.: A stop at EA, then on to Florida

Sunday, March 22, 2009

A stop at EA, then on to Florida

Monday night we drove Wes and Dylan to the airport for their redeye flight to Florida for the STN (student television network) convention. We stopped at EA so Dylan could have a look around and grab a bite to eat. It was fun, Wes had just job shadowed Scott on Friday, so several people remembered him. Here are the boys in the lobby.

40 kids and 5 chaperones spent a 5 days in Florida. Wes woke up at 5:30 Monday morning for seminary, flew all that night without sleeping, went to Epcot the next day and finally slept for about 5 hours on Tuesday night. At Epcot they enjoyed eating food at Taste of the World.

The next 3 days were filled with filming competitions. In their "Sweet 16" competition they are given partial script and have 16 hours to complete a short movie. Wes was an actor in this and was eaten by an alien.

As you can see from the pictures, they turned their room into an insane asylum with mattresses for walls. He was even surprised that the hotel invited them to return again! It was a long day! Next he helped with a promo which took 2nd place in that category. Finally he worked on a show opener that got a very good critique! Saturday, they participated in closing ceremonies then headed back home. He got home around 11pm, and we were all glad to see him, well Chelsie fell asleep around 10 so she will be ecstatic this morning! It was a good trip! We all missed him terribly but were excited for his adventure--a small taste of what it will be like when he leaves for college I suppose! We definitely felt incomplete without him around!

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Quotable Quips and Laughable Life

I decided that I wanted to add a small section with little things that my kids have said or done over the years that I never want to forget and I think are worth sharing. Unfortunately I was much better at writing these things down a bit late in the game....Chelsie steals the show here a bit. If only I could remember all those things I thought I'd never forget. I hope you take my challenge to write down all those things you hope to pass on one day.

When Chelsie was about 2 she had been jumping on my brand new couch, so I promptly told her to stop jumping on the nice furniture. Her response was very logical. "Then where's the mean furniture?"

While camping in the Sequoias, the entrance sign read, "1 bear incident this week...." Kelly mispronounced it as 1 bear accident....later in the bathroom, Chelsie noticed wet spots on the floor, and announced, "This must be where the bear had the accident."

We had a family home evening on choosing the right, and we thought Chelsie understood but when we asked her she said, "Yes, don't choose the left!"

When Kelly was in the 5th grade, she needed to use the classroom phone to call me. She dialed 9 to get an outside line, then she had to dial 1 because I have a long distance cell phone number, but she accidently hit the 1 twice. When the 911 dispatcher answered she was scared and just hung up. 5 minutes later the front office called the classroom stating that 3 sheriffs had arrived ready to take action and were wanting to know who called and why. Now it was by sheer coincidence that this was a morning that there was a prison breakout, so officers were on high alert. Kelly was embarrassed then, but can laugh about it now!

When Wes was about 4, he used to tell everyone that he was going to marry his friend Elizabeth, and that they were going to have 16 kids, and maybe a car.

When Chelsie was 3 1/2 we told her she needed to learn to spell her name. She responded, "I already know....A L I Z A."
(That was her best friend who taught her)

I was talking with my girls about the weather, and Kelly said, that stupid beaver was wrong, spring is not around the corner. Chelsie then chimed in, it's not a beaver, it's a warthog. Clearly I have failed them.