Hart Family News

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Only 1 ½ days until summer vacation!!

Only 1 ½ days until summer vacation!! (May 30)

We are so close to freedom- I can taste it!! Only 1 ½ days left!!!

(You cant see it too clearly, but Bob put plastic circles around the trees and put wood chips in. It looks so great)

More Awards

Apparently Marisa wasn’t done getting awards! On Sunday she received the Stake President’s seminary award. To earn this she had to: read the Book of Mormon, memorize and apply all scripture mastery, memorize apostles in order, 275 days of reading of every night, and have at least 80% attendance.

Then, she had her tennis banquet this week. She lettered this year in tennis and received the Leadership award. Way to go, Marisa!

She also got the “All Around Girl” from her seminary class. (Because she is involved in the most stuff and always came to seminary no matter what she was involved in)

Wax Museum

Tyler had his wax museum at school this week. He researched Merryweather Lewis and wrote a report. Then the whole class dresses up as their character and stands still (like a wax figure) for the whole MOD. Tyler didn’t budge: even when I poked him and Patty tried to make him laugh. Who knew he could stand still that long?

Another blooming artist?

I thought Jonathan might want to see some of Alayna’s really cool artwork she did in school this year.

Yearbook

Kayla’s school yearbook came out this week and she and the committee passed them all out. She has a real talent at designing pages on the computer. Maybe she will be a web designer someday? Here are some of the pages she designed.

(The response I got when I asked her to go take a picture of the trees)

The Literate Mother

Cool site I heard about. Maybe some of you moms would be interested. The lady is a little more conservative than I am, but I LOVE her reviews.

The Literate Mother

The Car

We had to work very hard to scrub and clean Marisa’s car this week. Inside its all clean now and smells like Plumeria.

Marisa's Crazy Amazing Spectacular Insane and Most of all Sweet 16 Blowout

Sweet 16 (May 28, 2010)

Marisa’s Sweet 16 Party was a HUGE success! We had about 40 kids show throughout the evening so we thought it was a great turnout.

(Cooling off by the fan)

We had the chocolate fountain- you can NEVER go wrong with that. We had tons of stuff to dip in it too. Then we had a drink table outside with soda and a veggie tray. Plus, we had made 3 huge bowls “kid-friendly” margaritas. The next table had all sorts of chips with different chip dips.

We got helium balloons that went on the sides or the house, the mailbox, and the fountain table. We decorated Marisa’s car as a secret during the party. We had badminton and other games set up in the backyard.

Bob set up an amazing stereo system. He took out our huge speakers and hooked the system up to my laptop where Marisa had made a playlist on Youtube. It was a HUGE success. The kids did the Cha Cha slide and Cupid Shuffle. It was hilarious watching them do it all on the grass. They were all having so much fun.

(We had to have an umbrella on the computer becuase it kept overheating. It was super hot)

It was 90° when the party started so it was superhot. There were some girls that decided to lay out. That’s when I put my evil plan in to motion. I dared Tyler to hit them with a water balloon! You should have seen their faces! The following photos show what happened afterwards. It was so fun and they all loved getting wet. Eventually a hose, sprinklers and large pitchers became involved. Look out!

(Giving Marisa a wet hug)

She got a ton of presents. I really didn’t think many were going to bring one since this was open house type thing. But her friends know her WAY too well. They bought her 21 packs of gum, drinks and granola bars, chocolate, nail polish, and jewelry. You really couldn’t go wrong with all that!

(She has on her tennis shirt that says “You only live once” on the front, “but you get to serve twice” on the back)

The cake was to DIE for. I am so not kidding you! I found this amazing recipe online in this blog…I sent I to Corey and she tried it and said it was amazing. So, she made 3 of them!! I TOTALLY forgot to take pics of the cakes, so just checkout the website. But they are SO worth making!! Seriously to DIE for!

Ice Cream Cake

After everyone was done playing outside, we came in and watched Avatar. The picture I got only had ½ the people down at the time. Anyway, it was fun watching Avatar again and with most of the kids who had never seen it.

More fun pics:

*A Special thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Hart and Angela for coming to help me with all the food and set up. I couldn’t have done it without you!!

HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN MARISA!!!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Licenses and Awards and Accomplishments…oh my!

May 23

Licenses and Awards and Accomplishments…oh my!

Licenses

My new official teaching license arrived!!! I expect you all to do a jig of joy for me, especially those of you who know exactly what I had to go through to get this. I feel like it’s quite an accomplishment. A miracle, really.

Marisa got her driver’s license on Wednesday. We went right after school. I was scared for a second when she was doing the peripheral (sp?) test and was failing miserably. Then the lady noticed Marisa had her glasses and they are thick on the side and were blocking the blinking. So, once she took them off, she passed with ease. Whew! I tried to get a picture of her license picture but she refuses because she says it looks like a scary mug shot (they wouldn’t let her smile).

(Marisa hugging her car)

Later that day, she drove herself to her violin lessons-exciting for us both! However, she forgot to text when she arrived so we all started to panic-especially Tyler who left her probably over 100 frantic messages on her phone while she was in her lessons. We thought she might be dead. That night Marisa started making her car “her own” by decorating (she has a monkey doing the hula on the dashboard (from Florida) and finally got her fuzzy dice (from the gparents)), etc. She was holding the car key in her hand and said, “Who knew that the key to freedom would be so tiny!”

Awards

Marisa was accepted and inducted into the National Honor Society this week! I am so proud of her- not many get accepted. It’s been over 20 years since I was inducted, so I had forgotten the pledge. I’m including it just cause I think its super cool!

I pledge to uphold the high

Purposes of the National Honor Society

To which I have been selected;

I will be true to the principles for

Which it stands;

I will be loyal to my school;

And will maintain and encourage

High standards of scholarship,

Leadership, service, and character.

Marisa had her final orchestra concert this week and was awarded another orchestra letter (her 2^nd) They did several great numbers, but the last one was amazing. It was an Irish piece that sounded like Lord of the Dance and Marisa was part of a select few that got to come up to the front of the stage and play the cool part. Bob will post the clip (just for you, mom!)

Accomplishments

Kayla had tech class for her final quarter class. For her final project, she designed it on paper, and then cut out and made every piece. She made a cool shelving unit for her future home. I was AMAZED at what she made. Wow!! She has a real knack for anything she can do with her hands. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL work.

Tyler and Kayla had their final band concerts. Bob will post some clips from that as well. They are both doing band camp this summer too.

Marisa made it to her Sweet Sixteen! Her huge party (she won’t let me call it a bash) will be this Friday. We did make her a giant cookie and give her a couple of presents. We (Tyler and I) got her a cool t-shirt that says, “I only date ninjas”. Happy 16^th Birthday Marisa!

Marisa had her final tennis tournament yesterday. It was a mixed doubles tournament for 4 hours yesterday. She was exhausted afterwards and this is where I found her yesterday afternoon….

Oh My

I didn’t know which category to list this under. I figured if I put it under “accomplishments” Marisa would smack me. Anyway, she got a call from her friend Alex the day after her birthday, asking her on her very 1^st date!! (I can’t exactly remember my 1^st date, but I guarantee that it wasn’t the day after my bday.) He picked her up Friday night and they went to see the new “Robin Hood”. She said she had a great time! He was a good sport and let me take a picture so I could document the occasion (my poor children). I figure the camera was better than a shotgun?