Rhiannon's high school band winter concert was a blast! We all wondered how the band would function with the new band director, Mark Hatter...and we are happy to see they are doing great!!
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Playing catch-up: a fantastic Thanksgiving week in Utah!
Thanksgiving 2017 was a wonderful week for us. We traveled up to Salt Lake City and enjoyed several days of fun with the Cushings and Croppers!
- birthday celebrations for Grandma Deb
- Sunday church
- First movie theater experience in RECLINERS!
- Freebirds dinner with Grandpa Rod and Grandma Deb
- Fat Cats with everyone! We sure do love and look forward to our "pizza and bowling" tradition!
- Siblings and spouses movie night, deluxe treatment!
- Thanksgiving Day fun--delicious meal, great company, and fun games!
- TV watching
- Games, games, games
- Tennis
- Cousin sleepovers
- A little shopping
- Sleeping in and getting some much needed R & R
Family time--we loved every minute of it! Love you all!
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Playing catch-up: 2017 Cushing Family Photos
On Veteran's weekend in November we picked up Emily MacGregor at her home (she had cookies for us, too!) and then drove out to Wagon Wheel, a really great spot for family pictures. We were very pleased with the results!
Sunday, December 31, 2017
We finished reading the Book of Mormon again!
Boy, it took us a much longer time to read through the Book of Mormon again as a family, but we finished it tonight by reading the last 5 pages together as one of our New Year's Eve activities.
What a great way to end the year and start fresh!
I'm grateful for the peace that comes when I read the Book of Mormon, and the strength to face life's ups and downs when I read it faithfully and consistently. Personally it's one of my big goals for 2018 to read from the Book of Mormon every day. And I can't wait to start it again as a family.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Christmas 2017--Vacation/Stay-cation
Today is Day 9 of our Christmas break and we are really enjoying it. Some highlights so far include:
seeing the Last Jedi movie in 3D
playing games with the Littons
ordering our traditional Golden Dragon take-out
eating delicious soup and rolls with the Zobells
enjoying a 1-hr musical sacrament meeting on Christmas Eve Day (Rhiannon did a beautiful job playing a piano solo for that)
driving around town to see Christmas lights
lots of family phone calls and video FaceTimes
a lovely, peaceful relaxing Christmas Day
doing a few household tasks like decluttering and raking leaves
watched Dunkirk
devoured a tasty Christmas ham and mashed potatoes dinner
a bit of golfing for the boys
having fun with our new phones!
making Amazon wish lists
Earlier this week Jason and Wade drove up to northern California for Wade's belated birthday gift to see a Warriors basketball game! They drove up, saw the game, stayed the night, ate good food, and checked out a cool museum on the way home, too. They had a great time!
seeing the Last Jedi movie in 3D
playing games with the Littons
ordering our traditional Golden Dragon take-out
eating delicious soup and rolls with the Zobells
enjoying a 1-hr musical sacrament meeting on Christmas Eve Day (Rhiannon did a beautiful job playing a piano solo for that)
driving around town to see Christmas lights
lots of family phone calls and video FaceTimes
a lovely, peaceful relaxing Christmas Day
doing a few household tasks like decluttering and raking leaves
watched Dunkirk
devoured a tasty Christmas ham and mashed potatoes dinner
a bit of golfing for the boys
having fun with our new phones!
making Amazon wish lists
Earlier this week Jason and Wade drove up to northern California for Wade's belated birthday gift to see a Warriors basketball game! They drove up, saw the game, stayed the night, ate good food, and checked out a cool museum on the way home, too. They had a great time!
Rhiannon and I enjoyed our own stay-cation while the boys were gone--we shopped, got haircuts, watched recorded This is Us episodes, slept in, ate dinner at Subway with the sister missionaries, and went to the movie theater to see The Greatest Showman.
We made a list of a few more things we need/want to do. It's so nice to realize we have several more days together to play, sleep, party, rest, and plan for 2018!
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Rhiannon and Mom take a girls' trip to UNR!
On Thursday afternoon Rhiannon and I packed the van and started our drive to Reno for a "Nevada Bound" campus day at the University of Nevada. Boy, did we have a blast! Rhiannon drove the first 3 hours to Mammoth where we stopped at Burgers Restaurant for a great dinner, and then I drove the next 3-4 hours up to Reno. Driving in the dark through the mountains was the worst part of the trip--I definitely felt some heavenly help on those twisty, one-lane roads!
Jason reserved a nice Holiday Inn hotel room for us that night. We watched the last few minutes of La La Land and 13 Going on 30, and then slept very, very well. We were tired!
In the morning we got breakfast at the hotel's restaurant and then drove about 10 minutes to the campus. Student ambassadors were already there, waiting to welcome us on the 6th level of the west parking garage.
It was a gorgeous, busy, FULL day, and Rhiannon came away from that experience with many questions answered. I was impressed by the orientation, the time with just her College of Liberal Arts group and a fun student panel, a delicious free lunch for all, and seeing every open residence hall and individual dorm rooms. The whole day was free--we just paid for the hotel room and gas to get there.
No, Rhiannon hasn't made her official college choice yet, but UNR makes her happy. She likes the mix of old and new buildings, the possibility of experiencing 4 seasons, being close to Lake Tahoe, a busy but not CRAZY-crowded campus, and friendly people. At the orientation that morning, the dean of admissions spoke about value and opportunities available at UNR, but he wanted potential students to remember the most important thing: "do you feel like you matter here?" I think Rhiannon definitely felt that and we appreciated all the efforts to make that happen during our visit. The free t-shirts and goodies were cool--but the friendly atmosphere, fantastic tour guides, and answered questions were even better!
We caught a second wind and hit the road at 4 pm. It was so nice to be able to see the beauty of the mountain pass in daylight hours this time, haha! It really was gorgeous. We stopped for gas and had to take pictures of the sunset!
That night we stayed at our friends' home, the Fitt family, and were glad to do that. We were only another 2 hours away from home, but we were exhausted and appreciated the hospitality.
Rhiannon was the perfect roommate, co-pilot, and pilot. We loved being together!
Jason reserved a nice Holiday Inn hotel room for us that night. We watched the last few minutes of La La Land and 13 Going on 30, and then slept very, very well. We were tired!
In the morning we got breakfast at the hotel's restaurant and then drove about 10 minutes to the campus. Student ambassadors were already there, waiting to welcome us on the 6th level of the west parking garage.
It was a gorgeous, busy, FULL day, and Rhiannon came away from that experience with many questions answered. I was impressed by the orientation, the time with just her College of Liberal Arts group and a fun student panel, a delicious free lunch for all, and seeing every open residence hall and individual dorm rooms. The whole day was free--we just paid for the hotel room and gas to get there.
No, Rhiannon hasn't made her official college choice yet, but UNR makes her happy. She likes the mix of old and new buildings, the possibility of experiencing 4 seasons, being close to Lake Tahoe, a busy but not CRAZY-crowded campus, and friendly people. At the orientation that morning, the dean of admissions spoke about value and opportunities available at UNR, but he wanted potential students to remember the most important thing: "do you feel like you matter here?" I think Rhiannon definitely felt that and we appreciated all the efforts to make that happen during our visit. The free t-shirts and goodies were cool--but the friendly atmosphere, fantastic tour guides, and answered questions were even better!
We caught a second wind and hit the road at 4 pm. It was so nice to be able to see the beauty of the mountain pass in daylight hours this time, haha! It really was gorgeous. We stopped for gas and had to take pictures of the sunset!
That night we stayed at our friends' home, the Fitt family, and were glad to do that. We were only another 2 hours away from home, but we were exhausted and appreciated the hospitality.
Rhiannon was the perfect roommate, co-pilot, and pilot. We loved being together!
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