One Jump

Track season has begun!

Porter finished this invitational, seven schools, in 2nd place!

Holi Spring

When Tanner sent these pictures, they looked like they were from another country...

But Spanish Fork, Utah has a large following of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement.

Close to 80,000 people from the western United States turned out for the Festival of Colors.

The Festival of Colors, also known as Holi, is two days of people gathered on the hill of the temple throwing brightly colored chalk powder, participating in holy mantra and dancing to live music and bands.

   

Holi, the largest Indian festival, is held on the first weekend of spring to celebrate the beginning of the season.

Spring is definitely IN the air!

Basilica Beauty

While we were in Cincinnati, we thought one of the coolest things we could see would be St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption.

(How funny that the only Catholic with us is helping us all to sneak in over the wall!)

Just joking. Kathy was just helping all the boys do important boy stuff, like climb brick walls.

Visible in these pictures is the large stained-glass window, one of the largest in the world.

  

The outside was designed after Notre Dame of Paris, and boasts an impressive 26 different gargoyles, used as rain spouts (bring binoculars!).

The church is beautiful! Stained-glass, wood, tile, marble...

We arrived during Lent, so all marble statues and the crucifixion cross were covered in purple.

One interesting fact that drew us to visit is that there are four Basilicas in the world, all in Rome, and 30 or so minor Basilicas, of which this is one.

In 1953, Pope Pius XII  honored the cathedral with this title on account of its unusual beauty.

This red and yellow canopeum (resembles an umbrella) used in papal processions, is presented as an emblem signifying this cathedral's status.

The Basilica is breathtaking...a must see!

Airtime

  

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back!

Sawyer was asked to be the school's Cat in the Hat for their March 2nd Dr. Seuss Birthday celebrations

What would YOU do

If your teacher asked you?

L E G O Fest

 Another reason we visited Cincinnati on spring break...Duke Energy Convention's

LEGOFest!

Ten Top LEGO creations: #10. Greet and sit man...fine way to arrive and play.

Where to begin?

Enter the strongest bridge contest...

#9: LEGO man Indiana Jones

Design a building for the States map...

#8: Harrison Jones Indiana Jones

Compete in the tallest tower contest...

 

#7: Harry Potter's Hagrid

Build a rocket FAST contest...

#6: Toy Story's Buzz and Woody

Build in the massive LEGO pile...

#5: LEGO Super Heroes

Build a car to race...

#4: The Incredible Hulk

Team build plate sections for a large LEGO model...

#3: Pirates of the Caribbean Captain Jack Sparrow

Learn a building technique from one of THE seven LEGO Master Builders...

#2: Batman with the blowing cape and gargoyle

AND

Star Wars Chewbacca

While Breyer slept, the boys also built in a monochromatic themed play area (blue), vacuumed LEGOs with a sweeper, saw LEGO's new girl line, painted and built with DUPLOs, demoed robotics, perused the LEGO store, designed mini LEGO logos, and built LEGO flowers for patients in Cincinnati's Children's Hospital.

#1: Cars' Lightening McQueen

Worth every penny saved and spent on tickets, which were drastically reduced by the generous awarding of free LEGO prizes. Miller summed it up when he walked in the door and said, "This is the BEST day ever!