Owen's Deacon Dinner

Owen is now a Deacon! Since he turns 12 this year, he can move out of Primary and into Young Mens.  He is super excited.  He wanted to host "Owen's Deacon Dinner" and invite all the nearby family over to be at church and have a yummy dinner. My mom, George, Cindy, Colton, Adrienne, Otto, Rory, Abby, and Books came over.  Dinner was excellent and all the kids had a blast playing together. 

January 2026

We had a rather impressive snow storm which was a heavy crust of sleet so that everything turned to an ice rink. School closed for three days and then we had to do two days of virtual.  My dislike of virtual "learning" is impossible to put into words.  The boys did really great with all their classes to log in and do their assignments. We discovered the hills at the golf course as perfect sledding.  The crust was so thick that by the day after the storm you could barely stomp through to make footprints to walk through. At the beginning of the month we went down to the Kennedy Center to see Spamalot.  It was really fun.  School, work, and the daily taskers are marching on.  The boys are both doing great with their schoolwork.  Damon is ridding the Naval Academy of wisdom teeth one mouth at a time.  My classes are going well.  Meade is not an easy school to teach at, but all experiences can be learning opportunities. Milton finally gave in to getting a haircut! His inspiration was us looking up 1970s hair styles.