The Ogden 6: February 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Science Fair

Kevin has been busy on his science fair project and John has been busy helping him, since the idea they came up with was more complicated than I was good for. Basically they measured the speed of sound and tried to determine whether it was affected by temperature. They used our electric keyboard, a couple of microphones, a computer to record the results and open windows to freeze out our basement. In case you were wondering, sound actually travels faster in the heat. Go figure.

He won 1st place in his category (physics) and was one of 6 sweepstakes winners chosen from the 7th grade to advance to the state competition. Good job, Kevin!

Monday, February 22, 2010

What a Smile!

Good thing it's not corn on the cob season!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Arm Update

So Scott finally got a cast last Monday. His arm is much more comfortable now. We both got a little queasy, though, looking at his arm with the pins sticking out and the incision. They had me hold his arm up while the doc took the stitches out, and I think there's a reason I'm not a nurse. This cast will only stay on for two weeks before they have to take it off to pull the pins out. They told Scott to be sure to take pain medicine before he comes for that, so it sounds like it will be fun. I really hope I don't have to participate in that. He'll probably get a smaller cast for a couple more weeks after that, then he'll be done!

The big question is still soccer. He tried to go to conditioning again on Tuesday, but after running hard for a mile, his hand was completely swollen and his whole arm was throbbing. I guess the cast is too tight to allow for the natural swelling that occurs with exercise. His arm was sore for the rest of the night, so he'll have to wait to do much hard exercise. Tryouts are the day he gets his cast off and the pins taken out. His appointment is in the morning and tryouts are in the afternoon, so we'll have to see how he feels and how much he can do with a small cast. He's hoping the coach will be understanding since he was on the team last year. He just has to be really careful and not fall on it for a while. We'll see!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Ogden Temple

Kind of exciting...

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9719932

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Admitted

Well, finally, after a long wait and a friendly email stating that they would be turning away more qualified applicants than ever before, Camille got the word today that she has been accepted to BYU. We never really doubted, but it was nice to have the final word just the same. Good job, Camille!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Carpentry

John has been working on finishing his shop and Matt loves to hang out down there and help him. Recently they took a little break from framing and used Matt's new tools to make a bird house.