On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Chey, Cali, and Beth did Hymn Festival for piano.  They had group practice on Monday and performance on Tuesday where they played their church pieces and had to conduct for others.  Pretty great experience!  They all got superiors.  I'm glad they're learning.
 
On Wednesday was the state cross country meet.  Mariah ran a great race.  Her team finished 4th!  Pretty impressive!  Mariah was disappointed because she wanted to beat Maple Mountain.  Alas!  It will have to wait until next year.  They still had a great time and went out to eat as a team afterward and then to the football game where the boys' team presented their first-place trophy to the school.  Fun times!

Thursday and Friday were Fall Break and no school!  On Thursday we took the kids to the aquarium.  It's been here in Salt Lake for a few years now but we've never been.  It was really neat!  They even had a 4D Movie Experience where our seats rumbled and we got blasted with water spray.  We walked through a shark tunnel and saw penguins and jelly fish and a giant goldfish.  On our way home, we stopped at the BYU Creamery to have dinner served by our own Megan!  Surprising her at work was one of the best things of the day!

Friday we let Dad go to work and let the kids play in the neighborhood.  That night though, we took the fam to see a children's musical at The Scera.  It was called Captain Louie and was about a little boy who was having a hard time moving to a new neighborhood.  Does that sound apropos or what?  The twins needed to attend a musical for their choir class and we found this one.  It was a lot of fun.