The Garrett Gazette
2/16/09
Dear Family and Friends,
Basically if you want a short version of what has gone on in our lives it is Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka, and more Willy Wonka! AHH! We are pretty much about to puke Wonka right now! But since I’m nice and want to put you through the torture, I’ll go into more detail about our lives!
This last weekend Mommy and Daddy took off and left us all alone at home. Okay, well it had been planned for a few weeks and Grandma and Grandpa took us for a few hours, but yeah. They went to Idaho for Marty’s wedding. I think Dad will go into more detail about that, but I’ll just mention that we made it through alive with no burned house!! YAY! We watched a few movies, cleaned, watched more movies, ate and yeah!
Jakie bought a car the other day. It’s little and loud and if you ask me, it’s ugly. Jakie doesn’t think it’s ugly though, so that’s why he doesn’t ask me. He loves his car!
Now…Willy Wonka! As you all know by now…our whole family (except for Jake) is involved in this play. Emily, Bekah, Hannah and I are the actors, mom is the producer, and dad is a set and sound guy! We are opening this weekend, which means we’ve been going bonkers for the last two weeks trying to get things done. We’ve had to build the set, paint the set, add more stage to the set, paint some more set, build some candy, paint the candy, hang up the candy, finish finding props and then of course run the show five jillion times. Chad and Tina (our directors) are amazing and have been working overtime along with mom and dad and the rest of the board. We go to rehearsals early, stay after rehearsals and yeah. For Pete’s sake we were at Peteetneet for 6 ½ hours today!!!! OH MY GOSH! That’s a long, long time! Anyway, that’s our life right now. School, Work and Rehearsals…but thank goodness it’ll be over soon. Speaking of which, our performances are this Friday and the next three weekends. February 20, 21, 25, 27, 28 and March 4, 6, 7 all at 7:00 PM. Ticket info is on the side bar of the blog! PLEASE, PLEASE COME!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s midterm now in school which means we have a term and a half left till summer! That is AMAZING! This year has gone by hugely fast!
I got my Young Women’s Medallion which is really nice! It’s SO pretty! We had New Beginnings yesterday and Emily got to go to that. She was really nervous, because she was the youngest one there, but I think she’s secretly excited to be in Young Women’s.
I also got my Wisdom teeth pulled a couple weeks ago. I was pretty okay for the first couple days, but then on the third day my cheeks were HUGE and I looked like a Chipmunk. I got a little bit teased at school on Monday because of my chipmunk ness (although it wasn’t as bad as it was on Sunday). I still have to keep rinsing with an antibiotic mouth wash and squirting food out of my sockets after I eat, but my mouth is feeling TONS better!
Umm….I don’t think there’s been anything else taking up all our time, so I’ll be done now I guess.
Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
McCavity
A couple of years ago, Dawn was in Cats. I thought I could add this video so you could see her in action! She is the sexy Kitten in back, the hot one in red and orange! The other one is the art teacher that my kids had at Park View Elementary, Ramona Samuels.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Gazette # something something!
The Garrett Gazette
1/22/09
Dear Family and Friends,
Well, it’s a new year now! I told you it’d be a while till I wrote again, so yeah!!! A lot has happened since whenever I last wrote. There was Christmas, and New Years and school starting and all that, so I’m not sure how to organize this Gazette. If I sound kind of scatterbrained and all over the place, I’m sorry!
I guess we’ll start with Christmas. I’ll say one thing that everybody got. Daddy got a GPS thingy, mommy got a pasta maker and a bathrobe, and Jakie got a portable DVD player with a few movies like “Dark Knight.” I got an uber cute calendar and a calendar holder, Emily got a Scentsy candle thingy, Bekah got a Hannah Montana bean bag, and Hannah got a tent. It wasn’t a HUGE Christmas this year, but it was a good one and we enjoyed it.
On New Years eve we went over to Grandma Claytons for Dinner then came home and played games. I’m not sure what happened for 2 hours because I went to a multi stake dance, but when I came back we watched “X files” (daddy got the 1st two seasons for Christmas) We did the countdown and everything, but Hannah wouldn’t wake up.
School started and it’s been crazy trying to get everything done for the end of the term. Emily was working frantically on book report stuff and we were trying to read with Hannah and yeah. It was crazy. But now it’s Term 3 and we were relieved to have a break from homework.
We had a long weekend last week with Friday and Monday off so we got to relax and enjoy the weekend. I got to go sing with Mommy and we invited Brayden along with us. We sang at Carey’s house and I had a lot of fun.
I can’t think of anything else that I really need to say, so I guess we’re done here until I decide to write again!!!!
Loves!!
Kirk, Dawn, Jake, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah
1/22/09
Dear Family and Friends,
Well, it’s a new year now! I told you it’d be a while till I wrote again, so yeah!!! A lot has happened since whenever I last wrote. There was Christmas, and New Years and school starting and all that, so I’m not sure how to organize this Gazette. If I sound kind of scatterbrained and all over the place, I’m sorry!
I guess we’ll start with Christmas. I’ll say one thing that everybody got. Daddy got a GPS thingy, mommy got a pasta maker and a bathrobe, and Jakie got a portable DVD player with a few movies like “Dark Knight.” I got an uber cute calendar and a calendar holder, Emily got a Scentsy candle thingy, Bekah got a Hannah Montana bean bag, and Hannah got a tent. It wasn’t a HUGE Christmas this year, but it was a good one and we enjoyed it.
On New Years eve we went over to Grandma Claytons for Dinner then came home and played games. I’m not sure what happened for 2 hours because I went to a multi stake dance, but when I came back we watched “X files” (daddy got the 1st two seasons for Christmas) We did the countdown and everything, but Hannah wouldn’t wake up.
School started and it’s been crazy trying to get everything done for the end of the term. Emily was working frantically on book report stuff and we were trying to read with Hannah and yeah. It was crazy. But now it’s Term 3 and we were relieved to have a break from homework.
We had a long weekend last week with Friday and Monday off so we got to relax and enjoy the weekend. I got to go sing with Mommy and we invited Brayden along with us. We sang at Carey’s house and I had a lot of fun.
I can’t think of anything else that I really need to say, so I guess we’re done here until I decide to write again!!!!
Loves!!
Kirk, Dawn, Jake, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah
Saturday, January 3, 2009
It's ME!!!
Well, if you couldn't tell, I figured out how to switch the blog backgrounds. Daddy said I could do something girly, but it probably wouldn't stay very long! So I went girly. First I had a pink and green background, but I decided to change it!
Anyway, hope y'all like it!
I don't really have a reason for posting so yeah!
Loves,
~MEG~
Anyway, hope y'all like it!
I don't really have a reason for posting so yeah!
Loves,
~MEG~
Saturday, December 20, 2008
I don't know what number we're on!
The Garrett Gazette
12/20/08
Dear Family and Friends,
Wow! It’s been a long time, and it’s been so busy with Christmas coming up…AH! So anyway, I guess we’ll just start out with telling what everyone has been up to!
Daddy has been great with helping us get ready for Christmas. When it comes to Mommy’s Christmas presents, he is all over it! He’s had to work a lot of overtime lately which is pooey, but it pays the bills!!
Mommy still works out of home, which is a blessing with all the snow. It would be scary traveling back and forth between here and Draper every single day! She has come to all my choir stuff which is really nice. She has made us homemade hot chocolate a lot lately, which is nice. It’s warm and toasty and I love it!
Jakie works ALL THE TIME! And when he’s not working he’s out playing with friends…I mean “hanging out”. We don’t get to see him much anymore. I leave for school before he even wakes up and he comes home after I’m already in bed. He and Jessica are still dating and she comes over a little bit.
I am doing GREAT! I have had a lot of Perfect Harmony stuff going on. I sang at Wilson Elementary and then at University Mall. We then had our normal concert and then did an assembly for the school…we just kept going and going, but finally we’ve stopped because it’s Christmas break! YAY! In show choir we did a song called “Away from the Mistletoe” which is a great song. A lot of people liked seeing it, and I loved being in it! I’ll try and post the video under this Gazette! Me and my friend Brayden, did the main stuff in that. Other than that I’ve just been dealing with the usual stuff, homework, piano and friends! Of course my family is in there too!!
Emily is having fun in Sixth grade I think. She loves to read and has been reading non-stop lately, it’s so funny to watch her. She hates math (as do I) but she has straight A’s (well, they are actually E’s in elementary school). She had a concert that the sixth grade sang in singing a spoof on “12 days of Christmas” I heard that was great.
Bekah boo is a goofball. She loves Hannah Montana, so when she learned recently that Billy Ray Cirus (is that how it’s spelled?) sang “Achy Breaky Heart” (if that’s how to spell it), she totally cracked up. She was laughing forever and ever. She also sang in the concert at her school and she did well too. She’s been crazy trying to get stuff ready for Christmas and everything…she’s a cutie.
Hannah is last…she says the funniest things. Mommy was telling her to go double check her closet or something, for her socks. Hannah got mad and said “Mommy, I TRIPLE CHECKED!” That was great, she also says random other little things that make no sense, but they’re fun anyway. She also sang a couple songs in her concert and I hear she was ADORABLE in that.
Well…Merry Christmas everybody. We love you all and hope that you have a great Christmas and New Years (cuz it’ll probably be at least that long till I write again).
Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah
12/20/08
Dear Family and Friends,
Wow! It’s been a long time, and it’s been so busy with Christmas coming up…AH! So anyway, I guess we’ll just start out with telling what everyone has been up to!
Daddy has been great with helping us get ready for Christmas. When it comes to Mommy’s Christmas presents, he is all over it! He’s had to work a lot of overtime lately which is pooey, but it pays the bills!!
Mommy still works out of home, which is a blessing with all the snow. It would be scary traveling back and forth between here and Draper every single day! She has come to all my choir stuff which is really nice. She has made us homemade hot chocolate a lot lately, which is nice. It’s warm and toasty and I love it!
Jakie works ALL THE TIME! And when he’s not working he’s out playing with friends…I mean “hanging out”. We don’t get to see him much anymore. I leave for school before he even wakes up and he comes home after I’m already in bed. He and Jessica are still dating and she comes over a little bit.
I am doing GREAT! I have had a lot of Perfect Harmony stuff going on. I sang at Wilson Elementary and then at University Mall. We then had our normal concert and then did an assembly for the school…we just kept going and going, but finally we’ve stopped because it’s Christmas break! YAY! In show choir we did a song called “Away from the Mistletoe” which is a great song. A lot of people liked seeing it, and I loved being in it! I’ll try and post the video under this Gazette! Me and my friend Brayden, did the main stuff in that. Other than that I’ve just been dealing with the usual stuff, homework, piano and friends! Of course my family is in there too!!
Emily is having fun in Sixth grade I think. She loves to read and has been reading non-stop lately, it’s so funny to watch her. She hates math (as do I) but she has straight A’s (well, they are actually E’s in elementary school). She had a concert that the sixth grade sang in singing a spoof on “12 days of Christmas” I heard that was great.
Bekah boo is a goofball. She loves Hannah Montana, so when she learned recently that Billy Ray Cirus (is that how it’s spelled?) sang “Achy Breaky Heart” (if that’s how to spell it), she totally cracked up. She was laughing forever and ever. She also sang in the concert at her school and she did well too. She’s been crazy trying to get stuff ready for Christmas and everything…she’s a cutie.
Hannah is last…she says the funniest things. Mommy was telling her to go double check her closet or something, for her socks. Hannah got mad and said “Mommy, I TRIPLE CHECKED!” That was great, she also says random other little things that make no sense, but they’re fun anyway. She also sang a couple songs in her concert and I hear she was ADORABLE in that.
Well…Merry Christmas everybody. We love you all and hope that you have a great Christmas and New Years (cuz it’ll probably be at least that long till I write again).
Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Gazette #23
The Garrett Gazette
11/8/08
Dear Family and Friends,
I don’t know exactly what to talk about, so I’ll just tell you a little bit about our last trip. We took a trip up to Mackay, Idaho to see Lindsay May Olsen get blessed. She was just born to Dirk and Natalie. We went up Saturday and came home on Sunday. The ward in Mackay is so small! You’re not used to a chapel being that small when you live in Utah. Anyway, Lindsay was adorable.
I got my top braces off!!!! Now I only have to wear the bottom for a couple more weeks and then I get a permanent retainer on the bottom. I have a top retainer that is retarded, but oh well.
Halloween was good. The girls had fun dressing up. Bekah and Hannah were fairies while Emily was Sleeping Beauty (or Rose). I was the Queen of Hearts. We all had lots of fun and got loads of candy.
Emily and I went to a festival today. Em played a duet with a neighbor girl while I played a trio with my BFF and another friend from the high school. We did pretty good I think. Emily is getting so great at piano!
Happy Late Birthday Maddy (although we saw you the day after) and Happy Soon to Be Birthday Aunt Natalie!!!! We love you guys!!!!!
Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah, and Hannah
I got my top braces off!!!! Now I only have to wear the bottom for a couple more weeks and then I get a permanent retainer on the bottom. I have a top retainer that is retarded, but oh well.
Halloween was good. The girls had fun dressing up. Bekah and Hannah were fairies while Emily was Sleeping Beauty (or Rose). I was the Queen of Hearts. We all had lots of fun and got loads of candy.
Emily and I went to a festival today. Em played a duet with a neighbor girl while I played a trio with my BFF and another friend from the high school. We did pretty good I think. Emily is getting so great at piano!
Happy Late Birthday Maddy (although we saw you the day after) and Happy Soon to Be Birthday Aunt Natalie!!!! We love you guys!!!!!
Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah, and Hannah
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Gazette #22
The Garrett Gazette
10/25/08
Dear Family and Friends,
Wow, it’s been a long time! I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get everything in, but…here goes!
Daddy has been working of course. I can’t really think of anything special about him except for that he’s great! I love him!
Mommy has been working as well, she’s been working a bit more than usual so that we could go up to Idaho next week without her missing too much. She has been going nuts with Young Women’s, Upstage, and 1-800-CONTACTS. We’ve had a few rehearsals for Wonka, but those nights are usually really busy.
As you may or may not know as of right now, Jakie got in a car accident. It wasn’t bad or anything, he just hit his head a little bit. Jessica was with him and she hit her head a little bit harder, but she’s okay too. I’m not sure exactly what’s going on with his job now since he is never home (even less than before…if that’s possible) but I think he may have gotten a new job doing pretty much the same thing. If you want to know details though, you have to ask him!
I have been doing fabulous. I was in our school Talent Show a couple weeks ago. I sang the song “If I had a fine white horse.” I was told I did a fantabulous job and that I sound like Giselle from Enchanted. This week, on Tuesday I had my choir concert. We were combined with the 7th grade Drama kids. It was an interesting experience. As Perfect Harmony I only sang three songs at the very beginning, then right after that, my show choir sand “Bebop with Aesop” with everyone else participating in the concert. The play was pretty much boring but it was quite an interesting night. And last about me, I went to a Halloween party at my friends house! We had a lot of fun playing games and eating food! There were about 20 people who came and so we had lots of fun.
Emily has been having a lot of fun with Student Council I think. She is the reporter or something like that. (she takes the pictures.) I think she enjoys it a lot! She also went to her friend MaryJo’s Halloween party last night. She seemed to like it. She one a pumpkin for something. She was a cutie with her costume on. She was just a princess, with a lot of purple on, but her hair was curly, and she was gorgeous.
Bekah Boo…I can’t think of anything for her. She’s very into Hannah Montana and High School Musical still. It’s very annoying still. Umm, She loves to hang out with her friend Rylie and she even got to have a sleepover with her on Thursday.
Hannah is a nut! She is getting good at reading and she just loves to look at people’s stuff. Hannah didn’t like my concert much, she thought it was extremely boring…(not that I blame her.) I love Hannah, she’s doing well with her adding as well as reading. She’s so smart!
Happy Birthday Sydney, Mike and Suzie!!! Hope you had a good one!
Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jake, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah
10/25/08
Dear Family and Friends,
Wow, it’s been a long time! I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get everything in, but…here goes!
Daddy has been working of course. I can’t really think of anything special about him except for that he’s great! I love him!
Mommy has been working as well, she’s been working a bit more than usual so that we could go up to Idaho next week without her missing too much. She has been going nuts with Young Women’s, Upstage, and 1-800-CONTACTS. We’ve had a few rehearsals for Wonka, but those nights are usually really busy.
As you may or may not know as of right now, Jakie got in a car accident. It wasn’t bad or anything, he just hit his head a little bit. Jessica was with him and she hit her head a little bit harder, but she’s okay too. I’m not sure exactly what’s going on with his job now since he is never home (even less than before…if that’s possible) but I think he may have gotten a new job doing pretty much the same thing. If you want to know details though, you have to ask him!
I have been doing fabulous. I was in our school Talent Show a couple weeks ago. I sang the song “If I had a fine white horse.” I was told I did a fantabulous job and that I sound like Giselle from Enchanted. This week, on Tuesday I had my choir concert. We were combined with the 7th grade Drama kids. It was an interesting experience. As Perfect Harmony I only sang three songs at the very beginning, then right after that, my show choir sand “Bebop with Aesop” with everyone else participating in the concert. The play was pretty much boring but it was quite an interesting night. And last about me, I went to a Halloween party at my friends house! We had a lot of fun playing games and eating food! There were about 20 people who came and so we had lots of fun.
Emily has been having a lot of fun with Student Council I think. She is the reporter or something like that. (she takes the pictures.) I think she enjoys it a lot! She also went to her friend MaryJo’s Halloween party last night. She seemed to like it. She one a pumpkin for something. She was a cutie with her costume on. She was just a princess, with a lot of purple on, but her hair was curly, and she was gorgeous.
Bekah Boo…I can’t think of anything for her. She’s very into Hannah Montana and High School Musical still. It’s very annoying still. Umm, She loves to hang out with her friend Rylie and she even got to have a sleepover with her on Thursday.
Hannah is a nut! She is getting good at reading and she just loves to look at people’s stuff. Hannah didn’t like my concert much, she thought it was extremely boring…(not that I blame her.) I love Hannah, she’s doing well with her adding as well as reading. She’s so smart!
Happy Birthday Sydney, Mike and Suzie!!! Hope you had a good one!
Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jake, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah
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