Happy Birthday Brett

Today was a pretty exciting day for Brett. It was his birthday. He spent the day mowing the lawn, trimming the tree, weeding his garden and having a water fight with his daughter. (I didn't get a picture because ,well, he would have gotten the camera wet).

Brett's birthday is usually spent up in the Uintahs, but this years schedule did not permit that. Instead Brett celebrated by going fishing with his brother on Saturday, attending church on Sunday, playing golf with his Dad on Monday, going out to dinner with her Mom and Step Dad on Tuesday, and opening presents with his sister on Wednesday. So even though he didn't get to spend his birthday week camping he had a pretty great celebration.

PS he's going camping for a week next week so don't feel too bad for the old man.

I love your guts!

New Moon Movie Trailer!

Sammy's Wild World of Nature

Take TWO

Sammy's Wild World of Nature

I don't want to stifle my daughter's creativity but I wonder if I need to channel it more productively somehow. See what happens when my daughter obviously unsupervised and showing off in front of her playmate creates her own documentary of Sammy's Wild World of Nature as the director, actor, and photographer all in one. (don't watch too closely I don't want you to get motion sickness)

One take was not enough, she wanted to keep making movies even after I took the camera away. However, I made her a deal that if she would write down her script and practice it first, then I would be her photographer so she could make her movie.

Sammy's Wild World of Nature take 2 thru 13 coming soon:

Mini Silhouettes

Sammy performed in Hunter High School' s Drill Team Silhouette showcase. This three day dance class and one night performance is just the right amount of time for my little dancer.






Sammy probably enjoyed the wearing makeup more than anything. Thanks go out to my Mom for getting Sammy ready in time since I was at work. And I must also thank Jenny and her family for saving seats for us in the very crowded gym.

Fairy Tea Party

The Provo City Library holds an annual Fairy Tea Party and this year Sammy and I were able to attend thanks to my dear friend Debbie, who stood in line for hours to get us tickets.

Everyone was encouraged to dress up for the event and Sammy said she wanted to attend the party as "Fairy Bo Peep" so we dressed her up in her Halloween costume and found some wings to accessorize.

The Fairy Tea party consisted of the Presentation of the Fairy King and his court, a manners class, a Fairy Promenade for all those who dressed up and a ballet performance. We also dined on strawberries, cookies, cheese.

Divine Comedy - BYU

Sure I said the next post was going to be about the cruise, but that's hundreds of photos to sort through. My story about Divine Comedy at BYU only has two.

Divine Comedy is an improv comedy troupe performed by BYU students on the BYU campus. It's probably the only comedy act that begins with a prayer to help the performers remember their lines. Oh the memories of my days at Ricks College.


This is me and Christie making Matt and his Jacob Black hair pose with us. Divine Comedy did a spoof on Twilight that had us in stiches. The vampires went to BYU and the werewolves were from UVU (hence the ability to have longer hair).

See the picture of Brett with the neon orange necklace? Who knew BYU has rave parties? The waitress at Chilis gave him all sorts of weird looks.


Divine comedy provides light sticks and candy for the crowd inbetween skits. We had a great time. Thanks to Christie's brother Scott for standing in line to get us the tickets and also for saving us a spot in line.