BYU Update

Well from the looks of Cali's Facebook page she is having a blast in college! Despite a little flooding this week in their dorm (3 inches on the 3rd floor that flowed down through light fixtures and walls to the other floors) all seems to be going well. (A broken toilet pipe)

Here are the girl's wringing out the some of the towels they used to mop up part of the mess.

We have also learned from her Facebook page that she went Body Surfing at a concert (So I had to ask her what this was!). It is when the crowd picks you up above their heads and passes you around!

She has made lots of friends in her dorm and seems to be having lots of fun with them - including some crazy dress up fashion shows!

We are missing our fun, energetic and loud Cali at our house. It is way too quiet around here. Tessa is adjusting to being an only child but disappears often to go hang out with Hannah - her other sister. Not sure what we'll do once Hannah goes away to school!

Tessa is back in ballet 3 days a week so that will keep her busy!

The boys are alive and well - Clark and Cali enjoyed the amazing BYU football game on Saturday! BYU vs. UCLA - 59 to nothing!! Cali kept her dad well informed during the game by texting him the score. At half time the score was 42 to nothing and Jim thought maybe Cali was just being dyslexic with her numbers but no - it really was 42 to nothing!!

Not sure what else Clark did this weekend as he didn't call his parents on Sunday to report in!!

Logan couldn't go to the game because of YA rehearsal! Poor Logan. Logan also called us last night to inform us that he and Becca had broken up. I am sure it is for the best but it made me sad. I have got to stop getting to know these girls and liking them. I feel like I'm breaking up too!

We know that all three kids were fed well on Sunday thanks to Emily and Wynn for having all the college kids over for dinner! We love you Emily and Wynn and are grateful for famiily that love us and care about us!

I'm not sure what is happening in this picture but I am thinking there may be some handicapped people around BYU missing something!

Point Shoe Home Decor

She said it again this week - those words that make me cringe every time I hear them..,

"Mom, I need a new pair of point shoes."

No one told me when I signed her up for ballet that not only did I need to add a line in the family budget for dance lessons but another one for point shoes!

At $75.00 bucks a pop point shoes don't come cheap! We are lucky though that Tessa doesn't seem to go through them as much as some dancers do - we can get 3 months out of a pair where some dancers get 6 weeks!

After dancing 6 hours a day, 6 days a week for part of the summer it was bound to happen -her shoes were trashed.

So Saturday off we went to Dance Togs for a new pair. Despite the cost - she looks so elegant and graceful in them - and SO TALL!!



















I don't understand the whole fit thing with point shoes but fortunately Tessa does and the women who work at the store!




















Well, I decided that with as much as I paid for these shoes they ought to have some other use! So we bought a distressed board with hooks at a vintage flea market and hung it in Tessa's room. It is now the home of all of Tessa's old point shoes - don't they look pretty!!!

Yearly Sports Quota - FILLED!

For those of you who read my other blog - http://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/ you may have already read about our Seattle adventures this weekend. If not - you might want to check it out.

If you have read it - I apologize for the slight repeat here but I just wanted additional proof that I have filled my sports watching quota for the year - 3 games within 8 days time!!

First -

#1 BYU football game in Provo

#2 Mariners/Yankee Game

#3 - BYU/Univ. of Washington Football Game

While at the game in Seattle Jim decided to buy a Univ. of Washington hat for his collection. When BYU won in the last two seconds by one point which hat do you think Jim wore as we walked out to the parking lot? We are True Blue fans but remember we were parked in the Season Ticket holder parking lot. Yes, we were in the middle of thousands of die hard Huskie Fans who had been there since 9:00 a.m. in the morning drinking LOTS of beer at their tailgate parties.

Sorry I could not get this picture to download the right way - it's on its side!

The answer is - the purple one - figured we would be safer if we walked through that crowd with a Huskie hat and not a cougar one. I kept my jacket closed tight around my BYU t-shirt. We figured if the team needed a police escort out we might want to play it on the safe side!

Don't worry too much Jim also bought a new BYU hat while we were there at the alumni booth - he didn't have a BYU football one only a BYU Lacrosse.

It was a pretty short week last week, with the holiday and then leaving for Seattle on Thursday. Tessa seemed to enjoy her first week of classes. She starts back to dance next week so things will get a little busier.

For Young Women's Tessa was in charge of the activity. We decided to decorate boxes that the girls could keep their Sunday handouts in. Each Sunday I do up a fun hand out for them - here's the one they got this Sunday.

The girls seem to enjoy the activity and the boxes turned out pretty darn cute.

Tessa spent the weekend with her friend Jenny while Jim and I were in Seattle. They had a great time and even road MAX downtown to the Saturday's Market.

I guess I can no longer call it the Boy Update - it is now the College Kid Update:

The college kids are doing great. It was a big week for Logan as he began Young Ambassador practice and had the YA retreat that he was in charge of as President. Emily Wilkes is our hero! When the arrangements they had made for the food fell through just a few days before the retreat Emily stepped in and pulled it all together and helped make it happen. She spent 6 hours up at the retreat preparing, serving and cleaning up !!

We love you Emily!!!!

Clark had his first intramural football game this week and a date - Yeah Clark!!

Cali is making friends and seems to be enjoying the social life at BYU. She likes her classes and especially her Philosophy, Sign Language and Theater class. She has got things figured out and should start voice lessons soon too.

The kids were all blessed this weekend when they got to hear from 3 General Authorities in one day - two at their Regional Conference and another at a Fireside Sunday night.

We miss our 3 college kids and are adjusting to life around here without them!