We only had four days of school this week because of a teacher development day on Friday. So, the first four days Beth had play practices and karate. Ben started chess club! So he had that twice a week and karate and his first 50 min guitar lesson. 

I only had to work four days this week, too, so I volunteered to take the house girls to their basketball practice on Friday which was pretty fun. Otherwise I finished up my grad application and submitted it. Now that's done, I will be turning my attention to taxes. One step at a time, right?

Savannah drove to BYU and got the packet she needed for her independent study class and has started working it into her schedule everyday. She is doing great and I am excited for her!

On Friday, when Beth and Ben didn't have school, one of their neighborhood friends, Claire, wanted to go to the curiosity museum as part of her birthday celebration. So, Beth, Ben, Max, Annaliese, and Claire all spent their day up at Thanksgiving point with Claire's dad. By all accounts, they had a great time!

On Saturday, Beth and Ben had a practice belt test for karate which basically entails a physically intense workout for four hours. I'm so impressed with the hard work they do there.

Also on Saturday, we got to see Mariah!! Her team had an indoor track meet at BYU! Mariah ran the mile (5 laps on an indoor track) and we got to watch her run! It was super fun. There were so many great athletes and so much excitement. Cheyenne, Calianne, Megan, Ammon, Grandma, Grandpa, Kevin, and I all came to watch. She did great! She won her heat and came within 10 seconds of her personal record on an outdoor track (which is shorter) from high school. Woot! She's been training hard hard hard. So impressed with that girl!

Afterwards, we snuck her away to the Brick Oven so we could have a little family time and eat pizza! It was so fun to have some time with her.