We celebrated Savannah's birthday on Sunday! We had fried chicken for dinner and confetti cake and opened presents. She wanted to go on a walk by the river near Brookside--just like the walks we used to take when we lived down there. What a great idea! We sure love that girl and the fun and inspiration she brings into our lives!

Other than that, Savannah worked at Funfinity and another day as a substitute this week. On Friday she left for Las Vegas to spend the weekend with her Grandma and Grandpa Elton!

Mariah bought herself a car this week! She also got another job that starts next week, this time working at the Provo Rec Center. She worked a couple of days at Earth Harbor this week as well as reffing in the evenings. She went to the BYU women's basketball game on Saturday and had a great time!

Cheyenne worked at Heritage as well as for city rec. She's been practicing piano and going to track practices for hurdling. She went to the Sweetheart's dance on Saturday with some other girl friends.

Calianne worked for Funfinity as well as for city rec this week. She practiced piano and read books when she had a minute to herself. She went to the movies with Richmond on Friday night. On Saturday, after work, she had friends over to our house to play Catan. Cheyenne and her friends joined them when they were done with the dance.

Bethany had some play practices this week and also had karate. On Saturday morning she had a belt exam. Guess what? She's now a brown belt! That's three away from black, but she is now a Sensei. Pretty cool, right? Just call her Sensei Skinner.

Benjamin was scheduled to be at that belt test, too, but he was sick ALL WEEK! He came down with a fever on Saturday and his first day without a fever was Thursday. He has a lingering cough and runny nose but otherwise is on the mend. He missed school all week long. Poor kid. He was so sick of being sick. We're all glad that he'll be able to go back to school next week.

Kevin went to Mississippi to teach a group of therapists this week. He left Thursday morning and came back Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, he came down with Ben's fever Thursday while traveling and spent a miserable night in the hotel. With the help of WalMart meds and the answer of prayers, he was able to teach Friday. He's home now but still pretty miserable. Poor guy.

I've been working on a new book and taxes and my social work class. Thursday I went to bookclub and saw my old friends and Friday I went hiking with my friend Robin for the first time in a long while and that was great!

Also, we heard back from BYU and Calianne and Cheyenne were both accepted! Yay! Now they've heard back from all colleges and they will work on deciding where they'll go next fall. I sure will miss them!!