The dance pictures were delivered today. Here are Kaitlyn’s and Sarah’s.
Kaitlyn and Lincoln Sarah and Ben
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Highland Idol
Sarah was in Highland Idol this week. She is so fun to watch when she is performing! Way to go Sarah. I just wish I could get the song out of my head!!
Joshua Turns 12
Joshua turned twelve last week. I can hardly believe he is so grown up. On his birthday we went to Red Lobster for dinner because shrimp and crab are his favorite thinks to eat. He ordered off the Lobsterfest menu and tried lobster for the first time. He was not impressed with the lobster but loved the shrimp scampi and crab legs.
He had a party on Saturday. He and two of his friends ate Costco hotdogs and then went to John and Robbie’s house to play Halo in their theater. It was AWESOME! Thanks so much for sharing your home with us. Then we went home and had cake and ice cream. I really like Joshua’s friends.
He was ordained a Deacon on Sunday. Richard offered the most beautiful prayer. We are blessed to have him as the head of our family. Then we had lunch with the family. We LOVE having them over. We are proud of Joshua for making this decision and for being worthy to hold the priesthood.
Gargoyle Sarah in Hunchback
Sarah was in the production drama class presentation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame the last weekend in February. She and her classmate stole the show as the gargoyles. They were hilarious-especially when they were doing the improvised bickering. We loved it!
Sweetheart in Boise
Stacey called early in January and said she had a strange request. I am rarely surprised by any request by my family, so I was not too afraid. She said that Kaitlyn’s friends had bailed on her after she had asked her date to the Sweetheart dance and would we consider bringing Sarah and Ben to Boise so they could go with Kaitlyn and Lincoln. After some soul searching, Richard decided that it would be ok if we went. Scott and Nancy came too and Kaitlyn set her up with her friend Jeff. It was so cool that the girls could go together because they won’t often have the chance. They were also joined by Kaitlyn’s friend, Grace and her date, Ryan.
Finding the perfect dress turned out to be a fiasco! I guess it wasn’t finding the dress as much as altering it to fit. We had to take the dress back to the lady who did the alterations on Friday morning because she did a poor job on the alterations. Then, when we took it out of the bag in Boise, the beads started falling off. The woman had cut the knots that held the beads on and then did not retie them. My mom spent 6 hours on Saturday sewing beads back on the dress. (Thanks Mom!!) I am glad she is so patient. It did end up looking perfect.
On Saturday, the girls and their dates went black light miniature golfing and then ate lunch at Wendy’s. Then they came back to the house for a quick game of Simon Says before going to the park. Then it was time to get ready for the dance. It was so fun to help the girls and brought back memories of my high school dances. They all looked beautiful as you can see from the pictures! They had a progressive dinner where they chose the places to eat out of pictures in envelopes and went to the dance. Afterward, they ate molten brownies in mugs the girls decorated to commemorate the event.
We also were able to hear Rich and Natalie speak in church on Sunday and then, on Monday, Ben learned the Malm mantra “It never hurts to ask!’ when he bought a new trombone at a pawn shop. He is a good bargainer! We enjoyed having him with us-he charmed all the cousins and is so much fun.
We took tons of pictures. All of the kids had a great time together. I am so pleased to know such awesome friends!
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