Brian

Our Independence “Staycation”

July 5, 2009 by Sue 1 Comment

Staycations are all the rage now as people are unwilling to spend a ton of money traveling and prefer to stay local and visit places close to home. Brian’s work was closed this week so we did some fun stuff while he was home. On July 2, we went to the Living Planet Aquarium. On July 3, we hiked to Upper Silver Lake in American Fork Canyon, then went farther up the canyon to Cascade Springs because I love that place. After we hiked around, Scott thought we should drive on over the mountain because we’d never done that before, so we went to Heber and had shakes at Granny’s. After dark we did our fireworks in the driveway. On July 4, we opened presents for my birthday and Scott gave me an iPod Nano and armband to replace my old classic shuffle. We hung around the house, Scott BBQ’d shish-ka-bobs and we had our own personal cakes for my birthday. In the evening, we went to the Salt Lake Bees baseball game and watched the fireworks at Spring Mobile Ballpark. Fun!

Summer Hikes

July 5, 2009 by Sue 1 Comment

Scott and I made a vow that we would go on some hikes in the mountains this summer. We live right next to American Fork Canyon and haven’t really taken advantage of the natural wonders. So this summer it’s going to be different. So far, we’ve taken 3 hikes. They have been challenging, but as we are getting in better shape, we’re being more adventurous. Brian went with us on 2 of them.

Pinehollow Trail, AF Canyon, May 22

Scout Falls, AF Canyon, June 6

Upper Silver Lake, AF Canyon, July 3

Brian sings National Anthem

June 20, 2009 by Sue Leave a Comment

Brian and his friend, Becky Arnell, were selected to sing the National Anthem at their graduation. They sang in the Marriott Center at BYU in front of several thousand people for the 2009 Lone Peak HS graduation. He just stood up and sang and didn’t sound nervous at all. If you’d like to hear him sing, click on the video below.

Brian and Graduation

May 29, 2009 by Sue 1 Comment

I’m the Mom so I can brag on him all I want, right? This has been a busy 2 weeks as he finished up school with all the end-of-the-year concerts and banquets. He accomplished several of his goals and was very happy with how the year ended. Last night was Lone Peak HS graduation so he’s officially out!!!

A partial list of kudos from the last 2 weeks, and it’s partial because I may have forgotten something:

Lone Peak Sterling Scholar for Speech and Drama
in the Top Thirty of graduating seniors
Superior rating and medal for his vocal solo at the State competition
LPHS Choir Outstanding Section Leader
LPHS Choir Outstanding Student
LPHS Choir Leadership Award (he’s the Chamber Choir president)
LPHS Choir Male Singer of the Year
Best Male Actor, “The Curious Savage”
LPHS Principal’s Award “In Honor of Your Contribution to the Spirit of Lone Peak High School”
LDS Seminary Graduate
sang duet of “The National Anthem” at LPHS Graduation

Brian: New Year’s Eve Star Singing Comp

April 28, 2009 by Brian 3 Comments

This is slightly outdated, but my friend had the video, so I decided to upload it. For New Year’s Eve my friends and I decided to go to “First Night” in Provo. As a part of the evening, there was a “Star Singing Competition”. Throughout the early hours of the night guests could audition, singing karaoke. Then 20 finalists were selected. I sang Rascal Flatt’s “These Days” in the preliminaries and got invited to the finals. Side tangent: Out of the 20 finalists, 4 of them were my friends and I. Then all the finalists got to sing with a live band playing back-up. This video is me singing “The Way You Look Tonight”. After the finalists all sang, they announced the top three finalists, and being in the top three of the finalists, I got invited to sing again! I ended up in third place at the end of the night and as a prize got a board game…I know, a board game. But it was still really fun. ENJOY!