Felicity's Leprechaun House

From Felicity's kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Zan:

Hello!  

What a fun day we had today making leprechaun homes!! Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who donated to make this happen. Our students were so excited and worked so collaboratively together! (Thank you also to whoever donated timers to our classroom!).

Felicity’s Daddy-daughter road trip to Utah

 

To make up for some missed Elf-ventures in 2020, Branden took Felicity on a 4-day road trip to see Grandma Nelson. They

were also able to visit with uncle Eric and aunt Kim, aunt Trina and aunt Wendi as well as attend the funeral of great uncle Neb. Felicity was in heaven to get Daddy all to herself for so long!

More Nora Praise

 Fri, Feb 26, 10:58 AM

Good Morning-

I send a lot of emails to parents whose kids are not doing what they are supposed to do. Today, I decided to change it up and send emails to some of the parents whose kids always do exactly what they are supposed to do. 

I want to let you know that I think Nora is a great kid. She is attentive, respectful, kind, and works really hard. She is also very willing to participate and engage in class discussions and does so very intelligently. You should be very proud of her.

Have a great weekend.

Logan Fry

Language Arts

Chilton Middle School

On Feb 26, 2021, at 10:57 PM, Amber Joy Nelson <amberjoynelson@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you so much for your kind note Mr. Fry! It’s always wonderful as parents to hear when Nora is thriving. Thank you for your hard work and service as a teacher; Nora has shared with me some of your classroom discussion topics and I’m glad our kids have someone pointing them in the direction of common sense and reason!

Sat, Feb 27, 7:23 AM 

Thank you! I’m glad she is sharing those discussions with you!

Praise for Nora

 Dear Nelson Family, 

Nora was singled out as being a positive role model in class today by the substitute.  “Nora was a good example of taking her data and on task.”  Nora, you have demonstrated your integrity time and time again.  I appreciate you and love that you are in my Science class.  

Thank you so much, 

Mrs. Prater

Telestrations Gone Wild

In our family game of telestrations tonight, Felicity had to draw a “fried egg with face” which turned out like this:

Branden saw just her drawing and thought it was a picture of this:

We all laughed until our cheeks hurt! 

Vienna’s Baptism

 

Vienna was finally able to be baptized today. today.

And all of my side, including Logan and Abby were able to attend.

We zoom called with several of Branden’s siblings as well so they could join in.
Nora and Ike got to be witnesses as Branden baptized Vienna.

During her confirmation blessing, Branden mentioned Vienna’s compassion many times and how that could be used throughout her life to bless the lives of others. Our primary president Sister Kathleen Kubo told Vienna that she will be a leader in the church because of her special talents and spirit. I got teary-eyed at that.

After the baptism, the whole family came back and had lunch here. It was 103 degrees outside so the kids stayed inside most of the time, making it pretty loud and chaotic. Of course, being able to visit with our family is always a treat though!

I’m so proud of Vienna and her decision to be baptized! She is turning into a thoughtful, compassionate young lady.

Pretend Social Distancing

Vienna was playing Optometrist the other day and drew this sign for her front desk:

It’s a “stay 6 feet apart from others” sign. The kids are really taking all this social distancing to heart. Vienna requested that I help her make coronavirus masks for her American dolls a week ago and today she and Felicity made masks out of felt and string for their barbies. I hope this ends soon, before they just think everyone wearing masks is normal.