Thanksgiving

We started our Thanksgiving Morning by working up an appetite. Jay ,Valor, Ethan and Jadon participated in a 5K run. The Run/Walk was to benefit the Jesus Center in Chico. The Jesus Center serves the homeless in the name of Jesus. It was a great cause and something really neat to do as a family. We have so much to be thankful for it was great to give back to others. We had a great time. Breandan was a little to young, he wouldn't have made it all the way. So I stayed with Breandan and waited at the finish line to cheer everyone on. We saw lots of people from church, school, sports etc. It was great to see everyone come together. Ethan finished in 26 min, Valor in 27 min, and Jay and Jadon in 44 min.

After the run we went to my parents house for dinner and "sleep". Mom cooked a great dinner as usual. We had a great day.

We are so thankful for all of our family and friends. God has really blessed us. We hope you had a great Thanksgiving also.

A Visit From The So. Cal. Crew

I finally got around to downloading the pictures Mel took on their visit up to Chico. Will, Annalisa and Mel came up for their annual Chico visit in October. We love spending time with them and getting to catch up. This time the Book Family Farm was closed so we found some new things to do. We played disc golf, went to Bear Hole, went to the Kovacs' for game night, went to the Root Beer Shop and walked around down town. We are so blessed by great friends and fun times whenever they visit. Thanks guys for coming up to see us.

Way to go Valor!

OK so I have not been here in a while and I have been tagged twice, I am working on that. But I have some other news.

Valor was nominated by a teacher and invited to the Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C.. Ten kids in 6th and 7th grade from his school were invited. We are very proud of him. The letter he got said. " You were selected for this honor based on your maturity, academic success and leadership potential"

Their web site says:

"Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC) offers mature, high-achieving middle school students the opportunity to learn about leadership by studying the leaders of the past and by focusing on social advocacy to make a positive impact in their homes and communities. Through an examination of both different historical time periods and characteristics of leadership, students will gain a better understanding of what it takes to become an effective leader.
www.cylc.org/jrNYLC


So he would get to go to D.C. for six days and have conferences and go on tours and hang out with kids his age from all over the country. We don't know if he is going yet, we are looking into it more. We are also waiting to hear what other kids from his school may be going. But even if he doesn't go what an honor to be nominated and invited!!