Junior Prom

Marissas Junior Prom March 3, 2012
Marissa went with Rance Stradling to Junior Prom. this is Travis giving him the gun talk. "You better be good to my daughter or else"

Rance: "Marissa, you pin my bootineer on right here."

Don't they look cute!

Marissa looked absolutely gorgeous!

Here is their junior class.

This is the ending pose in their dance.

Here are the girls from Kanosh. I love how pretty their dresses all look together.

The parents dance with their juniors. Here is Travis dancing with Marissa. they both got teary eyed.

Marissa and mom

Homecoming 2011

Marissa went to homecoming with Gordon Whitaker from Kanosh. Here she is trying to pin on the bootineer. Mom ended up helping her.

Here is Gordon putting on the corsage. Notice Lacey in the background. She was really enjoying the show.
Here is our beautiful Marissa. The best part about her dress is that I bought if off ksl.com for only $9. What a bargain. She looked gorgeous in it.

Here they are posing for one of many pictures.

Going out to the whitakermobile.

Marissa's Homecoming Date

Marissa had her first date. Pretty good to turn 16 on Monday and have your first date the next Saturday. She went to homecoming with Deric Searle. Here is Deric coming to pick her up. Here is our princess, Marissa, in her dress. She looked so beautiful!!

I made them pose for lots of pictures. They looked so cute together and matched perfectly!

This is Marissa writing! My mom wanted me to tell a little about homecoming. It was so much fun. For our date, we went rollerskating with 4 other couples in Richfield. Then my date (which I had the best date ever, by they way) came and picked me up. My mom took lots of pictures. Than we had dinner at Sherilyn Rassmassen's house. It was so yummy. After that, we went to the dance and it was so much fun. All in all I had a blast!!!!

Marissa got asked to Homecoming!!

I can't believe my daughter is old enough to date. Marissa turns 16 on Oct. 4th and Homecoming this year is October 9th. She got lucky because it is usually in September. She got asked today by Deric Searle. She had to go all over the school to different places to get different clues. Then she unscrambled them. These clues say "Wood" and "Ewe" and she had to go to wood shop and the ag room to find them.

These ones say "go" and "tutu". These sent her to the drivers ed room and the dance studio.

"Homecoming" was waiting at home for her.

These say "width" "Derrick" "Cereal". These sent her to math class and seminary. I gave her the cereal box when she woke up.

She is answering him by putting swedish fish and pictures of fish all over his bedroom. Then there will be 1 live fish with a note that says, "If fishes were wishes, I'd only need one!!! To wish that Homecoming will be lots of fun!!!"

I will blog pictures of the date when it gets here!!! stay tuned.......

Cake!

Marissa went to a career field day in Richfield last week. They explored different careers in the home ecomonics field. She decorated this cake all by herself and she was so proud of it. I think she did an awesome job. I told her to keep it up so she can make everyone's wedding cake.

The Big 15!

Marissa turned 15 on Sunday! I can't believe my baby is 15. It seems like just yesterday the doctor was announcing "IT'S A GIRL". When I called my mom to tell her we had a girl, her first words were, "Think of all the prom dresses you'll be buying!" At the time it sounded so far off, but now it's only a year away.
Since we tried for so many years to have children, when we found out I was pregnant with Marissa, it was one of the happiest days in my life. She was such a good baby, sleeping through the night starting at 2 weeks old. At one month old, she spent 10 days in Kanosh with my mom while I had my gall bladder out and other complications. She was the first grandchild so everyone spoiled her.
15 years later, she is as beautiful as ever, both inside and out! She has a strong testimony of the gospel. She is a wonderful example to her younger sisters and brother. She is a great friend and has a magnetic personality. She has a great sense of humor and is always saying things to make everyone laugh. We rely on her a lot and we appreciate her tremendously.
She is looking forward to receiving her learners permit soon, so we will let you know when the streets and sidewalks are not safe.
We love you Marissa!!!

Blueberry Pie!

Marissa made a blueberry pie in mutual. It was as good as it looks, maybe even better. YUMMY!!!