Mini Burgers

The kids great grandma Evelyn made these cute little hamburgers and sent them in a package. She is quite a fun grandma with her great grand kids in mind all the time. She is always thinking of little things to send and they totally love every package she sends. She made them out of vanilla waffers with a peppermint patty in the center with red and yellow frosting on either side of that and some honey to stick the sesame seeds on top.

Cute idea!!!! Thanks Grandma Evelyn! We all thought they were great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my little leprechaun

Spencer has been so excited about St. Patrick's day. He didn't have a shirt that was completely green so he thought we needed to go buy him one. Here is our Wal-Mart special. He loves it! It reads "I ate his homework." He came home lookin' like a leprechaun. He was so proud.

A leprechaun had been secretly visiting his class and he had so much fun with that!! He would write notes and the leprechaun would write little notes back. The leprechaun even remembered William from last year since they are in the same kindergarten class. They were both so excited about that.

Flash Fox

William loved playing Junior Jazz. He is really fun to watch. One of the last games Flash Fox was there visiting. The kids thought that was pretty cool. It is funny what a mascot and bring to the event. He gave William a Special Events stamp right on his fore head.

William didn't seem bothered at all about that.
Spencer got the on the shoulder pose and thought that was great!

Along with Abi, but somehow the camera was on video, so you get to watch her 2 second shot.

School Days

Abi had a wax museum at school. She was Walt Disney. She did a great job. They had to dress up like the person and memorize a few quotes from them.
100's day for William and Spencer. I know this was for ever ago, but I still wanted to post them.

William drew a shark and put Swedish Fish all over. The shark is saying "I'm hungry". It was all is own idea.


















Spencer made a 100's day hat at school. He lost a few pieces on the way home, but it was still so cute!

VOTE FOR #192

Hey there, David III entered a Legos contest on KNRS 570. We need everyones help to win. If you go to this site and vote for #192 that would be a big help. David would be so happy to win. There is only one vote per computer, so we need your help. Thanks so much!
http://www.570knrs.com/pages/sandiego/
We thought we were supposed to bring a Lego item already built. We didn't know that there were going to be legos there. It is a little hard to see, but it is a motorcycle trailer and ramp. I will try to get some better pictures and posts them. Thanks for your help. GO DAVID!

Japan

Japan is an interesting place. It is the country of big harmony. Our sensei (teacher) taught us first day that if we we wanted to have a good trip we had to understand that Japanese care about haromony. Everything needs to blend and fit together. Obviously the puts us Americans at a disadvantage because we...well we don't fit it. Being extra polite is important--learning to say good morning, thank you and doing a lot of bowing is a step toward rebuilding the harmony.

The trip has been to look at companies that are successfully applying lean methods. In any case we have have visited 3 great companies in the last 3 day Omoron, Toyota and Mitsubishi. Anyway at the risk of boring you and the kids here are a few highlights:

Omron is really an amazing company with an amazing history comitted to building a better community. This plant employees most handicap people. Despite economic pressure to manufacture in China where the labor is cheaper, Omron has shown that they can be a profitable manufacturer of electronics while still providing people with disabilities a place to work. The sign here reads, "Not a charity but a chance". A tour through there facility would amaze anyone.

Toyota motor company headquarters is located in Toyota City. It is not uncommon for large companies in Japan to actually own the city. The company promises some ecenomic stability in exchange for some political clout to develop a city that supports their opperation as needed. It seems to work.

Toyota is a lot of robots in their manufacturing so it is not suprising to see some of the innovations on display at the Toyota museum.

I caught the tale end of this robot playing the trumpet. It sounded really good... I wish I actually would have got the robot playing instead just waving.

This futuristic car is quite amazing. When positioned down it has a low center of gravity and can travel very fast. When upright is has the maneuverability of a wheel chair.

Update

Scroll down to see some older posts that I post dated in January. Where does the time go? Always lots happening at the Bretey house! How do you like that 5 new posts in one night. Someday I will catch up. Good night!

Science Fair

David had his District Science Fair tonight. He did his project on our honey bees. It was very good and we all learned a lot and we will all be better bee farmers for it. His projected looked pretty sharp. Or at least I thought! And once again the cricut came through for us! (It is a cool machine!)

And the results are .......... he gets to go on to the next round! YAY!!!!! He was so excited!

These aren't the best pictures, but David has the good camera in Japan, so we are using Abi's camera. Anyway David was a Fair Finalist and will go on to the State Science Fair at BYU!
Too COOL! David walking off the stage. Good job Abi for getting one closer!
Good Job David! The hard work pays off. We are proud of you and your accomplishments.

Bald Eagle close to Home

One day in late January we saw a Bald Eagle not too far from our house. It was so neat. We went back a few hours later and it was still there. So we were able to get a few pictures. Not the best being we were a ways away. It was so neat to see it spread it's wings and fly. So cool! Not every day you see an eagle especially that close to home. It was close to the middle school.

Pioneer Party give away!

Hey just thought I would let you know that Pioneer Party is having a $20 gift certificate giveaway. I know I wouldn't mind having it! And if I don't get it then someone that I know and like should get it! It is a pretty fun store! If nothing else they have fun ideas! Good Luck! http://pioneerpartyandgift.blogspot.com/

Tingo-Lay-O Talent

David had a 6th grade talent show on Friday. It is fun for him to play fun songs we can all sing to. The song he sang was "Run Little Donkey". I am learning new songs all the time from David. He has some good songs with funny lyrics.

He also had the science fair this week and his project is going on to district. I forgot the camera, but will get some picts at district. Good Job Bro to make it to the next round.
We had a fun Valentine's Day. David had a basketball game and his team did real well. The most they have scored in a game. 32 points. Yay! We had some friends over for a yummy dinner and chocolate fondu. Tasty!!!!
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
Hope this year is full of love and happiness for you all.

Spencer's First tooth out! Happy day!

Then to top off the birthday Spencer decided his first tooth need to come out. At dinner he thought he would have his spoon help him loosen the tooth and it worked. After it started to bleed then we knew it was ready. So dad gave it a few good tugs and out it came. He has been waiting so long for the day to finally come.

Here is the finished product. One less tooth! He couldn't have been more proud!

William's 7th Birthday

William and his tiger cake.

The one gift he really wanted! A black basketball! He was thrilled!

PJs from Grammy!

A watch he has really wanted too. YAY!

He had a great party with great friends who spoiled him rotten! There was lots of fun to be had. The glow sticks were a hit. They had a blast with them during the movie.
Hope your day was great little bro. We love ya lots! Can't believe it has been 7 years since our family was blessed with your wonderful happy smile. Can't help but be happy with a smile like that!

Glad socks can make my boy so happy!

Draper Temple Open House

Here is the Draper Temple. It is so beautiful! It is quite amazing inside. If you haven't been to the open house yet, you defiantly need to go if possible. This is the 3rd temple open house we have been to in a year and a half. We feel pretty lucky to have taken our family to 3. Such and nice event to share with your family.
They bus you up to the temple from a few chapels in Draper. Hence the bus behind the fam. Here we are all together. We are waiting for the bus to pick us up. Not the greatest picture, but glad we have it. Happy memories.

Hey I haven't been in the mode to do any blogging for quite some time. I think I am finally getting back into the swing of things since my recent surgery that has relieved me of my crazy leg pain. I am healing up nicely and can finally sit without too much trouble. The problem is now that it doesn't hurt anymore and I am probably sitting more than the doctor has recommended, so I might get caught up here in the near future. I will probably post date for a few post until I get caught up and so I can keep it all somewhat organized. :)