This weeks news comes from Scott, Dallin and Tim.
Scott:
Last week I went on a motorcycle ride. The trail was very bumpy so I crashed seven or eight times. On the third time, I cried. And I cried every time after that crash. Finally, we stopped to rest. We ate two fruit snacks and two cookies and a drink of water and took some pictures. There was a stream there and some trees so we made leaf boats to see which boats could float the longest. Then started back down. It was easier than up but I crashed the seventh and eighth times. But then we made it to the end and drove back home. The end.
Editor note: Scott wasn’t as sad as it sounds. He had lots of fun.
Dallin:
I got to go to BYU. It was fun. I got ice cream. I got to go with Grandma. I liked it. I liked getting ice cream. It was cold. I like the ice cream.
I got to go to Clone Wars. It was cool. I saw Anakin and Obi One. I liked it. The end.
Tim:
Tim is a little better at drawing than writing.
September 29th, 2008
Yesterday was our Ward Christmas Party. Our ward had quite the party too. First of all, everyone got a train ticket to the Polar Express. When you came, you went through the train station (complete with ticket takers in costume) and exchanged your ticket for a boarding pass. Then you got on the actual train (the hallway) and listened to the conductor for a bit before arriving at the North Pole. Once on site, there were an unlimited supply of candy, donuts, hot chocolate, and pretty much anything you can think of sweet that you could dip in chocolate and make yourself sick on. In addition, all the kids got to go around to various activities of making snowflakes, cookies and getting pictures with Santa.
Then came the program. There was a mini train on the stage that took a few kids to Bethlehem. (The presentation was “The Polar Express to Bethlehem”). After the train stopped along the way to see the shepherds and the Angel, it made a stop right outside the manger. Gayla and I somehow were persuaded to be Mary and Joseph.
In addition to just sitting and looking humble, we got to sing a song too. Gayla’s mother played the piano for us. We went up to the mics and started to sing. After the first line or so, Tim came running out on the stage. I didn’t see him at first but Gayla did. He looked at me, the circled around behind and came up on Gayla’s left side. He kept trying to give Gayla the wrapper to his candy cane. I would have kept a straight face if Gayla didn’t start laughing (Well, at least I think I could have). Gayla started to chuckle a little bit and then I missed a couple notes too. It took about a page of music before someone finally grabbed him off the stage. We maintained composure for the most part after that but there were still a couple places where I started to smile a bit.
Anyhow, we had a great time and I think things went just fine in spite of Tim’s comic relief. I still have no idea how Tim made it past the stage doors and the stage crew and out onto the stage though.
December 2nd, 2007