To be like M&M!

Monday, November 30, 2015

M&M was sitting on the couch studying and MJ was sitting next to her copying down the things that M&M was writing! And Kay was sitting on the other side brushing M&M's hair! It was really cute!

Sounds of the Season 2015

Saturday, December 5, 2015

M&M was able to participate in the Sounds of the Season concert again this year with me. It is fun being able to share this experience with her as well as with my parents!

BYU football game

Saturday, November 21, 2015

We have never taken our kids to a BYU football game so when I heard a deal on the radio for some discounted tickets for their last home football game, I talked DH into us going with Luke and M&M. It was a fun experience - although it got a little cold towards the end of the game! They also won which made it nice - although it would have been more exciting if the game had been a little closer! We also enjoyed watching the marching band!

Winter Band Concerts

Tuesday, October 28, 2015

M&M and Luke both had their winter band concerts on the same night so DH and I had to split up.


I don't have any pictures of M&M's band for the concert - except for some blurry ones!

Mt. Timpanogos Competition

Saturday, October 24, 2015

This was M&M's last local competition before the St. George trip and state competition. DH and I were both able to help at this one. This was DH's first and last time chaperoning for M&M's marching band - he usually stayed home to watch the younger kids while I chaperoned. Now that the kids are getting older though, we are able to leave them to watch each other which is nice!

This is one of the competitions that I have always chaperoned for. It is nice because it is fairly close and doesn't take up the whole day! Luke's band didn't compete at this competition because another band was doing the same show and they apparently had picked the show first so that excluded Luke's band from competing.

The lighting was horrible for trying to take pictures on the sidelines with my little point and shoot camera, so none of them turned out. This is one competition where they take a group picture afterwards. So here is my best attempt at the group shot:

M&M is on the back row - far right person

M&M as the band president got to stand in front of the band and call them to attention during the awards ceremony - since the drum majors were all on the field for the awards. If I remember correctly, M&M's band did not place at all at this competition. They ended up in 4th by just a fraction of a point...

Davis Cup Invitational

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

I went up to Kaysville to help with Luke's band for the Davis Cup Invitational. I met the band up there so that I could stay and watch M&M's performance later in the evening. Blondie went on a field trip for her orchestra class to shadow the marching band during the competition. They rode up on school buses and followed the band around and were able to go up into the stands to watch them perform. Afterwards they stayed and watched some of the other groups before they left. I was able to get permission to have Blondie stay with me instead of returning with the rest of the students. Unfortunately Blondie's nose started bleeding for some reason while we were in the stands and it just kept bleeding and bleeding... At one point I had to go back to our car to get a tissue box for her! Poor girl!

Luke's band got 2nd place and took the visual caption. M&M's band got 2nd place again too - which they were really excited about! They also took the percussion caption.

The props for Luke's band that we had to wheel around to the field and off again. They were very big and took several people to push/pull them. They looked really cool on the field.

Wasatch Front Invitational

Saturday, October 3, 2015

This competition was held at Luke's high school. Both Luke's and M&M's bands were competing. I volunteered to help with Luke's band and DH brought the younger kids over to watch both of their bands. My parents came as well. After I was done helping Luke's band I was able to go up into the stands to watch M&M's band. Apparently we didn't take any pictures of Luke's band at this competition. DH was video taping it and I was on the sidelines helping out the band. Luke's band was one of the few groups that it actually rained on! It was cloudy before they performed and then it rained during the first part of their show and then afterwards the sun came out and it was nice weather after that!

M&M's band got 2nd place (out of 2 bands). It was nice for them to actually place but it will be nicer to see if they are still able to place when there are more bands!

M&M had to carry on one of the side props this year.

M&M is just to the left of the person with the baritone that you can see.

M&M with her baritone - front and center!

The skies looked awesome after the storm that went thru during Luke's band.

M&M is the front person in the line just to the left of the 50 yd line.

M&M is the left-most person in this block.

Utah Natural History Museum

Monday, October 5, 2015

When MJ and I went to the Natural History Museum of Utah for her field trip we were given some free passes to come back again. So we decided to go with the other girls while they were off-track. We were able to spend a little more time on some of the exhibits and it wasn't as crowded as when we went for the field trip which was nice.

Dressing up as pigeons

This was an exhibit that simulated different earthquakes across the world. You had to try and build a structure that could withstand the different earthquakes.

Digging for dinosaur bones.

This was a puzzle that we pieced together.

National Honor Society

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

M&M was inducted into the National Honor Society at her school. I'm not sure why she didn't apply for it for her junior year but I kind of pushed her to do it for her senior year. She almost didn't but with some extra prodding I was able to talk her into it. She found out at the end of the school year that she had been accepted but they didn't have the induction ceremony until September.

3rd Car

We told M&M that if she got her YW Personal Progress completed we would look into getting a 3rd car so that she could drive to school instead of me driving her every day. Well, summer came and almost went and school was about to start and we finally found a car that we thought would work well. It is a 2001 Toyota Corolla with decent mileage and is not a great looker so we don't care if it gets beat up a little for our teenage drivers. It has manual windows, manual door locks, no rear defroster and the paint has a clear coat that is flaking off. It is awesome! We bought it the first week of school and had to get a few things fixed up to get it registered - needed a new front windshield and some new brakes. It has been really nice having a third car and not having to drive her everywhere or have her take the van. It has definitely freed up some more of my time!

Weber Review

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Since we have two different kids in different marching bands, I will be splitting my time volunteering between the two. The Weber Review is held each year on a Tuesday just before the competition season begins. It is the first performance before judges and then they give feedback on ways to improve the show. There are no place awards or scores given out.

I haven't volunteered at this one before because Tuesdays are hard when you have young kids and your husband is working. This year though I was able to go because the younger kids are getting older and able to watch each other. Luke's band was performing during the daytime so I went with M&M's band that was performing in the evening. M&M's show is entitled Dead Men Tell No Tales and is a pirate theme.

M&M is in the line on the left (to the right of the flags) - second person back.

Homecoming 2015

Saturday, September 19, 2015

I'll have to have M&M fill in the details on what they did for the date.

Taking some pictures while waiting for her date.

Attempting to put on the boutonniere - it is much harder to put on a shirt than it is to put on a suit coat!

His tie matched her dress perfectly! They were very well coordinated!

Wrist corsage

Here are some group pictures that were taken at her date's house:

M&M made the boutonniere - although apparently we didn't take a picture of it by itself... She added some jewels to it instead of using the baby's breath.

M&M's Family Night Show

Monday, September 21, 2015

M&M at her last marching band family preview show. :( She is loving playing baritone this year! Oh, and she is also the student band council president for this school year. She applied for it at the end of last school year and the band director and outgoing band council picked her from several other applicants. We're not quite sure what she has to do for that other than collect attendance rolls for all of the sections as well as attend band council meetings every other week. I think she is also the one in charge of putting together a slideshow at the end of the year for the annual end of the year party.

Blondie went out to the field to shadow M&M this year.

Football Game Pep Band

August 28, 2015

Luke was able to play in the pep band for his first football game! The game was at the high school - which is right across the street from our neighborhood - and was against M&M's high school! DH was out of town at a scout camp out so M&M and I walked over to the game to watch it. The game was packed because the two schools are relatively close to each other and yet they are not in the same division for sports. M&M met up with some friends there and they all came over to our house afterwards to watch a movie and hang out. The band sounded pretty good and I was impressed with their sound for being so small.

Luke is in that band group somewhere!

First Day of School - Blondie and M&M

Monday, August 24, 2015

Blondie and M&M started school today. Blondie is in the 7th grade and is at the same school as Luke. M&M is a senior in high school!! AHHHH!!

Ha, Ha - I didn't even notice but apparently it was green and white striped shirt day!