National History Day 2012

Kate and her friends Sadie and Preston wrote a fantastic play for National History Day!  They performed at both the regional and state level and were fortunate to win 1st place in both!  Their play was entitled "What Makes Us Sick: The History of Germ Theory."  They told the story of what humans used to believe caused illness and how that has changed over that past 2000 years.  It was so interesting and entertaining!  Here's a video of it in case you're interested (beware, it's over 6 minutes long -- and the audio is not the best...).

2012 Science Fair

Kate and Sadie's awesome, award winning science project!  "Squishy Circuits" was a hit!  The girls learned all about electricity and different types of conductors and insulators.  They learned to build all different types of circuits and learned to really appreciate and respect electricity. :)

Jack's super fun science project on friction!!  He raced a Hot Wheels car down a track with different kinds of things on the track like water, oil, dirt and salt.  He observed and measured how far his car traveled on each of the substances.  He learned that dirt and salt increase friction between wheels and the track.  He told the judges that he learned that oil and water are not good things to put on a road to make it safe to drive on!!!  They thought he was super cute and smart!

Kate Singing at the Wilson Theater

Excuse the shakiness and weird angle -- Todd and I were at the sound/video table. At least you can hear her -- SHE WAS AWESOME!

Video of Rose Party

The Annual "Sounds of the Season" Concert is Tonight

It's become a yearly tradition -- the Sounds of the Season. I'm in charge of this benefit which takes place at the Wilson Theater each December. This year we're having "A Hollywood Christmas" featuring movie clips and songs from favorite Christmas movies. It should be great fun. The proceeds benefit the theater restoration project as well as the scholarship for our summer music camp. I hope the community will come out and support us. Lots of hard work has gone in to it -- it will be a great night!

Big, giant, crazy fun Rose Family Christmas

Holy cow!!! Somehow the Gary and Dorothy Rose family has grown to epic proportions! We still manage to have a fabulous party every year and this year was no exception. We had the party in Tremonton so Grandma could come. She is living in an assisted living center in Brigham City right now, so we enjoyed having her with us for the day. Later in the evening we went back to Grandma's place where we put on a talent show for all the residents. It was such a great opportunity to be with Grandma. She seemed so proud!!

Say a Little Prayer

I'm back in the blogosphere ... I hope! Just wanted to ask a favor, that everyone say a little prayer for Todd this week. He's trying out for the basketball team and could use your prayers to calm his nerves. He doesn't act too worried about it, but I know he is nervous. I'm praying that he'll make the team. It would be such a great experience for him. He's been practicing and is getting so much better. We're so proud of his efforts!

Update: Todd didn't make the team. :(. It was a sad day, but he has bounced back quickly. He is determined to work hard this year and improve his skills for next year. We're totally proud of him. He is taking this disappointment in stride and will hopefully use it as fuel in his quest for betterment.