Senior Cotillion

Last week was Brittney's last high school dance. It was so much fun taking her shopping I was glad when she finally found "the dress". She looks so beautiful. She went with her friend Tate. He must be a pretty good friend to take her even after all that her dad said to him before they left.

Excuses....

OK I just don't have any excuses for not updating my blog except for the old stand by " I have been really busy"!! I wish I could say that I have been on an exotic vacation for three months and that I just got back into town, but I can not lie. I just simply have not taken the time to blog. I wanted to, but haven't and so now I will do some updating.

*First, at the end of February we took a family vacation to Disneyland, and when I say family I mean The whole clan, (my brother, my 2 sisters and their families). Mom and Dad was supposed to come but unfortunately mom got sick and had to cancel in the end. Luckily she is better now.


We had to photoshop Grandma and Grandpa in since they were not able to come. :(

I love my family (the whole clan)!!! They are so much fun!!!

The Car

My car needed the timing belt replaced and it was going to cost about $1000 dollars to have it done. So Mike looked up how to do it on the internet and decided that it was something that he could probably do. He ordered the parts for about $250. He knew that it would take most of a day to do it and so he waited until today to make sure he would have enough time. Imagine my surprise when I went out to check on him and this is what I saw.


I was just a little freaked out!!!!

And here is the culprit himself. He assures me that he can get it all back together again but right now I am having some serious concerns. I love this guy so much but he sure knows how to make me stress.

Swimming

Brittney and Garrett were both on the swim team this year. Brittney spent her Senior year swimming for Roy High and Garrett spent his Freshman year swimming for Syracuse High. It has been fun to watch both of them. It was great when their meets were against each other. Here are the two of them together.


Now apparently it is a tradition to shave your head for the Region swim meet. Garrett really thought that it would be fun to join in on this. I was a little apprehensive about this but decided it would be ok. (It's hair it will grow back)
So here is his transformation.


I let him have the mohawk for the Region meet but insisted that it be shaved afterwards. Here is the final shaved head look. Garrett said "wow, it really makes my eyebrows pop!!"

Ashley gets Braces

Ok Ashley's tooth that we had pulled a year and a half ago finally came in enough so that she could get braces. So we took her in to get the deed done. This is a picture of her before the braces.




This is her after she got them on. She was so excited to pick out the color. (She went with the aqua green and blue.) She said that the braces better come off in exactly one year. I hope they do for the orthodontists sake.

Being Grateful

I just love Thanksgiving not just for the food but because it makes me reflect upon all of the things I am thankful for. Last week for family home evening we made lists of things that we are thankful for and as we made the lists they just got longer and longer. I could never list everything I am thankful for but there are a few things that I do want to mention. First, my Family (kids, husband, parents, siblings, in-laws the whole dang clan) without them I would be lost. They are my joy. They are the ones that inspire me to try harder. Second, my testimony in my Savior and in the Gospel it is what keeps me grounded, it gives me guidance and direction in my life. I have been blessed with so much and I would feel very ungrateful to not acknowlege them this holiday season.

Football Season

Our family loves football. Since Garrett isn't playing football this year, we have been able to see more of the BYU football games. Ashley has been begging for a foam finger forever, we finally found one for her. She even wears it at home when we watch the games on tv. So far the Cougars seem to be off to a good start. I hope they continue to do well.

Southern Utah Road Trip

It is sad to say but I have lived in Utah all my life and never been to some of the most famous attractions that are so close. So we decided to take a road trip. I let Mike do the planning and so in four days we traveled 1331 miles, spent 27 hours driving, stayed in four different RV Parks and saw: Dinosaur prints in Green River, Arches National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Four Corners, Monument valley, Antelope Canyon (slot canyon), Glen Canyon Dam (including tour), and finally the Grand Canyon. It was so much fun. I would have loved to have stayed a little longer in all of the places but we just didn't have time. So we are already planning to go again next fall.

Dinosuar Prints














Arches National Park




Mesa Verde





Four Corners


Antelope Canyon (slot canyons)








Glen Canyon Dam




Grand Canyon

Homecoming Dance

Here are the pictures of Brittney and her date Skylar before the Homecoming dance. We lucked out in the dress department. We only went to two stores and it was probably the third dress she tried on. It didn't need any alterations which was great for me. I can't believe she is a senior. I hope she enjoys this last year of High School.

Tag a Roo! :)

(Thanks Wendy)

8 Things I look forward to:
* Building a house
* Having a yard
* Having a garage
* Having more than one bathroom
* my next vacation
* Spending the rest of my life with Mike
* The holidays
* My next date night

8 Things I did this week:
* cried with Ashley for the first 2 days of school
* Pickled beets
* all of my laundry in one day (wow)
* actually went to work twice and stayed more than 2 hours
* went to lunch with my mom and dad (Thanks guys)
* rode bikes with Amber
* Went swimming at mom and dad's for one last time this summer
* got rejected to donate blood for having low blood iron :(

8 Things I wish I could do:
* Keep my house clean
* Keep my kids from growing up
* Lose 15 pounds and never find them
* Go to bed earlier
* Remember
* Get more things done in a day
* Make fantastic meals every night
* Not cry at every silly thing

8 Places I'd love to travel to
* Nauvoo
* New York (Palmyra)
* Hawaii
* Boston
* Ireland
* California Oregan coast
* Italy
* Australia

8 Shows I watch
* HGTV Designed to sell
* O'Reilly Factor
* Curb Appeal
* What Not to Wear
* Gilmore Girls (reruns)
* Fox 13 morning news
* Yard crashers
* Phineas and Ferb

8 people I tag are:
* Brittney
* Amber
* Carrie
* Mom (get a blog)
* Kelly (update your blog)
* Kara
* Bobbi (get a blog)
* Cindy