Tell Me Why -

My sister Kay sent this to me and I thought it was amazing and wanted to share it. "This is a video of a 13-year old boy singing a song for which he wrote the lyrics and composed the music. Incidentally, he also has a very nice singing voice, into which he puts all of the nuances of emotion, pathos and passion that he can muster at his tender age. This boy gives this song, which has a very strong message, ALL he has in his presentation. Bravo! Enjoy!"

FLASHBACK FRIDAY - Halloween 1994

Here is a picture of Michael (8) as a Ninja, Mallory(6) as Fairy Princess, and baby Cameron (8 months) as a bumblebee. Aren't they cute?

Cameron's School Picture

I love technology.... (I'm not going to sing the song). Anyway, this year I ordered the CD that came with the picture package. So all I had to do was copy it to my hard drive without having to scan it. They put the pictures in color, black and white, and Sepia. They are so cute I have to put all three on here. He actually looks like a High School kid. That means he is growing up. What a happy day...... :)

Jib Jab Chippendales

Zane Rigby put this together and it is hilarious. All the men in it are in my ward. It's so hilarious because none of these men have these bodies and probably never did. (No offense guys). But it is fun to watch anyway. Enjoy!

FOOTBALL DANCE - AWESOME!

College Roommate Reunion

The other night I drove up to Layton to have dinner with 2 of my college roommates. It was so nice to get together with them after so many years. (too many to count) Candy and I have been friends throughout middle school and high school and then college. Irene is a sweetheart. She was born with a disability and has never let it get her down. She is like 3 feet tall but has a giant heart. We were so blessed to have a roommate like her because she always had a positive outlook on life. Now she lives in Logan. Candy just moved back to Utah after living in Virginia for over 20 years. It is great to have her close by. Even though Clinton isn't close by but it is a heck of a lot closer than Virginia. I loved our little reunion ladies and I think we need to get together more often now. Here are few pictures from our evening. I wish I could find our college pictures but they are in a box who knows where. Or if Troy got hold of them they are in a landfill long filled over with the rest of my sentimental things he throughout while I was in the hospital for 2 months. MEN!!!

Wendy, Candy, Irene

Mallory's New Blog

Mallory has decided on a new career path and she is going into photography. She started taking classes as SLCC and she is building up her portfolio. I am so proud of her and I know that she is very passionate about doing this. She really looks up to her cousins who have been very successful in this area and hopefully they will give her some tips. I am happy for her and I know she will be successful in anything she attempts. If you want to add her to your blogs to follow her new address is: www.photographybymal.blogspot.com Be sure and check it out. She just put it together today so it is still very new but should improve daily. We are hoping that our sweet friend Laura will help her with a really cute header. hint hint. By the way, I will give her cousins a shameless plug here. I must say, they are AWESOME!
Brooke Moon: www.brookemoonphotography.blogspot.com
and Hailey McGuire: www.hayleebeanphotography.com

HAPPY "21ST" BIRTHDAY MALLORY

Our little Mallory was born on Thursday Sept 1st at 6:08 p.m. She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz. and was 18" long. We were so excited to have a baby girl. We loved having Michael and he was all boy but I wanted a little girl so I could do all the "foo foo" stuff with. Trust me, she was very "foo foo" until her dad got hold of her and took her fishing and hunting and stuff like that. So, she is well balanced. She can sing, dance, cook, look beautiful, and she can also, fish and clean the fish. Hunt and not afraid to clean the deer and also enjoyed disecting the heart because she was curious. That's my girl. Now she has a new passion. Photography. Good luck sweetie with this new venture in your life. I know you will be a great success. We hope you have a wonderful birthday. WE LOVE YOU!

Mom, baby Mallory and Nannie (My Mom before she died)

TIC TAC TESTIMONY

Last night I was searching the internet for LDS Humor to find a joke to put in our Relief Society Newsletter. While searching I found this cute little story about a woman and her ward testimony meeting.

“My wonderful ward, bless its heart. The same motley crew gets up every single month to bear their testimonies. A few of us who are too chicken to ever go up to the pulpit will every-so-often sit together or in proximity to each other and draw blank tic-tac-toe boards. Instead of X's and O's, we write the names of people we think will get up in each square. We then black out the square if the corresponding person gets up to bear his or her testimony. First player to get 3-in-a-row "wins". Yeah, I agree that this seems pretty "sacrilegious", but I still get a lot out of these meetings, I swear I do”.

By Anonymous

I hope I didn't give you all any new ideas for church next week. I already had a friend write me after I emailed it to her and said that she was for sure going to try it. She has a lot of "The Usuals".

HANSON BOYS NEW TOY

It is a known fact that men really never grow up. Today Troy and Cameron went and bought themselves an old Land Cruiser. 1970 to be exact. They are going to work on it together and get it drivable for Cameron. (Who will be turning 16 in February - HELP). It is going to need a lot of work and thankfully we have a friend up the street who knows his way around a cruiser pretty well. Thanks Scott and Laura! Especially Laura for letting Scott play with Troy on the cruiser.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY - Bear Lake 1998

This is the family picture at Bear Lake after working and playing all weekend. Notice how far up the water is. We haven't seen it that way for soooo long. Probably 11 years. ha ha. Now we have about 50 to 75 yards of beach.

COUNTING DOWN

Well, just a week left until school starts. Yahoo!!! Cam went and registered for school last week and came home with his schedule. There was a note for him to go and see a counselor. Wouldn't you know it? School hasn't even started yet and already he has to go and see the counselor. At least it isn't the Principal. Actually, we have a friend who is a counselor over at the school and she said that 75% of all the students have to meet with a counselor. There were problems with the computer system and the new school district. It has been a big head ache for them. So now he has to go and stand in a long line to go meet with a counselor.