Last week was Senior Circus or formally Senior Banquet. However, several day's before the event Shelisa hated everyone in her class and really could have cared less if the event even took place. Then she cried because "everyone is a looser and not coming" and lastly she pulled it all together and the event and Shelisa turned out great! At this event MANY (about 110) awards are given out to different kids in the Senior class. They also had dinner and a dance. This year Shelisa and the other class officers decided to not rent out a venue for this event and do it in the gym at the high school. It was a catered event with the awards ceremony, a dance and a hypnotist. The hypnotist was the very best part of the evening. Yes, Ken and I were there as the dessert and drink parents. Several of Shelisa's friends took part in being hypnotized and they were absolutely hysterical. I laughed until I cried.
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She got mad, she cried and then she was fine.
Last week was Senior Circus or formally Senior Banquet. However, several day's before the event Shelisa hated everyone in her class and really could have cared less if the event even took place. Then she cried because "everyone is a looser and not coming" and lastly she pulled it all together and the event and Shelisa turned out great! At this event MANY (about 110) awards are given out to different kids in the Senior class. They also had dinner and a dance. This year Shelisa and the other class officers decided to not rent out a venue for this event and do it in the gym at the high school. It was a catered event with the awards ceremony, a dance and a hypnotist. The hypnotist was the very best part of the evening. Yes, Ken and I were there as the dessert and drink parents. Several of Shelisa's friends took part in being hypnotized and they were absolutely hysterical. I laughed until I cried.
21,000 Pounds of Food
About 1100 youth from the bay area participated in youth conference at the Interstake Center in Oakland this weekend. Each year they do some kind of service project. This year, they collected food for a local charity, The Second Harvest Food Bank. The youth in our ward collected about 400 cans of food to donate. If we had been notified of the project a bit sooner, I'm sure we could have collected a lot more. In all, the youth from the bay area collected 21,000 pounds of food. Great job to everyone who willing helped out!
Shelisa said she had a great time at youth conference. She had some very spiritual and uplifting experiences and she got to spend the day with a lot of cute boys and some assume friends from our ward.
To see the news report about the donation that was made to The Second Harvest Food Bank, click on the link below.
http://www.ktvu.com/video/18933047/index.html
Shelisa said she had a great time at youth conference. She had some very spiritual and uplifting experiences and she got to spend the day with a lot of cute boys and some assume friends from our ward.
To see the news report about the donation that was made to The Second Harvest Food Bank, click on the link below.
http://www.ktvu.com/video/18933047/index.html
Happy Birthday Barbie!
Barbie is 50 today! On March 9, 1959 Barbie hit store shelves. You could buy her for $3. Today, that same Barbie in good condition would cost about $27,450. Every second, three Barbies are sold somewhere all over the world. The best selling Barbie hit the stores in 1992, Totally Hair Barbie. Barbie has had 108 careers over the last 50 years and she has represented 50 nationalities. Ninety percent of little girls in the U.S. have owned at least one Barbie. However, if you lived at the Parkin's you currently have over 100 Barbies still in the box and 20-25 currently open that have been played with at one time or another. You would also find two Barbie Jeeps, a Volkswagen Van, a motor home, a huge box of clothes, about 100 pairs of shoes and more accessories than anyone should have. Not to mention the mountain of furniture.
Mormon Prom
Shelisa went on her first blind date to Mormon Prom. (A prom put on at the interstake center for LDS kids in the area. There were seven stakes involved.) Needless to say, Shelisa was very nervous but her date ended up great. Her young women's leader has family in Napa and she contacted some guys from Napa to go to the dance with Shelisa and one other girl from our ward. Sheisa's dates name was Zach. He's cute and very nice. He's going to BYU in the fall so she's excited to have another friend going to school there. She said she needs all the guy friends she can get so they can hook her up with their roommates and have a date every night!
Do you have your copy?
Okay all you U2 fans. Do you have your copy of their new album, No Line on the Horizon? Well, I do and so far I really like Magnificant and Breathe. They played Breathe on David Letterman last night. What will they play tonight?
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Alyssa was Molly Brown for her first person report. She had to memorize her speech (about 4 1/2 minutes) and dress the part. She practiced for weeks and all her hard work paid off. She got an "A"! GREAT JOB!
Facts about Molly Brown: Her husband was 13 years older than her. She learned to speak five languages. She learned how to yodel and play classical guitar. She was traveling alone on the Titanic when it sank. She had one son and one daughter. Molly died of a brain tumor.
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