Friday's Fabulouses

1. Charity was tested for next year's Spectrum Program. Mrs. Owen, Charity's teacher, told us we ought to have her tested to see if she could be in it next year. It's kind of an accelerated program. For kids who are learning things quickly and could be learning a little more and with less assistance. Mrs. Owen was sure she would be accepted, and was really insistent. I've debated whether or not I wanted to put her in something like that. We've always known she was smarter than average for her age. But at the same time, I don't want her to feel too much pressure either. SO anyway, we had decided that we would test her, see if she made it and THEN do the weighing of whether we wanted to do it or not. She would have to go to a different school, which she was never thrilled about, so that would be taken into consideration. Now you're probably wonder, why are we having her tested for a program that's only in Utah when we're moving out of state soon?? Good question! I'm not sure if I do it for myself, for her to see that she really could do it, or for the just in case we don't end up moving (not likely or ideal, but it's starting to feel like anything could happen), but either way, she was tested on Saturday. They had me fill out a bubble sheet with questions about her and her study skills, prioritizing, and ability to focus. It was interesting. Then she was tested using a bunch of different little patterns and stuff.... she said it was all very easy except the very end when she had to go through and double check that she didn't go outside of the lines on any of her circles..... that was the hard part?? Funny girl. I just love that about Charity. So sounded to me like she did fine. We'll find out in April how she did. And probably be gone by then :) but hey, maybe we could use the information for something wherever we go, who knows. We decided to go out for ice cream afterward for her and Kelly's blue slips. Baskin Robins is our celebration ice cream place :) The kids love it and it's so fun to spoil them with ice cream :)





2. Our ward theme for the month of February was "Courage" and I have felt like every talk has been directed to me.... it's fabulous to me that the Lord would bless me with such encouraging words before we take on this next big thing in our life.... makes me smile :)





3. 50% off on all fleece at JoAnn Fabrics.... FABULOUS!! (would have been even more fabulous if I had waited a day and seen the 20% off coupon in my email!!! That would have really been a steal!)





4. On Tuesday night I had wanted to take my mom to try a Fh'zookie at Firehouse pizza, but it turned into all of us and steve there for dinner!!! I LOVE their Cordon Bleu Pizza!!! And the triple chocolate fh'zookie..... MMMMMMMMMMM love it!! I think my mom liked it too :) Glad she could join us!





5. We started our Family Home Evening binder this week. We started with just making a list of things we could do on Sunday that would help us keep the Sabbath Day holy. I'm looking forward to feeling better about our Sundays.... and getting to the rest of the binder too!!





6. My fabulous 2008 Blog Book showed up on our doorstep this week!!!! 240 pages!! I can't believe it's finally done. I've been working on it a lot lately... it's now my pride and joy. Now I just need to hurry and finish 2009 before we have to move, the program is on my Dad's computer!!



7. I got to color with Noah yesterday. I loved it. And so did he :)