The Fact File: All About Evan

Food wise:

Favorite Dorito flavor: Ranch

Favorite M&M flavor: Mint

Favorite dessert: Red Velvet Cake

Favorite cookie: Snickerdoodles

Favorite icecream: Strawberry

Favorite meal: Meatballs

Favorite fruit: Strawberries

Favorite vegetable: He hasn't met one he likes

Favorite soda: Orange

Favorite drink: Milk

Favorite candy bar: Kinder Chocolate

Favorite muffin: Chocolate

Other favorites:

Favorite movie: Lego Ninjago

Favorite book: Harry Potter (I am noticing a trend....)

Favorite church song: Baby in a Manger

Favorite cello song you can play: All of them

Favorite game: Checkers

Favorite subject: Math

Favorite day of the week: Saturday

Morning bird or night owl?! Morning Bird

Top 3 fave colors: Red, blue, & yellow

The Fact File: All About Bentley

Food wise:

Favorite Dorito flavor: Nacho

Favorite M&M flavor: Mint

Favorite dessert: 7 Layer Bars

Favorite cookie: Gayle's Chocolate Cookies

Favorite icecream: None!

Favorite meal: Great Alaska Pizza Co Breadsticks with shell noodles and raclette steak

Favorite fruit: Asian Pears

Favorite vegetable: Peppers

Favorite soda: None!

Favorite drink: Milk (his body is probably 10% milk, his sister thinks?!)

Favorite candy bar: Reeses

Favorite muffin: Chocolate chunk

Other favorites:

Favorite movie: Lego Batman

Favorite book: Adventurers Wanted Series

Favorite church song: Choose the Right

Favorite cello song you can play: Gigue 

Favorite game: Chess & 7 Wonders

Favorite subject: Music & Music History

Favorite day of the week: Monday (Super Strings!)

Favorite karate weapon: Tonfa, the one that has hurt me the least

Morning bird or night owl? Both!

Top 3 fave colors: Turquoise, deep yellow, & bright red

Super Strings Concert

Last week was the winter concert for Bentley's Super Strings group.  They did a really lovely assortment of fall and Christmas music, and we all enjoyed the concert!

It was a smaller group this semester, but still a great time according to Bentley.  His favorite songs were Star Wars, Blue Rhythmnico, and Holly Jolly Christmas!  We're lucky to have such a great concert group to participate in!

The Fact File: All About Genevieve

Food wise:

Favorite Dorito flavor: Nacho

Favorite M&M flavor: Peanut butter

Favorite dessert: Red Velvet Cake

Favorite cookie: Peanut Butter w/Hershey Kisses

Favorite icecream: Oreo

Favorite meal: Spaghetti or Beef Stew

Favorite fruit: Strawberries & raspberries

Favorite vegetable: Peppers

Favorite soda: Root beer

Favorite drink: Water

Favorite candy bar: Kit Kats

Favorite muffin: I don't like them!

Other favorites:

Favorite movie: Iron Man

Favorite book: Percy Jackson

Favorite church song: Gethsemane

Favorite harp song you can play: Carol of the Bells

Favorite game: Mario Kart (she deliberately misinterpreted the board game question... *sigh*), then said Monopoly

Favorite subject: Music History

Favorite day of the week: Saturday

Favorite type of dance: All of them!

Favorite karate weapon: the sci(s)

Morning bird or night owl? Night Owl 

Top 3 fave colors: Black, grey, & silver

The Fact File: All About Lincoln

Food wise:

Favorite Dorito flavor: Ranch
Favorite M&M flavor: Plain
Favorite dessert: Muffins
Favorite cookie: Chocolate Chip
Favorite icecream: Oreo (cookies & cream!)
Favorite meal: Hamburgers
Favorite fruit: Apples
Favorite vegetable: Carrots
Favorite candy: Gummy bears
Favorite muffin: Chocolate

(Do I seem a little obsessed with favorite sweets?  Hmmmm..... !)

Other favorites:

Favorite movie: Lego Ninjago
Favorite book: Harry Potter w/Daddy
Favorite church song: Choose the Right
Favorite cello song you can play: Lightly Row
Favorite game: Sequence
Favorite subject: Music
Favorite day of the week: "That's a hard one... !  Wait.  The day we have off!"
Morning bird or night owl? Morning bird
Top 3 fave colors: Green, blue, & purple

The Fact File: All About Jake

I was quizzing my Jake today about some of his favorite things, and here is what I learned!

Food wise:

Favorite Dorito flavor: Nacho
Favorite M&M flavor: Peanut
Favorite dessert: M&M Fudge
Favorite cookie: Gayle's Chocolate Cookies
Favorite icecream: Oreo
Favorite meal: Lasagna or Crispy Southwest Chicken Wraps
Favorite fruit: Apples
Favorite vegetable: Broccoli (only raw, not cooked!)
Favorite soda: Sprite
Favorite drink: Naked Juice
Favorite candy bar: Snickers
Favorite muffin: Poppy seed

(Do I seem a little obsessed with favorite sweets?  Hmmmm..... !)

Other favorites:

Favorite movie: Rogue One
Favorite book: Harry Potter #7
Favorite church song: Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel
Favorite trumpet song you can play: Cygnus
Favorite game: Forbidden Island
Favorite subject: Music & math
Favorite day of the week: Tuesday (jazz band day!)
Favorite karate weapon: the sci(s)
Morning bird or night owl? Night Owl (he claims - but he seems like a morning bird to me!)
Top 3 fave colors: Orange, red, & yellow

Newest Library Card Holders!

Matt took Lincoln & Evan over to the library this weekend to get their very own library cards.  They are both great little readers now, so it was time!  They were quite excited.  :)

Choir Group

Genevieve wanted to try out choir this fall!  It took me a little work to find a group that was for the right age and that met at the right time, but we did eventually find the perfect little group!  They just had their fall performance and sounded awesome.  Genevieve tells me she is done with choir for now, but she had fun trying it.  :)  I like that she likes trying new things!

After the performance!  Her brothers all came to see it.  They were (mostly) good sports.  :)

Everyday Life: More October

Jake started an online architecture course in September. 

This is one of his drawings for that course.

The course was a lot of work because he did two to three drawings every week.

Viva doing schoolwork.

Lincoln built a structure to showcase cars.

Bentley reading...for fun? For schoolwork?

Jake working...? Jake playing?

Evan lounging...possibly thinking great thoughts.

Bentley and Viva eating apple peels.

Matt reading to the kids.

Boys with Toys

Viva building a cat house. 

The cats were not appropriately appreciative.

Evan and Lincoln building models of atoms out of Playdough.

(This was not a particularly good object lesson.)

Everyday Life: October

I swung the pendulum too far the other direction. There were many more shots of the younger two last month, so this month I didn't get enough! Sorry little cuties!

Viva made paper lanterns from her Doodle Crate kit. 

(Doodle Crate a super cool craft & science company that sends out monthly kits.) 

Jake in his neon green socks doing schoolwork on his iPad.

Viva reading scriptures.

Viva reading the comics.

Lincoln having fun on the bar. 

We talk about getting rid of the bar, but the kids still use it.

Viva and Chloe making something...not cookies...during their weekly play date.

The boys helping with fall clean-up.

Bentley helping me spread mulch (tree bark) on my perennial bed.

Evan and Great-grandma chilling.

(Technically his feet are not on the table.)

Viva helping Opa who is soldering the wires on my sewing machine foot pedal.

Bentley and Jake grilling steak on the raclette.

Evan and Lincoln playing with kinetic sand which is very messy.

(Theoretically less messy than normal sand, but in reality not much less so.)