Halloween 2013

It's the Halloween dance!  McKenna has been in the hospital for two weeks now, so this will probably be our Halloween celebration of the year.  Preston turned fourteen last month, which is the minimum age for dances so they're a pretty big deal to him.  I didn't decide on a costume until the day of the dance, it was Claire's tap dance dress from her recital last year.  Corry was an elf, and Preston was a giant kangaroo.  It was honestly too hot to even dance inside the building, but the courtyard and photos were fun!  Happy Halloween!

Dirty Llamas!!!

The problem with llamas is they like to sleep in the middle of the field, rain, or shine. And when it rains at our house, it gets very, VERY muddy. Llamas love to roll in the dirt, or, in other words take "dust baths". When it is raining, these turn into "mud baths". As you can see by Salt and Pepper's necks and faces, the LOVE to take "baths". Dirty, dirty llamas!!!! Brushing them after it rains is always a big adventure. And you thought wet *cats* were a pain!!

Molly's Haircut

Every week, each of my siblings and I are supposed to pick a project to do that involves some kind of work. This week I decided to give Molly a haircut since she was needing one pretty badly. She really hates the vibrating clippers, so I did her hair completely with scissors. She turned out really cute!! I have given her hair cuts before we she turned out really... Not cute. But she looked good today!! The first picture is from a couple months ago when she was a shaggy little dog. Now she's a sleek, fat dog!! ;)

EFY 2012

Last summer I went to EFY and never blogged about it, so here ya go!!!

I hadn't been planning on going to EFY until two weeks before it started. I hadn't really wanted to go, but then I decided that I'd there was one available near my house I actually would really like to go. I looked it up and there were lots if spaces at and EFY only 2 hours away from my house, so I decided I wanted to go!! But then… my brother Corry also wanted to go, and he specifically wanted to go to a BYU campus. We were all very surprised because Corry had never mentioned an interest before, but my dad said he would see what he could do and started searching. He was able to get us into BYU Idaho, get us plane tickets to Salt Lake City, and plan on having our cousins drive Corry and I from to Idaho from Utah. It was a big adventure!!! Less than two weeks later Corry and I flew to Salt Lake City and our uncle picked us up. We then went to our cousins family reunion for two days in Park City and had a blast, then our uncle drove us to BYU Idaho!!! It was crazy!!! We then went to EFY and had an amazing, spiritual time. My company was really awesome and I loved my roommate!! The girls in my dorm were so nice and we all had a great time learning about the gospel together. One of my favorite activities of the week was when we all paired up and than prepared a missionary lesson from the handbook Preach My Gospel. We then pretended to be missionaries and taught two other people, then we switched and they taught us. And I always love the speakers!!! At the end of the week my uncle and my cousin Franklin picked us up and drove us back to Salt Lake City to fly home. On the way home we stopped in Idaho Falls and saw the King Tut exhibit in some random tiny museum. So cool!!! It was an amazing week and I had fun being with my brother.

New Years Eve 2013

Happy new year!!! It's 2013!!!! 2012 went by soooooo fast!!! I had a pretty crazy New Year's Eve, but it was super fun!

Sunday was my friend Kraig's birthday, so my friend Nathan and plotted to give him a surprise on New Year's Eve. We did it even though we gave him a surprise party last year!!! This year was much simpler, 3 guy friends and I went to his house, grabbed him, and ran up the drive way with him. We put him in the trunk of the car and drove off!! Don't worry, we let him out of the trunk before we left his neighborhood. ;) We took him to khols to get a new tie, Walmart to get snacks for the party, and dollar tree for glow sticks. Then we went to his house for a party with a bunch of other friends. It was fun, with lots if snacks and pizza bites. After the party we went to the dance and had a blast. So much fun!!! They had an "outdoor restaurant" with pizza and cookies. Yummy! And a few minutes before midnight they rolled bubble wrap over the floor so we could jump on it after counting down. So fun!!! Happy new year!!!!!!

Christmas Day 2012

It's Christmas!!! It was so much fun!! It was a great morning with the family and lots of fun opening presents. My sister came in my room at 4:45 to wake me up but I refused to get out of bed until 5:20. Even then it was way too early and I only got up then because one of the silly kitties had gotten his hind legs entangled in a plastic shopping bag and was running around the house like a crazy cat! We woke my parents up at 6:10 but they told us to go back to bed it was too early. Finally at 7 we were all up again, ready to unwrap presents. Lots and lots of fun!!!

Church the week of Christmas is always my favorite if the year because if all the Christmas music. Christmas hymns are my favorite, I especially love "O Holy Night", as well as "What Child is This?"

Merry Christmas everyone, it's a great time to spend time with family!!!

Christmas Trees!

Christmas tree time!!! I love the smell of pine, it's so yummy!! This year we kept our new tradition and got two trees. They're both pretty but I like our big one with colorful lights better. We have lots of ornaments that are special, it's fun to use them every year. Merry almost Christmas!!!