Prom!!

This last weekend was prom and Olivia is a junior! She went to prom with Beau Petersen, and I went to prom Solo!! It was so much fun! Here's pictures of Prom. Oh and Olivia was the Prom Queen! Here are her flowers!

Also, another Surprise for Olivia was that Dad actually did show up for the parent's dance! He told her he wasn't going to, then he did. She almost cried when she saw him. Here is a picture of Olivia and Beau before the dance.

These are Olivia's SWEET light up shoes!

This is me in My prom/ Easter dress! I Love it!!

Here's a picture of the Promenade! It was a masquerade!

It was way cool! and another exciting thing for us was that Sullivan's mission call came! He is going to the San Bernardino, California mission! We are so excited! He leaves June 16.

So this was a GREAT weekend!

A whole bunch of stuff...

This first part might gross you out. During the basketball season, I realized that I was losing a lot of hair, so I decided that I wanted to see how much I'd lose in a month. So for the whole month of February, I kept all the hair that I lost when I'd brush my hair in the morning. So I lost more than what you will see because I would brush it at school, and I didn't keep that. So her is a picture of my pony-tail on February 2nd.

This is my hair on February 2nd.

This is my hair ball. Way gross huh?

Last weekend was Regional Basketball, and our team ended up 3rd. We wanted first, but we lost our semi-final game to Burlington, so we took 3rd. This weekend was State Basketball. We wanted first, but again we fell short, and took 3rd. We again lost to Burlington in the semi-finals. It was disappointing. But 3rd place is better than nothing. Also this weekend Violet came with us! I just Love Violet! We had a good time. We even had a sleep-over. It was a whole ton of fun! Thanks for coming Vi! Taffy and Connor came to State Basketball too. It was fun to have them there. Connor was a great cheerer! So was Taffy. She even got superfanning stuff! Sweet! It was fun to have them there. Too bad we didn't win, but oh well.

Lastly, last week Tel and Tami and Casey and Kimball were here. Tel put on my mom's glasses and it totally messed up his depth perception. It was hilarious. He wouldn't take a step without someone holding his hand. Mariah was here last week too, and she put them on and they didn't seem to bother her. It's funny! I wonder if Tel has good eyes, and Mariah already has bad eyes. Who knows. So here is a video of Tel with the glasses on. I don't really like that I talk on it, but oh well. Tel is stinkin' hilarious! (If it doesn't work, just imagine how funny it would be to see a 2 year old with a messed up depth perception. Pretty funny!)

My Scripture Box!!

So, my sister Violet is a genius in my eyes! She has this really cool scripture box. It's just a box covered in pictures of Christ! I decided to make one too! I think it is a great idea! Here's how it turned out!

This is the front view!

Side view... same picture folded over to the side.

I took a packet of Images of Christ and put 4 on the back here!

Front view standing. Notice, a lot of my picture are pictures of Christ with little kids. I love pictures like that because it reminds me that I am a child of God and He loves us all. Plus the expressions on the peoples faces in this big picture are all so happy and it makes me smile! :)

And this my friends, is the top view! Everything just fits so well and I think it looks great! My mom helped me tape it all up so that it is like water-proof! And that big picture just came from a calendar! So this awesome scripture box was almost completely free! I Love it! Thanks for the great idea Vi!

Life...

I realize I haven't blogged in a while, and I feel I need to apologize to my sisters that have blogs. I now understand that it isn't always the easiest thing to do to keep up on my blog. So, I am sorry that I used to tell you that you should post more often. Anyways...

Basketball has been going pretty good. We have lost one game so far and hope to keep doing well. In Encampment last week, my sister Olivia, scored 28 points! Funny story, there is a kid that plays for Lone Peak High School. He is the little brother of Tyler Haws, a B.Y.U. basketball player. He is a freshman point guard. The other week he scored 31 points in a game against Alta. When Dad told this to Livi, she was like, I couldn't score 31 points in a game with no defense. Well she was pretty stinkin close, so way to go Livi! This week we played Snake River. They are a pretty good team, pretty young too. We had a good win against them. It's good to try out our skills on a good team like them. During that game, this is what happened...

Pretty, eh? I think it is cool! I wish I had sweet battle marks! Lucky!! Then yesterday we played Lyman High School. They are a really good 3A team. We beat them too. So we had two pretty tough games this week and we are pooped! But that's about all that's goin' on in this household!

Merry Christmas?

For our Christmas we got 2 knee surgeries, and Livi got her wisdom teeth out! Merry Christmas? Our house looks like a hospital room. Well, not really, but we have two recliners for the boys and it looks pretty good! I am healthy though, yay for health! Everyone thinks it would be amazing to be the only healthy one, and for some reasons it is. But when you start hearing this... "Tessa, can you get me a drink?" "Tessa, can you go downstairs and get something for me?" "Tessa, can you get me some toast?"... you start to wonder. But the rewarding thing is this... "Thanks Tess." "Thank you so much." That makes me feel good that my family says thank-you. Here are some pictures of our cripples.

Tyson. He moved out of his chair so he could use the computer with ease. :)

This is Tyson's knee. We haven't undone Sulli all the way, but he looks something like this too.

Sullivan. Thanks Aunt Linda for the extra chair.

Olivia. She is smiling her biggest. So, the movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakqual" came out today, and I'm surprised Olivia wasn't in it.

Livi icing her sore cheeks.

Merry Christmas!

Hey There Folks!

I don't have any pictures of anything new and exciting, so this is more like a blog with no pictures :). First off, we have had our first basketball games these last two weekends. Last weekend we had the Hanna Tournament where we played Saratoga, Wright, and Lingle. We won all three games. Then this weekend we played North Gem and got whooped, and on Saturday we played Dubois and won. So that's the sports world in this house because for the first time in 8 years, we don't have a wrestler... crazy!!

This weekend has also been pretty sweet because on the 11th Sulli had his 19 birthday, Mylie turned 4 on the 12th, and Vi and Austin are having there 1 year anniversary today. So here's to you guys.

Sullivan is such a good brother. He is always smiling and he is always positive. Sullivan likes to eat my mom's food and play with his friends. He is a good brother and I love when he comes home... every weekend!

Mylie Jo is such a little cutie! She turned 4 yesterday and she didn't even turn into an ugly little boy. All during Thanksgiving break the boys (Sulli and Tyson) kept telling her that she would turn into a little ugly brother for Connor once she was 4 and she just wouldn't believe it. It was funny! But we are glad that she is still a little girl and cute as ever!

Violet, my wonderful sister is married to an Awesome man, Austin. We are so happy for them. I absolutely LOVE when they come and visit! Violet is so nice and she is really good at remembering people and knowing when someone needs her. And Austin is good at making me laugh and he is a nice teaser. They are awesome and we are glad that we have them!

And lastly, I am so excited for Christmas this year! Tonight we are starting candle-lighting, our families "12 Days of Christmas" tradition! And I love all of the Christmas movies that are on. My favorite that I've seen this year is probably "The Ultimate Gift". I LOVE that movie! If you haven't seen it, you should. Christmas is a great time of year! Merry Christmas!!

Thoroughly Modern Millie

This weekend was our school musical: Thoroughly Modern Millie. It was a lot of fun to do and perform. In my opinion the casting was perfect and I loved it all. Here are some pictures of Olivia and I in the play. They are not all the same size because I was hurrying to downsize them. So, here are the pictures.

Here is me. I am a stenog. I work in Trevor Graydon's Office. All of my pictures look like poop. In this first picture I am laboriously writing on a note pad a conversation that is taking place in my head.

Here is me with some of my stenog friends. We are doing the Can-Can and look like we are just squawking around flailing our legs. But trust me, in the actually performance, not a still frame, we looked like real can-canners.

Now we have pictures of Olivia. In her pictures, she looks like she was ready for the camera. She looks rather stunning in the Roaring 20's. The night frame shots (black and white) really add to the affect of these pictures.

Olivia and her dance partner Bronson, did a great job of working together on the tough choreography of this opening number.

Here is Olivia and her friends, the Moderns. They are reading about Whayt Slavary. (That was a southern accent, p.s.) Aren't they adorable!

Opening number again. Doesn't she look like she was ready and posed perfectly for this picture?

This is my favorite of her. She looks so serene.

Anyways, that was our play. We had a great time. We are happy it is over but can't wait for next year to roll around, all the same. Go Drama Club!! haha :)