March started off with Steve giving birth to a 6mm kidney stone. He has been dealing with these since last June when we ended up in the emergency room and through two medical procedures to break up and get rid of kidney stones. Hopefully, we are almost done. The up side is that this one didn't hurt nearly as much as the first one.
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| I think we decided on the name "Thor" for this one. Thor is next to a Tic Tac for reference as to size. |
March 2, Nick auditioned for choir at the high school and made it. Junior year is shaping up to be both challenging and fun.
March 3 - Prom dinner. Every year Bishop Beckworth takes the kids to a local Italian restaurant for dinner before church prom. Nick was excited to get to go this year. They always have so much fun.
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| The whole group before dinner. |
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| Just the boys - (left to right) Josh, Hunter, Bro. Kelly, Ezra, Nick T and Nick C. |
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| The whole group out by the lake. front row: (left to right) Autumn, Kaylee, Mary, Celeste, Naloni back row: (left to right) Bro. Kelly, Ezra, Hunter, Nick T., Bishop Beckworth, Nick, Josh, Sister Kelly |
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| Nick and his buddy, Josh. Don't they look handsome!!! |
March 4, Nick blessed the sacrament for the first time. He was so nervous and practiced quite a bit for the big event. He did a brilliant job! Since it was Nick's first time he got to have Steve and Jeremy up there with him. It was a mama's payday to see all three of my men blessing the sacrament. So cool.
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| My three handsome men. |
March 6th, Steve was back in the doctor's office with bronchitis. Thankfully we caught it early this time and he got better quickly.
March 7th I took Nick to the dentist to have another baby tooth pulled. Now that Nick's baby teeth are almost all gone we have finally figured out the signs of a baby tooth getting ready to explode. Remember, Nick's baby teeth don't get loose and fall out on their own. The adult tooth starts to push up under the baby tooth and force all the gums into the inside of the baby tooth to the point of the baby tooth exploding from the pressure. Yup, fun times!! This tooth was a little different in that there is no adult tooth under it and so we have to wait for the gum swelling to go down so he can get a spacer put in to maintain the space until he is old enough to have a dental implant done.
March 11th, Nick got his patriarchal blessing today. It was really cool to listen to the blessings Heavenly Father has in store for Nick if he will stay close to the Lord and follow the gospel teachings in his life. I love my patriarchal blessing and the way it has guided me throughout my life when I have had big decisions to make. I am excited to see what kind of amazing man Nick will be.
March 15th, Naomi had her first oboe lesson. Mr. Scarengelli, her band teacher from school, is encouraging her to try to oboe. He thinks she needs a challenge. She is actually quite excited about it. His big push is that if you play the oboe well enough you will always have a scholarship to college. I like the sound of that.
March 16th, UTI (Universal Technical Institute) visited LNC and Nick got to talk to them about pursuing a career in auto mechanics. FINALLY someone he could talk to that understands all the passion and vocabulary he has surrounding cars. He was in heaven and knows what path his life is going to take post high school.
March 17th Naomi played a great soccer game, but the other team was one goal better. It was a hard loss, but her team is playing together so much better now than at the beginning of the season. Steve spent the day with Kev and Jo working on a project for their house.
March 19-21 I got to be Mrs. Tedder, 7th grade English. I was in heaven. The students were in the middle of a poetry unit and I love poetry. We had a lot of fun for three days exploring different types of poetry. It was a very rewarding three days to see the kids start to understand and appreciate poetry. It was also rewarding to have the kids tell me "You are a really good teacher." It makes all the hard days as a sub worth it.
March 23rd we all went to Hinds Feet Farm to cut down trees for Nick's Eagle project. Naomi was excited to help because she is using her participation in Nick's project as part of a school assignment. The motto for the 6th grade is "Be the kind of change you would like to see in the world." Each student has to pick a way to serve in the community, do a project and then create a presentation about their project. It is a win-win for everyone. Nick and Steve had already started working on getting the signs routed and sanded. Naomi stepped in to help paint the routed letters so they would be easier to see. Cutting down trees was the next step toward completion. We had a blast working together to get the trees cut and gathered. Nothing like some good, hard, family work.
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| Nick and Steve routing the signs. |
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| Painting the signs. |
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| Naomi had to have a picture of herself standing in front of the sign of the place she was serving. |
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| Nick and Steve using the chainsaw and pushing the first tree down. This was the biggest tree we had to fell and it was HEAVY!!!! |
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| As the tree fell it got caught on another tree. We had to put a rope around it and using good ol' elbow grease to get it down. |
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| HEAVE! HO! We finally go it to fall. |
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| Nick, the lumberjack! |
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| Jeremy and Naomi with one of the smaller trees. |
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| Our stockpile of poles for all the signs. |
March 24th we all sat through a soccer game while it sleeted almost the whole time. It was so cold, but a lot of fun. Nick got to spend some time with Steve Wilson working on cars (which made him happy). After soccer, Naomi and I went clothes shopping since she had grown out of all her shorts from last year.
Thank goodness Spring Break came when it did. I was so exhausted from everything I had going on and seminary was really getting hard to bear. All of us needed a break from each other. Don't get me wrong, these kids are amazing for getting up so early to be at my house from 5:50 a.m. to 6:40 a.m. to study the scriptures every morning, but we all needed a break from that part of the routine for a bit in order to appreciate it again.
March 30th we all pitched in a worked in the yard weeding and mowing. It really needed some TLC. We also spent some time getting Naomi ready for her beach trip with the Licastris. She spent a good portion of the day packing and practicing fixing stroganoff so it would be perfected when it was her turn to fix dinner at the beach. YUMMY!!!
March 31st we dropped Naomi off at the Licastris for the beginning of her Spring Break Beach Adventure. It was weird not having her with us as we ran errands on the way home. We stopped at Target to get some Cadbury eggs for Nick and Jeremy and ran into Mrs. Herron and Mr. and Mrs. Blackman. It was an LNC reunion at Target. After that short diversion we hurried home to watch General Conference. Steve and the boys went to lunch between sessions since Jeremy had to work that night and wouldn't be able to do the traditional pre-men's session dinner. The went to Mr. Tokyo and I have a feeling a new bad habit has stated. They LOVED it. All-you-can-eat, fresh-made sushi. Nuf said.
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