Alishea...

Introducing ... the one and only... Alishea Lang!!!

(My favorite photo)

Alishea Lang

Junior Year 2008-2009

I decided that Alishea needed some blog space. Alishea is a Junior at Alta High School and a member of the Las Scelles drill team. She earned a spot on the team as a sophomore - one of only four sophomores to make the team. Alishea can do the 'splits' both ways. She is very LIMBER!

A few pictures from her Las Scelles Photo Shoot...

Last Thursday she was inducted into the National Honor Society at Alta High School. She and her parents have been known to have a written contract regarding the GPA she would earn for each semester. She is a beautiful young women with a great sense of humor who keeps the Lang family laughing. She is also a tease and so I never know if what she is saying is the truth or not!

There was a time when Alishea thought it was cool to come over and spend time at my home - this was the pre-teen days. Now days, well let's just say that it has changed! But, there was one time when several of my nieces and nephews were over eating breakfast and Alishea spilt grape juice all over the table and carpet. I've never been one to get upset over 'spilt milk' - or anything like it and I calmly asked her to clean it up. (If you spill it, you get to clean it up.) Well, she worked hard cleaning it up from the table and carpet, sat down, and spilled the grape juice again! Every time Alexis is over at our home, she reminds me of the incident.

Last summer, Alishea worked at Schneiter's Pebblebrook Golf Course in the pro shop. Her dad, Bryan, has known the Schneiter family for years and also designs the course scorecard for them. This past week she told me she was on the seminary council... Well, sort of. She went to the seminary building after school to make up a missed class and the council was there eating Seven Layer Dip (Alishea's favorite!). She wanted some and her teacher said that if she wanted the dip, she'd need to stay for the meeting and serve on the council. So she 'joined' and had 7 layer dip! (Can one join the seminary council???) We're not sure if this was a 'temporary assignment' or not, but hey, what one will do for a little 7 layer dip...

Alishea with hair extensions...

Las Scelles Quilt

(Quickly made in one day by Alishea's Favorite Aunt!)

A Rising Star...

Last Tuesday afternoon I went to Draper Elementary to see my niece Alexis's class play of Shakespeare's As You Like It. It was an hour long adaptation of his play and they spoke the words as Shakespeare wrote them. It was fantastic and funny! I confess, I really have never cared for Shakespeare, BUT these 6th graders did a great job!

Here are a few pictures...

Narrator - Alexis Lang

Curtain Call

Crazy Friends

My Favorite Childhood Books

A friend shared on her blog her favorite childhood book. I thought it would be fun to find out what other people's favorite childhood books have been, so please start posting...

My two childhood favorites are...

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree - My mom has told me that I loved to have her read this book to me over and over and over again. I don't recall these multiple readings, BUT I do remember this fun book and how the top of the Christmas Tree was too tall and kept being chopped off, discarded, and then someone would find it, and the scenario repeat itself over and over. Everyone (animals too) ended up with a Christmas tree!

My other favorite book was Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel. I remember being so fascinated that this steam shovel was STUCK in a basement and then someone came up with a great way to utilize the steam shovel.

Give me FIVE!

Our niece Cori had responded to a husband tag and even though I wasn't tagged - do you really need to be tagged to participate - I decided Mike needed a little blog exposure!

5 things Mike loves

• Me, of course!
• Hamburgers
• Writing
• Soft Drinks
• Nostalgia

5 things on Mike's to-do list

• Finish writing his next novel
• Repair our loveseat that has broken
• Repair the planter box that he made for me a couple of years ago
• Make a quilt rack to display my quilts on
• Clean the tub - Yes, Mike cleans our tub, YEA!!!

5 things you may not know about Mike

• Mike is a published author - The Tomb of the Devils
• He has a Masters Degree from the University of Big Egos
• He has a large vocabulary and is brilliant, but because he quiet and reserved, you don't necessarily know this about him
• He likes to wash his own clothes - I guess he lived alone for too many years!
• Mike has a Spanish accent! (When he served his mission to Argentina, he served out in the boondocks for most of his mission and when he came back to Buenos Aires the last three months, the people he met could tell he learned his Spanish in the back country because of his 'accent'! Is that hilarious or what

5 places Mike has lived

• Maryland
• New Jersey
• California
• Utah
• Argentina (Served a Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

5 quirky things about Mike

I have to confess... There isn't anything quirky about Mike. When I married him, I decided to look for only the good and so I don't look for the bad or 'quirky'. Thus, Mike's perfect in this area. (I guess I'm quirky because I don't see any of his quirks. Does that count!)

I have a GREAT husband!

7 Random Things about Me

Tagged by my sister-in-law Chantelle (aka NavyLangs), here are seven random things about me.

1. I like to BUG Mike in bed. Who knows why, but I think it is genetic. He's a good sport about it, for which I am appreciative.

2. In just a few months, I will begin celebrating my JUBILEE YEAR. What's a jubilee year? Well, it's the 50th year of your life and thus, according to the Bible, there should be a year long celebration. I plan on beginning the year long celebration the day I turn 49, i.e., the 50th year of my life! (I also think I am concerned that no one will remember and celebrate my 50th birthday so I'd just better take care of it myself.)

3. When I am happy, I sing - especially in the shower - because of the great acoustics! (When I taught early morning seminary in Texas, I would come to work singing and I'd sing on the way to my desk. When I left my job at Apple Computer, my manager told me that my singing was something that she would miss!)

4. I feel like I have had a great life with great experiences. So often I will say, "That was the best experience of my life", but then quickly think, well, I've had so many. Life really is great!

5. I like my in-laws... so many times I hear of people who don't. Heck, if I liked their son enough to accept his marriage proposal, isn't the rest of the family part of the package too? I think so!!!

6. Mike didn't officially ask me to marry him until 13 days before our wedding. Yes, I had a ring 2 1/2 months before the wedding but no official proposal! But, at least he did ASK!

7. This was my first 'tag' and I was honored to be 'tagged'. Thanks Chantelle!

I'm not really sure who to tag because I'm not really sure who reads our blog. So, if you read this blog, I am tagging YOU!!!