And.....we're off!!

We leave tomorrow (Friday) afternoon after school for Disneyland, and the half-marathon! There is still so much to do!!

THANK YOU to all who have donated to Team KenTZ!!!! We appreciate it so much! Our goal was $8,800, and as of right now, we have $9,400!! AMAZING!! PPMD has told me donations will still be accepted through the weekend, so if you still wanted to donate, click on the link to the right. We will have lots of pictures to share when we get back next week! Thanks, again!!

My Chicago Sisters

Most of you know that I served a mission in Chicago. While there, I met my second family, the Gibsons, and have enjoyed being adopted as one of their own for these past many years (I won't say how many because it will make me feel old). I am blessed to have my 4 "sisters" live in Utah Valley with me. Although I don't see them as often as I should, I was able to see all of them this past Saturday because Ty (Lynn's oldest) was baptized! What a great morning! He was so excited, and it was so fun to hear the talks given by his aunts, Jill and Paige, and to hear his 2 cousins, Scottie and Mason, sing "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission". Priceless. Here are a few pictures.

Here is Ty.

The 5 'sisters': Paige, Jill, Lynn, Kim and me. The scary thing is that when I met them, Paige (the youngest) was 8. That tells you how old I am!

Lynn and her beautiful girl, Karyssa

Paige and her beautiful Natalia

Kim with Ella (I didn't get a picture of Emily, her oldest)

Jill's adorable Tanna

Ty and his best cousin, Scottie (Jill's oldest)

My Kent, doing races around the cultural hall in his wheelchair (he doesn't usually have such open spaces to work with!)

And finally, my Kelsey, with a vase of roses that Lynn graciously gave us for helping, when all I did was play the piano and Kelsey made some cookies. Thank you, Lynn! You are too kind!

First Day of School

School started this week. Hard to believe that my daughter is in 9th grade (gulp!) and my baby in 5th! Crazy! Here they are on the first day of school, with our neighbors and friends, Leeza and Grace.

And here is Kent with his "desk" -- the regular desks weren't tall enough for his wheelchair, so he gets a special desk! Awesome! :)

Silver Screen Serenade

Those of you who frequently read my blog know that I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE Jenny Oaks Baker!!! I had the opportunity last night to take Kelsey and her friend, Katelyn, to hear Jenny Oaks Baker at BYU. She's doing a series of concerts all week for Education Week, so you locals, you should definitely try to go and see her! Her new CD just came out this week, and she played music from it. She is so talented, and it was so fun! Afterwards, I took the girls for ice cream. To make a long story short, we ended up at the 4th place we tried (don't even ask), somewhere I had never ever been before (Sub Zero Ice Cream, by Burger Supreme) and while we were eating our ice cream, in walked Jenny Oaks Baker and her husband. So random! Katelyn asked her to autograph her program from the concert, which she did so graciously. What a night!!

Synchronized Swinging

Kelsey and Lynette (her second cousin) decided to show us their synchronized swinging moves at a family together this last week. LOVE IT! Watch out, olympics, here we come!

November 21st!

They just announced that the Twilight movie will now be released on NOVEMBER 21st!!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!

Visitor

We had a visitor on Sunday.

Yes, that's what you think it is. A BAT!!!

It must have been hurt or something, because it died on Monday. Here are some pictures of Victor holding the dead bat.

My friend's husband, Bret, told me the reason the bat came to my house is because I love the Twilight books so much. I guess I'll take that!

FINISHED!

I finished reading "Breaking Dawn" earlier this afternoon, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!! I hope all of my fellow Twilight fans can find time to read it soon, and that they enjoy it as much as I did!