Blog reboot

Sunday, September 23, 2012

The Garrett Gazette

Dear family and friends,

I'm sorry it has been a while since we have updated, but here I am. Well, actually this is Bekah! Meg has been busy lately so Emily and I will switch off doing it.

Throughout the year we have been doing a lot of things. I guess I will just start with the basic things. I'm in 8^th grade and I love it! It is very fun and I have really cool friends. Meg is in college. She is going to BYU. She has been a little stressed out, but she has been doing good. Emily is in her first year of HIGH SCHOOL! I know, she is growing up so fast. Hannah is... well, Hannah. She is in 5^th grade now. Mom is still working at 1-800contacts and Dad continues to work at the post office.

This week has started like any other week. We are a crazy singing family going through school. I actually have good grades! Everyone else has always had good graded though. They are doing very well.

Emily is doing rehearsals for Seussical the Musical. It's the musical that PHS is doing this year. She is the understudy for Mazy! She is also dancing around the house practicing for social dance. She loves it!

We haven't been in any musicals since Alice and Wonderland. It's kind of sad, but it gives us a chance to work on other things. Alice in wonderland was way fun. It was the last upstage play that we will do! Meg wasn't in that one sadly. She was in Sound of Music. I will get to that later. Emily was the tall Alice. She did fabulous and was so funny. It was really fun to watch from the side of the stage. Me and Hannah were rock lobsters. It was really fun to dance around in lobster costumes. It was fun!

Back to the Sound of Music. Meg did amazing as the part of Maria. I don't know if it was her favorite part, but she was a shining star up there. She did amazing and did a good job with sticking to it.

I would say the real fun this week was Saturday. Meg performed in her choir concert. She looked beautiful. I didn't go, but I bet she did amazing! She has been doing a fabulous job from what I've been hearing around the house. Emily went with her friends to watch Nacho Libre. It sounded like she had fun. Hannah had a sleepover with her friend Katie. My friends and me had a party at my house and it was crazy! We all had way to much sugar. Gratefully Hannah and Katie were there to make sure we didn't destroy the basement. Mom and Dad spent time up stairs watching movies and trying to ignore the crazy sounds coming from the basement!

Emily kind of lives in her own world, I don't exactly know where she is. She is crazy and kind of just does what she wants. She sings and dances and is a very fun person to be around. She is still being a very good person even with all the bad High School influences around her. I love how random and funny she is. Sometimes I wonder if she in even meaning to be funny, but she makes me laugh.

Meg is still the outgoing, fun person that she always is. She has been working hard for school. She has been having a rough time, but she is doing amazing. She has been very good on staying focused on what she needs to do. She is still working at the red barn. I am amazed how she is balancing everything out right now and still has the time to spend with her family and her boyfriend Adam. She is still a very good person and does good everywhere she goes. I admire how strong she is.

Hannah is very random. She is so funny and is a little DQ. She says and does the most random things in the world. I have no idea where the things she brings up come from. I just learned to laugh and not question her because when I do I just get more confused. She is like a little teenager. She goes to school and plays with one of her friends. The thing that is the weirdest is that her feet keep getting dirty even when she wears shoes. She walks into the house and has to wash her feet before she can stand on the carpet. I wonder about her sometimes.

I have kind of been a facebook junky and I love my friends to death! They are so hyper and funny I just want to bust out laughing every time I'm around them. They are over all the coolest people (besides my family, of course) in the whole wide world! We had a party as I said earlier. It was insane. We ate a lot of sugar, played Just Dance and American Idol, and took pictures. We had a blast! The people in the photo are my friends at the party. Jacob is the one in the yellow shirt. The other Jacob is the one in the brown shirt. Rylee is in the purple, and Cambrielle is in the blue.

Mom has been the coolest mom in the world. Doing her job and being the best mommy ever at the same time. I love her and am very grateful for her. She is doing a good job on helping us do what we need to do and keeping us on track.

Dad has been doing school and work. He still eats dinner with us, but I love being able to spend time with him on Sundays. We go fishing a lot! I love fishing with him. It is a way to get away from the annoying problems and spend some time with my dad. There is always a story to tell when we are done.

Our dear dog Isabelle died on May 23. It was a very hard thing to get over. She was the best dog that anyone could ask for. We all miss her and remember her. She was and still is a part of our family.

That is all I have to say right now. Emily will be doing this next week and will fill you up on what I missed. We love you!