Draper Temple Open House

It has been so cool to watch the Draper Temple being built. McKenna was so excited to be able to go to the Open House and see inside. It was a cold, windy day so pictures outside were kind of scary, but it was still an awesome experience.

Sweethearts Dance!

Kristopher & Dana had a great time at Alta's Sweetheart's Dance!

Ice Skating with Ali!

The girls love it when Ali has time to go ice skating with them. McKenna invited all her little friends to go too! Boy did they think Ali was cool! She did a few jumps and spins for them! I think maybe Kristopher & Ali should look into pairs skating! Thanks Ali! Can't wait to do it again!

Christmas 2008

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Festival of Trees

McKenna loves to go to the Festival of Trees! This year we went with Libby & Lannea. They had a "Twilight" tree. It was pretty cute. However, the girls liked the "High School Musical" tree the best.

The Nutcracker 2008

McKenna's Dance Company does their own version of "The Nutcracker" They call it "The Children's Nutcracker" because it's cast is 95% children from the ages of 2 - 18. McKenna would love to be in the "real" Nutcracker, especially after seeing pictures of my sister's niece ( Randy's family) star as Clara in a traveling tour of "The Nutcracker". Her goal is to one day be Clara or the Snow Princess in her dance class. This is her third year doing the show. The 1st year she was an ANGEL, the 2nd year she was a GINGERELLE, and this year she was a TOY SOLDIER. She is a good little dancer and loves to perform!

FINALLY.....McKenna's Baptism

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I've Been Tagged!!! Thanks Cricket!

Hey....lets play. Just copy and paste into your own blog and answer the questions.


1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both

2. Real tree or Artificial? . Fake

3. When do you put up the tree? Hopefully Thanksgiving weekend.(NOT this year though!)

4. When do you take the tree down? New Year's Weekend!

5. Do you like eggnog? YUCK!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? My bedspread & quilt with my name on it. (made by mom)

7. Hardest person to buy for? ANY adult!

8. Easiest person to buy for? McKenna

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail

11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received? The FLU!

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? ELF

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually not until after Thanksgiving...I buy too much if I start too early!

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not that I remember!

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Mom's Caramels

16. Favorite Christmas song? Anything from "Forgotten Carols"

17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay at home.

18. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star & a bow

19. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning. The kids get jammies on Christmas Eve.

20. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? People that get offended when I say "Merry Christmas"

21. Favorite ornament theme or color? Red & White candy cane things.

22. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey

23. What do you want for Christmas this year? My bathrooms repainted

24. Do you go "Black Friday Shopping"? Not seriously!

25.What is your favorite Christmas cookie? SUGAR!!!

Speech Festival -------- Way to go Kenna!

Every year McKenna's school does a Speech Festival. The kids have to memorize a poem that is between 1 & 3 minutes long. They have a class competition, where they narrow it down to four kids per class. Then they have a grade level competition to get it from 16 kids down to four. The final four recited their poems in front of all the first and second graders and four judges.
McKenna took FIRST PLACE in 2nd Grade. (She also took 1st place last year!)!!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNA LYN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY McKenna! I can't believe my baby girl is 8!

BYU Football

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Happy Halloween!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUD!

Happy 17th Birthday! I can't believe Kristopher is 17! WOW! Where does the time go?! It is weird to think of how many soccer games we have sat through, movies we have watched, hours of video games...the list goes on and on!

Maggie has also been in the family for a year now! What would we do without her too!

Marathon #4 in St. George

It truly amazes me that Kristopher keeps running marathons! I would think after knowing what pain is to follow, you would never want to run again! I am very proud of him for running each year!

The weather this year was AWEFUL! It rained the entire time and the high was only around 57! That is COLD for St. George!
Roger didn't run this year because of his blasted kidney stones! They transfered his registration to next year!


GOOD JOB BUD!
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TAGGED...6 Random Facts About Me!

I am not a very random person, but since Cricket tagged me , I will do it!

#1. I HATE to wear shoes! My neighbor across the street always comments on me getting the mail (rain or shine) in my bare feet. The worst part of winter is having to wear shoes! I think my feet are claustrophobic!

#2. I have an unhealthy obsession (a sickness really) with markers and crayons! There is nothing better than buying crayons for 22 cents a box or markers for 88 cents a box! You should see my collection!!!

#3. I love to read!

#4. Mint Ice Cream with Gummy Bears (from Cold Stone) is the BEST! Don't say YUCK until you have tried it! :)

#5. I am a Reality T.V. show junkie! I know, GET A LIFE!

#6. Hmmm... I am typing this at 6:30 in the morning because I can no longer sleep in! :(

YOUR TURN....I tag Kendra, Julie, Nikki, & Kandiss!

FINALLY....Back to School Pictures!

I know that school has been in session for a month now, but I finally got the Back-to-School background I wanted to work! Kristopher is a Jr.!!! He has to catch the bus at 6:30 in the morning so his picture is in the dark! Jessica started Jr. High! WOW! Not sure anyone is ready for that! (She LOVES it so far!). McKenna is in 2nd grade! As usual, she loves school too! Mom is glad the kids are back, but not sure she is ready to be back. I do love being home at 12:15 this year! I had to take pictures of Jessica walking into the building. I'm not sure who was more nervous! The last picture is of Kenna & her BFF, Bailee.

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My Mountain is on FIRE!

We noticed the smoke around noon, on Monday the 25th. A teacher I work with called it in. Through out the day and night I took several pictures. It burned for two days really heavy and then just a little bit for a few more days. The smoke and the smell was awful! If I would have been at home when I first saw it, I would have thought it was either McKenna's school or the houses on the hill, but we had a clear view from the front of the school. Most of the pictures are from Summit Academy, but the others are from my front yard. Now our hill is all black & UGLY!