I've read various letters about the BEST YEAR EVER!! Complete with EXOTIC vacations to MYSTICAL destinations!, COVETED promotions!, GIANT raises!, NEWFANGLED techno-gadgets!, PERFECT kids!, with UNQUALIFIED achievements! Heck, I've completed several of these creative writing exercises myself. Regrettably, due to economic hiccups, I am unwilling to skip two days of work to compose the regular ARRESTING ALLEGORY. Instead, I enlisted the help of 7 unwilling volunteers…We made a group effort to summarize the...
SUPERLATIVES of FILLMORE-LIFE in 2009!
TERRIFYING to the MAX!
Nena: Frightmares at Lagoon
Tami: Driving with Learners Permit Boy
Anna: A monster and a ghost and a witch
Jens: School starting
Max: Knee-boarding at 38 mph
Kam: From the relative safety of a tent trailer, listening for 15 minutes while a bear rummaged through camp, feet away from my boys sleeping in a tent outside. Luckily they hadn’t taken any food into their tent for midnight snacks; they could have experienced a rude awakening.
Jens prepping to protect himself from aforementioned bear…
Ash: The water slide at the Rec CenterGrace: Riding my bike home from dance lessons in near pitch blackness
INGENIOUS INVESTMENTS!
Nena: $10 haircut to donate my hair to Locks of Love
Kam: Tivo subscription, Plant vs. Zombies
Jens: Bike repairs
Ash: I don’t have any money
Anna: I put all my monies in the heat vent
Max: $2 bus ride from Gateway, monthly cell phone bill
Grace: $1 piggy bank
Tami: Finishing the basement
Ash: I don’t have any money
Anna: I put all my monies in the heat vent
Max: $2 bus ride from Gateway, monthly cell phone bill
Grace: $1 piggy bank
Tami: Finishing the basement
ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING!
Tami: The quiet upstairs while the kids are in the finished basement
Tami: The quiet upstairs while the kids are in the finished basement
Kam: Just after midnight on 18 Nov, a washing machine size rock hit the atmosphere at 80000 mph. The energy released was equivalent to a kiloton of TNT. For 5 seconds, it was brighter than mid-day. Signs in the heavens, or a visiting UFO? http://www.ksl.com/?sid=8714738&nid=148
Grace: TWO grand slams in one inning at a Bees game
Ash: Rides at Lagoon
Ash: Rides at Lagoon
Max: Singing in All-State Choir
Jens: How clean the dishes are when they come out of the new dishwasher that actually WASHES dishes!
Anna: Anyone with the temerity to confront me about my behavior
Nena: My dad, grandma and 2 aunts running the Ogden Marathon
Anna: Anyone with the temerity to confront me about my behavior
Nena: My dad, grandma and 2 aunts running the Ogden Marathon
EAGERLY ANTICIPATED!
Max: Tennis season and high school
Jens: School year
Jens: School year
Anna: Getting to chew gum
Grace: Christmas! I got some really good presents for people and I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces!
Kam: Putting away the lawnmowers, winter solstice
Tami: 5 day vacation with JUST Kam-n-Tam
Nena: California trip over Thanksgiving week
Nena: California trip over Thanksgiving week
Ash: Going to Kindergarten
UNPARALLELED
ACHIEVEMENTS!
Nena: Elected 8th grade vice president
Tami: Provo Half Marathon and playing tons-o-tennis
Anna: Manipulating everyone into doing whatever I want
Grace: I learned to do a front flip without biffing it
Jens: Amazing basketball game; 24 pts, 4 steals, 6 rebounds
Kam: 20 game win streak on Free Cell
Max: Beating Highland in summer tennis league championship
Ash: Doing the zip-line at the mountains (editor’s note: Refer to “most terrifying” to see why this was absolutely amazing. Ash is usually a scaredy cat and stunned us ALL with her determination to do this.)
DISILLUSIONING
DISAPPOINTMENTS!
DISAPPOINTMENTS!
Max: Dodgers getting worked in the LCS, off-season moves
Jens: Cardinals losing to the Steelers in the Super Bowl
Grace: Harry Potter 6
Tami: Stress fracture = forced time off from running and tennis
Jens: Cardinals losing to the Steelers in the Super Bowl
Grace: Harry Potter 6
Tami: Stress fracture = forced time off from running and tennis
Nena: Anything relating to Twilight, New Moon, Taylor Lautner, etc…
Kam: Tami’s disdain for Flagstaff
Ash: Going to bed early makes me really upset
Anna: Yelling and hitting and saying people are stupid
Ash: Going to bed early makes me really upset
Anna: Yelling and hitting and saying people are stupid
EMINENT EMBEZZLERS of TIME!
Jens: Plants Vs. Zombies
Max: Sleep, at night and during class
Grace: Reading all my books
Tami: Running the Reflections Contest
Nena: Practicing Piano
Kam: Basement finishing
Ash: Lining up (editor's note: according to Ash, they do a lot of this at school)
Anna: Coloring
APEX of INSPIRATION!
Grace: Mom and Dad (editor's note: what a suck-up!)
Anna: Word Girl
Nena: General/Stake Conference
Nena: General/Stake Conference
Ash: Playing with Anna and making each other cheer up
Jens: Max earning his Denali Award
Max: Juan Martin del Potro defeating Roger Federer in epic fashion
Kam: Singing in SLCA, The Biggest Loser, President Obama
Tami: Trading Tending with Tiffin for Temple Trips
MOSTEST MOMENTOUS 24 hours!
Jens: 13 November--my birthday party; pizza, presents and Powerpuffs
Grace: 26 June—Heber Valley Camp with a zip-line and my cousins
Anna: 8 July--last day of swimming lessons
Nena: 16 February--I got my braces off!
Max: 27 January--Winter Camp: Steak + Jeep + sleds = good times
Ash: All of them
Kam: 24 July--Run, raspberries, Rock Band, afternoon movie, family, friends and fireworks.
Tami: 27 November--after 14 months with mud spots, the stair walls were painted!
Jens: Max earning his Denali Award
Max: Juan Martin del Potro defeating Roger Federer in epic fashion
Kam: Singing in SLCA, The Biggest Loser, President Obama
Tami: Trading Tending with Tiffin for Temple Trips
MOSTEST MOMENTOUS 24 hours!
Jens: 13 November--my birthday party; pizza, presents and Powerpuffs
Grace: 26 June—Heber Valley Camp with a zip-line and my cousins
Anna: 8 July--last day of swimming lessons
Nena: 16 February--I got my braces off!
Max: 27 January--Winter Camp: Steak + Jeep + sleds = good times
Ash: All of them
Kam: 24 July--Run, raspberries, Rock Band, afternoon movie, family, friends and fireworks.
Tami: 27 November--after 14 months with mud spots, the stair walls were painted!
Thanks Kam!!
NEVER DISAPPOINTS!
Max: Tennis, Xbox baseball
Tami: Bag of Tootsie Rolls, Kam’s Choral Concerts
Anna: Bottle of milk and a good nap
Kam: Bottle of Code Red
Nena: Sleep
Jens: Math
ENGAGING ENDLESS EFFORT!
Anna: Wiping that look off my face
Tami: Choosing each day between good/better/and best
Anna: Wiping that look off my face
Nena: Waking up.
Ash: Going for a nap.
Max: Trying to not be overly competitive
Grace: Being agreeable or disagreeable
Kam: Looking on the bright side of life
Jens: Maybe making a decision, I think.
Ash: Going for a nap.
Max: Trying to not be overly competitive
Grace: Being agreeable or disagreeable
Kam: Looking on the bright side of life
Jens: Maybe making a decision, I think.
RECOMMENDED Reads!
Kam: All the Pretty Horses
Grace: Gregor the Overlander Series
Max: Dan Brown books
Jens: Ranger’s Apprentice Series
Nena: Shannon Hale books
Ash: Mooch the Messy
Anna: Something with a princess and a castle and a fairy and pink and purple
Tami: Ecological Intelligence (editor’s note: not kidding)
Kam: All the Pretty Horses
Grace: Gregor the Overlander Series
Max: Dan Brown books
Jens: Ranger’s Apprentice Series
Nena: Shannon Hale books
Ash: Mooch the Messy
Anna: Something with a princess and a castle and a fairy and pink and purple
Tami: Ecological Intelligence (editor’s note: not kidding)
SUPERB CINEMA!
Tami: Frontline: “The Warning” (editor’s note: still not kidding)
Tami: Frontline: “The Warning” (editor’s note: still not kidding)
Jens: Forever Strong
Anna: Mariposa Magic of the Rainbow
Max: X Men Origins
Grace: Rocket Man
Kam: Star Trek
Ash: Mary Poppins
Nena: Independence Day
Congratulations on making it to the bottom. So far, the word count is 1115. If I were forced to choose a one-word summary, I would choose FULL. Our weeks are full, our bellies are full, our hearts are full. Finally, one concluding superlative...ELEGANT text from recent Christmas music:
Congratulations on making it to the bottom. So far, the word count is 1115. If I were forced to choose a one-word summary, I would choose FULL. Our weeks are full, our bellies are full, our hearts are full. Finally, one concluding superlative...ELEGANT text from recent Christmas music:
Laud we thy name; extol thee; Lord of all majesty, Father Everlasting.”
Wishing you a resplendent Christmas,
The Fillmores
