Knee Surgury

So, I'm not sure if you already knew this but...my dad tore his meniscus (tissue in his knee) awhile ago, which is why he has not been able to run for about a year now! ...So he got surgery on his knee, and they took out the torn tissue! It was not a very serious surgery so he went into the hospital in the morning and came home that night. He was going to come home earlier in the evening but he was not coming out of the anesthesia very well so they kept him longer but eventually they were closing so they had to send him home...he was still very out of it for the rest of the night -we had to have two of his friends help us get him inside...he still had to sleep downstairs though, because he couldn't put any pressure on his knee and was two heavy to carry. Over the next few days he came back to 'normal' but still had to use crutches to get around of course...he used up for just under a week and then got tired of them and hobbled around for a few days but is just about normal now! :)

Another Marathon

Yes, my mom ran ANOTHER MARATHON!! Crazy lady!! She ran the St. George Marathon with her brother Danny and her friends -Jenifer Hadfield, and Mike Jensen. She went up to Utah with my dad and met up with most of her family who live in Utah and hung out with them for a little while, and then they all drove down for the race and cheered for my mom and her brother and friends at the finish line:) She ran the marathon in 3 hours and 19 minutes -GO MOM!!

Audreys Baptism

All the family

Our family

Audrey and Dad before the baptism in their suits

Audrey was baptized on the Saterday, September 24th. We had lots of family and freinds come for the special event, so many actually that we had to go to the chapel for the program and only went into the baptism room for the actual baptism! It was a very spiritual, sweet and special experiance! Thank Audrey for being such a good young lady and making the right choices, we love you and are so proud of you for taking this step in your life;)

Fun Cousin Pictures

So I'm decorating my room and needed some cute pictures for frames that I want to hang up in my room so I asked my aunt if she could take some pictures, and she said yes of course...so here are the eight pictures that I decided on using! :)

Halloween Costumes!!

So this year i was trying to think of doing some thing fun for my Halloween costume, that I can do with my best friend, because we are going trick-or-treating together...so we came up with being thing one and thing two!!-we will wear red footie PJ's, make a thing one and thing two belly thing with felt and sew it on (cus we want to use the PJ's again...) and then wear our hair in high pony tails, sticking out in all directions (cus we both have long curly hair -we call each other the 'curly haired girls' haha anyways...) and then we will do the spray paint washable hair stuff so we have blue hair, then have crazy fake eye lashes and sparkly eye liner...what do ya think?? :)

Nutcracker Cast

The cast has come out for my dance company's nutcracker, that will take place this winter!! I will be in snow, waltz of flowers and licorice/ribbons!! :)

Fall

Fall is officially here! :) The rain has started, the cold weather and the rain jackets have been pulled out...after having really warm weather for awhile its kind of a shocker but feels good to, and for a change was some what missed;)

High School!!

OK so I'm going to be a freshman next school year... and I'm having a really hard time deciding what high school I'm going to...i have the option to go to my home high school which is Skyview or go to VSAA for high school which, is the school that I'm going to now so i would be there for high school and middle school...see I'm torn because i really like VSAA and all of its fun programs/electives that it has to offer but i also hear that skyview is really good and i kind of want to switch it up and have the 'normal' high school experience...and then I'm also torn because my best friend and a few of my friends I have made at VSAA are planning on staying but all of my friends from church and some from dance are going to Skyview...ahhhhh i hate making decisions like this:( ...haha:)

Our little 8 year old!

Audrey getting baptized!! what?!!? I can hardly believe that my little sister that i remember bouncing around, just being the cutest baby ever is now getting baptized! :) She got her ears pierced and she got her pretty dress and shes all really to go! She will be doing a double baptism with one of her friends who has the same birthday (September 4th) as her which is kind of cool:) The baptism is on September 24th at 3pm, i hope you can all come, it will be a fun weekend! :)

To all those heros!!

http://youtu.be/H2xxBmoaBDM -here's a video about 9/11 that really stuck with me:)

I give my heart and tears today to the thousands of people who were killed and gave there lives in that tragic moment 10 years ago! This was a horrible event that never should of happened and has caused our country many pains...as we reflect on this time may we not ponder on how horrible this day was but how many hero's were made on that day that changed America forever! Shall we always respect those people who saved America from even more tragedy. And be grateful that we were not harmed on that horrible day. Thank you hero's of 9/11!! :)