Monday, April 19, 2010

The Making of Dating Legends...

Have I told you Scott's goal pertaining to dating?
He's bound and determined to be
a dating legend.
Saturday's Prom helped him get that much closer to obtaining his goal!

The Prom date is an all day affair.
It's no longer just dinner and a dance (at least in our neck of the woods!)
Scott was in a group of 7 couples.
The boys worked hard planning a creative, fun, and memberable date for the girls.
It was decided to have a little kid themed date.

Here's how it went down...

Phase One -- Building a blanket fort, eating sack lunches, and watching a kid's movie.

This took place at our house.
We moved the dining table outside to make room for all fourteen teenagers.
(Yes, fourteen teenagers actually fit in my house!)
I am still amazed at the huge blanket fort they built!


Phase Two -- Playing games at Discovery Park in Pleasant Grove.

(I don't have pictures of this but I'm told is was "so awesome!")


Phase three -- Go home, get ready for the dance, and meet back at Provo High.

For Scott, he came home and took a nap, showered, and got dressed in his tux.
Then the "party van" (as it is lovingly called) came to pick him up and he went to pick up his date.
Lee was a stalker and met Scott at his date, Kyla's house for some pictures.
Here they are by the "party van" which looks a lot like our van but apparently it's cooler.
Don't they look great?
She is such a beautiful girl and just as nice too!


Phase Four -- Dinner on the roof of Provo High.

One of Scott's friend's dad is the head custodian at Provo High and let them have dinner on the roof. They set up a nice table and had tortellini soup with bread, cheese, and salad (all planned by the boys). It was perfect weather and they had a view of the sunset.
Pretty amazing from what I heard!


Phase Five -- The Dance and Promenade

They went to the dance at the Provo City Library for a little while and then participated in the Promenade. This is a tradition at PHS. Each couple is announced then they walk down the
stairs and we all get to see them all dressed up and we take pictures. It sounds kind of strange
but it is really fun!
It was really cute...Max kept commenting all night how Kyla's eyes matched her dress!
So, I'm guessing Max thought she looked beautiful too! :)


Phase Six -- Dessert at the Otterstrom's house.

(I don't have pictures of this either)
After the dance, they went to the Otterstom's house for yummy cream puffs.
The party van then headed to Grandview Elementary to look at the stars then they took their dates home.


Scott's own words (from his facebook status)...
"Prom=BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"




Saturday, April 17, 2010

One More Time!

I thought my chances of seeing one of my boys perform in a band concert were over.
Luckily, I was wrong.
Tuesday night I got to go see Jake perform with the
University of Utah Symphonic band
at Gardner Hall.

It was so great to be able to see him perform again!
I didn't think I'd get that opportunity!

And it's not often I get to spend time alone with my two handsome oldest sons!

What a fun night!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Easter Through Pictures (plus 1 video)

It's been said,
"A picture's worth a thousand words"
so I'll just let the pictures do the talking today.
Here's Easter 2010 starting with
Grammy and Papa Peterson's Annual Easter Egg Hunt
and ending with
the Houghton Easter dinner...









Good Times.

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Our Easter dinner somehow finished with a showcase of my children's hidden talents.
We even got Emma to do her beat boxing!

Friday, April 2, 2010

Just Call Me Cry Baby

I must be bipolar or something.
I went from a spiritual high Wednesday night after attending the General Relief Society training meeting. It was AWESOME and left me fired up to work harder on my life and my calling. I couldn't wait to hear more at Conference! I was fired up I tell you! :)

Yesterday, I felt pretty good about things and certain opportunities that have presented themselves. (More on that later if it all pans out.) I laughed all day at everyone's April Fool's jokes and was happy Emma's dentist appointment went well.
Life is good, right?

Today?
Well, today is another story.
Is it the weather?
Is it the fact my bank account is ridiculous?
Is it the fact that I tried to "trim" part of my hair and now it looks like crap for our family picture tomorrow?
Or, quite possibly the real reason,
is it because it hit me that this IS the last Easter for two years (or maybe 4) that my family will be together?
Yeah, that's probably it.
I'm trying not to be one of those moms who dwell on things like this but today,
it's hard.
My family left today with me in tears.
(Except Scott and Cole because they left before I could even get my sorry but out of bed!)
Lee tried his best to console me but he had to leave with Elisabeth so they wouldn't be late.
Elisabeth asked if I was sick (bless her heart). I felt like saying, "Yeah, my heart is breaking."
But I didn't.
Max and Emma tried to stay clear of me the whole morning and I could tell I was upsetting them so I tried my hardest to stop and carry on.
Yeah, it hasn't been a great day.
But, then I got a call from Jake telling me he'll be home all weekend so I guess it was good to get it out today. I need to start focusing on a fun weekend.

I was warned that sending out missionaries is difficult but wonderful.
I can see that
this isn't going to be easy.