Basketball roster

It's official because she's on the roster!

More volunteering

Ethan has been volunteering at Santa Clara Elementary two days a week and at Red Mountain Elementary one day a week so he can get more service hours for Sterling Scholar.  He has been reading and having books read to him by little kids.  It's fun to watch him with the little guys.

One of the counselors at the elementary took this pic for me so he could have it for his portfolio.  He looks so huge in the tiny kindergarten chair.

Volunteering

Our Ward always goes to the Utah Food Bank to do service for our Ward Christmas party.  We have breakfast at the Church all together and then we all drive to the Utah Food Bank across town.  When we get there we are split into groups to do different projects.  This year, we were taking small packages of salad dressing and sorting them.  It was easy work so we got to chat with a lot of our friends and neighbors. The kids have a great time doing it and it's fun to have a tradition that really lets us focus on the true meaning of the Christmas season.

Ethan needed pictures for his Sterling Scholar portfolio so I took pics of him doing service.

Orchestra Concert

Courtney had her Christmas orchestra concert.  They sounded really great.  Courtney doesn't like wearing the long black skirt so she wore her pants under her skirt and pulled it off as soon as she was finished playing.  Crazy girl!

Basketball games

I didn't take a lot of pics at Courtney's basketball games but I did some fun ones of her running around.  They are getting better, although they haven't won yet.  I will put a bunch of pics from different games in here because there isn't much to say about the games.

  



    

Student Ambassadors

Courtney is part of the Student Ambassadors at SCMS which is a service organization.  They help when new students come to the school by giving tours and helping them feel more comfortable.  They also had a Christmas service project where they went to a care center to decorate for Christmas and carol in the hallways.  I got to go along because the Counseling Office is in charge of the Student Ambassadors.  It was fun to watch Courtney and her friends.  The people at the center were so touched and loved listening to the kids sing.  They were nervous at first but they warmed up and were able to get into the holiday spirit.

Gingerbread house making

For our December activities as a family, we made gingerbread houses.  Courtney just likes eating the candy but Ethan likes squirting the frosting.  It's a mess and they don't put a lot of time into it but they love doing it.