For Priscilla and John (who apparently go through withdrawals when I don't update my blog)

Sorry I haven't posted in the last month. The class I'm taking this quarter has proved to be challenging. It's "Intro to Marriage and Family Therapy" and it's not so much the material that has been challenging for me, but the teacher. My professor seems nice, but I'm not a fan of his system of grading. Different teachers look for different things when grading. This teacher focused on improving the quality of our writing format. I don't mind that he focused on format, but the way he did it was by increasing his standards each week, without telling us first. I would get a 100 on an assignment one week, then the next week he would give me an 82 saying that he wanted indirect quotes instead of direct quotes. It was frustrating, however it forced me to just aim for perfection in every area as I never knew what he was going to be checking that week. I still have two small assignments left and I need to get my grade for my term paper, but as long as I get an 85 or better on my term paper, I should have an A in the class. It was a lot of work though! It was somewhat ironic that this teacher turned out to be such a hard grader. I switched classes before the quarter started as a classmate from last quarter said the original teacher I had was very difficult. I don't know if it would have just been easier to stay in her class, but I'll find out as I have her next quarter. Lesson learned - don't bother trying to avoid something difficult as you might end up facing something even harder.

Other than homework, we haven't been up to much. Beth's surgery has Beth and Jack housebound in an effort to keep Beth from getting sick. Somehow everybody got colds anyway, but Beth's has been mild and we keep pumping her full of vitamin c and echinacea. Nobody except Rob got really sick, just runny noses.

A few recent pictures ~

Beth and Jack coloring pictures sent by Grandma K ~


Love Beth's cheesy grin! ~


Megan was digging through her closet (note to self - don't use her closet to store things in) and found a copy of a glamor shot I had taken just after we were married. She decided she needed a glamor shot and carefully compiled her outfit and picked a pose (note the yellow plastic sandals) ~


The first pose failed to include the fake diamond ring she got from a kid in her class for valentine's day, so we took another ~


Beth was watching and decided she needed pictures too ~




The elders (missionaries) in or ward got transferred out two weeks ago and we got sister missionaries instead. We had the elders over for dinner one last time and took pictures. The kids were not horribly co-operative and so only half of them are in the picture. Good-bye Elders Skeem and Monillas! We'll miss you! (and to missionaries reading this, we do keep track of when missionaries are supposed to get home and expect you to contact us . . . you know who you are) ~


A random shot of Jack, seriously he is the cutest boy on the planet! He has been speaking in complete sentences for quite a while and makes us laugh by picking up phrases. His latest is "I HEARD that!", said in response to anything we say about him within his hearing ~


Beth wrote her name for the first time on a note to Grandma and Grandpa K (and see how good Kylie's writing has gotten)!~


Megan has really enjoyed cooking using the cookbook we gave her for Christmas (and the apron Christy gave her). Last week she found a recipe for homemade lemonade as asked if we could make it. As I didn't have 13 lemons in the house, we had to wait until I went shopping (and even then, we only made half a gallon as 13 lemons are a lot!) Tonight she wants to make "pasta with homemade cheese sauce" which is basically pasta with Alfredo sauce. I think I will have to teach her the time-honored recipe for Fettuccine Alfredo taught to me by my grandfather instead of using the recipe in her cookbook :) I was probably about her age when he taught me :)




For the school open house, Megan wrote an essay about herself, taped the sheets of paper it was written on together and added a head colored to look like her, hands and feet. It was nearly as tall as she was! ~


Here is her essay (censored for personal information) ~

Hi! My name is Megan Rose K****. I have 6 people and 4 pets in my family. My favorite animal is a penguin. My favorite color is rose red. My friends are Paula, Destiny, Connor, and Jose. My favorite food is cheese. That's why people call me "little mouse". I also have a brother and a little sister who are hilarious. I have 1 brother and 2 sisters. They laugh at me a lot. (On one vacation it was for my birthday) My best friend, Jill, and her family came over. They gave me a webkinz platypus. I am the biggest kid in my family. I love to make toys. Once I made a Dora in the box. It was for my sister's birthday. Also, I fix books. I make lots of books at home. One time I saved my brother. My birthday is July 31, 2002. That's when I'm going out and putting little jewels on my feet and getting my ears pierced. I have my own email and a purse. My email is **********. (It's the kids email I say). My favorite dessert is rice pudding. My favorite dinner is mac and cheese. I hope you learned more about me!

(If you want Megan's email address let me know - she loves to correspond by email with people!)