KISS

Camie bought tickets for her two brothers and Austin to go to the KISS show that just came to town. They really loved the show. Scott and Cary even went as far to say it was the best concert they had ever been to. I think maybe they are just getting old and don't get out enough and the fact that they have always gone to see queer 80's bands in concert.  Anyways Austin said he really enjoyed too.  They saw all sorts of crazy characters and one guy even had the whole gang tatooed on his back for the show.  I thought the boys should of worn their full KISS makeup but they vetoed that idea!

Point Shoe day

One of the most important day of a dancers life is the day they get fitted for their first point shoes.  All three of my girls have had this day and they all remember it well.  Nikki just got her first pair!  We brought 8 little girls to the dance store with their favorite ballet teacher AmyLee.  She spent many hours trying different styles and sizes of shoes for the girls to try.  Nikki found the perfect pair and then wore them around the whole day.  They begin slowly and then work into wearing them more and more.  I still don't know how they stand up on those things but somehow it works and soon they are dancing.

My Homecoming!!!

Ever since they began construction of Timpanogos High I have been excited for my kids to have their school behind our home.  We would watch the football team play, the cheerleaders cheer and the dancers dance! My kids would love Friday nights with pizza, trampoline and watching the games.  I would always tell my kids one day you guys will be over there dancing and playing for Timpanogos!  Little did I realize I would have two teens both performing the same homecoming night! I was more excited for their big night than they were.  Sidney was dancing with TDT and Austin playing with the football team. We lost the game terribly and Austin did not want to take the after game picture he promised me with his sister but he was a great sport and did it for his Mom! I love my teens!

The Dreaded Day

No one in the Snowden household looks forward to school starting.  We must play way to much during the summer! Every year it comes.  This will be a great school year. Conner just started 3rd grade with Miss Jovet. His favorite thing about school is Math. He is a Math genius.  Nikki is a 6th grader this year and has Mr. Shelton. All my kids have had him in sixth grade. He won teacher of the year for Alpine school District last year and is wonderful.  She will have a blast. Sidney starts high school this year. She is on the dance team TDT and gets to be in school with her Senior brother and all his friends! Austin is a senior and I'm really sad about that.  He will have a blast but he doesn't want to grow up any more than i want him too. He is super busy playing football, guitar lessons, piano lessons and tons of friends.  Jess is busy, busy, busy working at Iggy's during the day and teaching at three new studios up North.  She is taking a semester off school to save up money and is tranferring to the U. I miss the kids but like getting back to a schedule and having some "me" time.

Our Spontaneous Lake Powell trip after a late night baptism

My little nephew Ben had his baptism memorial weekend.  We had wanted to go to Lake Powell but thought it was more important to have Ben get baptized and be there. We decided to take off right after.  We had a fun backyard picnic with the family and then went over to the stake center for the 6:30 baptism. No one had opened the church or filled the font so we ended up not having the baptism until 8:30. It was a great baptism. I love seeing kids get baptized.  Afterwards we quickly set out for Powell.
We ended up sleeping in the Price Walmart parking lot that night at 1:00 am.  Conner thought sleeping at Walmart was the coolest thing ever.
We then woke up early and drove into Hite. We had the boat in the water by 10:00 am and stayed on the Lake all day.  We cliff dived, swam, wake boarded, tubed, fished and laughed. We then woke up the next day and started all again.  We drove home late that night. It was a quick 48 hours of fun! I'll bet we will do it again soon!

The Red Rock Relay Run!

Snow to Sun, 30 hours, 186 miles, 8,000 foot decent, 12 people, 2 vans! We did it! Had the best time running with 12 other people to reach a great goal. My van had Susie, Tracy, Nancy, Kristi, Annie the other van had Jocyeln, Sam, Jessi, Craig, Aunt Deb, and Tracy's Uncle.  Her aunt and uncle are 65 and they kicked butt.  I was really proud of them running this relay!  It was really hard at times, hot and cold, dead of night dark and afternoon sun bright, no sleep for two days but so fun to accomplish something so hard and fun. I started the whole race by riding up the Brain Head ski lift and then running down a hiking trail to home.  It was 29 degrees at the top and I was freezing at first but quickly warmed up and ran my heart out! My second run was the hot. 5:00 p.m. on a highway running over the freeway and crossing many streets.  My third run was at 3:20 a.m. with no sleep straight up a giant hill.  Our team worked really hard together and always cheered each other on at every stop.  I now have 12 new friends and have the desire to run better, faster and farther! Go Me!! (Now I just need some of my family to enjoy it as much)

MY LOVE OF APPLE

Yesterday I was at the hair salon getting rid of my grey and Scott deposited a check.  From my hair dressers chair with my phone I was able to pay the mortgage, health insurance, phone bill, transfer money to another account.

 I am known to be addicted to my phone but I have to stick up for myself and say it does everything.  I read my books on it, stay connected to people via text, phone, facebook, my schedule and to-do lists are there, the days news, I read my scriptures daily because they are always right there, read and send emails, watch youtube, check what movies are playing and when, track my excersize times and improvements, keep my check register and budget, pay bills ect.....IT DOES EVERYTHING BUT BRUSH MY TEETH AND I LOVE IT!

One of my favorite apps is my Kindle.  I have downloaded at least 40 books now and everyone can read them from their phone or itouches.  Just this past weekend we downloaded Mockingjay (the end of a triology we have all been reading) All four of us girls were able to read it at the same time. I read so much more now because I always have my book with me.