Graduation!

Hannah graduated yesterday! I now no longer have children in school. Makes me rather sad, I must say. Graduation was nice. Pretty short compared to all our other children's graduations. Hannah's class only had 79 graduates, our other kids' classes had well over a hundred.

Hannah and her best friend Amy

Hannah and Amy

Hannah, Rick and I

Hannah and my mom

Hannah her oldest brother Jake, his wife Becky and their son Jackson

Hannah her oldest sister Christy, her husband Brent and their daughter Sophie

Hannah her older brother Brady and his wife Kylie

Hannah and her friends Shelby and Kayla. Hannah has know these two since they were all 5!

Hannah, Kenzie and Mallory. Hannah has also known these 2 since they were all 5!

Hannah and her friend Renuka. Renuka is an exchange student from Thailand.

I am going to miss going to school events and school sports, but I am excited to watch Hannah grow and I am excited about what is in store for Rick and I.

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Scapbooked, today!

I actually scrapbooked today!

I hate to admit how long it has been since I have actually scrapbooked for me.

I made a wedding album for my daughter-in-law, Becky, for Christmas 2008. It was of Jake and Becky's wedding photos from June 2006. I will have to ask her if I can have it back for an afternoon to photograph it.

I also made an album for my daughter-in-law Kylie in July 2008, It was of Brady and Kylie's wedding photos from June 2008. Again, I will have to ask Kylie if I can have it back for an afternoon to photograph it.

I haven't scrapbooked for my albums since 2005! I have a ton of excuses, but none seem to really matter much, not even to me. Hannah has been spending a lot of time looking at my albums lately and asking why they end in 2005, why there aren't more pages. So here is the start to what I hope is a ton of scrapbooking to come.

This is a layout of Hannah and Rick at the Filer High School Prom during the Father/Daughter Dance.

Here is a list of the products I used: the green polka dot is Bo Bunny, the pink and green patterned paper is The Girls Paperie by Margie, the circle journaling spots are Heidi Swapp, brads (unknown) flowers are various collections by Prima, cardstock by Bazzill and ribbon by Maya Road.

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Slide Scans from my Childhood

My mom gave me some money for my birthday, so I put a little money with it and bought myself a Film and Slide Converter by innovative technology.

There are some things that really drive me crazy about it. I have had to reload the software every time I plug it in. Visited their website, but it was not helpful. That being said I am still really glad that I got it. It has made me happy, made my mom happy enough to cry, and made both of my sisters happy. One of which I am not close with and we are now talking because I am sharing the photos with her.

A few years ago, my dad gave my youngest sister and me all of his slides from when we were little. There were over 400 of them! He quit taking slides in 1976. Then my mom dug through stuff and gave me as many of the negatives from our childhood as she could find that weren't destroyed in their basement flood last fall. I have noticed some from 1979. Hope there are some between 1976 and 1979, if not I am grateful for what I have!

Here are a few of my favorites of the ones I have scanned so far.

This is me (with the glasses), my sister Dana (on the left) and my sister Deon (on the right) circa 1974. This was the end of June in the mountains around Ely, Nevada.

This is my dad (I have always thought he looks like Elvis), Deon (my youngest sister on the left), Dana (my sister on the right) and me (on the far right) circa 1974. Same trip as the first photo.

This is my sister Dana and I circa 1971. The yellow knee socks make me so happy!

My sister Dana, my sister Deon, and Me circa 1972

This is me, my sister Dana, my sister Deon and my mom circa 1973

This is my mom and me circa April 1967. We both almost died the day I was born. My umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck and I was blue and not breathing. My mom was hemorrhaging badly and almost died. That is why her arms are so bruised, from the hospital.

This is me and my Grammy Elsie, she is my dad's mom. Circa September 1967

This is my Grandpa Haines, me (on the left), Dana (on the right) and Deon (on the far right). We are "mooching" butterscotch lifesavers from him. My grandpa was my best friend for as long as I can remember. He died of a stroke on the 3rd of July 1991. But he knew my daughter Hannah was coming (her birthday was 01/06/92) and he was happy about it. We had told him in June that she was coming. One of these days, I will have to share Hannah's story about my grandpa. It is pretty amazing.

Thanks for indulging my trip down memory lane.

Have a great day!

Donnelly

New Prom Photos

I have been trying to post this post since Tuesday! Today is actually Saturday, April 17th! Life gets in the way, for sure. Not sure anyone wants to hear the details.

So without further ado, here is my post about Hannah's Prom day.

When I was in school, Prom consisted of your date picking you up, a quick dinner and then going to Prom. When you were at Prom, you stayed long enough to drink some really bad punch, see who was Prom queen and have your photo taken as a memento. No one but the Prom royalty ever danced that I can remember. Fast forward to Prom day for my daughter and her friends. It is an all day event!

Our morning started bright and early on Saturday at 6:30 A.M. Hannah and her best friend Amy's Prom dates came over to our house to cook the girls breakfast. They brought and cooked enough food to feed an army! Cody even brought Hannah a vase full of long-stem pink roses! Hannah's friend Taylor and her date Michael joined the party in time to eat breakfast. The boys even rinsed the dishes and loaded and started the dish washer, how cool was that?

John (Amy's date), Michael (Taylor's date), and Cody (Hannah's date)

After breakfast, the guys took the girls to a couple of local attractions. First they went to Hop-To-It, where they enjoyed multiple bounce houses. Nykole and her date, Derek, joined the group there. Derek is my daughter-in-law Becky's cousin. Then they were treated to Nascart, which is a local go-cart place where they played pool, climbed the rock wall and drove go-carts.

Hannah, Amy and Nykole at Hop-To-It

After that, Hannah and Amy were mine and Amy's mom, Cindy's, for the afternoon. Cindy and I went to pick up boutonnieres first. Then we met Hannah and Amy at my friend Terri's salon for hairdos.

Terri starting on Hannah's hair

I swear Hannah's hair was 3 feet wide! It was huge!

Not sure how Terri got that huge hair to this stage. She is truly a master!

Amy, Terri, and Hannah

The photos I posted on Sunday were from the photos we took when the guys picked up our girls. The following photos are from dinner.

Amy and John

Derek and Nykole

Taylor and Michael

Hannah and Taylor

Cody and Hannah

Grand March started at 8:00 p.m. For those outside our area, Grand March is quite a thing in our school. Grand March is a presentation of all the ladies and their dates to family and friends, as well as presentation of Prom Royalty. Here are my ladies at Grand March.

Amy and John

Nykole and Derek

Taylor and Michael

Hannah and Cody

Cody and Hannah

Hannah said they danced until the prom was over! So different from my Proms!

I would like to thank Cody for making Hannah's Senior Prom so amazing. What an awesome young man.

I would also like to thank Hannah, Amy, Taylor and Nykole for letting me make dresses, alter dresses, help with date tux issues, pin boutonnieres and take lots of photos. Love you all!

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Prom is finally here!

It's officially Prom night. Here are my girls in their finery with their guys!

Hannah putting Cody's boutonniere on

Hannah and Cody

Amy and John

Taylor and Michael

The happy couples

The guys

My girls!

Can't wait to see them at Grand March!

Have a great day, I have!

Donnelly

Prom Dress Photo Shoot!

So here are the photos from our photo shoot last night. The photos were taken at our favorite blue door and a few at a local park by our Snake River. We would have taken more, but we ran out of light.

Have a great day!
Donnelly