Kristine

Last week we went to a ceremony to watch Kristine receive the Golden Scholar award for getting straight A’s this year in school. Kristine has done a great job with her school work. She did a report on Annie Oakley and her teacher said that it was the best in the class. We are so proud of Kristine and all of her hard work.






Nichole

We also had the honor of going to see Nichole receive the Golden Scholar award for getting straight A’s this year in 7th grade. Nichole has worked really hard to keep up her grades, she is taking an honors math class and have piles of math homework every night. She received an award from her math teacher for her hard work in his class. Like Kristine, Nichole did a poster for one of her classes and it blew the teacher away on how well she did on it. We couldn't be prouder.





Penni

One of the ladies our ward came up to Nichole and asked which one of her parents did she get her smarts from because the lady had heard that Nichole had received the Golden Scholar award. Nichole thought for a second – my dad was not a good high school student so it’s not him. My mom is not smart because she can’t do my math homework. So the answer must be neither. Kids – what can you say.

But we all know where our kids get there smarts from. Penni is the one on the front lines everyday encouraging our girls to get their homework done and keep education a high priority. I am grateful for everything that Penni does for us. All of the nice things that our said about our kids are a direct reflection on what a good mother Penni is and that is why we love her so much.