It Time Again, Girl Scout Cookies

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.

Two years of Marriage!!

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.

Brett's Weekend Fun

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 is a busy girl and a new big sister.

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).

Moving up to Cadets

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)

End of summer Activies

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.

Birthday Retreat

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

July News

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.

Here are pictues since of the beginning of Summer 2008

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 Time, Again

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.)

First Recital

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.

Oasis!!!

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.