December stuff

Here are a few other things we did in December.

We saw cousin Owen dance with the BYU folk dance team in "Christmas Around the World." Ohhh, that brought back so many memories for me. I loved my year on one of the folk dance ensemble teams. So much fun. After we watched him dance at the matinee, he had to go study organic chemistry or something before the evening performance. The life of a university student!

My friend, Barbara, invited me to a Christmas dessert night for her women's group at her church. Her table was beautiful, the food divine and the music and spoken word was awesome. Made me wish we could use drums and electric guitar in some of our church meetings!

This may have been the first snowfall of the year. December 19. Cutest snowman I've ever seen!

This beautiful sunrise finished off my sunrise pictures for the year on Dec. 28th.

Random March pictures

Sterling made this beautiful mantel for the fireplace. Then we picked the wrong stain and didn't test it anywhere before applying it. I can't even bear to post a picture of the finished project. It's just so sad. #badstain

There was this day in late February when hundreds of birds descended on our yard. It was amazing. 

Also, I turned this yard into 

these cute little guys.

Rachel is in the dual immersion Spanish program at school. She is learning so much and doesn't seem to mind that half her day is in a language she is just beginning to understand. The Spanish program had a "Fiesta" program where each grade performed a song and dance. 

Notice what Rachel does with her feet during the big group song. What a little turkey!

Sydney likes to take lots of selfies. I always find lots on my phone. I think she's beautiful!

For Christmas, we gave my parents tickets to the Utah Symphony's performance of Peter and the Wolf. Which is funny because my brother, in Texas, also gave my parents tickets to the Utah Symphony for Christmas. But not the same performance. Anyway, I remember listening to Peter and the Wolf growing up and going to the family series with my siblings when we were younger. I loved it. So this was very sentimental to go to Abravanel Hall (or "a boring hall") with my own children and my parents. 

Sydney's school choir (the Songbirds) had a concert and they were fantastic. Especially for a Jr. High school choir.

You need to make sure you notice the stare-down Syd gives the camera during the last song. Classic!

Every once in a while, Syd gets to the temple with friends!

Random Fall pictures

These pictures are in no particular order.

They are random, like I mentioned in the title of the post.

Thus no order, rhyme or reason.

Clear?

 

General Women's meeting with Grandma.

 

View from the field behind our house. I don't know who took this picture but I just kind of like it.

Saw this rainbow on the way to the church one day. No, it was not a reflection off my window. It was in the sky, only tipped on it's side. I've never seen a sideways rainbow before. If I had a scientific brain, I would probably understand it and appreciate it more. But I'm not that scientific so I just thought it was different and kind of cool.

Crazy hair day at school. Parker's piggies lasted about 10 minutes.

 

The some of the kids have been able to go to some of the BYU football games. Great fun!

Awesome sunsets in the fall, even when they are blurry. 

 

Ster took the top two to General Conference.

 

Parker went fishing with the scouts and caught a fish!

Campfire dinner up American Fork with Grade and family. Dinner was amazing because...Bryn. 'nuff said.



Big ugly spider by the chicken coop. No one wants to collect eggs anymore.

 

Not sure why I have to end with the spider picture. That's really, well, random.