Victoria's Career as a Singer

Victoria has always had a very good singing voice, and wants to be on American Idol or start a band. So this year she tried out for a children's choir in Denver called "Young Voices of Colorado." She and two friends from the ward, Lindsey and Ellie, all made it into the same choir, Cantabella. The directors of these choirs are well respected in the music field, and are very good at getting these kids to sound amazing! These girls sing in 2 and 3 parts, well!

This weekend was their overnight camp in the mountains near Bailey, CO. They get to bond with eachother, play games, and learn their music. This is Lindsey and Ellie, the two friends from the ward.

At the end of camp, they had a performance for the all the parents. Here are some clips of the performance: A three part canon, and a Spanish song called "Cantar." Sorry about the large hairdo in front of the camera!

The concert dates are Sunday, December 7th at 4:00 pm and May 2nd at Denver University. You all are invited to come!

Happy Birthday, Scott!!

On Sunday Scott turned the big three-two! We had a big get together at our house with about 30 people! Scott worked hard on the back yard this summer, now we have a deck, patio and grass so we can accomodate a lot of people. We cooked all day, and the food turned out great!

We are lucky to have great friends out here, our families get together weekly. The adults all hang out, and the kids play together.

Scott got clothes, a gift certificate to buy a scope for his gun, and a CD.

Foo Fightin'

Scott and I got to go rock out with other people stuck in the 90's at the Foo Fighters concert. It was at Red Rocks Ampitheater, and it was cold, but we loved it!

Trampoline Fun!

Victoria and I drove down to Colorado Springs to see our friends the Gonzales family. One of Victoria's very best friends is Salena.

It was Salena's sister's birthday party, and they took us to a gymnastics gym full of trampolines, and ropes to swing on. The kids were running and jumping nonstop!
In this video, Victoria has a harness on which are attached to bungee chords. She learned how to do flips! Sorry it's sideways- I don't know how to turn it!

Utah!

Emily's wedding was August 2nd. I flew out a few hours after I was done with my program at CSU, and I forgot my camera. I only have a few pictures from the trip.

Emily and Alejandro were married in the Bountiful Temple. They had a luncheon at the Old Spaghetti Factory, and their reception was at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. The photographer brought a camera for Tori to take pictures with!
While I was home, I spent an afternoon with my friend Cathy Butler Marlor and her son Tucker.
I also got to spend time with Kirsten Rash, Mark Noyce, Brett Skidmore, and Aaron McIntyre, we all grew up together. I miss them!

I took Victoria and Scott up to Logan to show them Utah State and Cache Valley.

We also said goodbye to Rebe and Tyler who moved to Rochester, NY for Tyler to go to medical school. It was a fun trip!