The Ballroom Season is Back!!

Our Ballroom team had our first show of the season. We danced at festival of the trees on November 20th. It was a blast. I love the adrenaline rush and the spot light! Its the best!! We danced to Witch Doctor from the new Alvin and the Chip monks movie. It is such a great fun dance!! Here are some picture! Enjoy!
(oh and- thanks for taking the pictures and being there to support me Jessica and Mom!)

I've Been Tagged!!

1. I lost my last baby tooth when I was 13
2. I have lived in the same house and same bedroom my whole life!
3. I want to be a beautician when i grow up
4. I LOVE music- especially the music that I make!
5. I love to shop and make jewelry
6. My favorite subject is History
7. I am a crazy sleep walker! :)

I am going to Tag: Jessica, Jill, Tasha, Kristin, Jill, Bre, and Niki
Have fun!

History Projects at their Finest!!

For world history, we were assigned to make a Pharaohs Tomb model because we were studying Egyptians. We had a blast. The whole tomb was made out of sugar cubes. The coffin was two 3 musketeers bars, there were licorice and pretzel and gum drop torches, and frosting holding on brown sugar for dirt. them we added cinnamon and other spices to make the air brushed affect. Then we stole some of the boy's toy army trees. It was truly a work of art!! :)

Fantastic Four Wheeler Rides!

At grandmas house, anything goes! Hayden has been having a slight phobia of the 4 wheeler lately. Grandmas really can fix everything. Mom attached a stadium chair to the back and
Hayden loved it! He was totally relaxed! It was adorable!

FuFu For You!

Blaine, upon returning from the African market in Salt Lake, made the family FuFu. It was way fun! Fufu is made from cassavas, plantains, and some different types of veggies. He bought the powdered instant version and was a little disappointed that it didn't taste like the real thing, but it was fun for all of us to try it. In Africa, the pound the ingredients up until they turn to mush, then serve it with a soup. Blaine said it takes about 3-4 hours to prepare, then they have to make the soup. Definitely not Fast Food. He also said that they don't chew the glob that they break off and dip in the soup. Then they eat the bones from the chicken. I thought it wasn't that bad, and even Paige and Rylee ate some of it!!














Fufu in a different form
complements of Paige.
:)









Dad, being the practical man he is, had a little bit of fufu, then broke out the bread and butter. :)













This would be the fufu. The blob in the middle is the actual fufu and it is in some kind of soup.

Day of the Ducky Pajamas!

When Blake and Bre came from the far away land of Kansas, we had to much fun with them! The girls and I did hair and nails (different color every day) :) It was so much fun. Then, we found some extra fabric from when i had made pajamas sometime last year and thought 'what the heck' and made the girls some of their own. It was adorable!!!These are the cutest girls in all of Kansas!!!

Its kinda funny how i am the only one posing in this one!! hehe :)

August 2008 Golf Tournament

"I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone's golf game: it's called an eraser." ~Arnold Palmer

Katie Clark, Abbie Thompson, and I all played Jr. Golf this year. It was fun, but was a little bothersome by the end. On August 4th, there was a tournament. We knew that nothing would come of it, but decided to end with a bang! Here are some pictures!







This is me VERY focused (one of the only times it happened) good thing we caught it on camera!! :)



The best part was, none of us were really that skilled, so we just had a blast!!

Does any one know why Jamie and Abbie have a tees in their mouths?? :)




















Our amazingly stunning score keeper. We had to have someone that want playing keep score, and mom, as always, stepped up to the responsibility. It was great because she just sat and read and marked scores when we relayed the to her. There was no pressure at all. Your the best!!

Welcome home Elder Murray!
( sorry- totally old news!) Anyway- after Blaine came home, we went to see Jena and do a little school shopping. Blaine wanted to stop at the conference center and do a tour. They actually let us on the roof this time! it is so pretty! Better then i remember! It is so good to have him home!! I LOVE it!

Tonight we ( i guess it was the football team) won our first game in 2 years!!!it was against IF high school. It is so exciting!! It was a little sad- the first game that Dad and i have missed in 2 years, they win! ( that explains why i dont have any pictures from the game) :)
Oh and by the way- i am a knight now!! i started high school on August 21, 2008. it scares me to death to think that i am in high school! But at the same time i get to stand in the "student section" at the football games, and it is a blast to do all the 'socialness' that comes with it! Not to mention choir with Mrs. Blackburn or SEMIN AIRY!!!

For mutual on Tuesday, we went to Blacktail for the annual boating trip. It was a blast!! There were three boats there this time, so if you wanted to, you didn't have to get off accept to trade boats, and Jessica did just that. That is a picture of her when she finally came in for some food. :)

Chocolate, Girl Talk, and Facials

On Friday, Mandy came and slept over. As you can see, we had tons of fun!

So last night, Blaine and I were watching a show on food network, and it showed this lady who was making this funky french toast. She called it Captain Crunch toast. And, it was just that. So we kept watching and it showed her making it. We, being out curious selves, decided to try it and see if it was any good. You make your regular french toast goop and dip your toast into it. Then, instead of going strait to the pan, you dip it in slightly crunched up captain crunch. Then to the pan. You have to push it down with the spatula to cook the actual bread. With the heat, the sugar in the cereal caramelizes, but stays crunchy. I haven't ever tasted anything like it. It is divine!!! Try it and let me know what you think!

End of Year As We Know It!

Finishing out the year with a cute picture! We have had so much fun this year! Out team has been so fun and it will be sad to see some of them leave.

Gem State Classic!

On February 22 &23 we had a competition at BYUI. We competied our swing (Tailfeather) and our Waltz (sleep). We placed 4th with the Waltz and 2nd with our Swing! My partner was Nick Hamiln. The annual Gem State Classic is the biggest pure youth (only people unter 18 competing) in the world! It was sooo cool! There were people there from everywhere!! ( the last picture is of us all freeking our as they are anouncing the winners!)

Shake Your Tail Feather!!

On February 23rd, We did a huge dance preformance at the Civic with over 400 dancers involved! It was amazing. They ranged in ages from 3 to 18 i think was the oldest group. It was crazyness as we were all running around trying to get costumes of and make up and all that jazz. But, I love the rush of being on the stage, the bright lights and the music blairing! We danced Shake your tail feather from the movie Chicken Little. It was a blast! our costumes got in just in time it was such a blast!! We are starting a new waltz routine that we are hoping to have done by the end of February. We are having saturday practices until then. Yuck!