Recent activities of the kidlet...

FALL IS FUN!

Fun at the Scarecrow Festival

Lyssie singing with her group.

This very talented young guy sang "This is your song" by Elton John. It was an awesome performance.

Some fun with Smile*box

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Recitations of a poem....

If I can stop one heart from breaking

I shall not live in vain.

If I can ease one life the aching

or cool one pain.

Or help a fainting robin

into his nest again.

I shall not live in vain.

-Emily Dickinson

-Recited by Lyssie Lou today in 6th grade

What SHE thinks...UPDATED!!!!

So this kiddo of ours is quite interesting to talk to...we got talking and here is what SHE thinks:

1. What is something that (stepmom/Susie) always say to her...
A-That I love her.

2. What makes me (Susie) happy...
A-When somebody else does the dishes.

3. What makes me (Susie) sad...
A-When I tell a lie.

4. How do I (Susie) make her laugh...
A-When you do something funny with the dog.

5. What was I (Susie) like as a child...
A-A little mother.

6. How old am I (Susie)...
A-35?

7. How tall am I (Susie)...
A-5'6"?

8. What is my (Susie's) favorite thing to watch on t.v...
A-survivor?

9. What do I (Susie) do when A is not around...
A-cross-stich, sleep and make dinner.

10. If I (Susie) ever become famous, it will be for...
A-The best swimmer ever.

11. What am I (Susie) really good at...
A-Cross-stitching, swimming and piano

12. What am I (Susie) not very good at...
A-electronics.

13. What do I (Susie) do for my job...
A-Keeping the house in order

14. What is my (Susie's) favorite food...
A-Filet Minon.

15. What makes A proud of me (Susie)...
A-She's a good stay at home mom, plus she's nice, funny plus she makes me laugh all the time.

16. If I (Susie) were a cartoon character, who would I be...
A- Wilma Flintsone.

17. What do I (Susie) and A do together...
A-Play games, cook and shop.

18. How am I (Susie) and A the same...
A-The same Haircolor?

19. Where is my (Susie's) favorite place to go...
A-The Bahamas

I will tell you all that not all her answers are actually correct...but we sure had fun talking!!



*****UPDATE*****
I thought I would post how many she actually got correct and what the correct answers were:

1. Correct - I do tell her I love her.

2. Correct - I do luv when I don't have to do the dishes.

3. Correct, her not telling me the truth is one thing that makes me sad.

4. Correct I think. When I'm silly with her it makes her laugh.

5. Correct, I had a sick mother as a child so being the oldest I took care of my younger sisters.

6. Correct age...for now.

7. A little off. I think I'm probably 5'5"

8. Incorrect...survi*vor is not my favorite t.v. show. I'm a little documentary nerd.

9. Incorrect...I do not have the time to sleep or cross-stich all day. I do, however, make dinner.

10. Incorrect, while I do enjoy swimming I'll never be famous for it. Hahahaha funny though!

11. Correct, I am pretty good at piano and cross-stitching and also not bad at swimming.

12. Correct, I think it would be fair to say I'm not good with electronics, not bad either though.

13. Correct, A big part of my job is keeping the house in order.

14. Not really, while I luvs me a good Filet...I really don't have a favorite food.

15. Correct, I have to say that HER opinion is what counts on this one.

16. Correct, this is HER opinion as well. Although Wilma Flintsone?? Not so flattering. Thanks kid.

17. Correct, we do cook, play and shop.

18. Incorrect, we don't really have the same haircolor unless I dye mine.

19. Incorrect, my favorite place to go is not the Baha*mas...it's really anywhere with my family.

Wow, What a Week!!

So Lyssa Lou, completed a science fair project for school and was one of the winners there. Last night there was the district level of competition...where she won again!! She is now headed off to the State Science Fair at BYU in a few weeks. What a gal!! Her science fair project was "Does chewing gum effect the temperature of your mouth?"

Also today is Valentine's Day and I had to tell my family that I love them.

You are what is most precious to me!

Our Christmas Fun!

Well we had a great Christmas with lots of cheer. We all had fun and received gifts that we wanted. We have fond memories from each side of the family and had a wonderful time spending time in our little family as well. Hope you all had a great one.

"Us"

Youngest niece and sister

cute nieces

The dog taking what she wanted for Christmas

Scott, Alyssa and the nephews

New books, Hooray!!

Lyssie Lou's Christmas hat & mittens

tired of waiting for the picture

Too Many Birthday's

In our Family we have a lot of birthday's starting from July until January. In fact I think they are all in that time frame. Dianne and Whitney's birthday's are in July, mine and Lyssie Lou's are in August, Mike and Shannon in September. Ted's is in October I think, and I also think Russell's is in November along with Tanner and Ethan. Scott is in December and Steve's is in January. Fall is a crazy time for us. Over the weekend we celebrated Shannon and Mike's birthday together. It was a great time. Dianne made Cafe Rio dinner yum, yum. I'll include some pics from the party.

Scott & Dianne

Evan (my cute newest nephew)

Tanner & Ethan (my cute older nephews)

Ted and Whitney

Sorry Whitney, I just had to post this picture...you made it too easy to do it. LOL