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I saw these ice castles last year. They were AWESOME! I can't wait to see them this year.
Blog: MIDWAY ICE CASTLES--Downtown: 100 N 300 W-- Opens mid-Dec 2010 - Feb 28, 2011 Mon-Sat. Noon-10pm
Post: Plans for this year's Ice Castles!!!!
Link: http://brentsicecastle.blogspot.com/2010/11/plans-for-this-years-ice-castles.html
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My cousin Spencer just finished serving two years on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Korea. His entire family went to pick him up in Korea. These are some photos taken at his home a couple of days after the family returned to Utah. My family didn't get to go see them at the airport because we were in San Diego. Sadly, we missed my other cousin, Natalie's wedding to Zack while we were gone too. I got my first picture of her as Mrs. Featherstone on this day too. You are AWESOME Spence, Natalie & Zack!!!
My brother-in-law and his dad were so nice to get everything ready for us to head up to Moon Lake for a day of horseback riding in the Uintahs on Pioneer Day. It was so much fun. I felt like I was riding with the Man from Snowy River.
If you look at the photos carefully, you’ll see that my nephew had me on a leash pretending to be his dog. He had to make a little stop of his own on the way J
I'm taking a psychology class this summer for my accounting degree. My assignment this week is to take four different personality assessments. This is the result of my Jung Personality Test. I think it's interesting that 15 years ago, my personality type was ISFP.
ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population. |
Charity started a blog for the Stephens Skids to replace our old website. We're hoping to:
It's a work in progress, so stay tuned...
There's an awesome movie, called "Down and Derby", inspired by the pinewood derby, which I highly recommend watching. It is funny!!!
The Elders' Quorum in my ward sponsored the Lake Ridge 12 Ward 2nd Annual Extreme Pinewood Derby on May 17. I participated in the first derby a few years back, and did poorly. This year, I added some grease to the wheels, and taped some quarters onto the car for added weight. It helped. I won 3rd place. I also won the "Prettiest Car" award. It was a fun night. The funniest, most memorable part of the evening, was when Chris Barton used taco grease from his dinner plate to grease his car's wheels. He won 2nd place.
After the derby,I hurried over to my neighbor Brooke Robbins' wedding reception (Her sister, Kristin, made her wedding dress and it looked amazing!) . I met Luz Cardenas' mother and we took a picture outside the center.
My awesome cousin Jason came home from his full-time mission in Brasil on March 13. My Aunt Lisa was able to go spend a few days with Jason in Brasil before they both flew back to SLC. The night before, many friends and family members made "welcome home" signs and blew up balloons in an attempt to fill up Jason's room. The room ended up about 1/2 way full. It was a lot of fun!!!
I wore my Brasil shirt in honor of Jason's return from Brasil.
Later in the day, I went with my grandma and Aunt April to see my cousins' piano recital. They did great. I wish I could have made it to my nephew's recital a few month previous.
I found this article on the Newsroom Web site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I thought you might find it interesting. Click on the link below to view:
I’m so thankful for the Lord’s tender mercies and that He established an organization that allows us to get information, with confidence, about our loved ones. My good friend, Sister Bennett, is serving a mission in
Published: Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 10:20 p.m. MST
BOUNTIFUL — On one hand, the principle players at the Region 4 swim meet on Saturday understood the same thing: There's only meet that ultimately matters, and that meet wasn't taking place on Saturday.
However, while Brighton, American Fork,
There were lots of really good swims, there were lots of really good races, and the whole thing was pretty fun to watch from start to finish. At the end of it, several individuals shined and
Brighton's boys team racked up 554 points to easily dispatch American Fork (394), while Brighton's girls team finished with 528 points to easily beat
The Bengals will be big favorites to win both team championships at the 5A meet in two weeks, and
"It went alright," he said. "There's always things you wished you would've done a little better, but we saw some good swimming (and) saw some things that we need to try to fix. … I'm very pleased with where we're at right now."
In a meet filled with legitimate stars — defending 5A Swimmers of the Meet Kim Welch of
On Saturday, Gutierrez went :50.45 to break a 5A record in the 100 fly and went :21.45 to convincingly win the 50 free.
By way of reference, Mountain Crest superstar Jake Taylor went :50.17 in the 100 fly earlier in the week.
"Not too bad," deadpanned Etherington of Gutierrez' swim in the fly.
Not too bad at all.
Gutierrez, for his part, can't wait to show the rest of the state what he can do at the 5A championships.
"It's the first time it's gonna happen, and I'm psyched about it," he said. "It's gonna be the best thing ever."
Besides Gutierrez, Robby Miner won twice individually and Greg Ballif added an individual for
On the girls side, Amanda Barrett, Kaitlin Overstreet and Abby Alger each won once.
While Saturday's Region 4 meet was a star-studded affair that featured a number of outstanding swims by a number of outstanding swimmers, arguably nobody shined brighter than
Seeded in Lane 1 of the slow heat in the 100 back, Stephens drew the loudest cheers of the entire meet when he touched the finishing pad with a time of 1:53.08, a full seven seconds faster than his seed time. What made the crowd cheer louder for Stephens than anyone else is the fact that the senior backstroker deals with severe physical issues.
Neither Etherington nor any of his assistant coaches know exactly what those physical issues are for one simple reason — he's never complained about them.
Instead, Stephens has simply worked as hard as he could to become as fast of a swimmer as he could.
"He's a kid that comes out and busts his butt every day. He's one of the hardest-working kids that we've got," said Etherington. "Before Christmas, he came up and told me he wasn't feeling well on a Wednesday, and we were swimming Alta Thursday. I sent him home Wednesday night, and Thursday morning I got a call from his mom saying he had an emergency appendectomy . . . Later, he was basically apologizing to me for missing practice. That's how hard he works."
All season, Stephens' goal has been to get underneath 2:00 in the 100 back, and he shattered that mark with an outstanding swim in what was his final chance.
Etherington was thrilled for his swimmer afterward.
"It's every bit as rewarding as the stuff that Long and Robby and those guys do," said Etherington. "It's about swimming fast, and fast is relative to you — it's not relative to anybody else."
For everyone that got to see the first heat of the 100 back on Saturday, Stephens was very fast.
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