Today Marissa and some of the cast of "Annie" performed at Barnes and Noble Bookstore for their school book fair. Here is one of the numbers they perform "I think I am gonna like it here". To see the rest of the show it will be performed March 17-20 at Eisenhower Junior High.
Well it is now eight days into 2010 and Marissa is once again busy. Girl Scout Cookies go on sale Jan 16th. So for anyone who wants to order let me know on the
16th until the 31st of Jan. But then again if you don't hear from you we will probably be calling to get your orders anyways.
Today Marissa found out that she made the school play "Annie" which will be playing March 17, 18, 19, and 20th. She is playing the role of Annette, an employee for Daddy Warbucks.
Brett has been busy the last two weeks adding to our kitchen/dining room. He is at columns and faux windows that will eventually have stain glass in them. Here are some picture of the work in progress.
Since buying the house it has been a little hectic, in May Marissa had her appendix out and the end of school.Which Marissa received "Outstanding Citizenship", "The Bronze E"(G.P.A was 3.5 or higher for three terms) and "Outstand Seventh Grade Girl". She also had camps to go to.
Brett was busy working in the yard and building my garage and started his garage.So my garage got built but is now being used by him for all his tools until this summer when hopefully he will be able to get his garage down in the back.
School started back up and them Marissa develop some anxenties and has been going to counseling for and is doing much better. She is still receive a 3.5 GPA in school and is enjoying her 8th grade year. She is still involve with Girl Scouts, NJHS, Sci-Fi Club and The Environmental Club. We are now at the end of 2009.
Marissa has been busy the last couple of months, what with Girl Scout Cookies, school studies and the school play practice. Yes, Marissa made the school play this year. Her school is performing "Grease" on April 15th, 16th and 17th at 7pm at Eisenhower Junior High.
Brett and I have bought a house, on April 8th we closed on a Tri-level home in West Valley. So for Easter we are moving. Here are some pictures.
It that time of year Girl Scout Cookies are going on sale on January 17th.
The price is still $3.50, there is a new cookie "NEW! Dulce de Leche". As much fun to say as they are to eat, these cookies are inspired by the classic confections of Latin America and are rich with milk, caramel chips, and stripes. With a new cookie the All Abouts were lost.
Family and friends let me know if anyone is interested. Marissa will be calling after Jan 17th for you orders.
I can't believe that it has been two years since Brett and I were married in Maui. Time flies. We were able to go back to Maui last month and enjoy the island again. We left one day after our anniversary and stay for five night.
This was the first night there, not so great picture of us, but look at that sunset.
The show at the hotel.
While we were in Hawaii we enjoy the beautiful scencery that Maui has to offer. We drove along Kula Highway in search of Poli Poli State Park. Brett was in search of a Frisbree Golf Course.
I am not the best navigator, here is Brett looking at the map to see where we are. Unable to find the Frisbree Golf Course, not complaining we were able to see the upcountry part of Maui and it was not so hot up there. The weather was okay, cloudly and rainy most of the time but that kept the humidity undetectable. It was a great trip, sad that we had to come home.
This weekend Brett decide to paint the Corvette. He primed it during the weekend and painted it on Sunday.
Everything went well, but one small glitch, he forgot to add the paint activator to the paint so we will see what happen next. He was not to impressed with me when I told the paint ratio from the website, for the paint can did not say anything about the activator being added during the paint process.
Marissa started Jr. High last week and was very busy with her duties for seventh grade rep. The first week is done and she liked it. She help out with Back to School night, while I went to all her classes. She has the same math teacher I had in seventh grade, Mr Wong, which 21 years ago we addressed him as Mr. Chongwong. She is also planning for the first assembly that is next Friday. She also became a Big-Sister(half) on Friday, her dad and his wife, welcomed a new baby boy to the world at 3:10pm. Here is a picture of Marissa and Morgan(7lbs 9oz., 19 in).
Marissa is now a Cadet in Girl Scouts. This past Thursday she bridged to Cadets. This year the Cadets in her group will be working on their Silver Award which requires 30 hour of service. All I can say is that Marissa with be a busy girl with all her activities from school and Girl Scouts this year. Marissa's troop is going to try and get enough money to go to Disneyland next summer, which will be a lot of fun for her. The stipulation for all the girls to go is that they all have to sell at least 500 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies this year, so all be prepare for the phone call asking if you would like to buy some cookies in January. 
Color Guard(top picture)
Receiving Badges earn for 2007-2008(bottom picture)
The summer is coming to the end and Marissa has been busy. Ariana was in town for two weeks at the end of July and beginning of August. The girls spent time together the first first she came into town, they had an sleep over and the went to Nicholas's Baptizm luncheon. Marissa then had camp the first week of August, then her birthday, and now she is getting ready for school.
Marissa's had a great time at camp this year. She went to the program that included windsurfing, kayaking, canoeing and rock climbing. She was not so sure of the windsurfing but was for everything else. The following pictures is what she took while at the camp. She went on an overnight hike, which on the way back she rolled her ankle. She was in a tent with two other girls that she had a great time getting to know. She came home with some severely chapped lips. By Wednesday of the following week they look a much better.
For Marissa's Birthday party she had it at Sweet and Sassy Salon, I surprised her and her 4 friends with a limo. At the salon they got there hair, make-up, and nails done and then did karaoke. The kids had a blast. Here are some picture of the days.
Turning 33 is not a big deal to me, I still feel like I am 18. My wonderful husband took me to Park City for the night. A great way to beat the heat in the valley. We enjoyed the cooler weather and a wonderful dinner. We stayed at The Yarrow and just enjoyed each other. Marissa stayed home. Today we check out the outlet stores before heading home.
The view from the balcony of our room.
The date on the pictures are a little off, the pictures were taken July 27, 2008
Brett has being working on decks for the past couple of weekends. He built a deck for the neighbors and he repaired and painted his parent's back deck and now he is finishing the roof for Dad. I am just praying that I can keep Dad from putting windows in will post picture when complete.
Not much happen for the Fourth of July. I found out the night before that I had to work on the holiday. Dad did a BBQ and Judi, Ann and Taryn come over. We did some fireworks but the wind was a blowing. Marissa went with her dad the next for the rest of the weekend.
Marissa just got home today from camping with her Girl Scout Troop for 4 days. They went to Granite Flat in American Fork Canyon. They visited Cascade Springs and Silver Lake. Marissa painted a hat and a stepping stone. For Marissa to advance to Cadet Level she and one other girl had to cook breakfast for everyone. Here are some picture Marissa took camping. 
Brett before and after his Harley Ride.
Marissa's Powder Puff car.
Marissa in the Taylorsville Dayz Parade with the S.B.O of EJH
Summer is here and Marissa is enjoying it so far, she spent a week with her grandparents from Michigan, they were in town for two weeks. She enjoyed time with them. She also has her first official event as a EJH Student Representative, Marissa with be in the Taylorsville Dayzz Parade on June 28, 2008, also on that day her Girl Scout Troop is hold a Powder Puff Derby(pine wood derby race.) We have a busy day coming up.
Brett and his brother did a Harley ride on Sunday, I think it is a tradition that will last as long as Brian works for Harper. For every year Harper employee do a Harley Ride, this year they went through Skull Valley over to Eureka then down to Nephi and back up through Payson and ended at Cabella's in American Fork. Brett dreams of having a Harley, he might just have to wait until we move to Hawaii(six years.)
Marissa had her first piano recital yesterday. It was held at the Golden Living Center. She started piano with Brenda in January 2008. She has enjoyed playing and is going to continue going to lessons. She had decided not to continue with viola next year, so I will be returning her viola after her last concert for orchestra.
Yesterday the family went to the Sand Dunes and let the kids play on the 4-wheelers. We chilled the best we could, since the temperature was probably between 80-90 degrees, at the Oasis campground. Savannah, Nick, and Marissa did not seem to mind the heat for all of them were on the 4 wheelers the whole time. Marissa enjoy zooming around on her bike and getting more ride time in, I doubt she was off the machine for more than 2 hours(which was when we made her stop and get some water or food) the whole time we were there. We arrived at the Oasis about 11 am and left there at 9pm.
Marissa has been a very busy young women since my last post. She sold 1000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies, registering for Eisenhower Junior High for next year, running for 2008-2009 S.B.O 7th Grade Representative. She is also preparing for a piano recital in May and keeping up her grades up for her final trimester at Taylorsville Elementary. She received all A's for the second trimester of the year. She also has safety patrol every other week and she just received an A for you country report on China. I still can believe that she is turning twelve this year and going to junior high. It seems just yesterday she was learning to walk and talk. Now she is also talking and on the go. Time flies by too fast.
We just found out tonight that she won one of four seats for EJH S.B.O 7th Grade Representative. She sets her mind to something she that will go for it. I am very proud of her.
Dad is doing good, however I believe right now he is fighting a sinus infection. He recently bought a new truck so the count of vehicles in front of our house is Brett's three, Dad's two plus the travel trailer and Christie's one. Here are a couple of pictures of the newest truck.
Marissa participate in the school Science Fair this year. Her project was titled "Clean School vs. Dirty Bacteria, Is It Really Clean?" Marissa swab three items dirty and then cleaned them and swabbed them again and put the swabs on agar plates to watch the bacteria grow. Here is a picture of your display.
Marissa really enjoy working on this project she learned that even though it is clean there is still environmental bacteria that grows.
