Oscars Night!

This was the second annual Oscars Night in my ward and this year I was one of the two people in charge. I acted as the MC for night and collected all the movies to put onto a DVD. FHE groups and individuals made movies 5-7 mins long to be shown and voted on at Oscars Night. We had eight movies turned in this year, which is three more than last year. They were all very good so we had a lot of competition. We had some very close votes. Fortunately, the night went off without a hitch and everyone had a fun time. We had a red carpet and one paparazzi to take pictures of people as they came in. It was really fun dressing up and feeling really cute for the night. My only regret is that because I was the MC, I didn't get to dance or socialize as much as I would have liked, but I still had a really great time. I am very proud of myself that I wasn't stressing out trying to make sure things were going right and people were having fun. I was relaxed and able to enjoy it. I know it was Heavenly Father that made that possible because the few days prior to the night I was really stressing out about everything. Anyway, I think the besides the movies and the dancing, the highlight of the night was the really good food-taco salads and italian sodas. I didn't get to eat much of it because of all I had to do, but what I did eat was REALLY good. I will post more pictures as soon as I get all of the pictures from the paparazzi. Look at the photos link to see them! Enjoy!

 

  

  

  

For each movie that won an award, we gave them an Oscar, which was actually a random Christmas decoration from DI. This group won for the best movie overall. Theirs was a funny movie called Deb in Real Life. Deb is our Relief Society president and in the movie was was doing mean things to people and then doing a little dance after each one. It was really funny because it's not true.

I also made a pie on Friday in my food preparation class. It was apple and it was yummy!! I think there will be more pie making in the future. :)

EK3 enters the MTC!!

EK3, or Elder Kelly # 3 is now officially a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He went into the MTC today at Noon and I am very excited for him. He has been staying at my grandma's in Pleasant Grove for the last few days and skipped some classes so that I could spend some time with him before he went in. My Aunt Vickie and cousin Nathan came by to visit with both of us, so last night was spent mostly talking with them. We also had a really fun time using isight to talk with family at home and used video effects to make funny faces while we chatted with them. Grandma, Ryan, and I also played dominos for a few hours yesterday and this morning just to pass the time.

I forgot how short the MTC orientation meeting really is. We got to the MTC early enough to be seated near the front and on the left. We sat there watching LDS commercials about family for a good 45 minutes, but I'm not complaining. I got teary-eyed a couple times when we sang "Called to Serve" and watched the video, but I was too happy and excited to cry even when I had to say goodbye. Ryan got teary-eyed a couple times himself, which I always find cute.

I got a couple really good last hugs from Ryan (which are my favorite hugs) and then he tried to start going toward his exit. We were way in the front, so there were obstacles, namely crying missionaries and families, in the way. He ended up going down the hall instead of out the other door like Steven and Kevin did. There was no way to really take pictures of that part, one, because they said no picture taking, and two, there were too many people blocking the way, even Ryan's way, from getting to where he was supposed to go.

Anyway, I am very excited for EK3 and all the experiences he will have for the next two years! I'm looking forward to hearing from him and seeing how much he grows.

Here is his MTC address. He will depart for Ft. Lauderdale Florida December 2, 2008.

Elder Ryan Matthew Kelly

MTC Mailbox # 274

FL-FTL 1202

2005 N. 900 E. 

Provo, UT 84604-1793

His Mission Home address is:

7951 SW Sixth St. Suite 110
Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33324-3211
United States

 

  

  

  

 

Halloween Makeover

Last year, my roommate Savannah was a Goth for Halloween. She really did a good job looking the part, although she is definitely not Goth in everyday life. About a month ago or so, she told me that sometime she wanted to make me look like a Goth or and Emo (which are two different types of people). She also said that she had some extra money and wanted to take me out to dinner sometime. Well, finally we both had time and we decided to combine the two events. At first I just thought it would be fun to go out to eat in ridiculous outfits, but then I remember what she wanted to do. So we made a deal. She would make me look like an Emo and I could dress her up however I wanted to, makeup and all. We had a blast. Lynnae joined us, too. Lynnae used four really cool scarves to make her outfit and I drew the designs on her face. I also gave her the fuzzy blue wig. I provided the shiny pink leg warmers, scarf (purple thing around her waist), and toe socks. We went to the Olive Garden to eat. That was incredible fun! We got stares from people. The waiter was really good. He said Savannah was in a princess costume so he could mark it off that he saw a princess costume on a little game that they were doing as workers. Afterwards we went with a group of friends to stand in a very long line to go through a simple haunted house put on by a department at BYU. Overall, it was one of the best Halloweens I've had in a long time. If you want to see more pictures, go to my pictures page!