Halloween

This year Halloween was amazing!
Grandma and grandpa were there and of course as always we went to a movie.Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!It was hilarious!It didn't really follow the book but it was a good movie. besides it was a 10 page book they had to make it longer.
The Halloween dinner was yummy!It was also gross! The side dish was "brains"(really Ramon noodles). My mom discovered it while giving Grace lunch one day. She had let it sit for longer then needed and when she dished it out it looked like a brain(ICKY!).As always Mummy dogs were the main course(hot dogs with rolls wrapped around them and mustard for eyes).Then there were fingers(carrots in ranch dip).Luckily mom didn't put the gummy worms in the ice cubes like last year, just on the side of the cup.
That night we got dressed up and took photos. Then we split paths. I went to Ashley's,Abbey to Bryn.'s,Matthew to his chess book, and everyone else trick or treating. Grace was cute in her Giraffe costume(which has gone thru everyone).When I got to Ashley's we "played" x box for about 10 sec. while we waited for Katie and Charolette to come. Once they were there we played the skittle game(fun fun)and watched a movie.It was a weird movie in which Emily Osment was a goth.Me and Katie talked it was fun!I went home at 8:30 and we played master piece it was fun! Then we watched the stupidest movie ever. It sounds so cool but it was stupid! Something wicked this wat Comes.

Girls' Camp

Girls' Camp was AMAZING! The stake leaders put a great deal of effort for it.
      Day 1: On day one we got there at 6:30 I think. We gathered into ward groups with our stuff.
After a while we loaded into the buses.Our stuff got loaded onto trailers. Which was very interesting trying to find your stuff because it was it was all the stakes suff in one big mess.When we got there we went to what I call it "the big mess" to find our stuff. In all my stupidity I did not put my name on any of my things and there were some lookalikes. Lets just say it took sometime. Then we went to our cabins. It was a cabin with 14 bunks. It was a really fun day. I'm sad I didn't write this down sooner so if I'm not totally correct excuse me.
The challenge course was awesome! We did a lot of challenges (of course) The one I liked best was one where you were stranded on a sinking ship, and there was a rope inbetween the ship and an island(the island was a rug about well very small) you had to swing across the shark invested waters and land on the rug. you and your group all had to make it on (there was about 10 or 11 in my group) the rug and if yiu touched the ground then you had to go back and do it again.And suprisingly we did it!

      Day 2:6:00 am got up. did PJS (P. prays J. journal S. scriptures) funny huh? then there was breakfast. And Flag ceromony. where they raise the flag for the day (the american and heber valley) sang camp songs (fun fun) aafter flag ceremony we went to Legacy Lake. It was really fun. But the water looked icky. I feel sorry for the people who got wet. I didn't really go in a canoe. I went in a paddle boat with Sis. Staker. I didn't even have to paddle. Just sat back and enjoyed the scenery (except the lake's contents).Then we had luch .Then there was ward free time.All we really did was goof around. Then yummy dinner at Ruby's Diner (that's what they call the cafeteria). After a bit it was flag cermony where they take down the flags. And the devotional.Then one of the best parts of girls' camp.... the guest celebrity. It was an actor I don't remember his name. But his stories about meeting people and the movies he has been in.
         Day 3: This was my favorite day. It was skit night!Where every ward makes up a skit. But it has to have certain scriptures and it has to have your ward theme in there somewhere.Our wards thing was confusing. It wasa miniture horror story. the villian's name was Victor. He had stolen something from 5 people.He has an apprentice Soulia. Who is a double agent also working for Ruby the detective. The skit was about Soulia deciding who to follow. She of course decided to work with Ruby and turned Victor....
        Who was then banished to Sibria.
    Day 4: Was bascically ward day.Also testimony night. fun fun. Oh and there was also a stake activity. It was really fun. fFor one of the stations we made a blanket for McKenna (a girl in our stake who has cancer).
Testimony night is when your bishopric comes up for a night. We got bishop Vance on tape doing the penguin dance.
       Later that night I went home because the 3rd ward had a flu thing and I couldn't risk getting sick so close to my surgery.

(A deer on the path by our cabin)

Girls' Camp

Girls Camp is creeping closer.
This will be my first year and I am so excited! I heard a lot about it and it sounds like so much fun!On the sunrise hike(the hike to see the sunrise)there is supposed to be a meteor shower (which happens once every decade or so) it will be so cool! This year's color is lavander.
The fourth ward got orange. I feel sorry for them!
I'll keep you updated!

Sunday Miracle

This Sunday started out as just an ordinary one with us getting ready for church , going, then listening to the talks , lessons, and more lessons. After church all seemed calm but there was a crowd in the middle of the parking lot. I wondered why they had chosen to gather there in the middle of the parking lot. Then I heard a little boy crying.I realized that someone had gotten run over by a car. I wonder who it was and if they were alright.Then someone called 911. And an ambulance came to take them away to the hospital.
It turned out to have been Max Balderee. A two year old. We took his siblings home. They seemed pretty shaken up.We had some lunch (grilled cheese) then we had fun. Me and Niki (the oldest) went to my room to talk about things. It turned out that she had been watching Max and he had run out saying "you can't catch me" then someone backed up and ran over him.
A little while later her grandma called to say that he was doing great! Had no broken bones... or anything of the sort, just a few scratches. But they were going to keep him there just in case. He might be able to come home that night!
So we set to work making posters and cards. We made a big card and took around to the neighbors to sign.Then her grandma called and said that they would be home in a hour! the doctors said it was a miracle that he was alive and had not broken at least two bones. When he got home it was as if nothing had happened. the only bandaid he had got was where they had stuck an iv. And he was a happy enterjectic two year old again.

The fourth of July

Well this year Was a very very very fun 4th of July!

For breakfast we had patriotic pancakes. With yogurt, blueberries , raspberries ( from our own garden), and strawberries(also from the garden).

After breakfast we made our shirts. Every year we make shirts to wear on the fourth of July. Mine usually turn out crappy, but this year I choose to do it simple. And it turned out GREAT! I just did stars all over and I think it was a big suprise!

We passed the afternoon doing stuff... reading, chess , wii.
But soon after we started the fun. We played FREEze tag with an english flag and an U.S.A.
flag. It was tiring . Then fire in the jungle. so on so forth.
then for the food!
We had a picnic .... with cheetios!
those were gone in a flash.. along with the olives.

Then we put off small fire works in the court. And huge homemade popsicles.
We saw some of the Thanksgiving Point's they were huge ( and noisy)!

Grace's Birthday

Thursday was Grace's 2nd birthday. She's growing up so fast. On Saturday we had a party

Grace loved her presents! She got a radio(and CD player), A Kangaroo(stuffed of course),a book, and of course a cake. As you would have expected we had chocolate cake! The preformance was classic! After she was finished you couldn't tell what to color her clothes were.

Daddy's birthday

Friday was dad's 40th birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not saying that he looks old I'm merely stating that he is

becoming old I mean I have seen 3 GRAY HAIRS! But don't worry dad you can't see them unless you are
up close. Anyway his birthday was VERY eventful. He got two shirts from mom, some Minnie mouse ear

headband from JJ,

And a very meaning ful from Kate saying "Daddy I had no idea that you were 100!!!!!!!! Happy 100th birthday"

Christmas Eve/Christmas

(look at him...yuck. look at his face. look at his shirt, yuck!!!!!!!!!!)

On Christmas Eve we played a lot.
In the morning we went to this breakfast with all of my dad's family well
at least most of them. As always we had a talent show and I FINALLY
put something together. I did a duet with Abbey. Then Matthew,Abbey,kate and
JJ all got up and did the "Staying alive dance" It was really really funny!
Then my Cousin J.T. got up and did a line of "Frosty the Snowman"
he is so cute. My aunt Katie,uncle Brett, Miki, Josh, Casey,and Abbey
did this really funny thing where they played jingle bells on Brett's
head!Miki had no mercy practically smacking him on the head with
her tube(it was cardboard). Then we did the Nativity play I was an angel(again).
Christmas.Well in the morning we got up and looked in our stocking.Then opened
presents. I got a radio/CD player,And clothes.
in my stocking I got a Journal,candy, and a necklace.

Merry Christmas everybody!

178th General Confrence

As MOST of you know today& yesterday was General Conference.
Yesterday I got to go to the A.M. Session in the Conference center(dad came with me of course.)
I thought that the talks were really good.
I don't know if you noticed but yesterday at the P.M. session you know how there was a children's choir & when they noticed the camera pointing at them they would look straight ahead and smile some of them would just stare at the camera to scared to move.

Boston Trip

On October 13th my parents are going to Boston. My dad has a business trip, and my mom is going to. When dad is at a meeting all day mom MIGHT go to Maine for the day. Their also go to go to well a lot of places. We went to the library yesterday and she got about 10 books on Boston and she asked I would like to help plan. But she knew very well that all the kids were mad at her because she gets to go to the ocean!!!!!!!!!!

1st Day Of School!

Today was the 1st day of school. My teacher Mrs. Van Tassell. I was very disappointed that I got her but in finding out that Mr. Stopa and Mr. Barbato left and they hadn't hired new teachers yet that I had really got the best teacher, but after I met the other teachers I think they are all equal.


The day went well, other then the fact I had only 1 friend in my class. Now that I look at the 5th graders this year they seem so little.

Idaho Trip

On Friday We went to Bondocks with the Portland Rues, Grandpa,Grandma,And Uncle Bub.
Lasertron is my favorite game. First me Abbey, and Sydney did go karts Me and Sydney were to short to drive so Abbey drove Sydney while Aunt Jenny drove me. Then we went and did Lasertron . It was AWESOME! But I got LAST place. On my second time in line(for Lasertron) I saw Spencer staring at a GIRL and I don't blame him she was really CUTE and about his age. Anyway After I got bored of lasertron (more like wornout.) we went and got our tokens first I did the jackpot and got 45 tickets then we went and had lunch then came back. Once
I had spent all of my tokens and had gotten my prizes. I went back for more lasertron. FINALLY at 5:30 we went and did something as a family then we went back to grandma's house.

The next day we went river rafting. I was fun . In some places there were 1 to 2 feet waterfallsthat was awesome too. I was the one in the front so I got splashed more then anyone.
the there were some rapeds that was fun and one again I got splashed more then them.sometimes we got stuck in trees and thought we saw holes but luckly it didn't.