July 2009

We had a fun Fourth of July celebrating with our friends from Las Vegas who were here visiting, and also my brother and his family were here! Victor and Kelsey, together with our friend Sandra from Las Vegas, ran the Provo Freedom Run that morning, which is becoming a tradition.

Kelsey was able to participate in our stake’s Handcart Trek, where they went to Wyoming for 4 days (3 1/2) and walked 32 miles!!

All their belongings (except bedding) had to fit in this 5 gallon bucket (which she decorated quite nicely thanks to her dad's vinyl machine!).


Her Trek Family:


Pushing their handcart:

The Trail:

And the beautiful sunset:

And here's when I picked her up. Dirty and exhausted, but still smiling!

A HUGE thank you to my friend Starr for Kelsey’s very stylish clothes!! I think she was one of the best looking pioneers there. :) What an experience -- I’m glad she was able to go!

Kelsey also got her Driver’s Permit and started her Driver’s Ed classes!!! Very scary! :) Not her driving, just the fact that she is driving!!

Kelsey and I and my sister-in-law Flor were able to go to the American Idol concert!! And we stayed after and got autographs of 9 of the 10, so that was fun. They all sounded amazing live, and I’m so glad we were able to go!! Very fun!

Our favorite American Idol: Adam!

We were able to go to Dillon, Colorado for a week with two of my sisters and their families, but I will make a separate post for that. Isn't it beautiful?!

My parents and brother, Tyler, were here for a few days at the end of the month. We love when when they can come and stay with us! We were able to visit with a lot of our extended family and friends while they were here, and we hope they continue to come back and visit us often! Here is my brother with two of his long-time friends, Ben and James.

June 2009

Since I'm so far behind, I will try to give little synopses and not put too many pictures so you don’t get tired of reading everything! June had some fun events. Kelsey got her braces off! Now her smile is even more beautiful than before! Here are some before and after shots.

Kelsey also had Girls Camp. They went up American Fork Canyon to Granite Flats. I stole a couple of her pictures to post.

Kelsey also celebrated her 15th birthday!!! CRAZY! It was a fun day.

We also welcomed a new member of the family......

.....compliments of my extremely generous parents. We LOVE it and are so grateful to them!! Thank you, again!!

Kent was able to take a Lego Class with 5 of his friends through the City, which was very fun (I think)! It was quite a chore getting them all registered for the same class, but after working with the teacher, we were able to do it! They went an hour a day for 10 days, and I think they all had a good time. I didn't get any pictures of them, but here he is with his friend, Josh (who did take the Lego class with him), and just a cute picture of him!


We were able to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House with Victor’s sister and her family, and also take Victor’s mom who was here visiting from Mexico. Beautiful building. And no, this isn't a picture of when we went (obviously, since there is no snow in June!), but I liked it.

Victor also ran the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay, which is a 188-mile race that you run in teams of 12, from Logan to Park City. It was a grueling 33 hours, but they did it! I think Victor ended up running 3 legs for a total of 18 miles. I don’t know if he’ll do it again or not (!), but I think it’s an absolutely amazing accomplishment!!

Catch-Up

Okay, so I'm a slacker and haven't updated my blog in months! I'm going to try and catch up! To start, here's a recent picture of my cute family!

Kel's Choir Concert

Kelsey had her Concert Choir concert last week. She had a solo in one of the songs, and did an amazing job (of course!). She sprained her ankle a couple days before (thus the crutches). The choir did a really good job.

Stars Assembly

Kelsey participated in her school's Star Assembly last week. It's basically a talent show the school has twice a year; kids have to try out for it, and they only let a "select few" do it. They also try and have kids that haven't done it before. Anyway, Kel's tried out in past years with groups of friends but never made it in. Until this year. :) Kel and 5 of her friends (all 9th graders) decided to do "Alone" by Heart. They did AWESOME!!!! I missed the first few seconds since I was going to use my video camera, but realized at the last second that it was full because Kent had used it to make his Lego movie. SO I had to hurry and switch to using my regular camera, and in the process, missed the very beginning.



Enjoy! She's amazing!!

Mulan

As most of you know, Kelsey was in her school's production of "Mulan" last week. She did an AMAZING job and looked gorgeous, too! Here are some fun pictures of her! She was a "bride"/hairdresser (you remember in the cartoon, the "brides" who help Mulan get ready to meet the matchmaker) and then a soldier (rather than being in the chorus - the soldiers had funner songs to sing!). And a huge THANK YOU to my friend, Starr, for making Kel's costume and for doing her hair every night!! You're an angel!

Isn't she beautiful?!

Here is a video clip I took of her on closing night, with the brides doing their song, and they all have a little solo. She was the only one that didn't have a microphone, yet you can still hear her over the rest when they all sing together, if you listen really close (and know what her voice sounds like!). She did an absolutley amazing job and I'm so proud of her!