Family lunch!

In October was General Conference so on Sunday, we got together between sessions for lunch at Carpenter's house in Gallup.  Lance has a selfie stick so we were able to snap a good pictures of everyone.  We've got the Nielson family, McMullin's, and Carpenter's.

Fall Piano Recital 2015

This year the theme for my Christmas Recital was "Jazz, Rags, Blues & Boogie".  Everyone played a jazz song.  It was really fun.

My students - They played their songs in order of their middle initials.  I always try to come up with a fun way to do the order.

Kyle plays "Maple Leaf Rag"

Lance plays "Jazz It Up"

Kyle wins the school spelling bee! Nov. 13, 2015

Kyle is an 8th grader and earned a spot at Rehoboth's school spelling bee.  He wasn't too excited about doing it and didn't really study much but ended up winning and being thrilled.  His words were: Round 1:habits  Round 2:marlin  Round 3:mustang  Round 4:lactose  Round 5:nurture  Round 6:frequently  Round 7:alternate  Round 8:hypnotic   Round 9:territory  Round 10:stagflation
Round 11:approximate  Round 12:maverick

Top 3

Kyle is all smiles after the spelling bee is over

Christmas Village 2015

We put the Christmas Village up on Halloween this year since it was a Saturday and that's when John was available to do it.  He's a trooper and a saint to do this for me each year.  I added about 7 houses this year so we added another shelf to accommodate everything.  It's beautiful and so fun to get us all in the holiday spirit.

John putting up the backdrop boards

Temple Square