Lovin' My Blog

Ariella put me onto "thecutestblog" and I am having sooooo much fun with it! yay! And Alyssa showed me playlist.com.......well actually I had an account already cause I have a playlist on FaceBook! ha! Maybe now I will post more regularly! The opperative word is "maybe", Ha!
We are all good. Ken is driving truck all over. Ames moved to Provo and is going to UVU (which he really LOVES). He is in the musical "All Shook Up" and has the part of Dennis at Hale Center Theater Orem. We are excited to see him in it!
Alyssa decided not to move. After praying and fasting ...and much "wrestling", she said she just got the feeling she shouldn't move....that she should be here. Well, I am glad she is!
She is working at Macey's Grocery Store and going to SLCC. She also loves going to the temple and does that quite often. She swears she has the best Institute teacher ever!!!
Check out Alex's blog......he has put up some new stuff!!

New New Day Dawning

I don't think I have been more inspired by a President of the United Sates than I have been by Pres Barrack Obama. I truly believe in his sincerity. I think he really believes he can make a difference. He is smart and hard working. He is only one man though. I pray that he will put people around him that has the interest of the nation and not of themselves. I pray that he is protected and that he will make time for his wife and two little girls! Hail to the Chief!!

A Very Merry Christmas!!!

We are hoping that all our family and friends have a joyous season and that your New Year is Rockin'! We are all healthy and happy ....and yes, even loving the snow! ha! At least for now....cause it feels all Christmasy. I even shoveled snow yesterday! ha! And sang Christmas Carols the whole time!! We are getting ready to move Ames and Alyssa down to Provo! (Sad, sad day for me!!) They will be going to UVU...at least for the winter semester. Who knows where it will go from there!
Alex is in his own place and loving it....he is so way busy with work....which is good, cause not many people can claim that nowadays!! He has his fingers in so many pots that it is hard to keep up! ha! He is one very freakingly talented guy!!
Ken is driving truck and loving it enormously! He goes all over and at times it is hard to keep up with it all. I am "with my by myself" or very soon will be and struggling with that. So...any of you out there...call me, e-mail me.........I would love that!
My other kids have blogs and the links are here! Check out Alex's, he has some of his work on it! Amazing!!
Have a wonderful time of year!!! Merry Merry!!!
(Ames was asked to sing at the grocery store where he works....Macey's. They had a 2 day open house and he sang for about an hour. The loud speaker in the background is hilarious as well as all those Ritz crackers!! ha!! Enjoy!!)

Election Night

OK
I haven't kept up with this very well....
But, nevertheless....some info on the fun times we had on Election Night. I admit there wasn't much watching of the returns....ha! And it seems that what we did watch we were laughing at Ames!!! (They vote in Alaska?)
As soon as Barrack delivered his speech we turned on "Singing In The Rain" as Kimmy had never watched it before!!!

Alyssa's project for Youth Ambassador

Alyssa carried her love of reading and theater to the students of East Midvale Elementary...reaching over 7oo children. They learned that "Reading Rocks". She had characters from books come to help share her love of reading. Tom Sawyer...he can pretty much convince anyone to do anything! Peter Pan, Dustfinger and Harry Potter and Snape! The students loved Harry and Snape....who put a spell on Snape (actually Ames slammed against the wall! ha!) They loved it!
She is finished with her project but is thinking about going beyond and helping the Hispanics in our community. We found this amazing website about the library and how parents can help their pre-school children prepare to be great readers! You go Sissa!!!

Home at last!!

Brother and Sissa together again! They are going to school together and Institute. How fun is that? They are looking to put in for BYU next semester and get an apartment together. O boy! ha!

A Very Happy Couple!

Aaron and Corinne's wedding was fantabulous! ( that is fantastic and fabulous all rolled into one!)
They are so happy and they deserve that. We got to meet a lot of Corinne's family and friends and fell in love with them all. Congrats to the newlyweds!!! We love you!!

Latest from Tokyo!!

Here is one of the latest pics we have gotten from Elder Bell in Japan!! Here he is with Brother Tabushi, who is way in-active. He loves musicals so he and Ames hit it off.
Yay ...you go Amesie Boy!!

So Cute!!

A friend sent this to me! It is so cute. Don't ya just love bears???

"I Cannot Tell a Lie"

Derek as George Washington! Yay! Derek and I made his wig while I was in Tucson. He did a whole presentation and I wish I could have been there! He had to do this as a biography report. Way to go Derek! Feels great to accomplish something eh?

Me and My Mom!!

This is my fav pic of me and my mom! Dig those socks! (Wish it was in color so I could see what they really looked like! ha!) This was more than likely on a Saturday night and she was putting pin curls in my hair (which I hated!!ha!) Her hair is already in pin curls. I love my mom. She is such a great lady! Have a great Mom's day..mamasita!!

If you haven't seen my post about the article of Obama's mom, check it out! It is great!

HA!

Yeah...so the second part of Ames's video is actually NOT him!! ha! It is one of the Elder's that was in his apartment! HA!!