Smithfield Royalty

So there seems to be some royal blood running through our veins around here. Kirsten has worked hard these past couple months preparing herself for the Smithfield Health Days Scholarship Program. She had an interview that afternoon and then later in the program gave about a two minute self-presentation, did the walk onstage, and then answered an impromptu question. Apparently the judges liked her and she was chosen to be one of the five equally reigning royalty members. We can’t wait to see her in parades in her bright dress.

Thanks to the hair crew backstage – couldn’t have done it without Kendra and Carrie. Also thanks to all who came!!! Love You!!!

Surgery…..Again

In case you didn’t know Kendra has had some trouble with her tear ducts. One of the ducts does not drain well and so she had a tube put in to help stretch it out. Unfortunately this didn’t work and so Friday she went down to Salt Lake for another surgery to hopefully help fix the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Kendra and her doctor right before her surgery. It took five tries and once in her foot before they were able to find a vein.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She just got done and is starting to wake up here.

February Birthdays

Kadia turned 13 on the 13th this year.

Kendra turned 17 on the 20th.

Sky View Vistauns Region 2011

Friday Jan. 28th was the long awaited region performance for Kirsten and Kendra at Box Elder High. They had been working toward this all year long and were ready to perform. The Vistauns performed amazingly, but once again did not score high enough with the judges to be sent to State. Their dances are first Military, then Jazz, and finally Kick (Yes they were Barbies!!). This is the hardest region in Utah 4A and you can definitely tell because it was a very close race between the schools Bonneville, Mountain Crest, Logan, Ogden, Box Elder, and Sky View. The surprising thing of the night was that, following in her sister’s footsteps, Kendra wowed us all by placing third in drill down.

Videos coming soon!!

Kirsten’s Senior Academic Achievements

Kirsten is on a roll this year with her academics….she qualified and applied to be a part of a club at her school called Academic Olympiad. Open only to seniors, there were 9 students chosen from the applicants who were the top in academics. As a member of the club she met during her lunch hour Tuesdays-Thursdays at the beginning of the school year  in teachers classrooms to get a review/overview of different subjects.

Then on Wednesday Nov. 17th The team took a day off school and went up to USU to compete against about 30 other teams from throughout the state. Taking four tests in the morning which she called “the ACT on steroids” on subjects math, English, science, and another that pretty much asked anything they wanted.

After lunch all the teams participated in “Star Wars” (still don’t know why its called that, because it has nothing to do with the movies). This was pretty much a trivia with difficult questions including who saved the Hollywood sign from being destroyed and who received a nobel prize for the development of in vitro fertilization.

After all was said and done they awarded medals for the top placing teams in each test category and in Star Wars. Sky View did amazing and placed 1st overall in performance on the math test.

Next they placed 2nd overall in Star Wars

Pretty fun and successful day for the team!!!!

Now we have just recently found out that Kirsten received the Academic All-State Award for 4A Drill team. Of 34 girls who applied only 10 were awarded.

Kirsten was awarded at the end of State Drill Friday Feb. 4.

Our Activities of 2010

With the new year beginning we thought back on the past year and all the fun things we did. It seems like there was at least one activity we had or place we went every month.

Jan/Feb: We finally got new furniture for our great room and dining room

March: Fun trip to Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida

April: Spring Break trip to Cancun, Mexico

June: Welcomed Gr. & Gr. Baxter home from Mission

July: Baxter Family Reunion at Island Park; Kirsten and Kendra had their wisdom teeth removed and Kadia had her tonsils removed.

August: Baby Carli enters school and begins to start losing teeth; Gordon has a fun trip to Alaska fishing

November: Gordon had a deer hunt in Nevada; Family went to Vegas over Thanksgiving

December: Christmas at Temple Square and saw Savior of the World

Holiday Activities

We have had a fun time around the Nelson house this past month. Christmas dinner was a totally prepared and planned by Jami and as you can see she really came through ans served sparkling cider, turkey, homemade rolls, etc. Overall a wonderful Christmas dinner.



We also enjoyed visiting with cousins who had come for the Holidays and had fun reuniting with them.



With our new family camera in tow we were able to snap some cool shots of some of the girls practicing their tumbling at the Baxter Christmas party at the Peak.

Birthdays

So there have been some big important birthdays around here recently. Kirsten turned the BIG 18 on the 15th of November, and Carli turned 6 on the 24th of November.

Kirsten decided to go to dinner to Olive Garden, her favorite restaurant, and opened her presents there.

 

Carli was very excited to have a party at Sports Academy with some of her school friends. They went bowling and then played in the soft play area.

Zhu Zhu Pets

I don't know if any of you know what zhu zhu pets are but Carli loves them! They are little robot hamsters that travel all around. They have clothes and other acessories. So Carli got a little pink one named Jilly. And then a couple months later she got another one called Moo for her dance recital. Well she decided they needed to get married so they could be a family. So she got her dad since he's a bishop now to marry them upstairs in her room. Notice they are in their wedding clothes Here's some pictures of the event.

Halloween

This year for Halloween only Carli dressed up for trick or treating. She was Sleeping Beauty. She had her "forest friends" blue bird on her finger and owl in her basket keep her company.







Here's Carli with some kindergarten friends. Mia Johnston is her friend Princess Jasmine.







Carli also won a pizza in a drawing at school for dressing up for Red Ribbon week everyday.









And then there's always the Vistaun Halloween Dance. This year they were zombies.









It was also Red Ribbon week at school for Kadia. This is red day, notice the red feather eyelashes and crazy hair day.
Yes, those are CD's in her hair.