Sunday Shenanigans

 Boy, I tell ya..... You get to church early and leave your phone unattended briefly and this is what happens!!

Rylee

Rylee has some difficult hair.  As in, she has a top layer that has a lot of body, but it doesn't work together.  This means that rather than some nice wavy hair, she has frizzy hair.  Which wouldn't be an issue if she had longer hair, that weighed down the frizz.  However, she has an incredibly tender head and hates having her hair brushed.  Thus she needs shorter hair.  Which frizzes.  I cut her hair because she always has it up.  I'm a little neurotic about no hair in the face.

Rylee reached a point where she wanted to wear her hair down.  Which was bad.  Because I cut her hair badly and when it isn't in a ponytail.... well.. it is noticeable!

So I took her to get her hair cut for reals.  And paid real money and everything! 

 Much cuter.

Also, after many many difficult hours and hard work, Rylee FINALLY passed the swim test! 

They wanted a "recognizable" stroke, which she could do, it just took a bit to be able to do it non-stop for 25 meters.

 And somehow, she just could not tread water for the full minute.  ....Until Marian gave her some secret tip that made things come together for her and Bam! She had it!

Middle School Dance

The middle school had a semi formal dance.  Since Callie is in the Student Counsel, she needed to go and talked her sister into going as well.  Then we had to panic about what constituted "semi-formal"and what to wear. But all ended well and both were pleased with their dresses.

Delaney wanted semi fancy hair, and wanted a picture of it.

My two lovely ladies!

The group of girls they went with.  We have some awesome kids here! 

 And some silly ones......

It's Ma Birfday

It was Marian's Birfday.  She is now 16.  I know, 16!!!

She requested an ice cream cake, which was delicious, but had a bit too much time to melt while we set up.  Oops.

Did I mention that it was delicious though?!

 Marian enjoyed opening her gifts and was pleased with them.

Delaney enjoyed herself as well. 

And Rylee wore her "Fascinator" that she made at Activity Days.  It is spectacular, isn't it!

I love this girl!

 And this is a puzzle she received and then had to work on for the next two days to finish.  I think she needs more puzzles.

Youth Temple Trip

 The Branch had a Youth Temple Trip. As we live on a small island and lack a Temple we can drive to, we had to purchase tickets to fly to mainland Japan to go to the Fukuoka Temple.  For all that expense and hassle, we had a most excellent turn out!  Marian, Callie and Delaney all went.  Dan took them, while I stayed home with Josh and Rylee.  It was a great trip though.

The Fukuoka Temple is situated oddly and really hard to get good photos of it.  But here is a group shot.

Another group shot that someone else sent me.