Saturday evening we went to the wedding reception of someone in our ward, Emilio Hernandez (brother of Eva, Jordan's girlfriend).  At the end of the receiving line was a photo booth.  People went in as couples or groups, got their four pictures taken, which were immediately printed out and pasted in a book which you were then supposed to sign.  We also got a copy of the pictures.  Is this a new trend?  Has anyone ever heard of this before?  I kind of liked it, but I'm sure it's not cheap.

Just Three More Weeks. . .

So Brandon is currently extremely anxious for the semester to be over.  He's almost there. . . hopefully he can make it.  He feels like he's been getting lazier.  He struggles to make time to do homework on the weekend.  The last two weekends he has done none, which means a lot of long days and late nights Monday and Tuesday.  It's so hard to do homework on a Saturday after working in the mornings, and then coming home to beautiful warm weather.  So instead he spent yesterday playing flag football, ultimate frisbee, and catching snips of basketball games in between.  

Yesterday Brandon got to go up to Aspen Grove for an orientation meeting.  This summer he will be working up there as a bobcat counselor, which means that he will get to play with six year olds all summer.  He's pretty excited about that.  His friend Mike claimed he saw Brandon's future wife at the orientation yesterday, because on her name tag, her favorite hobby was listed as running.  That probably doesn't mean anything.  However, late last night, a girl named Alice, whom Brandon had previously taken on several dates last semster, decided to give Brandon something like his fifth chance and invited him to go out and get a frosty with her, which he consented to.  To bad that she smelled of nice perfume after just having been to see a play, while Brandon smelled like b.o.  after having been playing sports all afternoon.  Maybe Brandon should take a hint and take this girl on some more dates.  We'll see. . . later more likely than sooner. . .

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Clovis High ended their two week run of the play on Saturday.  There were a few kids from our ward and our neighboring ward who were in it.  Julia had a small part in it and she was fantastic!  She did a ballet piece as the "star" in Joseph's dream, and in another scene when Joseph is in prison she and another girl, who was the "corn" in Joseph's dream, did a dance number together.  I had never seen "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" before and I really enjoyed it.  The teacher who played the Elvis character was great.

Julia has had a busy time going from ballet class and rehearsals to play rehearsals and performances.  Her ballet performance of "A Midsummer's Night Dream" will be the last weekend of April and first weekend in May.  She has the part of "Helena" in one cast and three or four other parts in the other cast.  Next week she also starts rehearsals for her Dance PE class which will have it's performance the end of May.  She will be in four dances for that event.  We would love to have visitors to go to any of these performances.  Sign up now!

Sunday Fun For Amaya and Lauren!!!

Well we were at G-ma's on this fine, lovely Sunday, and we decided to have some great fun taking pictures on her computer. So look and enjoy!!

                                                          We're SUPER HEROES!!!!
We know we're the models of the family!!
Lauren decided the only person good enough for her was herself!! And Amaya knew it was true!
Lauren got her daddy's eyes and Amaya got her dad's nose!
  EW! Amaya's NASTAY!  Lick'in Lauren's face...thats gross, just cause it tastes like    pineapple....looks like a pineapple too!

Well I hope you have been entertained by these lovely photos and comments, and before we close Amaya would especially like to say that she thinks that Lauren in the ultimate cousin, just the best; Lauren concurs to this statement....

Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday time, however you spend it, you all know how we spend ours...

Much love! 

Amaya and Lauren

Here's Amaya!

Twenty five interesting things about Amaya, written by Amaya:


1. I love American Idol. It is the best show EVER!!
2. I love playing with all my cousins! We have so much fun together! (I see that airplane Julia! :P )
3. I love playing any sport. But my all time favorites are softball and volleyball
4. I was actually intensely watching the Superbowl this year. You should be proud!
5. Since Amaya didn't have a #5 on her list, I will add: She just won the district science fair and will be moving on to regionals at BYU.
6. Taking pictures is one of my all time favorite things to do!
7. I miss playing four-square and dodgeball with all my buddies! Too bad there is no more recess!
8. I really wish my hair was naturally curly. Mine won't curl AT ALL!
9. I write in my journal when I'm bored
10. I really want a job. Weird, I know. I just need to stay busy
11. I'm really OCD about the stupidest things. Like, the table not being set right, or when a strip of grass on our lawn wasn't mowed...
12. My favorite restaurant is Zupas
13. I only enjoy the first snow of the year- after that, it's just annoying.
14. I hate it when I'm lazy. I need to be active!!!
15. I am really aggressive- even in church ball! :)
16. Sometimes I'm really quiet, other times I'm really loud. I don't know why!
17. I really want a puppy!
18. I am a read-aholic. If I can get my hands on a good book, I can't put it down.
19. I love my buddies and hanging out with them is the best!
20. I LOVE making absolutely pointless, and completely cheesy movies.
21. Mickey and Minnie Mouse are my all time favorites
20. Watching movies in Spanish that also have like another language in them drives me nuts. Like Beauty and the Beast for example.... I love that movie, but I couldn't stand watching it in Spanish!
21. I love going to the temple and plan on getting married there someday
22. This entry was outdated, so... she is beautiful inside and out!
23. Coming up with all this stuff is harder than it looks!
24. I look up to each and every one of my friends and family members-I want to be like all of them!
25. I can't wait to go to high school next year! I'll be reunited with all my friends from elementary! YAY!!

All About Whiny Mckell....

ALL ABOUT WHINY MCKELL

1.  She is a Senior at the University of Utah

2.  She is broke.

3.  She works at a law office as a Legal Assistant, but needs more hours. 

4.  She is a broke college student at the U.

5.  She is desperately thinking of ways she can get money.

6.  She wants school to be done and to graduate.

7.  She doesn't like all the budget cuts the U is making, its causing her not to be able to get her minor she has been working on.  

8.  She is still broke. 

9.  She lives with crazy roommates who don't know how to pay bills on time or take out the trash. 

10.  She has been driving an unregistered car for eight months.

11.  She is still a broke college student.

12.  She is sore from boot camp classes and Zumba.  

13.  She obviously can't stop thinking about paying bills, that is why she is writing a post at 4:33 in the morning.

14.  She has a lot of midterms and class tomorrow.

15.  She will attempt to go to bed.....now.

Love you all!

Goodnight!