Van Ride: farm visit!

Another fun van ride in the books! We went to a little farm in Springville and checked out the swans, turkeys, emus and llamas! The residents loved seeing the animals. 

Oh Christmas tree

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Beehive! We've had a great time decorating for Christmas and we can't wait to celebrate! 

Gingerbread houses!

We've had a great time decorating gingerbread houses at our homes this past week. Some of the residents and staff get very creative with their houses! Can you believe it's almost Christmas already?

Van Ride: Utah Lake

Last week we braved the cold and rain to go to Utah Lake State Park and feed the ducks. We found 3 lonely, hungry ducks and 5 seagulls and fed them some of our old bread. We love our van rides!

Even though it was overcast, it was a gorgeous day at the lake. Everything looked so beautiful and serene. We are so lucky to have the chance to see such beautiful places!

30’s 40’s and 50’s Music!

We had the awesome chance to hear a concert by Bob Shorten on Saturday. He played music from the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. The residents loved it! They all sang and danced along. Thanks Bob!

Chair Exercising

The past couple of days here in Orem have been very chilly! This is unfortunate because we love going outside whenever we can, and get most of our exercise from walks on the path on our campus. We were scheduled to go outside today, but it was 25 degrees outside! So we had to get creative. We did a chair yoga routine and coupled it with other exercises such as lifting our arms and legs repeatedly. The residents who participated actually really enjoyed it! We will definitely be adding this activity to our exercise repertoire.

Wii Sports

We recently got a wii at Beehive homes and we are having fun learning how to use it! Using the wii is a great way to help the elderly get some exercise and range of motion, and to play sports that they haven’t been able to play in years. Our personal favorites are wii tennis, wii baseball and wii bowling.

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween at Beehive on Friday! We decorated Halloween sugar cookies which is always a hit with the residents

Enjoying the sunshine!

We’ve had such a gorgeous fall haven’t we? We’ve been trying to get outside as much as we possibly can before the weather turns cold!

Halloween Van-Ride!

We went on a super fun van ride today to check out a fun graveyard/spooky yard. It was so cool and creepy!

Then we stopped at a duck pond by Lone Peak high school and fed some ducks! They were so excited to eat our leftover chips!

Magic Show!

A couple of weeks ago we had the chance to watch an amazing magician’s show! Theron Christensen is a very talented magician and illusionist and he put on an awesome show for the residents. They absolutely loved it!

We had so much fun with Theron and hopefully we’ll get to see him again soon!

Fall Craft

We did a quick and easy fall craft last week. The residents loved it! We took big popsicle sticks and glued them together to make simple picture frames. Then we took colorful fall leaves and stuck them on to the frames! We printed out pictures of the residents and taped them in the frames. They turned out really cute!

Golfing!

We’ve had a couple of golfers move in recently so we decided to get a golfing green! The residents love it!

Even residents with memory loss still do a great job of golfing. It’s obvious that their muscle memory is still there!

6-pin bowling

Sometimes at Beehive Homes we get a little bit creative with our fun, like making a bowling set out of 2-liter bottles!

We’ve also been trying to get outside as much as we can while the weather is still a little bit warm!

2-Liter bowling is actually really fun!