Caleb's 2009 Band Compitition Schedule

Caleb is enjoying being part of Mountain Crest High School Marching Band again this year. He is in a lot of parades and competitions in the fall. I have included his schedule below. If you are interested in coming to any of his competitions or parades, let me know so I can give an accurate time of his performance. Most competitions are $3 or $4 per person except the Parent Show is free and the Bands of America in St. George is expensive.

Fall Competitions and Major Performances:

Date Event Location Approximate Time
Sept 18 Homecoming Halftime MCHS 7 p.m.
Sept 21 Parent Show, Sky View 7 p.m.
Sept 22 Weber Review Weber State; Ogden, UT 9 p.m.
Sept 26 Nebo, MB Tournament Payson HS 1 p.m.
Oct 10 Mountain West, Pocatello, ID 1 p.m.
Oct 13 Rocky Mtn. Band Comp. BYU; Provo, UT 9 p.m.
Oct 20 Davis Cup, Davis HS; Kaysville, UT 9 p.m.
Oct 24 Mt. Timpanogos. Mountain View HS; Orem, UT 1 p.m.
Oct 31 Bridgerland Band Inv. Utah State, Logan, UT 1 p.m.
Nov 6 Red Rocks MB State Comp. DSC, St. George, UT 7 p.m.
Nov 7 Bands of America Regional, DSC, St. George all day

Note New Photo

I decided to update the blog header photo to this year's family reunion pic.  Yes there are some missing people, but we'll live with it until we can get a better one.  Or until I figure out how to photo shop everyone in. :D

OW YOUNG Reunion

These are photos from the Odin and Rhodora Young Family Reunion held July of 2009.  We had pretty good turn out, but for those of you who couldn't make it we hope you will enjoy this taste of the fun.   I will add to them as I receive others so check back.  
Above we have Keith Young, Dennis Young and Bob Wilcox.  Some of the old farts.  And below we have Larry Hansen, Dennis Hansen and John Young.  Some of the less old farts.

There was lots of standing around talking. And sitting around talking.  

We went hiking and saw some beautiful flowers.
We don't think anyone was actually buried here but it would be a nice place to be buried.
We were told we were headed for the cave over there.  It never seemed to get any closer, but we heard that some people actually got there.
See the happy campers on the trail.



This is the lodge where we stayed.  New arrivals in the parking lot.

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".