All-State Choir

All-State Choir was "ah-maz-ing". But I guess singing in a 700 member choir in the Tabernacle in SLC is amazing. The people from Altamont that went were Robby Wood, Rachel Gordon, R.J. Cook, and me. We left on Thursday for Riverton HIgh School. We spent Thursday night and all day Friday practicing there. On Saturday we practiced in the Tabernacle. In total we spent 15 hours practicing. But is was all worth it in the end. If any one gets the chance to go sing or listen I highly suggest it!

Sad thing is I like last years better. Why would be the songs. There was more variety and upbeat songs. The other sad thing is this was my last year to go. :(

Letter Boxing

During Easter, on April 11, this year we did a thing called Letter-Boxing. It was introduced to us by my cousin Kate. What I call it is stamp hunting. You can go through out the U.S. and find these boxes with stamps in them. In these boxes there is a stamp and a stamp book. You also have your own stamp and stamp book. Once you find the box, you stamp your stamp in their stamp book, and you stamp the other stamp in your book. Have I confused you yet? I was very confused myself when Kate and Mandy tried to explain this to me. If you want to learn more about it and where the stamps and clues are go to the web site www.letterboxing.org.

Mary and I riding in the car to Thompson Canyon

Meg was our fearless driver

This is my Grandma. She came but stayed in the car.

On the hunt for the 1st box

Looking at a clue........?

Not really our big clue told to look up something about the Indians.

Ethan who had just found the box. 

Our 1st stamp had been found.

This is our crew getting ready to stamp

This is what we stamped in the book. 

The Monkey Pirate represents the Thayn/Clark crew.

The few on the right our the Gardner Girls' stamps.

Meg's is the M, Mandy's is the Flower on the bottom, Mary's is the flower on the top, and mine is the Sun. We designed these ourselves.

This is Duncan and Ethan. This is an old car left at Sego Canyon. This was were we found our 2nd box.

This is an old store house. Apparently Sego use to be a thriving town.

This was a boarding house for all the miners. It was huge.

This is Liam in the Ice House. It was next to the Store House.

We had finally found the box

This pic is of some of us just exploring the area.

From June 6-15 I went to Idaho with Carol. We stayed with her cousin Ann. Ann is the Relief Society president. She took us to an enrichment. Lo an Behold, What Where They Doing? LETTER-BOXING, on a much smaller scale. We Went to a ladies house and hunted for the boxes in her yard. It was a gigantic yard and house. 

More Stamping

More Stamping. The lady holding the lid is Ann Hessing, Carol's cousin.

Prom Pics & Stories

Prom was a blast. I had a great time at the dance. I think the DJ helped and my group of friends that I went with helped me to have fun. My date was Kyle Kettle. I had 2 friends go with us. There was Kelsey Pugh and her date Brady Enman. My other friend was Rachel Dunsmore and her date Jesse Smith. We all did the day-date and went to prom. For our date we went bowling and went to the movie Knowing. The next day was prom. Prom was held at Hidden Springs Ranch. It's not to far from my house, so the meeting place was here at home. Our chauffeur was Kelsey's brother Kyle and his girlfriend Misty. When we got in the car all the boys gave us roses. Then we went to prom.
Meg helped me with my hair. It took about 1-11/2 hours to  do. Mandy helped with my make-up. They both did such a great job!! I don't know what I would have done without them!! 

Now wasn't I worth waiting for? 

My cat was terrified of the boys when they came. So she jumped off my bed and hid under it.

Pic of the group. I loved all of our dresses. 

Jesse, being the smart one that he is , decided to to something unheard of. While we were waiting for the rest of our group to come, Jesse asked us if there was going to be time to change. If there was, he was prepared. When asking him how, he proceeded to pull up his tux and show us his jeans. He decided to wear them underneath the tux.

Rachel Dunsmore was named Second Attendant at prom. I was so happy for her! Bryson Foy was also the Second Attendant. Sydnee Justice was named Princess and Kolby Allred the Prince. Sidney Samuels was named Queen with Russel Brinkerhoff as King.





There was a daddy-daughter/mother-son dance. I didn't dance this dance. Here is pic of Kellz dancing with her daddy.

Promenade

Our dancing skills put to the test.

                                                           This is a pic of those who were left by the end of the night.    

To see the latest post, you'll have to go down past prom dress. It's the one entitled St. George. I started writing it before the prom dress pics.

Birthday

Hey I know it has been awhile. This is just a shout out to birthdays in March or April. Happy Birthday!!

Prom Dress

Well everyone, This is my Prom dress. We still have a few changes to make. And I may still need some jewelry. It's a lime-green color. I have silver sandal heals to wear with it. I actually borrowed the dress. So thanks Shari!

St. George

Well, I spent 12-14 of March in St. George. Oh the weather was great. I could wear my Capri's and short-sleeved t-shirt without getting cold. I wish I had gotten a tan though. Gosh dang it Brynlee... 

I went to St. George for State Academic Decathlon and State Speech. Both were fun! I had some pretty interesting experiences though. During my interview for Acadec the lady told me I looked nice coming from a small town. How do I take that? The tests were hard. Maybe I should study more. Dianna Knight was my chauffeur. She took me between the 2 events. THANKS A BUNCH!! 

The speech team did well. None of us made it to the final rounds though. At the end of the 1st day we went to a play. I think it was called 110 Degrees in the Shade. At the end of the play they had it rain on stage. By the end all the actors were drenched. After that Becca took Heather and I to get some food. Becca made Heather and I walk through the drive through. I'm not kidding either. We literally got out of the car and walked through because Becca didn't want to order.  All in all it was a good trip. Remember to Live Long and Prosper!

The temple was beautiful. This was the best pic I could get. 

My fearless chauffeur

Sadie fell asleep on the sidewalk during our lunch break

During speech a couple of us had to kill time. During this time the National Anthem was sung on a loud speaker and this flag flew over us. It was pretty cool!

One of AHS' Fearless leaders of Speech & Drama

We got bored. So when we went shopping I bought a frisbee. If you look close you can see the frisbee too.

My partner to walk through the drive-through at Taco Bell