Sadies! 2010

We had such an amazing night! Our theme was "Mario Party" (hence the cool hats). For our "day date" (but really it was like a "night before date") My wonderful mother made an Amazing Race game for us (with much help from Blake and Bre and Dad) we had a blast driving around town and doing little tasks to get our next clue.Our starting point was the Ammon Walmart and our endpoint being the Walmart on the west side, we covered a lot of ground! Then we went to our friend's house for a bon fire. It was super fun!

Then, the night of the actual dance, we met at the pier down by the river for pictures! There was a girl in our group, whose dad offered to take our pictures. They turned our really cute! As you can see here, we tried to "play it cool" but that didn't last for long..

Who doesn't love jumping pictures!

Then after pictures, we blindfolded the guys and we were off to the rest of our date. We commenced to pretend to get lost. We put our acting skills to work. We acted like I got a phone call from Dad who needed me to go lock up the twin homes that he showed today. "He was very sorry to make me do this on a date, but he couldn't make it over because he and mom were in meetings". So we continued to weave a web of (innocent) lies, that let our dates to believe that Dad was having a hard time selling these because this old widow had committed suicide in it and every time he showed it, they heard footsteps. I "made them come in with me" because "i was scared" and when we walked up stairs, Blaine and Kristin (and Jessica was prepping down stairs) were there to take our orders at a nice, candle-lit dinner that we just happened to walk in on. It was a fun dinner! After which, we went to the dance, and had lots of laughs!

So here's to an amazing Sadie Hawkins night!

Slacker Central....

I am here to confess that craziness has over run my life. With piano and organ lessons, serving in Youth Committee and on a ward level, homework, work work, and yearbook.. my days seem to be getting shorter and shorter. Don't get me wrong- I love every minute of it, but as sad as it may seem, blogging has been the last thing on my mind, or maybe better put, the last thing on my to-do list. But here is my pathetic attempt at catching you all back up to speed. You will see below that I have posted the last few articles that I have submitted to the Family News Letter that goes out monthly. (Sorry to all of you who receive that letter as well-No new material. Sorry!) But here goes: the last few months in a nut shell...

September Article

So its FNL time again.. it happens so quick!

It’s a little bitter sweet to say that school is now in full swing. We are down into the nitty gritty work stuff, no more of the cheesy getting to know you games J

But it is going well. If we have to go to school, we might as well take advantage of football season part of fall right? And a good one it has been! We lost our first game to Skyline the first week of the season (that’s just because we were getting back into the groove J) and we have won the rest since (including civil war and homecoming). I mean come on- we are good! They are making a flippin movie about us!

Along with school being back in session, so is yearbook! I feel like photo shoots have been ruling my life so far! Our team just happened to get all the pages of events that happened in the couple months (civil war, homecoming, soccer, ect) so it wont be so bad once we get all the pictures taken, and then we will be done for the whole year. But I really love the journalism aspect of it all!

I also had my first seminary presidency training meeting on Friday. I am really excited for this year! Its gonna be great!

Last week on Sunday, we (the stake youth committee) put on a musical fireside titled “Coming closer to Christ Through the Power of Music” . It was so amazing! They asked me to accompany this kid who sang a song called “All times, All things, All places”. I was scared outta my mind! But it turned out ok. Then a couple weeks ago, I played a piano solo in sacrament meeting. I was honestly so scared during the song that I don’t even remember playing the last half of it, but mom and dad said I did, so hopefully it didn’t sound too bad, haha. I guess there is no time to get out or your comfort zone like the present!

It has been a little crazy now that I am a workin, tax payin citizen! (I figured them out all by myself the other day!) But I really love working for Dad! And it is also a lot better now that I know what the heck I am doin! I have been going in from about 4-6 after school on most days and it has been a blast! I feel so grown up and stuff! haha

So we will keep sluggin here and hope you all will keep doin the same! Keep up the good work! Have a good month! Love ya long time!!

-Six(teen)

August Article

What an amazing month! So much has happened!

So.. for the fourth of July, we went and froze at the parade, and enjoyed every minute of it! You know there is something wrong when you wish you would have taken your winter coat with you on the Fourth of July... Just sayin. Haha Anyway, it was a very good holiday!

We had an awesome “Disco Ball” that I helped plan for the stake youth committee. We rotate planning the quad stake dances. We had square ice cream scoops and Farr’s ice cream! And of course, a huge disco ball! And the weather even held out so we were able to continue with our plans to have it in the pavilion at the stake center. It turned out so well! and I even got to make the flyers for it! They too turned out awesome!

Then the next day, I started into panic mode getting all the last minute things done. It was so much fun being a youth leader and having the chance to be a part of all the behind the scenes stuff! We only had about seven girls total. It was so much fun! We did lots of fun crafts, watched movies with the projector, and we even taped glowstickes to our bodies and make us look like stick figures, then danced in the dark! We also had lots and lots of opportunities to feel the Spirit. I couldn’t have asked for anything more!

On the 23^rd, we “camped out” at grandmas (haha we ended up sleeping on the floor in the basement) with the cousins and then went for the annual family reunion float trip! It was pretty much a three hour water fight! No one left with ANY dry spots on them! It was so fun to spend some time with the family!

So when we returned from the trip, we were very tired, but happy! Until we looked in the fish bowl by the sink. There were two fish floating belly up L. Poor Oliver! He is no more! Thursday night I forked out twenty seven cents for a new member of the family. His name was Stanley. He didn’t even make it two whole days.. but I'm sure they are in a better place.

But on a lighter note, a couple weeks ago I started training to take over for Elsje! She will be out on maternity leave starting in September, so I am the temp! I feel like I am drowning in things still left to learn, but I am catching on fast. It has been so much fun working with her and dad and keeping up the tradition of the Murray girls working at RE/MAX!

Well, I hope this months letter finds you all happy! Have another great one! Love you all!

-Jamie

July Article..

Anyway- Lots of things have already transpired in this first month of summer!

Dad and I sang in a wicked awesome choir program. It really was very cool. It was titled America: A History Lesson. Terry Purcell wrote it and did an amazing job. I only almost passed out once after singing a really high note for a dramatic ending crescendo. It talked about how this isn’t only our land of promise, but it was also the same to the ancient people in book of mormon times. It talked about the stripling warriors and all the missionaries were read that have served missions since the ward started. Blaine was one of the five. Haha

The quad stake youth committee and I not only carried out our youth conference, we did it in style! It was a huge success! Everything ran smoothly and everyone in attendance seemed to have a blast. We played lots of fun games like flag football and musical chairs/twister/hoola hoops. And we even played human foosball (that was my game and everyone said it was the funnest. Just sayin... J ) We also tied about 36 quilts for the humanitarian center. It was so great to see all the kids descend on all the quilts and get them all done. It was definitely a memorable experience.

Speaking of memorable, JANICE KAPP PERRY! Came and spoke at our conference! It was so amazing! Alice Clegg just married her nephew. She is so witty and fun! Her husband ended his testimony telling us that we will go to hell if we listen to hard rock. We were all like.. ok? So there ya go. Haha that one got a few eyebrow raises. And I just have to tell you really quick- She was telling us how they met in college and they were in a tuba class. She had been trying to get his attention for a long time, and one day he came up to her and said “those lips look like they were made to do something more then playin that old tuba.” And they have been in love ever since. As she was finishing telling this story, he came up to her and laid a juicy one on here! Everyone started clapping… until we realized we were in the chapel…

I was at a birthday party this week at Rigby Lake. For six hours. I am burnt to a crisp… But it was tons of fun! They added a new little dock thing that’s anchored and it has a slide into the water. It was pretty fun.

I am one of two youth leaders for our double ward girl’s camp this year. It has been a blast serving with Sandi Jaussi and Mel Hart. The theme is Oh the Places you go by Dr. Seuss. All the wards have a book as their ward theme and we got the grinch stole Christmas. Hehe- needless to say, we are playing it up. We are taking a Christmas tree and lights and a fire place to hang stockings on. And we are all getting green santa hats with stripes! It has been so much fun planning it all!

Jess and I were going up to a fireside at the college, and decided to take some pictures of each other! It was so much fun and they turned out so well! Jess need to go pro. Just sayin.

I hope you have all had an amazing month and look forward to reading your articles!

Love ya!

-Six (teen)