Saturday, March 27, 2010

Last day of Performances

I thought that I would give Meg a break, and write the blog. Tonight is the last performance of "Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood." I love watching all my girls perform. Meg has done an outstanding job as the forgotten middle daughter who is a brainiac. My favorite part is her little snort at the end. Emily and Bekah are in the ensemble. I loved making them smile. My favorite scene with Emily is her sitting on the stage, smiling and being beautiful. Bekah dances up and down the aisles. Hannah is a real stinker.

I have to take a moment to wish my sister Misty a happy birthday!

Friday, February 26, 2010

Feb. 26th, 2010

The Garrett Gazette

2/26/10

Dear Family and Friends,

Happy Valentines Day and St. Patty's day!!!! Wow! Lots of stuff is going right now, so I've had no time to write, but it's a Friday and I love Friday's, so I decided to update a little bit!

As many of you know, our whole family is involved in Upstage's “Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood” We start performing soon, and those who can, we'd love it if you could come! We start performances on March 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, and 27th. If you'd like to come see the play, please contact someone from our family, and we can definitely tell you the prices and get you tickets! The play is so much fun, and the whole cast is having a blast. There's lots of dancing and singing and our cast is just amazing!

Jakie doesn't work for our neighbor anymore, he works for a bigger company and makes more per hour. We're all proud of him! He also got his Wisdom Teeth pulled on February 15th. I know his pain, so I feel bad for him, but I hear it's getting a little bit better!

I finally got my learners permit for driving just a few weeks ago. Now dad makes me drive all over the place and all my siblings freak out when I drive. They all shout, “Put your seatbelt on so she doesn't kill us!” It's kind of obnoxious!!

Emily got braces just after my last post!! She got them on January 12 and she looks great! She's only had them for a couple months, but her teeth are already moving all over the place. She can't eat normally yet because it hurts, but she'll get over it eventually!

Bekah gets to do the “wax museum” since she's in 5th grade and she is Marilyn Monroe. She's had loads of fun researching Marilyn and she's super excited to be done with the assignment. She'll do a great Job.

Hannah burned herself on Monday, and it's not just a little burn. It goes all the way from her wrist to her elbow. She got way too close to the fireplace and it was a rough night for her. She's been taking medicine though, and she feels much better now.

Daddy is doing well in school! He's done a very good job at working, schooling and spending lots of time with us all at once! I know he's probably stressed, but he's always willing to help us with all our homework and comfort us! I love my daddy!!!!

Mommy is ultra busy too. She works all day and then does play stuff at rehearsals. She's the producer again so she works a lot on helping the show run smoothly! I'm glad that she does this for us!!!!

Well that's all I've got for now!!!!

We love you all very much!!!!

Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jake, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Jan 10, 2010

The Garrett Gazette
1/10/10

Dear Family and Friends,

Merry Late Christmas and Happy New Year!!!! I know that I'm very late, but that's okay right?! We had a lot of stuff going on, but I don't remember it all, so I'll do my best.

Everyone of us kids had a Christmas concert type of thing. Hannah sang some songs with her class and mom went to see that. The Monday before Christmas, Bekah's grade did “Grandma got ran over by a reindeer” and Rebekah played the “Grandpa” She had a lot of fun doing that, and according to Grandma and Mommy, she was hilarious! Emily had a choir concert on the 15th of December where she and I sang a duet of “Santa Baby.” We did super good, although we had some technical difficulties and the rest of the concert was cute too. I had a concert on the 16th where I sang three songs with my class and as a whole choir, we invited the Alumni to come up and sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” with us. That was a lot of fun, and it sounded so cool. The whole auditorium was decorated with Poinsettias so it looked beautiful.

We had a great Christmas break. I was able to go sledding with a few friends, and I haven't done that since I was little, so that was an adventure.

Christmas Eve went great! We had a typical dinner of Ham and Christmas potatoes and then we opened presents! We all had fun opening everything, but as you probably know, the last present of the night was Jessica's. Jakie gave Jessica a box of sees candy with an engagement ring in it and he proposed. The ring is uber pretty and the date is now set for May 21st, 2010.

Christmas was a good day too! I was the first kid awake, (that hasn't happened for 3 or 4 years) and we were all surprised by what Santa left us! I got a rockin awesome camera that the whole Garrett family has already seen. Bekah got an aquarium and a fish named Leo. She loves that fish. Emily got a cute outfit and a really pretty calendar holder, and Hannah got an adorable dress and some Barbie and the Three Musketeers stuff.

The day after Christmas we went up to Idaho to spend some time with Daddy's side of the family. We stayed in a Hotel and we had loads of fun with all our cousins. I took a jillion pictures and we all ate TONS of food!

On New Years Eve, Bekah went to a party and I went to a multi stake dance until about 10:30. We, of course, drank sparkling cider, and counted down to midnight!

On the day that we started school again, Daddy also went to school. He started college over at UVU and he is still overwhelmed with everything, so I'll give you more info later. We also started rehearsals for “Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood” that me, Emily, Bekah, and Hannah are all in. We are so excited to be in this show. It'll be a blast!

The start of this new year has brought some realization with it. I noticed that this year is going to be a year of changes for our family. 1St, daddy started school so that's a big change! Hannah is turning 8 and will get baptized this year and Jakie is getting married. I am turning 16, so I'll be getting my permit, and my liscense this year along with being able to date. SCARY! So this year will be super different than last year, but it'll be good.

Happy Birthday to Ava and Alea! We love you two soooo much and I can't wait to see you again!

Also....Happy Birthday Aunt Amelia!!!! You're a rockin awesome aunt, and thanks for the Christmas presents you gave us!!!

Happy Birthday Keith and Kacey!! (hopefully I spelled that right) We love you and can't wait to see you again.

And Happy Birthday Grandma Clayton!! We're still a couple weeks off, but still, hope you have a great one!!!

Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah

Sunday, November 29, 2009

11/29

The Garrett Gazette

11/29/09

Dear Family and Friends,

Happy Holidays!!!! We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, we sure enjoyed it! I have a lot to write about, so I’ll back up a little bit.

Since the last time I wrote we’ve had a bunch of little things going on! I’ll start with concerts. Emily had a choir concert in October, that I wasn’t able to go to because of Young Women’s but I hear it was great. Her class sang “Dance Evolution” which was a song that I did my first year of Show Choir and it was so much fun. It was fun to hear her singing that around the house just like I did. I also had a choir concert like a week after Emily’s. I am in Advanced Women’s Chorus, but our name is “Bella Voce” meaning Beautiful Voices. We didn’t sing any songs that’d be familiar to anybody, but they were pretty! The Chamber singers (that’s the top choir) sang “America the Beautiful” and it was GORGEOUS!!!!!! Emily’s next concert is December 15th I believe, and she is trying out for a solo this week. My next concert is December 16th, and we are singing some beautiful songs, so if you live close enough to come, that’d be great!

In the last Gazette I mentioned that I tried out for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Well we performed that about 3 weeks ago, and it went very well. I’ll post pictures! I had to wear a dress that I couldn’t breathe in and I got to sing a big solo! It was really fun!

Emily and I got great grades for first term. They were all A’s and B’s!! I think Bekah and Hannah got good grades too, but they have a different grading system, so I’m not really sure!

Emily, Bekah and I all tried out for an Upstage play a couple weeks ago and we all made it into the play! The musical is “Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood” which is a 50’s version of little red riding hood. I made the part of “Medium Purple” (Little Red’s sister) and Emily and Bekah are both in the chorus. They get to do SIX PART HARMONY!!!! That’s going to be so much fun and we’ll probably get to wear POODLE SKIRTS!!!!!!! We’re super excited!!

Last Saturday our whole family went to Logan to visit Afton. (She’s my old piano teacher, and one of mom’s best friends.) Mom, Afton, and Carey went to sing at some spiffy thing for a while but while we were up there we did a lot of stuff while mom was practicing. Dad took everyone over to a Cheese Factory, and a cookie place so they had a lot of fun doing that! While they did that, I got to tape wires down for Afton’s sound system. While they were performing we all watched “Star Trek” and enjoyed Afton’s daughter Shelby. She was so cute and she did the funniest things! We sure had a blast just playing with her!

Now for Thanksgiving! We hosted dinner at our house this year and set up everything in the basement. Mom made mostly everything, but I made Carmel and Spinach dip!! All the food was soooo good. I just wish it would have snowed. It was a pretty nice day, but I’ve been looking forward to snow for a long time, and it’s not working!

Well that’s all the things that come to mind. We love you all and hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving, and have a good Christmas!!!!

Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah!

Friday, September 25, 2009

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily, Me and Bekah with buds! Jitterbug, Ozian, and Winkie
Mom and Hannah

Mom and Meg are Jitterbugs


Mommy looked soooo cool
Keep reading for another Gazette!!!!!!

Garrett Gazette 9/25

The Garrett Gazette
9/25/09

Dear Family and Friends,

It’s been FOREVER since I’ve written, so we’ve got a lot to catch up on! The biggest thing that’s happened from the last time I wrote and now, was the Wizard of Oz. You all should be aware that our whole family was in that by now! Mom was the Wicked Witch double, an Ozian and a Jitterbug. I was an Ozian and a Jitterbug, Emily was an Ozian and a Winkie guard and Bekah and Hannah were Munchkins. Daddy was backstage helping with the flying. When I last wrote, that was when the play started to pick up and our lives went crazy! That was also when we made the most friends I think! The play turned out to be amazing and everyone who came to watch it loved it! It was so exciting to see Grandma and Grandpa Clayton, Aunt Amy, and Aunt Amelia! Jake also brought Jessica and I think they all enjoyed it! After the play was over, it was nice to get back to a normal, boring life, but it was also REALLY sad because we wouldn’t get to see our cast for awhile! Luckily we had a cast party just this last Monday and we were able to see everyone again!

School is going well for us all. Jakie is going to college, but I don’t know how to say the name of the college so you have to ask Jake about that. He seems to like it fine, as he talks about it a lot when he comes home for dinner on Sundays.

Emily is now in Jr. High and I think she likes it! She was pretty scared about getting lost and not being able to open her locker, but she was awesome and totally rocked at everything!!! She loves her choir class and math, so she’s doing very well! She has VERY good grades so far.

Bekah is in fifth grade at Park View. She likes her teacher and she’s made a bunch of new friends in her class, so life is good! Hannah is in second grade and she has a teacher that Emily used to have! She likes that class, but I don’t really know much about it, because they don’t talk about school much to me.

I am in High School and it’s big and scary, but I’m getting used to it. I’m pretty sure there is no dress code because people just wear whatever they want, whether it’s modest or not. My classes are going well and I have straight A’s so I’m good in that area. I tried out for the school musical which was originally going to be The Sound of Music and then in the middle of auditions they changed it to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. I made it as ‘Miss Jones’ who is the big boss’ secretary. She is a “dragon lady” as the part is described. The play is way cute and I’m super excited!!!!!

I don’t know that there is really much else to talk about because this is all that consumes our lives. We watch a lot of TV, but don’t worry, we’re not couch potatoes because we do enough running around to keep that from happening.

Well that’s all I can think of at the moment, so I’ll post more as I come up with it!

HUGS AND KISSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah

Thursday, August 6, 2009

August Gazette!!!

The Garrett Gazette

8/6/09

Dear Family and Friends,

School is almost back in! Just less than 2 weeks left now! I know that part of all of us is excited, you know to see the friends and show off all our new clothing, but I know our whole family is dreading the homework....BLAH!!! And then there is the fact that Emily is moving up to Jr. High and I know she's scared of getting lost, and I'm moving up to high school and I am TERRIFIED of getting lost! Have you seen how HUGE that school is?? Anyway, first day of school for all of us is August 19th. Well everyone except Jakie who starts college on my birthday, August 17th.

Wizard of Oz is almost here, we open in 3 weeks! We still have soo much to do to get ready. We still gotta finish our costumes (they are almost done so that won't be TOO difficult) and finish blocking, and then stick everything together and work out all the kinks! Can we do it?? Hopefully! Emily is now a Winkie Guard (those are Witch's guards) and she is having a BLAST doing that! Hannah and Bekah look so cute in their little munchkin costumes!!

Mommy sang a song in sacrament meeting a few weeks ago, and two weeks ago she gave a talk in church! She did a super duper job! She is a good example to our family! I love you Mommy!!!!

Last week a family friend Marty, had a son Logan, who got baptized. Mom and dad went to that for the morning and I went to a stake baptism to play the piano for that, so emily got to babysit for an hour or so while I was gone. She did a good job.

Well that's pretty much our whole entire life right now! None of us have anything else going on except for random parties and things that we go to.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE ELMO!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT MELISSA!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRI!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!

WE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE WONDERFUL BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH!
Love,

Kirk, Dawn, Jakie, Me, Emily, Bekah and Hannah

XoxoXOxoxO