Tashena's Christmas Concert

I love Christmas music and I especially love hearing it performed live!  I have now heard the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Lower Lights, and now the Bountiful High School Concert Choir!  Last night my family went to hear Tashena sing but the concert was with the whole music department and I was so impressed with the sheer number of kids involved.  There were four different choirs, the chamber orchestra, and the concert orchestra.  Every group sounded so beautiful and I especially loved one of the songs that Concert Choir sang called "There is Faint Music" accompanied by a harp.  Goosebumps!  It was such a lovely concert and I am so proud of Tashena because she is such a talented girl.

Note:  Where do schools get these Concert Choir dresses?  Is there a company that does nothing but supply these dresses to schools?  They all seem to look alike but with different colors to represent the school (HHS has the same dresses but in navy blue with a white sash).  Do the girls every wear them again after the school year is over?  I'm fascinated!  I think Tashena rocks the Concert Choir dress.

Winter Ball 2017

Last night was the Winter Ball for Bountiful High School.  Tashena went with a boy named Josh and her group of friends.  I absolutely loved her dress!

The boutonniere!

The corsage.

Tashena and Josh.

Sydney and Kaleb

The girls.

The boys.

The whole group!

I really love Tashena's sense of style!  She picks the most beautiful dresses!

Halloween 2017

Last year Halloween was kind of a dud!  For some reason Marilyn and I didn't think about getting pumpkins for Sean and Tashena to carve until the day of Halloween.  We took a very sad Sean out that afternoon looking for some but there were none to be found.  We went to about six different places (everywhere we could think of) and ended up finding some tiny ones at the Home Depot.  It was a definite aunt fail!  This year we vowed that we wouldn't make the same mistake so between the two of us we had at least ten pumpkins and six carving kits!  Ha ha!

Various stages of carving.

Our finished pumpkins.  I am especially proud of my Kylo Ren pumpkin but Tashena's Day of the Dead pumpkin is amazing!

Here they are all lit up on the porch.  I think they look pretty awesome!

I hope you had a wonderful Halloween!

Tashena is Seventeen!

Tashena turned seventeen on Saturday and we had our family birthday party for her yesterday.  Once again, she chose to have her birthday dinner at Cafe Rio (excellent choice!) then we came back home to open presents and have cake.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Marilyn gave her gift cards to Kohl's, H & M, and Old Navy.  She was very happy!  Marilyn also gave her some new ear buds (she loses them!).

I gave her some body spray from Bath & Body Works.  She sent me pictures of the specific fragrances she wanted but they are only available seasonally.  She told me that she trusted me to pick some out for her!  I hope she likes them (I really liked pink cashmere).

Her mom and dad gave her a foot spa and lots of goodies to pamper herself with!

After presents we had cake!  We have a tradition in our family of having an ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins.  Tashena's had chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and it was delicious!  Happy Birthday Tashena!

Volleyball Queen

My niece is on the Bountiful High School volleyball team for the second year in a row.  The varsity team is undefeated this season and they hope to win a state championship for the third year in a row!  Go Braves!

I am so proud of Tashena, who will be seventeen in a few days!