Christmas Card

 

Tree lot

Rease is working at the tree lot again this year and had a super successful first day!

 

Christmas Tree

The Christmas tree is up and we're all ready for the holiday!

 

Candy Day

Candy day is one of our favs of the whole year!  Lots of chocolate and sweets pumping out of this kitchen today.  

 

Thanksgiving 2021

We had such a great Thanksgiving this year! With lots of the Beutlers in town it made for a great and large group at our house for dinner!  Sid and Dan and their family and Dixie and Scott came to town.  Whitney and Ty drove down from Idaho and the rest of the locals all gathered.  It was so fun to be together as a family and celebrate this wonderful day together!

 

Gym

Rhen just started going to the gym and today was leg day for this girl!  Love that she is trying and doing her best!

 

Movies

We took the young boys to the theater to see the new Disney movie.  Luxury seats, popcorn and treats always make for a successful date!

 

Honors band

Rease auditioned for and was invited to be in an honors band for the Jordan School District. She was one of 4 French horn players and the only one from her school. It’s a great big honor for her and I’m so excited that she got to do this cool thing. They all took a couple of days from school and practiced together for a few hours a day. Then had one night where the whole honors band performed together. It was so cool to hear them and what they accomplished in just a few hours of playing together. They all do an incredible job  and performed their numbers beautifully. So proud of this beautiful girl and all she does!

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

We took all the kids to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tonight and it was sooo cute!  The kids all loved it and were totally entertained by the flying car and all the amazing props.  So well done!

 

Rease 9th grade

Rease is king of the school in 9th grade and loves that she is technically a "freshman" this year.  She loves her classes and especially her jazz band class which is an early morning class (6:30 am).  She works hard and gets good grades and has a great group of friends.  So proud of this girl and all she does!

 

Rhen 7th grade

Rhen LOVES 7th grade and not just because she's no longer in elementary school.  She likes having 8 different classes and has had a blast meeting new people from other schools.  She has a great group of girl friends that love to giggle and talk about boys!  And once in a while she squeezes in some school work.  She's a great student and was nominated for and outstanding academic achievement award!  Love this girl to pieces!

 

Liev 5th grade

Liev has a great 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Panter, and has done really well in her class so far.  He has a mind for math and really loves it and also loves solving riddles and puzzles of all types.  His mind works in a different way than mine does and I love him for that!  I can't believe this boy is already in 5th grade...

 

Keen 4th grade

Keen loves his 4th grade teacher, Mr. Brown, and I admit I think he's a great teacher too!  I've volunteered in the class a handful of times and love his teaching style and how he makes it fun and different for the kids.  He loves Keen and has so much good to say about him and how he treats people in class.  I love to hear that and am not surprised.  He's such a great kid!

 

Beck 2nd Grade

Beck is doing awesome in 2nd grade and has a great teacher, Mrs. McCarty.  She makes them work hard and get lots of good things done in class.  He is sooo good at math and reading and also just received the principal's pride award!  Such a smart boy!

 

Desh Kindergarten

Desh is having a blast in kindergarten this year and loves his teacher Mrs. Hernandez.  She has nothing but good things to say about this boy and his hard work in class.  He practices his sight words every day and knows all his letters and numbers.  And his favorite thing to do right now is imagine learning on the computer.  Love this big boy!

 

Marching band

Rease has had an incredible marching band season! They have worked their butts off for the last five months and have practiced long and hard. They’ve all put in late nights and early mornings and lots of times have had little sleep between a late night football game and an early morning competition the next day. Sometimes I think it’s too much for these kids, but they have shown us that it’s just enough. Their show this year is called Circulus and was written by their band director Mr. Densley in honor of his mother that recently passed away. It’s a really emotional show and the kids puts their hearts into performing it! Rease has loved every minute of it has made such good friends on this team. They work hard and have a good time together. We have loved watching her perform and hope she knows how proud of her we are! They moved up from 5A scholastic to 6A open this year which means they’re competing against biggest schools and bigger bands. Some really incredible bands are in our region and we’ve seen some really tough competition this year. But the important thing that these kids always remember is that they are just trying to improve each competition. And they did! They got better and better each week and their scores continued to climb. State and Bands of America were both this weekend in St George and we all got to see them perform a few times. They did so awesome! And in the end they made it to the finals of Bands of America and finished in 11th place of all bands in the western US! So good! Here’s to an incredible year of band!

Family Pictures

 

Lip sync battle

Our young men and women battled in a lip sync battle tonight in the first annual event that I really hope becomes one of the favorite yearly activity for our ward! Each of the classes had a song prepared and also each of the organizations presidencies performed for us and it was such a fun night! Everyone had such great performances and we had a blast watching them! The teachers took home the grand prize with their rendition of  “Africa” though honorable mention definitely goes to the primary presidency all dressed up as old ladies. Love this night!

Happy Halloween

Race cats

The boys have been practicing and working so hard with their cross country team Race Cats this fall. They practice twice a week and have 3 races a season. It has been fun to see them work and make progress at something that isn’t always easy. But all four of them did so good and made their Mama proud!

Citrus Hill Project - Fall break day 10

We had to leave today and every time we go it's a mad dash to get last minute things done.  We took a swim at Kim and Hector's which is always super fun!  And Ramos came and finished up the rest of the landscaping business he's been working on.  He finished leveling out the side and then somehow maneuvered his tractor through the narrow channel to the back.  He took out some plantain trees, removed the stump from the huge tree we had taken down a couple months ago and leveled everything out so that there will be better drainage from the house.  Overall he did a great job and it look really great.  We took quick showers, finished packing and then off we went leaving our house that we love so much!  I know we'll be back soon, but we're always longing for more when we go.  We have loved being here with the boys and working on this great project together!