MTC Fun

I thought I would just share with you how serious the flu is at the MTC and how seriously we are taking it.  And if I could figure out how, I would make this stop underlining.  :)
Ellen, Teddy and Jolynn-  The 3 not- so-little pigs. Ellen made our tops.  If people think we are half as fun as we think we are then we are hilarious.  
Do you recognize my new secretary.  She has been invaluable.  Dr. Brown asked what I was paying her and I told him I gave her birth and what more could she want.  She was the worst one too- a whole 4 1/2 hours of labor.  And a whopping 8 1/2 pounds.  But she has been worth her weight (current- not birth) in gold the last 2 weeks.  She has taken more temps than a weatherman.  And created a spreadsheet for tracking districts getting meds that has saved me much time and tylenol.  So I took her to Ripple's for dinner.  And helped her eat her fries.  

Sisters Weekend

For those of you who missed the wild weekend.  Wish you all could have come.

Contrary to appearances Trudy is having fun and she won.  

Keilani has been working on her art skills.

Megan's Shower

Just wanted to share some of the fun we had at Megan's shower.  Wish you all could have been there.  And that we could have been at Lauren's.

As you can see we had a nice crowd.

We played around. :)
We ate some yummy food.  You don't want to mess with Trudy when there's food.
We did not eat this cake.  A little too much fiber.
We opened presents.
And then tried some of them on.  

Some of us are obviously not headband people.

Happy 75th Birthday Grandma Young!

She doesn't look a day older than 30!

Look at that smile! We love you mom!

Christmas Eve Nativity Revival :)

Grandpa Young oversaw the whole production. He said that he would stay upstairs and play the part of Elohiem.
Elohiem with the Angel.
Deann was really feeling the music.
Jolynn was the director and the pianist along with some assistance from little ones.
Sally told us all about a story of how she about lost it at work today. Ask her to tell you the story and sing for you... she had an interesting twist on a Christmas song. How did it go Sally? Jolynn asked if Sally's rendition of the song is what they meant by going Postal.

Jordan and Tierney entertained Allana playing with the miniature baby Jesus. 
Zak played one of the "Wise Guys" along with Jordan and Ben.
Corinne led the heavenly choir in their carols, while Quinn played the organ.
Tabitha and Erin were the beautiful Angels who proclaimed the birth of Christ.

Thanks so much to Jolynn for reviving the Nativity Christmas tradition! I've heard about it for many years from Andy, but it was fun to be a part of it.

Family Reunion Highlights DVD

The much anticipated Reunion DVDs will be debuting sometime this December. The talent show is all ready with titles and chapter markers...now we just need to put the music into the highlights reel (Andy has done all the work). Hopefully we can have it finished before the new year :)

Family Photos in the Blizzard

I thought it might be fun to post these since you will only get 1 or 2 with our card. And even then, it will be a photocopy!! Some day we are going to be organized and fancy, but not today! Any how, I thought they were kind of cute, albeit hard to see us through the gargantuan snow "flakes". The best part is that Amy F Dimick is taking the pics out in the snow in her "toe cleavage" shoes! Enjoy! :)

Graham cracker CHAOS

Graham cracker shrapnel was flying, everything and everyone was covered with frosting, and philosophical discussions were had as to where hair migrates when you go bald (don't ask). But all in all, a great time was had by all, even though the artistic outcomes were highly questionable.

Swearing was kept to a minimum, no one hurled from mixing spice drops and Nerds, and there was nary a bikini fungus to be found. Clearly an improvement over LAST year.

Just call it TORTURE

We just wanted to post some photos of our wonderful vacation. We (just Dan and I) went to the Bahamas on a cruise from Nov. 10-14. It was awesome!! Very relaxing and perfect weather, we loved it! We are ready to move to Grand Bahama Island, which was our most favorite day of the whole trip. We will just live on the beach in the shack we found. Hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving!! Thanks for being such a great Family!!

Allana is Celebrating the Finish of Volleyball Season

We just finished our volleyball banquet last night. We have enjoyed the season, but it has been fun to have more time for playing in the leaves and dancing to the "Wiggles". 

Redneck Gardening

Welcome to "Redneck Gardening", with your host Caleb "Bubba" Young.

We were too lazy to plant our garden so we came up with a much easier and interesting way to get rid of the old Halloween decorations, and to plant pumpkin seeds for next year's harvest.

Needed Items:

• Pumpkin with seeds inside


• Gardening tool to spread the seeds. May we recommend a 20 gage SHOTGUN

Thank you for joining us for this episode of "Redneck Gardening".

Pumpkin Party in Smithfield

Well, last night was our annual Cache Valley Young Relations Pumpkin Carving Party. And since it is so fun to put pictures on here, I took a lot!! In attendance we had the Walt Young family, the Pasketts, the Losee family, the Morin-Long family, and all 3 freshman girls: Tabitha, Paige, and Erin! I bet you are all so jealous that you couldn't come. We had a great time and I am still enjoying roasted pumpkin seeds, as I write. Look ahead to some pictures from our Gingerbread (ie. graham cracker) house party in December. Those always get a little crazy!!

Cutest Girl!!

I guess you could call me a stage mom of sorts, because I love to take pictures of Baylee when she is all dressed up! She was invited to a birthday party yesterday and it was, of course, a costume party. And since I am a closet drama nerd, we had to do her hair funky and put makeup on her. I think she is dang cute!! Dan thinks I am kind of silly. His exact (sort of) words were "you're so cute. A 7 year old is going to a costume party, and you give her prom hair". What can I say? I have one kid that is a girl and she is going to look sassy as all get out for this party! :)
We will see what she is for Halloween since she borrowed this costume from our neighbor! Ah, the life of a cheapskate.

Proud Band Parents

Since there haven’t been many contributions to the Young Family Blog, I thought I would contribute and brag a little bit.

I have included pictures of Caleb and the Mt. Crest Marching Band. They are a really good band. It has been fun to go to his competitions and cheer for them. He competed in Pocatello, ID on Saturday. They took second place to Sky View High School by 2 points out of a thousand possible points. Makelle loves to cheer for him and was really excited that he won an award at the competition.

The season is quickly coming to a close. He will compete at BYU on October 14, Dixie State College on October 24, and UNLV on October 25.

Those of you coming to Keith’s wedding may be able to fit one of his competitions in. He will be performing at Dixie State College on Friday at 9 p.m. and in Las Vegas at noon and 7 p.m. if they make the finals for that competition.