Family Fun Idea--Show and Tell Night!

My students at school love show and tell. They each have a day to share and they look forward to it all week. Why not bring this idea home for a night of family fun? Here's what you can do:

• Give each person in the family a bag that will hide the object to be shown. It might be fun to use gift bags. Have each family member put something in it he or she would like to share.


• Sit down together and give each person an opportunity to show his or her object and tell three things about it.


• Allow some time for questions or comments and end each person's turn with applause.

Have treats after everyone is done and enjoy your time spent together.

Have a fabulous Monday!

Special Update- Grandma

Sometime in the first week of July Grandma is scheduled to have knee surgery. We will let you know the exact date tomorrow when we can talk to Dad. We ask that everyone please keep Grandma in their prayers. And if you're in town a visit would be much appreciated!

Family Update - Mom and Dad

As you all know today was Mom's birthday and she had a great one. One of the sisters in our ward happens to share the same birthday. For quite a few weeks now she has been asking us questions about what kind of cake Mom likes. So today she brought her one. It sure brought a smile to Mom's face. Especially since that meant Mom got two cakes. Since there are only four of us at home she is going to take one of them to work to share. Other than that Mom has just been staying busy with work and her Primary calling
Dad got the privilege of going to girls' camp, which he thoroughly enjoyed. It didn't take long for news of his storytelling capabilities to spread. Soon he was telling all of the stake stories of Horrible Howie and cow-twirling, leaving out the grosser details, of course. They must have enjoyed the stories because both the stake and the ward gave him an award for storytelling. I think the best reward though was hearing from the girls in sacrament meeting how much they enjoyed hearing his stories and eating his yummy food.

Another Birthday!

Happy birthday, Mom! We hope you enjoy it!

It's a Big Birthday Week!

Happy Birthday, Steve! Thanks for all you do.

Happy, Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Cassidy! We hope you have lots of fun!

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful men in our lives!

Family Update--The Mitchells

The Mitchell family has been keeping busy lately. Here are some of the things they are doing:
Steve recently had knee surgery. He is recovering well, but it looks like he won't be able to go to Iraq later this year. I also hear that he was promoted to a sergeant. Congratulations, Steve!
Jenny is busy at church. She and Kelsie are playing softball this summer and are very excited to get started.
Kelsie got all A's and B's on her report card. She is excited to visit family in Heyburn and Salt Lake this summer. (I hope she's planning on coming to Downey, too.)
Taylor is getting excited to play football in a few months. (Ethan is pretty excited, too.)
Ethan won an award at school for the most improved out of his whole class. Way to go, Bubba!
Sarah just finished soccer, which she enjoyed very much.

Birthday Boy

Happy birthday, Ethan. You're the best!