Save The Last Dance For Me

Tonight is Caitlin's last high school dance. Prom. This is Matt, her date to the dance. Maybe some of you remember that Caitlin and Matt danced 3 years ago in the BJHS musical... as Lumiere and Babette. Maybe others of you remember that when we were at the beach in 2009 we ran into Matt's family. Hey... if you like t'ocean, I like you. Probably nobody will remember that Matt was Caitlin's first date/first dance shortly after her 16th birthday. *Sigh* I can't believe it's Caitlin's last dance.

The Boy Next Door

Caitlin and Hayden have known each other their entire lives; I'm pretty sure that they were each other's very first friend. Although Hayden is not literally the boy next door, if there was a "boy next door" it would definitely be him...






...so, it was fun to see the two of them going to a school dance together.... even though they masqueraded as the infamous Lindsay Lohan and a handcuff yeilding jail guard.

Christmas Dance

Do you remember what happened when Caitlin went to the Christmas dance last year? I do. She was in a car accident on her way home (less than a mile from home) and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulence. This year things went much smoother. As you can see I finished the shrug that I mentioned in the previous post. The dinner at our home went quite smoothly (thanks to some last minute, much needed help from Emily, Chris, Jeremy and Mike... and a laundry basket).

Here's the group of kids that went together; Caitlin and Andy, Jenna and Joel, Chelsea and Jason. Don't they all look great !?!

Homecoming 2010

Tonight is the Homecoming dance at BHS. Caitlin is very proud of the dress she bought at Decades Vintage Clothing. I think she did a good job of accessorizing it.

Her date; Manny, arrived promptly after attending the Priesthood session of General Conference.

Most of our family had gathered for our traditional pizza-and-movie-following-priesthood-session-night. Wasn't Manny sooooo lucky (ha ha) to arrive when 2 out of 3 of Caitlin's brothers were there to greet him. Andy opened the door (in his pajamas) to welcome Manny to our home; Jeremy pinned on his boutonniere and asked Manny to demonstrate his dance moves for us; and of course Andy's final admonition as they left the house, "have fun... but not too much."

Is it any wonder that Manny made a quick escape... at least he's still smiling.

Prom

Caitlin and her date Caleb on their way to the Senior Prom. Don't they look great!?!

Sweetheart Dance

Appropriately named, because Caitlin is our sweetheart....

Caitlin and her date Parker are on their way to the Sweetheart Dance held at the Rice Eccles Stadium.

Our First 100 Days

It's been 100 days since we moved into our new home; and so in the tradition of the President of the United States, I'm going to give a report on our accomplishments/happenings during our first 100 days...

I started and finished my entire second season of We Also Sing.

We've done lots of organizational stuff: address changes (times a ba-zillion), utility hook-ups, newspaper and mail, milkman, figuring out which switches control what lights (still working on that one), trying to remember what is in each kitchen cabinet or drawer, learning how to multi task so that I'm not going up and down the stairs so much (I counted one day just for fun; 29 times)....

Mike played his Fall season of softball.

Caitlin rehearsed and performed in West Side Story.

I've made some meager attempts at decorating (I don't like putting nails in new walls).

The very first thing I did was re-create my favorite corner (not in a corner anymore)

This is my master bathroom, the top picture was taken during the day and the bottom was taken at night, I love this room


As you can see Michael has no problem hammering nails into his music room walls; this is just one corner

We spoke in our new ward.

Mike and I were called as chairmen of our stakes float for The Days of '47 parade.

Mike was called as first counselor in the Young Men's Presidency.

I had a favorites party with friends (and a few strangers....they're my favorite strangers).

We've had overnight guests (Derek, Emily, and Becca).

Caitlin and I had a trip to St. George with Chris and Chelsea.


Mike bought a shed (he loves it).

We enjoyed Thanksgiving with our Children and grandchildren.


I was in a car accident on I-15.

Caitlin went to the Homecoming dance and the Halloween dance.

There have been some band practises.

Mason is a way cute future drummer for the band

Steve and Becky came over for dinner and a card game.

We've had several visits from family, friends, ward members, co-workers, and even Jeremy's friend Shanti from Canada.


Caitlin was chosen to sing a solo in her upcoming Christmas Concert at BHS.

On day 96 Caitlin (and her parents) spent hours at Lakeview Hospital while Caitlin underwent testing to determine if she had appendicitis.

On day 96 Mike and I made it home from the hospital in just enough time (literally minutes) to perform at our ward Christmas party.

On day 96 (while at the ward Christmas party) Mike secured a building for us to build the float in; and one of the things (there are a few) that is really wonderful about that is the fact that it is just around the corner from us, we will have easy access to the float during the duration of the building process, we feel really blessed about that.

On day 97 Caitlin went to the Christmas dance with KK; on the way home from the dance Caitlin and Kevin were two of the passengers involved in a car accident (due to black ice and a huge telephone pole). Caitlin had to be transported by ambulence to the hospital. Two ER visits, one CT scan, one ultra sound, and x-rays all within 36 hours is a record for our family; on a positive note (the cup is half full) they were able to do her follow-up tests from the previous day while we were there after the accident. It was frightening for all of us and I'm so grateful that Caitlin is okay.


Over the last 100 days I've experienced a major change in my life; I left my comfort zone and ventured into something new, not always an easy thing to do. I feel very grateful and blessed for the love and support of family and friends, I am grateful for the warm welcome and enthusiasm that we've felt from our new neighbors and ward members, I'm grateful that our beloved tenth ward members haven't forgotten us, I am grateful for how abundantly blessed I have been when I don't feel like I deserve it. Here's to the next 100 days (and hopefully a few more nails in the walls....and no more visits to the ER).

"Isn't She Lovely...."

Remember the words to the old Stevie Wonder song, "Isn't she lovely, isn't she beautiful...."? The brothers used to sing it to Ashleigh, then they sang it to Caitlin, and now Jeff sings it to Miss Avery.

Last Saturday night Caitlin attended her first homecoming dance; here she is with her date Jacob. She is beautiful.