energy! 

 His project won the fair and went on to the state science fair in Cedar city.  There he won an award for the best engineering project.  What a science stud!!

Reflections

The boys did really well in the school reflections contest this year.  Joshua made a video about how to properly use lego bricks, and Andrew wrote a 7 chapter short novel about two orphans having an adventure in Africa (seriously, he wanted to write 30 chapters but I gently suggested a shorter book)

 Both boys won our school competition and advanced to region.  There, they both won first place and advanced to State.  we were so proud of them!

Peter's 1st birthday

Happy 1st birthday to our dear little Peter! He turned 1 on December 27th, 2013.  He loved having a birthday cake all to himself, and made an appropriate amount of mess for the occasion.

family portraits 2014

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Best. Stink Face. Ever.

Christmas eve pageant 2013
the part of Mary was played by Caitlin "Imogene Herdman" Barlow

First time with Snow

Enikele prides herself on being mature --  but even she couldn't resist a good snowball fight the first time she saw snow!

Fall in the Mountains

With winter coming up fast we decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather in the mountains one last time.  We did dutch oven at Lake Hill up Ephraim Canyon.  Eni even caught a fish!