Are You Sure that there are Leprchauns in the Story of the Princess and the Pea (see bottom)

Guess what, I'm a Leprechaun in the Missoula Children's Theater play of The Princess and the Pea. It's true! At first I was a little bit sad that I wasn't the princess but I got over it. We had practice yesterday right after the tryouts. The other Leprechauns are Braeden, Colten, and Joseph Tate. We are supposed to be kind of stupid. It is fun though.

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I was sad about my part but now I am happy! I had such a fun time at play practice today. All the Leprechauns know their lines. Even I know my lines! We have green hats with shamrocks on them.

Today we got the set up! It is really cool. Here, I'll tell you what other people are. I'll tell you all the ones you don't already know.

Desi is the Snow Queen who is the queen of Glacierdom, Liberty is a Green Shoot Grower from Riverdom, Hyrum, Morgan, Mark, and Gabe are Dust Bunnies, Emma is a phony princess in Glacierdom and a Winter Wind Worker. Whitney is Jack Frost, Cameron is a River Runner from Riverdom , Levi is King Size who is the king of Riverdom, Kaitlin is a Snow and Sleet Smoother from Glacierdom, Naomi is a Flower Gardener and a phony princess from Riverdom, and Neena is a tree barker from Riverdom.

p.s. The top half of this blog was written on Tuesday. The bottom half was written on Thursday.


YES! (see top)

Keeping Order in Orderville (Excuses)

On Wednesday, Dad, Desi and I went to Orderville. It isn't very orderly there. Well at least at Grandma's house it isn't. We helped organize one of the trailers there. We took out everything, including carpet that had gotten ruined from the rain. We put a couch, new carpet, and a bunch of filing cabinets in there. It looks way better. We WERE keeping order in Orderville, until. . .

Taylor and McKenzie came. Our helping sort of ended. We dressed up in all these dresses in one of the trailers. It was so fun. We even dressed Christian in a dress and a wig. He looked so funny! We also went on a treasure hunt. It was so much fun! It wasn't actually a treasure hunt though. It was a ancestor hunt. It was really fun.

We also rode bikes a lot. There weren't enough bikes for everyone so we invented new ways to keep everyone with us. First we tied wagons onto the back of each bike. See, we WERE keeping order in Orderville, until. . .

I got tired. So then McKenzie took it upon herself to do something. This is what she did. She tied the wagon (Christian included) around her waist and pulled it up the hill.

The next day we were going to go to the Orderville pool to guard it and keep order, but. . .

We decided to go a Shakespeare play instead.
It was so funny and awesome! I loved it. It was called Comedy of Errors. We never went back to Orderville but we think it is in good hands.

. . . we weren't that good at keeping order anyway. Oh well, we had fun!

Tina, Trampa, Lina

We have some very exciting news today. This is even bigger than Micheal Jackson! After a long absence, Lina, from the very famous singing group, Tina, Trampa, Lina, is coming back to Starr Valley. While she is there she and her group will be putting on the most exciting show of the century. It has it all folks, drama, suspense, excitement, and love. This show is definitely something you don't want to miss. The name of this concert is not yet open to the public but will be available soon.

Preparations for the show will mainly take place next week, but costumes and songwriting are already in progress. The TTL foundation (which stands for Tina, Trampa, Lina) has chosen not to display a photograph of the costumes just yet, but they are revealing that they are in fact the color pink.

The TTL foundation is also in search of a new publicity manager. They would prefer a male in between the ages of 11 and 13. They also would like him to be from Washington State. For security reasons they are not saying just now why they want these specific qualifications. If you are interested in this job please contact Tina or the awesome pianist Clarissa as soon as possible. You will have to look them up in the phone book to get their number. Contact information can not be posted here.

Please stay tuned for more information about this show. Remember to keep the next few weeks free and when ticket come out, book early. We can't wait to see you at the show. Go Tina, Trampa, Lina.

Hello Thursday, Oh Hello Thursday

Today is Thursday, right. Well I am saying hello to it. Now if you haven't already guessed I'll tell you were that came in. On Tuesday night we went to Hello Dolly. It was so good. I think that going to plays is the most fun things ever. It is more fun than anything. I love Hello Dolly. It was just amazing.

I am having an amazing summer. I can't believe it is July. I'm so excited for the Missula Children's Theater. Soon I will be saying "Hello Thelma, Oh Hello Thelma," and "Hello Braeden, Hello Emma, Hello Mark, Hello Kurt, Hello Linda, Hello Thane, Hello Levi, Hello Katie, Hello Kevin, Hello Jordan, Hello Gabe, Hello Shelley, Hello Whitney, Hello Coulten, Hello Cameron, and Hello Neena, Hello Naomi, Hello Sarah, Hello Aspen, Hello Autumn, and Hello Katie.

WOW!

Easy as Pie

Right now I'm all alone in my house. It is weird. I just took my pie out of the oven. Don't worry, I turned the oven off. I put a design on the top. I should take a picture of it, shouldn't I. Here I go. I'll be right back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ok, I'm back. Here's my picture.

Ok, its not the most beautiful pie ever. The design is not that centered. Oh well.

We made pies at mutual yesterday. It was really fun. Mine is blueberry. I'm excited to eat it. Making pie is kind of hard, so if you ever want someone to do something kind of hard than you can tell them that it's as easy as pie.

This blog starts with Mom than quickly goes off subject. Sorry Mom

I asked my mom what I should write about.


"Your beautiful mother," she immediately answered. I knew she would say something like that. She is very beautiful. I am so excited. I got a picture on here. Here she is.


Here is something about her, she is going to be in a play. Actually our whole family is except Morgan, Lina, and maybe Hyrum. I am so excited. The play is called Forlorn Hope. It's a musical about the Donner Party. (I know Thelma, nothing screams musical like the Donner Party. Did you know that Mom is telling everyone in the world that you said that?)


I was really excited when I found out that the main character of the play is a 14 year old girl. I thought that maybe I could get that part. Unfortunately another girl already got it. She is really short and has a soft voice. It is sad. Oh well.


We went to play practice yesterday. It was a lot of fun when we tried out. Today the director called us and told us our parts.


Hyrum (if he ends up doing the play) will be an extra. Liberty will be Virginia's(the one girl I told you about) little sister. Her name is Patty and she has kind of a lot of lines and a singing solo. Isn't that exciting! Desi's part is to be Virginia's best friend Leanna. Mom will probably be Mary Todd Lincoln.


Desi learned about her in school. She was short and plump. That's funny, but do you know what is even more funny? If Dad were Abraham Lincoln. It would be really hilarious. The lady just said that I would be a grownup. The other lady said I would be a newlywed. I am excited. We will have so much fun.


Now that you know about our exciting play you can come and watch it. It's the second week in August. It will be great.

Surprizes!

My last few weeks have definately been full of surprizes. The first one was when I arrived at Girl's Camp and it was pouring rain. We set up ok and I did have an amazing time at Girl's Camp. Here are some of the surprizes about it.

Our skit was kind of lame. Oh well.

A lot of girls came. Even Olivia Taylor came. It was great.

We roasted everything on the planet at our ward campfire. Some things were bananas, apples, gummy bears, chocolate, sticks, hot chocolate, and coconut. It was crazy.

Our tent was a huge disaster and I had to help Olivia and Chelsea to keep there area clean quite a lot. ( Ok maybe that isn't such a surprize.)

Our five mile hike was easier than I expected. We actually only went three and three-fourths of a mile.

I felt the Spirit so strong, probably more than I expected.

I got a microphone and hosted a talk show starring Emily and Chelsea.

I inherited our mailbox. It is a real toilent. Lindsey gave it to me.

I had a wonderful time. (Ok that actually isn't too surprizing. )

Here are some Girl's Camp pictures.

Chelsea and Emily in our tent. I was going to put other pictures on here too but I tried to load another and it took all night and still wasn't done. I finally gave up. Oh well.

Well I finally got home from Girl's Camp, washed my clothes, took a shower, took a nap, and I was off again to Washington D. C. It was amazing. I got to see a lot of awesome things and I did pretty well at the History Day. I didn't get to go on to the finals but I think I did all right. Here are some surprizing (or just exciting) things about Washington D. C.

The metro is loud.

Mount Vernon is really cool.

Dorthy's ruby slippers and Abraham Lincoln's top hat are at the Museum of American History.

If you get to Washington D.C. really late at night and you are hungry, walk through the drive through at Taco Bell if they let you. They let us.

If it is rainy and cold in Washington D.C. and you already bought a T-shirt that says I heart D.C. the day before, buy a sweatshirt any way. You just have to be careful. Everyone in Washington D.C. will have the same sweatshirt.

If you walk a lot in Washington D.C. than you WILL get tired.

If you happen to eat at the "America" resaurant at Union Station get Spaghetti and Meatballs.

Washington D.C. is a wonderful place but you will be so happy to be home.