November 2015

November 2015

Tuesday - 3rd
Mom's writing project for Mooresville, NC is due

Friday - 6th
Maddie has Ella Larsen's birthday party

Saturday - 7th
Madeleine - Nutcracker practice, 4-5:30pm
Adult Session of Stake Conference

Sunday - 8th
Youth Meeting for Stake Conference, Maddie performs in Youth Orchestra for prelude

Tuesday - 10th
Mom - meet with Sheri for lunch at 11am

Wednesday - 11th
Mom - meet with Jen @10am
Madeleine - nutcracker practice from 8-9pm

Thursday - 12th
Bryson Jr - Helaman's Charge for 11 year old Scouts, 7pm

Saturday - 14th
Madeleine and Mom - Ogden Temple and EFY (9am - 10pm....all day!)
*Emilia goes to the Treehouse Museum with Brooke and her kiddos, and then rides back with Carrie Staker to go home
Bryson and the boys - BYU Pow-Wow (8am - 2pm)

Monday - 16th
Madeleine - Fall Voice Recital at Highland Cove
Intensives start for Bryson Jr. - Pirates of Penzance play

Tuesday - 17th
Madeleine - nutcracker practice 8:35-9:15pm

Wednesday - 18th
Jacob - Scouts Pack Meeting 6:30pm
Madeleine - Cotillion from 8:15pm - 9:30pm and Nutcracker Practice 8:15pm - 9:15pm (*nutcracker wins)

Thursday - 19th
Madeleine -Voice 3-3:30pm  and piano 5-5:30pm
Bryson - Dance 4-6:30pm

Friday - 20th
Madeleine and Mom (with friends and moms) - Fiddler on the Roof at Skyline High
Scout Campout at Crystal Hot Springs (Bryson and both boys)

Saturday - 21st
Madeleine - Nutcracker practice 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Temple Date Night

Monday - 23rd
Madeleine - Nutcracker practice 6:30 - 9pm

Thanksgiving Break!  Wednesday the 25th - Saturday the 28th
*St. George Trip - leave Wednesday the 25th.
Thursday - hike in Snow Canyon and Thanksgiving Dinner at Bucca di Beppo
Friday - Zion's National Park - two hikes, cold and snowy
Saturday - Wake up, pack and drive home

Monday - 30th
Madeleine - voice lesson 2:30pm
Bryson - Babes & Beaux 5-6pm
Nutcracker practice - 7:45pm - 8:45pm

September 2015

Wednesday, September 2nd - Boys leave for Nebraska....driving.  Such a long drive.   

Thursday, September 3rd - Mom: Dentist App't @ 3pm, M: Piano Lesson

Tuesday, September 8th - M: 4-5 ballet 

Wednesday, September 9th - B: 4-5:30 Dance and 5:30 - 6:30pm Scouts, M: 4-6:40pm Dance and & & 7pm YW Activity 

Thursday, September 10th - M: Voice @ 3 & Piano @ 5pm 

Saturday, September 12th - Flag Football Clinic J: 11:30am and B: 1pm, Nutcracker Audtion for Maddie 11:30-1:45pm, Utah State Fair Performance for Bryson: 3pm, Robbins' Reunion 3:30pm - evening (in Lehi) and Eric & Amanda's Wedding Reception 6-8pm in Bountiful - Found out Maddie made Nutcracker after 9pm!  

Monday, September 14th - B: 5:30pm Jazz Class and 6pm Flag Football practice, M & B: Ballet 7-8pm 

Tuesday, September 15th - M: Cross Country Meet at BJH @ 3pm, J: Scouts 3:45-4:45pm 

Thursday, September 17th - Me: Wrapping "party" for Silent Auction items 10am - 12noon (our home) 

B: 4-6:30pm Jazz for Young America group, M: Voice @ 3pm and Piano @ 5pm 

Friday, September 18th - Morningside Elementary Blockwalk 4-8pm (set-up for Silent Auction 1-4pm)

Saturday, September 19th - Nutcracker Parent Meeting 10am - 12noon @ Capitol Theater, M: Lady in Waiting Rehearsal 3:30-5:30pm 

Tuesday, September 22nd - J: Picture Day, M: Cross-country meet @ Jefferson Jr. @ 3pm, J: Scouts 3:45-4:45pm 

Thursday, September 24th - Jacob's Birthday!  J: Flag Football practice 4-5pm, M: Voice @ 3pm and Piano @ 5pm, B: Dance 4-6:30pm and Flag football 5:45-6:45pm 

Friday, September 25th - M: Hair trim @ 1:30, Scout Camp Out - meet at our place & leave @ 4pm (Bryson's attending) 

Saturday, September 26th - J: Flag Football @ 12pm & B: 1pm @ Tanner Park, M: Nutcracker Rehearsal 3:30-5pm, Women's Conference - tickets for Conference Center 6-7:30pm, Dinner afterwards with Gma Joy and Maddie 

Monday, September 28th - B: Flag football practice @ 5pm, game @ 5:30pm, M: Ballet 7-8pm

Tuesday, September 29th - M: Cross-country meet at Kearn's Park @ 3pm, J: Flag football 4-5pm, Parent/Teacher Conf. @ Morningside 6:50pm 

Wednesday, September 30th - Scouts Pack Meeting @ 6:30pm 

 

 

August 2015

Month of August 

Sunday, August 2nd - BYC for Maddie (new calling as Beehive President!)
Tuesday, August 4th - Princess Academy & Knight Training - Kid's Camp!  10am - 12noon
Wednesday, August 5th - Lord Boating Day at East Canyon
Thursday, August 6th - Drive up to Kalispell, Montana!
Friday, August 7th - Visit Kalispell, Bryson flies in and FHS Reunion @ Buffalo Hills Golf Course
Saturday, August 8th - Boating Day at Bitteroot Day with the Gardner's!
Sunday, August 9th - Church & Family Picnic at Park, Stay at Lake Cabin
Monday, August 10th - Glacier National Park
Tuesday, August 11th - Bryson flies home early flight - leave to drive home....finally hours after packing, and not wanting to leave this gorgeous place!  Best Huckleberry Ice Cream, drive around Flathead Lake & long, long drive through Montana...finally stay in Dillon.  Late night swim & Emilia wakes up sick :(
Wednesday, August 12th - Finish Driving Home
Thursday, August 13th - RS Salad Social 7pm
Friday, August 14th - Clean-up containers delivered on our street
Monday, August 17th - Seven Peaks in afternoon with friends (Maddie: Ella & Liza, Bryson: Caleb)
Tuesday, August 18th - Temple Trip to Oquirrh Mountain Temple with Madeleine and her friends 12:45 - 4pm (trip to Menchie's for FroYo afterwards)
Wednesday, August 19th - 1st Day of School for Maddie & Jacob.  Ward Ice Cream Social at 6:30pm
Friday, August 21st - LAGOON DAY!  
Tuesday, August 25th - 1st Day of School for Bryson Jr.
Wednesday, August 26th - Pack Meeting and Cub Scout BBQ
Friday, August 28th - Seven Peaks with Friends

July 2015

Saturday, July 4th - Neighborhood Pot-luck and firework show at the Lorenzon's
Monday, July 6th - Friday, July 10th - Brighton Beehive Camp for Madeleine!  (and bunk mate cousin Ava Lord)
Tuesday, July 7th - 1st Kid's Camp!  Bug's Life for the boys - Bryson was in heaven being in charge :)
Wednesday, July 8th - Thursday, July 9th - Jacob's Cub Scout Twilight Camp!  (3:30pm - 9pm)
Thursday, July 9th - My Birthday!  Pedicure with Cynthia and dinner out
Friday, July 10th - Peter Pan Cast Party, 7pm in Bountiful
Saturday, July 11th - CHS 20th Reunion (Clean church @ 9am)
Monday, July 13th - Waterworks Kid's Camp!  10am - 12noon
Tuesday, July 14h - The Bryson's Birthdays!
Wednesday, July 15th - Sister Missionaries over for dinner (5pm)
Thursday, July 16th - Backyard Art Kid's Camp!  10am - 12noon
Friday, July 17th - Volunteer at This Is The Place Park
Saturday, July 18th - Haircut (mom)
Tuesday, July 21st - Hawaiian Luau Kid's Camp!  10am - 12noon
Thursday, July 23rd - Bryson's Dance Performance at Bountiful Handcart Days
Friday, July 24th - Sessions get into town!  Cafe Rio dinner, cousin play time & fireworks in the driveway.  THE firework show from Bryson & Dan (and the fireworks they purchased in WY...wowza!)
Saturday, July 25th - Girls' Day Out!  Lunch, Frozen Yogurt and Pedicures with sisters and mom, swimming in the afternoon and backyard dinner & bonfire with games and family time at Grandma Joy's
Sunday, July 26th - Baby Camille's Blessing with Family (@ our church), Family Dinner in Grandma Joy's Backyard
Monday, July 27th - Snowbird Stay and Play Day!  Amazing, fun, play day at Snowbird with all our family, plus Uncle Mike, Aunt Shauna and Emily.  *Best Day EVER!* (saith the kiddos)
Rides, walking, playing, eating, tram ride and more rides....thankfully the weather went from frigid and frightful, to beautiful and clear!
Tuesday, July 28th - Wedding Day!  Grandma Joy and Grandpops Colin married in the SLC Temple & Wedding Luncheon with family & close friends at the Joseph Smith Memorial.

June 2015

Month of June
So that I can fill in dates with my pictures & remember some of the extra crazy, fun and memorable days of our lives (ha ha!)

Monday, June 1st - Spring Dance Concert for Maddie & Bryson @ 7pm at BJH
Tuesday, June 2nd - Lost Boys 6-8pm, Entire Cast 6:30-8pm  and Pirates until 9:30pm
Wednesday, June 3rd - Entire Cast 6:30 - 9:45pm
Thursday, June 4th - Beach Day @ Morningside and Entire Cast Play Practice 6:30pm - 10pm
Friday, June 5th - Last Day of School!  Maddie's Swim Party with Friends
Saturday, June 6th - Entire Cast Play Practice from 9am - 1pm & Payson Temple Cultural Celebration in Provo @ 7pm (it poured!)
Sunday, June 7th - Fast Sunday
Monday, June 8th - Entire Cast Rehearsal - 1st time @ Murray Amphitheater, 6pm - 11pm
(same rehearsal schedule for Tues the 9th, Wed. the 10th, Thurs. the 11th and Friday the 12th)
Saturday, June 13th - Double Rehearsal 8:30am - 11am and 8pm (start time - early for make-up & costume).  Also, wedding reception for Emily and Colby (Kip) cousins down in Alpine.
June 15th & 16th - Dress Rehearsals:  6pm - 11pm
Wednesday, June 17th - 5:30am be at the Murray Amphitheater, TV appearance with Big Buddha on Fox 13.  Opening Night of Peter Pan!
Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th - Peter Pan Performances 8pm (costume and make-up @7pm)
June 21st - Father's Day
Monday, June 22nd - Bryson's 11 year old Scout Camp!  Cottonwood High School Friend "reunion" at Murray Park - 6pm, Peter Pan Performance @ 8pm
Tuesday, June 23rd - Bryson's 11 year old Scout Camp!  Peter Pan Performance @ 8pm - Maddie's Friends & Machen Cousins come
Wednesday, June 24th - Maddie up for the day for Girl's Camp (pick-up in Kamas at 3pm), Peter Pan Performance @ 8pm
Thursday, June 25th - Closing Night!  Peter Pan Performance @ 8pm
Saturday, June 27th - Sarah (Dalton's) Birthday Party for Maddie (7-10pm)
Tuesday, June 30th - Baby Shower for Tessa (Machen cousins) at 6pm in Sandy

May 2015

Saturday, May 2nd - Dance Competition at Kearns High School, Pirate Practice 8am - 10am and Lost Boys from 11am - 12noon & Adult Session of Stake Conference
Saturday, May 3rd - Stake Conference
Monday, May 4th - M: Dance 5-6, B: Soccer 5-6 and J: Soccer 6:30-7:30 & FHE
Tuesday, May 5th - M: Dance 5-6pm, B: Jazz Extra Class for boys 5:15-6:15pm and Lost Boys Play Practice 6:30-9pm (start practicing at the old Fire Station)
Wednesday, May 6th - J: Scouts 6:15-7:15, M & B: Dance 4-6:30pm, M: YW @ 7pm and Dance Team Rehearsal from 6-9pm
Thursday, May 7th - B: Dance 4-6:30pm, Pirate Rehearsal 7-10pm
Saturday, May 9th - J: Soccer @ 9:30am and Bball @ 12noon, B: Soccer @ 1:30pm, Summer - Pirate Rehearsal 8:30-11am and Lost Boys 10 - 11am {Nauvoo - Emily & Colby's Wedding}
Monday, May 11th -  M: Dance 5-6, B: Soccer 5-6 and J: Soccer 6:30-7:30 & Rehearal for everyone 6:30-9pm
Tuesday, May 12th - J: BBall practice 6-7pm, M: Orchestra Concert 7-8pm and Play Rehearsal for everyone 6:30-9pm
Wednesday, May 13th - M: Voice 2:30-3pm, M & B: Dance 4-6:30pm, M: Play Rehearsal 6-8pm and Mom's Play Rehearsal 8-10pm
Thursday, May 14th - Play Rehearsal for everyone 6:30-9:30pm
Friday, May 15th - Payson Temple Open House!  Pick up Bryson from work, then dinner @ Five Guys in Lehi & Open House.
Saturday, May 16th - Brighton Camp Registration @ 8am, B: Soccer @ 11am, J: Bball game @ 1pm (last game) and Soccer @ 2:30pm & Play Rehearsal for everyone from 9-12am
Monday, May 18th - Play Practice for Everyone 6:30-9:30pm
Tuesday, May 19th - Dance Pictures - M @ 5pm, B @ 5:20pm and B again @ 6:45pm (which didn't even happen that way - we were there forever waiting for pictures forever!  I finally ran Maddie and Jacob down to play practice and came back up to wait for Bryson to finish.  Worst picture experience ever!).  Play practice for everyone 6:30-9:30pm
Wednesday, May 20th - Maddie: Choir Concert @ 7pm, Mom: Pirate Rehearsal 8-10pm
Thursday, May 21st - Play practice for everyone 6:30-9:30pm
Friday, May 22nd - Maddie: Honor Roll Celebration at Classic Skating 1-4pm, Scout Camp Out (have to re-check on this one...did they really go on Memorial Day Weekend?!)
Monday, May 25th - Backyard Work Day and then Neighborhood BBQ and Swim @ Abbott's 5pm
Tuesday, May 26th - M: Group Voice Lesson @ 3pm, Lost Boys Practice 6-7:30pm, Pirates 7:30-9:45pm, Dance Performance at Chateau Brickyard (Maddie & Bryson) @ 7pm
Wednesday, May 27th - Bryson's Arrow of Light Ceremony 7pm, Maddie's Awards Ceremony @ 6:30pm and Bryson's Dance Performance at Highland Cove at 7pm (yeah....all at the same time...that's not possible)
Thursday, May 28th - Dance Performance at Trolley Square 7pm, Pirate Rehearsal 7:30-9:45pm
Friday, May 29th - Dance Performance at Gateway @ 6pm, Dinner with Brooke & kids, and Dad after
Saturday, May 30th - Last Soccer Games B @ 11 & J @ 11:30, Maddie and Bryson Finale Dance Practice at Dance Studio 1-3pm

Emilia the Show Girl

Emilia is one funny little girl.  She keeps us laughing most of the day with the things she says, her cute little behavior and that she can be super sassy...also sweet, but wow there is some kick to this girl!

I wanted to give a run-down of the things that Emilia has been and is currently interested.

SHOWS
Last fall (2014), she started to get to the age where she could watch a movie for more than the 20 minutes of Signing Time.  She loved all the Signing Time DVD's and in the morning while I was trying to get the boys up and off to school, she would usually watch one (or a few) Signing Time DVD's.  She learned A LOT of signs, and would sign the opening credit song and also learned a lot of the other songs throughout each DVD.

Right before Christmas time, I was needing something a little different that she would watch, so I put in Frozen, and she loved it!  She watched it so many times that she started to belt out 'Let It Go' as Elsa traveled up the mountain - even though most little girls around the world know and sing this song, we loved our Emilia's singing of this!  She also would do the cutting sound of the saws on the ice from the beginning of the movie (ch-ch-ch-ch), she also started to sing and dance to 'For the First Time in Forever'.  She loved Frozen and watched it so many times during December!

After Christmas, her next movie choice was Curious George, which she had gotten for a present.  During the beginning when George is in the jungle with the animals, she would get a little scared from the Lion, and would bury her face in me or the couch pillows.  She eventually got over her fair and would laugh when George and the Lion's blew on the plants, making it look like they were sticking out their tongues.  The other part that made me laugh watching it with her, is when George holds onto all the balloons and floats away.  She would call out to George to be careful and watch out, as George's balloons ran into a building and popped with George falling down.

The next movies that she has watched (and when I saw watched, each movie would run the favorite place holding with her, and she would watch the show over and over - memorizing, lines, songs and movements.  Emilia went through Peter Pan...which she absolutely adored, but also got scared when Peter comes at the beginning and is trying to get his shadow.  She would sing the song 'We're Following the Leader' and march around the house.  She also loved Mary Poppins - which one day she jumped up on our black center table in the living room and danced around when they did 'Step in Time'.  She also took the tape measure one time, and pulled it out and exclaimed, "Mary Poppins!  Perfect!"

Other shows she cycled through were Cinderella, Robin Hood and Tangled.  With Cinderella I felt like I was time traveling with Madeleine as a toddler - that was one of her favorite movies as well, and she would run in to put on her Cinderella dress that we had gotten her for Halloween.  Emilia doesn't have a Cinderella dress, but she would run in her room and ask for a "pretty dress".  She has always loved dresses, but she really loves to wear them now - she doesn't like pants and prefers a pretty dress every day of the week.

While I don't believe in the TV being on for hours a day, it has been fun to sit down and watch Emilia's face light up with wonder at the scenes, colors, dancing and singing and I absolutely will get drawn in to sitting down and watching a few scenes & sometimes an entire show with her...so many shows I haven't watched all the way through ever or in a very long time.  It's been really fun to rediscover them with her!

One of the latest favorite shows (and I love how she asks for a SHOW - not a movie) - was Sound of Music.  She absolutely loves the Do-Re-Me song and we watched that scene over and over, and she has memorized the song.  She asks for me to sing it to her when I'm putting her down for a nap or bed, and she will sing it around the house or in the car all the time.  She has a loud voice and really belts out the songs!   I have high hopes that she'll be wanting to do plays and join us in a play or do one on her own before long.  

We really love our little show girl!