Happy Birthday Ethan

Ethan turned 11 years old on Wednesday, November 12th.

(I'm a little slow on announcing this momentous occasion.)

He had a surprise waiting for him when he got home from school.

Wednesday evening Ethan had a Court of Honor were he received his Arrow of Light Award and had his Cross over ceremony where he officially became a boy scout. Here he is getting his new boy scout shirt and neckerchief.

Then on friday evening he had a couple of friend over for a night of videos and birthday cake. Here is Brennen, Melena, Jensen and Kerstyn getting ready to sing Happy Birthday to Ethan.



Happy Birthday Ethan!

Ethan turns 11

HaPpY BiRtHdAy ETHAN!

America's Next Top Model in 2021

Something that you might want to know about Camryn is that she is such a poser. I don't mean pretender, I mean that she loves to pose for the camera. When we walk home from school she practices her poses and always asks if I remembered to bring the camera. Thursday I remembered the camera. We had a fun day of picture taking.

Smile with your eyes.

Show me your pearly whites!

Work it girlfriend!

Can you feel the music?

All in a days work.

Show me your ugly pretty face.

Are they really twins?

I was going through my photos today and found this picture of Jensen and Camryn. They both happened to wear the same outfit to school on August 25. I could'nt pass up the opportunity of a photo moment. Don't they look lik twins? Or maybe Jensen is Camryn's "Mini Me" or is it vice versa.

Stake Activity Day

Today was the Stake Primary Activity day for the girls ages 8 to 11. It is one of our biggest events (in the Stake Primary) that we do each year. Our theme was The Gospel Standards. We had the girls play relay games, Concentration, do a craft (making a modile), and have a dance off all with the Gospel Standards as the basis for each activity.

One of three relay games the girls played outside. They got a little wet.

Allison Thompson teaching them some fun dance moves. Don't forget to watch the video below.




Melody Shipley inspired me to post this so quickly. See her blog for a picture of the craft that the girls completed..

I'm back at least for today!

I realize that I am not much of a blogger. It has been weeks and weeks since I last signed on to update our blog. I found a new background and had Melena (our inhouse blog master) update it for me. I really enjoy reading people's blog who know how to write and I envy their abilities to turn a phrase into something captivating. Our lives at Garrret house has taken a completely different turn. Kyle was laid off about a month ago and he has been earnestly searching for a new job. Our hope was to find employment here in central Florida. But that seems that it might not be the case. Most of the jobs he is qualified for are everywhere except for Florida. To make matters worse it appears that we may even have to move to a state that has 4 seasons. I am much more partial to Florida's climate and its lack of snow. We looked into buying a business but last weeks stock market makes that idea a little to scary with out haveing a back up income. Now we are just hoping and praying for a job - anywhere!

We are off on our trip!

We are on our way to Williamsburg, VA via the coast line of South and North Carolina. We spent our first night near Charleston. I got these great pictures of my beautiful children. This one is at Waterfront Park in Charleston.



These are my darlings at Sullivan Island which is across the harbor from Charleston.





Are Melena and Camryn hearing the same music inside their head?