From the Y

Well, I figured I'd say hi to everyone, since I've been kind of quiet recently. I'm settled in here at the Y, and doing well in my classes (Physics 121, Computer Science 236, and Religion 211). I'm also part of a board gaming group here on campus, so I'm not spending ALL of my time on homework. I'm currently looking for a job, and I've recently signed up as a volunteer tutor.

Quick trip to Lake Powell

Creed and I spent a few days at Lake Powell last week. It was in the 90s and the water was about 67--warmer than Bear Lake in August. We went with some friends and mostly fished. We'd find a nice camping spot and just sleep on the boat.

We got home in time to celebrate Mother's Day with Anette and all of our children and grandchildren.

Spring at the Dalley's

Some of the things we have been doing this spring: Elaine's 14th birthday. Can you believe it? Now she goes to dances and such!

Lynette was in an abridged performance of As You Like It. She played Jacques, and had a great time. She can't wait for the group to get started on their next play which will be Beauty and the Beast. Elaine wants me to make sure you know she helped backstage with the music!

And, one homeschool park day we took kites along and flew them! It was perfect weather for it. Rachel was thrilled. I wish I could've gotten a good picture of her face. She was having so much fun.

Elaine just got back from a homeschool teen conference, so I am sure I will be sending pictures of that soon.

And next weekend is Lynette's horse show and the week following is Rachel and Elaine's ballet recital.
James is taking exams this week and then on the 18th starts his "May term." He'll finish that on June 4th and be off for a month until July semester starts.
We are a bit busy around here!

LaDawn

Scary geese

I am raising three geese this year. I am hoping they will be big enough to help discourage the raccoons and foxes from killing the chickens. In the meantime, they are growing fast. Tagg tolerates them. Harvey loves them. And Katie is scared to death of them. We are not sure why, because they don't do anything aggressive.

Sam's new address

Sam's new address is:

167 W. 2060 N. #193 Provo, UT 84604.

Phone: (801)-378-4809

e-mail: almonihah@gmail.com

He is settled in to his new apartment and has been to his first day of classes.

Milestones

Here are two pictures from today. In the first one, Mariana is breaking her board in our Taekwondo test this morning. She, Isaac, and I earned our blue belts today, which means we are halfway to the black belt. The second picture is at the airport as we say goodbye to Sam, who is on his way back to BYU.

-Newel

Old Friends Visit

David Sprague and two of his children came to visit us this past weekend. Rachael Sprague had just gotten back from BYU Idaho and wanted to see Sam before he left for BYU. We had a fun weekend playing games and talking. We went for a walk along the riverfront and Mariana learned about centrifugal force and gravity.

Today we got Isaac's ACT scores and found that he got a composite score of 35!