Sunday, October 28, 2012

FOOTBALL AND BAND NIGHT

Foothill High had a football game last Thursday night,
and two local middle schools joined the Foothill marching band to cheer
our football team to victory.
 
And victory it was...the score was something around 40 - 17.
 
And the music was phenomenal with around 550 kids in the band!

 
Kai playing trombone.

 
Markus somewhere there with his trumpet.

BREAKFAST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL

We have quite a morning routine.
 
Markus gets up around 5:15, and I make him usually a smoothis and eggs (omelette, egg burrito, or scrambled eggs), and then he leaves few minutes before 6 am to get to early morning seminary before school starts.
 
Kai will wake up around 6:30, and he usually has pancakes with syrup and a strawberry-orange-banana smoothie, before rushing to his school around 7:35.
 
Maija and Niko get up around 7:30 and their breakfast of choice is either cereal or waffles, and then it is off to school for them as well.
 
So if you are in mood for eggs, pancakes, waffles or smoothies...our house is a place to be in any given morning.
 



 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

FRIENDS

Today I feel grateful for all the wonderful people I have met, and will meet throughout my life.
 
I read an article recently from the October 2012 Ensign Magazine titled
Good Things Keep on Coming
 
 
My favorite paragraph said:
 
"Sitting quietly, surrounded by people I loved,
I knew that even though some good things must naturally come to an end and that there would undoubtedly be many hard things in the future,
the good things would keep on coming.
And they always would—as long as I let them.
Even as those I love moved on,
voids would be filled with new and amazing people and experiences
I had never even imagined."
 
And so tonight I want to thank everybody who has shared some happy times and some sad times with me.  My life has been and continues to be wonderful because of the family, friends, and even acquaintances,

crossing paths with me. 
 
 This is for you
 





I VOTED

This is not a first time I have voted since becoming a citizen of United States,
 
but this is the first time
I felt a special tug in my heart when I pushed the button "Cast Your Vote".
 
This time around I feel so strongly about the candidate I am voting for.
Voting made me feel so powerful.
 
I can make a difference with my vote, (especially living in a swing state, where every vote counts)
 
It made me feel grateful to be living in a free country,
 
in a country where I can voice my opinion,
 
where I can be friends with people who have an opposing opinion.
 
I will always be a Finn in my heart, but there is also room to be a proud American.

NIKO ON LEGOS

I made legos!
Episode 2 i make weird little alien!
Okie... its a guy playing piano thats about to get killed by a solder with a spear!
 
ps.I think the warrior is from my lord of the rings playset   O_O
 
 

Sunday, October 21, 2012

SERVICE DAY

Yesterday our local church (lds church) held a day of service. 
We got up early, ate some breakfast with our family and headed to the service location to meet with other members from our congregation. 
We helped some struggling home owners to clean up their yards. 
 
It felt good to be working side by side with our family and friends, doing good, meeting some nice, greatful people along the way. 
Nothing unites families and friends quite like working hard together for a good cause.

 
Maija

 
Markus

 
Kai


 
Jason
 
P.S. Niko did some work but decided that it was quite tireing, and snuck into a car to take a rest...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

MAIJA'S HOT SPOTS: MY HOME

I like my house because it always has some action, because so many boys are usually taking it over with screaming, fighting, and attacking one another.
I always tell my mom not to give them sweets! Especially Niko, he always takes control of our house. My other brother, Kai is very crazy!
Now I don’t even know why this is one of my Henderson Hot Spots.
My other brother, Markus is sometimes mean but mostly nice.
When I do my homework it is always loud and crazy.
Once I was doing my homework and all of a sudden it starts to get all crazy down stairs and I wanted to see what was going on but I had to stay and do my homework. By the time I was done with my homework the craziness was gone so I never knew what was going on.
 
 
This photo was taken several years ago in our backyard