Sweetheart's for Brandon

This is how Brandon answered "Agnes" (aka Stacy) for Sweethearts.

The bucket was filled with Lindtor milk chocolates.  Yum!  She really liked it...

Here's Brandon and Cy (Kitchens) waiting to be picked up by their dates.  Such handsome fellows!

This picture cracks me up!  Funny boys!  (I have no idea what Cy is doing, but it totally made me laugh!)  :)

Oh, so cute!  Stacy and Brandon

This is Cy and his date (don't know her name...sorry).

I think they had a lot of fun on their date.

This is a picture of Brandon and Stacy from tour.  I thought it was such a cute picture of them both, I had to post it.

Enjoying the Sun!

We have had such a mild winter this year.  And it has been Spring-like weather for awhile now.  So we took a few outdoor shots to prove it!  :)

I love this picture.  It was perfectly shot while Jacob was in the air. That never happens to me...for real!

Even Dallin got in on the fun.  He decided to do his homework in the tree.  He discovered that this is his new favorite spot to do homework. (I don't care where he does it, just as long as he does it.)  :)

And these next two pictures are what the kids found when they opened the fridge on April Fools Day!   The food is alive!  :) (I think I enjoyed this joke more than the kids.)  Oh well...

A Brandon Post

 This post is going to be all about Brandon!  He's had so much going on lately!  This first picture was taken the night of Junior Prom before he left to pick up his date, Stacy Bevan (we call her "Agnes"--just for fun!  All of the girls my boys like have a "code" name.)  HA! :)

And these next few pictures were taken at her house.  Brandon ordered his own corsage this time, but he didn't realize that it was a "tie" wrist corsage.  You can see him struggling a little.  Remember those days?  (I so wish I'd been there to see it!)  :)



A little bit closer...



Still working on it...  :)

Hey, he got it!  And now it's her turn to pin the flower on Brandon.



 And here they are together...all ready to go!  Look how beautiful she is and her dress is amazing!  Ahhh, so cute!

 I'm assuming this was at dinner.  Stacy, Bridget,  Kathryn

I think Brandon had a great time.  They went to dinner at a place in Gateway that had a live band playing (his kind-of thing).  He said it was really cool, although it was quite pricey!  But when you're a Senior, that doesn't matter too much (especially if your parents are helping cover the bill)!  :)

The next event that Brandon was involved in was Concerto Night.  It was a big deal and he was AWESOME!

There were 10 numbers all together, 11 soloists (one was a duet).  They were all absolutely amazing!

These are the pictures of each of the performers.  They were displayed on a table outside of the auditorium.  (Brandon's on the left.)



Brandon's friend, Sam Hurst, is the one on the left in this picture.  He played the clarinet and he ROCKED it!  (He was seriously one of my favorites!)

This is a lousy picture of Brandon, but it was taken at the end of the night, after all the performances were over.

See that big smile?  So handsome!  (Plus the concert is over, so Brandon is quite happy at this point!)

I wish this picture wasn't blurry.  Left to right, there's Brandon, (some photo-bomber in the back--Noah Brown), Amber (Brandon's band teacher) and Hunter Durfee.

This picture cracks me up!  Brandon and I were trying to take a serious picture, but there's Hunter in the back photo-bombing it!  It's the perfect photo-bomb though, don't you think?  :)

So here's one without Hunter.  Funny kid! :)

Todd and Brandon

Seriously the whole night was amazing!  Every single performance was outstanding and I was in awe of each soloist!  So much talent in one room!

This next event for Brandon involves the Sweethearts Dance!  He was asked by "Agnes" (aka Stacy).  She asked him in a really cute way.  She dropped off this huge cookie!

That whole thing was made out of frosting!  It was pretty awesome!  Everyone had samples for several days and then we decided to freeze the "picture part" for another day.   I will tell about the dance in another blog post, since it hasn't happened yet.  :)

One last thing for Brandon is that he got a job!  Yippee!  His job at Riverton Music was temporary, even though he got to work there for an entire year.  But after the second busy season, the job ended.  So he hasn't worked since October.  I think he got used to having a little extra cash around!  :)

He's working in an orthodontic office now.  He cleans/sterilizes the instruments for the assistants and makes sure everything is ready to go when the Orthodontist needs them.  He's only been there for a few weeks, but I think he likes it.  And he finally got his own name badge!  (We told him he can't quit now!)  HA!

Well, that's it for now.  Looking ahead, I'm thinking that the next couple of posts could be about Brandon too.  Sweethearts and Band Tour coming up.  But then it's Spring Break and hopefully I'll have a family activity or two to share.  :)  Until then...Have a happy day!  :)

Jacob's last Pinewood Derby! January 2015

 

Well, we've finally made it to the last Pinewood Derby.  I can't believe we won't have to build anymore cars.  Except, several people have brought up the fact that maybe we will have grandkids who need Todd's help, but if so, that's a while away.  So for now, we're saying we're done.  :)

 

The Woolleys (in our ward) have a son (Cameron) who can print out thin "paper sleeve" sticker sheets with most any picture on it.  He found a template on line for a Mincecraft pinewood derby car and printed some out for us.  Jacob was ecstatic!  And it turned out sooooo good.  Another plus?  No painting involved!!!  And that made Todd happy!

 

 

All the derby racers!

 



And here's a picture of all the cars...

 



 

Jacob didn't win any spectacular prize, or place first, second, or third, but you can see from the picture that it didn't matter.  Jacob had fun and so did we!

 

 

 

Jacob and his friend, Max Goff.

 



 

I can't remember what his award said....something random.  And everybody gets one of those, so no one walks away completely empty-handed.  But like I said before, it didn't matter.  Jacob loved his car!

 



And one last look for your viewing pleasure...

 



 

 Goodbye pinewood derbys!  It's been great while it lasted! (But I think I'm ready to be done.)

 

January Randomness 2015

When Todd's Mom passed away, a family in our ward (Dave and Pat Peterson) gave us two plants.  They were beautiful!  3 years have gone by and not only did we NOT kill those plants, they've actually grown into monstrous plants.  They literally were taking over our living room.  Drastic times called for drastic measures... :) 

 

Plant #1  See how wide it is!

 

Plant #2  Tall AND wide!

Well, we didn't want to throw them away, but we also couldn't keep them like this.  So Todd went online and researched how to cut back these types of plants.  We weren't sure they would survive, but we at least had to try!  

 

I only have one picture of the "middle" of the actual cutting process.  I don't know why I didn't take more.  A little annoying!

 



But seriously, look how much better they look!  This is plant #1.

 



(Ok, for some reason, I cannot get plant #2 to load.  Frustrating!)  But here they are together in my living room now.  The #2 plant is on the left.  :)

 

Pretty awesome, eh?

 

Last month, Brandon got asked to Sweetheart's by a girl who goes to West Jordan High.  She rang the doorbell and left an iceberg shake along with a note that said something like, "I would just "shake" with delight if you went to Sweethearts with me."  Cute, huh?  (I didn't take a picture...don't know why.  Probably because Brandon ate it before I could!)  HA!

 

 

This is what Brandon did to answer her.  We filled up a jar of fishie crackers and in the middle was a note that said, "Of all the fishes in the sea, I'm really glad that you picked me."  And then he wrote, "YES."  Pretty clever....and inexpensive!  :)

 

 

And here are two cards that I made for a son of a family who lives in our ward (Alan Nygren) who just recently lost his wife to cancer.  It was so sad.  This first card was given to the Nygren family from all those in the ward who contributed money for a gift.

 

This card was given to Alan from our ward with all the names who contributed to his gift.  My heart goes out to Alan and his family.