Bryan's Bunch

Our new house??

2011-03-28T17:46:00.003-06:00

Take a look at the house Mickayla and I are hoping (really hard) to rent.

Isn't it adorable!! I love it. Keep your fingers crossed that we are able to rent it.

Can't you just see it with some hanging pots, a couple of rose bushes, some 4 o'clocks, and the lawn mowed. Oh and don't forget the garden Gnome.

"Jasmine's House"

2011-03-23T08:00:00.001-06:00

One of the Krishna temples is located where Brittany lives in Utah. Elizabeth (grandchild # 2) has always wanted to go to "Jasmine's" house, so while visiting with new baby we decided to take a trip to Jasmine's house.

We think it is beautiful!

We took the tour of the temple and learned alot about Krishna Consciousness. Our tour guides were awesome. It was kinda funny though we were given a tour of the Krishna temple by members of the LDS faith. hmmm?

Calvin, Elizabeth & Mickayla at the alter.

We got to play and chat/sing Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna.............

We ate lunch and had traditional Indian food. Some was really good and some was a little too spicy for my tummy. Elizabeth thought that the mandarin oranges and a cookie were a safe bet. Calvin ventured out more and added cheese and spaghetti to his plate. I tried a little of everything. After lunch we went to see the menagerie outside.

"Is your Mama a llama?" said my daughter Mickayla

Calvin wasn't so sure about the llamas eating out of his hand. Elizabeth said "no way".

We saw white peacocks (not albino), regular color peacocks, & lots of llamas. They also had a beautiful

pond with lots of coy that we could feed.

I think everyone had a good time except Elizabeth WAS a little disappointed

that we never did see Jasmine. Darn. Maybe next time.

PROM 2011

2011-03-22T22:25:00.001-06:00

WOW 2 teenage girls from the same household going to prom! Umm I think that spells disaster.
We did finally make it through not sure if the girls are speaking to each other again but here are the results.
By the way Mickayla made Tasha's dress. The girls looked fabulous and had the BEST dates.

Meet Brandt Grove. Tasha's wonderful date

Meet Mitchell Fadely. Mickayla's dandy date

Mitchell's mom was nice enough to make a tie that matched KJ's dress.

Mickayla was able to pick her dress up in Utah for the whopping price of $25.00

Randomness

Please make sure you check out Tasha's pride and joy..

the SHOES!

This was my pet peeve of the event. This little item (notice the size please)

cost $4.00 less than the SHOES! grrrrr was not happy.

All in all it was a fabulous evening and both girls each spent less than $ 100.00 on:

the tickets

the boutonniere

the dress

the shoes

the jewelry

and the hair.

Dinner was free. I am so proud of them for being so frugal.

A new Grandbaby

2011-03-22T14:09:00.000-06:00

Welcome

Benjamin Alexander Stocks

March 2, 2011

It was great to be able to spend a week in Utah with the newest grandbaby

Random Silliness

2011-01-10T09:01:00.001-07:00

I have NO idea who this devil child belongs to.

These guys are doing the famous "Erik" grin. Erik started this years ago and it stuck.

Olympics style Blast from the Past

2010-02-28T22:23:00.000-07:00

SALT LAKE CITY

WINTER OLYMPICS 2002

To get to this point was quite the ordeal. If you will remember

the Olympics in SLC took place just a few months

after 9-11 and security was at an all time high.

The Sorenson's are known for carrying pocket knives

on them all the time. Big NO-NO at the olympics.

The line to get in was 2 1/2 hrs long because of security.

30 minutes before we get to the front of the line

Brittany remembers she has a pocket knife

on her key chain so in the trash it went. Does anyone else have a

pocket knife or any kind weapon on them? Sheepishly Alex

reaches in his pocket and pulls out a pocket knife.

Ok throw it in the garbage.

No mom this is the Buck knife that grandpa gave me,

this one is special.

Erik took pity and offers to run the mile back to

his car and leave it there.

Yeah Erik who has a really bad cold and is not feeling well.

Erik got back just in time to get in the gate with us.

Whew. Now we can go in.

The gates are guarded by military carrying machine guns and side arms.

It was very intimidating. They all had stern faces with frowns.

BEEP BEEP BEEP Sir could you please step aside. Not to bore you with

the details they take Bryan aside and after several

attempts to get through he had to strip down to a shirt and pants.

Meanwhile we are trying to get through with the rest of the family.

BBEEEP BEEP BEEP.

Crap Alex do you have another knife. No.

Remember this is right after 9-11

2 big Army guys surround poor little Alex and scare

the wholly crap out of him.

I now have a husband over in one area

under guard and my little 10 year old

surrounded by guards in another area.

Wow a whole family of terrorists.

Poor little kid was shaking and lower lip quivering because

he was so scared. Finally a ranking officer comes over

and excuses the big scary guys

and bends down to Alex's level and asks

Alex if he has any weapons and what is in his pocket.

Alex reaches in his pocket and pulls

out a ............wait for it...........drum roll......

5 1/2 inch x 5/8 " BOLT. Well now

there is weapon if I have ever seen one.

The army guy was relieved, and wanded Alex with

no beeps and let us go. We just had to wait for Bryan

to get dressed. His weapon of mass destruction

was a pair of Montana's official outerwear

..CARHART coveralls with metal snaps and brass zippers

( you have to own a pair to live in Montana ..State law).

Erik and Tasha attend the women's figure skating

finals (cardboard cutout and mural audience,

but hey they look real). Erik loves to cheer with Mickayla.

They are on the very front row.

Alex on the winners podium after

winning GOLD in the luge.

Alex Sorenson - Ireland - Gold

Here is a picture of the actual medals they got to bring home.

These are Alex's for luge and curling

The Curling stones were alot heavier than we expected.

Brittany in the semi-finals.

Alex is pretty serious about this curling.

He is in the finals here.

Mickayla in the semi-finals. She needed just a little help

from her fellow olympian (big sister Brittany).

Tasha last slide to take the bronze in the finals.

And the Winners Are....

Tasha Sorenson -USA -Bronze

Alex Sorenson - Ireland - Silver

Brittany Sorenson - USA- GOLD

Notice Alex and Brittany also got to

carry the Olympic Torch.

Tasha looks a little bummed about 3rd place.

Oh well better luck in 4 years.

We all had a great time and most of it was FREE!!!

We love free.

Thanks Brittany for calling us and telling

us we just had to come down.

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Prom 2010

Tasha and her awesome date Justin.

Tasha Singing Finally.

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Tasha's solo at the Valentines show
click above

Proof is in the Picture!

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We just had to take a picture of the first

BIG Event of 2010

ALEX reading a book. A real book with text and not just

pictures. You are right in thinking it must be a book about hunting

and fishing because it is!! It is by Pat McManus and if you enjoy

the outdoors and humor his books are a must read.

NEW YEARS EVE 2009

2010-02-02T07:21:00.000-07:00

We are ready to ring in the new year.

From left to right: Brandon Dewey, Tasha, Alex,

Missy, Mickayla, & Bryan.

This year we decided to try Missoula's "First Night".

You buy a ticket and then can attend as many of the events

as you can pack in for free.

We started off by ice skating. One of our family favorites in the winter.

This is of Bryan and Tasha playing chess with the

"Octopus". His name is Greg Nowak of Missoula and is a

certified national chess master. Greg plays multile people

simultaneously and makes his moves between 5 and 15 seconds.

Needless to say both Tasha and Bryan lost. However

Bryan did have him pause and think a couple of

times which was pretty cool.

Off to the Carousel.

We ended the evening by dancing to a big band and

going to Denny's for a midnight snack.

I thought it was definitely worth the price and we were able

to go ice skating, watch a mime show, a hypnotist, view ice sculptures,

ride the carousel, listen to some musical groups (one was really funny),

listen to bagpipers through the door (we were too late to get in),

and just have fun being together. How many teens do you

know that will spend New Years Eve with

their parents and pretend they like it?

Done with Braces! Wahoo

2010-01-28T07:34:00.001-07:00

Big Day

Finally the braces come OFF.

Dr. Silcher beginning the process.

Yeah. Look I get balloons and a pack of gum.

Mickayla's favorite assistant Rhonda. She is Awesome.

We really like Dr. Silcher and his staff. They are Top Notch.

Grand Champion

2010-01-28T06:24:00.000-07:00

September 2009

Tasha entered a number of pieces of her artwork in

the Ravalli county fair. All of her pieces took a ribbon.

Most were a blue or red but on this one (my personal favorite)

a scratch art beauty, she received Grand Champion.

She was quite surprised but she deserved the status.

This picture does not come close to doing it justice.

Mickayla entered in the adult division of photography.

A hard category because there are so many. She got

reserve champion! Wahoo. The girls have done a great job and

we are proud of their artistic abilities.

Don't know where the picture is of Mickayla, if I find it I will post it.

Family Photo Shoot 1B

2010-01-25T22:13:00.001-07:00

I thought everyone might enjoy seeing some more pics

of the family. I always love to see everyones pictures

of their families so I think everyone else does too.

We think this skewed face of Alex's is so funny.

A 1/4 of Alex's life is spent thumbing through the Cabelas catalog.

I remember when I was in Italy we met a lady from Australia

who had a son who's dream was to one day go to America

and go to a Cabelas store. And he was 23.

So I guess this phenomenon is all over the world. Go figure.

I don't even want to know what Tasha was thinking.

We were just goofing off and then as we were going through the

pictures Mickayla said she really liked this one. Me too.

The kid is crazy.

I like the month on Mickayla. It is a perfect little wavy month.

Notice when the rest of us take pictures of the

photographer the color is not always the best but

I liked this picture of Bryan anyway.

Our attempt at Gingerbread houses.

2010-01-25T07:10:00.000-07:00

This is Tasha's perfect little gingerbread house.

Of course she was at the table long after everyone else was gone.

Everything she does has to be a work of art.

Even when we make personal pizzas for dinner, the rest of us

have made ours and eaten them before she

has hers ready to put in the oven.

Mickayla's house. She worked and worked on a fence that just won't

cooperate so she finally gave up and left it unfinished.

I still think it is cute. I love hearts.

So Alex and Bryan had one to decorate together but Alex decided

they lived in a duplex and split it right down the middle.

You will notice they even have 2 different roof styles.

Crack me up. This first one is Bryan's side

and he wants to point out HE has a chimney

for his wood stove in his half.

This is Alex's half. Wouldn't ya know it... a log cabin. With bears

guarding the front. He even has icicles coming down.

Please take note of the gate, he was pretty proud of that.

I wouldn't be surprised if someday I pull

up to Alex's for a visit and it looks just like this.

I of course was the General Contractor and supervised the

construction and made sure they did not run out of building supplies.

I also was the camera crew to document the construction process.

(my way of getting out of making one).

Finished home photos were provided by Sorenson Photography.

The New Griz Football Cheerleaders!!

2010-01-19T10:24:00.000-07:00

These pictures were taken at the height of

the "Grizzlies going to the semi-finals" frenzy.

I had already purchased these for Christmas but Tasha

got invited to one of the games,

(she could care less about football but it was her first Griz game)

and didn't have any Griz wear so I broke out the

presents a little early and we had a photo shoot.

Everyone loves a good hoodie!!

Notice we can't get rid of the camo from

one of our cheerleaders. I'm sure the shirt

underneath was camo too. Can you wear camo

on your mission?

How cute are these cheerleaders?!!!!!!!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

2010-01-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

Brittany and her family made a surprise visit for Thanksgiving.

I had NO idea they were coming up and we were all

a little sad that Erik, Brittany and their families couldn't make

Thanksgiving but.... Britt surprised us. The only thing

that would have made it perfect is if Erik and crew would

have been able to make it. We really missed them.

This pic is all the cooks using the new kitchen

to cook up some fabulous food.

Calvin, Oren, and Elizabeth ready to chow down.

Elizabeth is the only 3 yr.old who when asked what

her favorite fruit is says GRAPEFRUIT. So Grandma always

makes sure she stops at Costco and buys the ready

to go grapefruit cups for Lulu.

The dress Lulu is wearing is Brittany's old Sunshine Generation

outfit. Lulu loved wearing it til it gave her a terrible rash.

Playing Hungry Hungry Hippo. Calvin really liked this game.

I love Goodwill here and their game selection.

Games are cheap and almost always have all the pieces.

Of course Thanksgiving in Montana is never complete unless

you go hunting for something. Alex just had to go duck hunting.

So before the rest of us were even finished eating

Alex is ready to go. That kid just quacks me up. haha

New Kitchen

2010-01-14T11:52:00.001-07:00

Erik you had better appreciate these cause it took your old,

feeble, computer illiterate mother 1 whole hour and a half

to get this right (after calling dad 3 times for HELP).

Yes Lisa I know you are laughing.

As most of you know this summer our dishwasher

decided to malfunction and flood our kitchen a wee bit.

Thank goodness for insurance so we were

able to get basically a brand new kitchen as the damage ruined

the floor and cabinets. Now a lot had to stay the same because

insurance was involved but I am so excited with the results!!!

So follow us through our renovation.

Free help is always good and we got paid by the insurance company

We usually take our shoes off when we are in the house but

I went to putting mine back on because I kept

getting BIG slivers in my feet from the "floor".

We have switched from apples to Chickens and Apples.

New curtains. However you will notice they are not finished

in the rest of the kitchen

Pot rack moved. Now maybe it will be out

of the way of Brittany's head. teehee

Check out the new faucet and sink the plumber picked out.

I think he did a great job. We love it.

New dishwasher. Better not malfunction!!

This is my very favorite part of the whole kitchen, besides looking

fabulous it has 2 ovens!! Wahoo!! And the new range has 5 burners

and is big enough for my 2 big canning pots. Yahoo!

This kitchen was terrific during Thanksgiving.

I LOVE the microwave at a lower level

and not being above the range stovetop. I still have

2 huge shelves in the cabinets that have

absolutely nothing in them. Wow.

I also have the cabinets that have the pull out shelf/drawer.

Also all drawers have full extension pull out.

Hope you all enjoyed the pics.

Aww finished after 3 months.

I was the one who took 3 months because I could not

purchase anything without it being on sale.

Laugh if you want but that oven /microwave wall unit I

only paid $ 347.00 for new in the box.

Check out the prices online if you want to see

what a screaming deal I got.

So 3 months wait was definitely worth the price.

I LOVE MY NEW KITCHEN!!

Come over and I will fix an awesome meal for you.

Hint hint, come visit!

And for those of you who know me really well it actually

stays clean 87% of the time verses 45 % before. haha

Halloween with the grandkids.

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I got so excited about posting that I kinda got out of order.

This was suppose to be before the Family pics. oh well.......

Anyway since Madison was born right before Halloween Bryan

and I were able to spend Halloween with the grandkids.

What a fun time. Sharilyn outdid (is that a word) herself and

brought downfrom SLC all the stuff for lunch and a party.

Super job Sharilyn! It was so fun.

I got my first tattoo. I would post a picture but.........wait.....wait........

it washed off in the shower before we could snap one.

Brakken gave me one and picked it out. A flower.

In this picture the kids are all hunting for paper ghosts hiding around the yard.

Pirate Captain Brakken (with a flower purse teehee).

Captain playing in the leaves with Grandpa.

Grandpa hides in the leaves and then jumps out and

scares all the little kiddos, over and over again.

Monkey Ryker.

Scullery wenches!! HOT scullery wenches.

Doesn't Britt look great for having a baby 4 days ago

Risky Business here. This is Calvin before costume.

This is his own thing. We laughed so hard when he came out

and he doesn't even have a clue who Tom Cruise is. hahaha

Cowboy Calvin gettin' ready for the roundup

Princess Lulu

Princess Lulu???

We laugh at Elizabeth being a princess because every year for

Halloween her mom (Britt)was either a princess or fairy princess,

basically wings or no wings. Now Elizabeth is

following in her Halloween footsteps.

Notice the color of shirt has changed underneath.

She must have gotten a DROP of water on the other

one and had to change.Elizabeth is so funny about that.

Glad I don't have to wash her clothes.

Family Photo Shoot 1A

2010-01-13T23:19:00.000-07:00

Most of you got the finished product of our photo shoot with Santa and reindeer in the background in your Christmas card. If you didn't and

would like one, what is your address and I will mail you one

(not you Aunt Debbie I still have yours)

Fill free to make up your own caption on these pics. Enjoy!

Poor Alex.

We have always called the Cabelas catalog Alex's "Bible",

now we have a picture to prove it.Watch him get sent to Sydney, Nebraska.

He says that would be ok just don't send him to Alaska or Africa

that would be more than he could endure.

She did it not ME!

I love my sisters soooooo much

BYU vs U of U

2010-01-10T22:28:00.000-07:00

OK these two look scary to me. Glad they are not like this.

This is our version of BYU vs University of Utah.

The Holy War

(seriously check it out on wikipedia)

BYU shoots em' dead 26 to 23

Friuts of my labors

2010-01-10T22:06:00.000-07:00

All in a days work

Huckleberry jam (picked by our own hands), Strawberry freezer jam, and our

yummy BBQ sauce.

Later that week there was 2 different kinds of salsa, 3 batches of homemade ketchup,

2 batches of apple pie filling and some mixed berry jam.

whew. Guess I should have taken pictures of all but I wanted it put away.

Baby Belle

2010-01-10T08:00:00.000-07:00

Isabelle Madison Stocks

born October 27, 2009

Affectionately called Baby Belle, Zizabelle or Madison

This picture was taken just a few days after she was born

Proud Grandpa Bryan. Wow grandpa you are starting to look old.

Proud Grandma Missy. Grandma hasn't aged a bit( NOT).

Check out the cute blanket. I made it.

The following picture was taken at about a month old when Britt and family came up for Thanksgiving. I call the baby Madison and Elizabeth has informed me that "her name is Zizabelle Madison not Madison", but after staying at grandma's house for a week Elizabeth came to like her grandma Missy more, and one day came up and said "grandma I like you alot AND I love you. You can call Zizabelle........Madison if you want". I guess I finally won her over. So now it is official I can call Baby Belle, Madison if I want.

Awww for cute.

Alex and his favorite past time.

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Alex loves to hunt and fish. His goal this fall was to fill all his tags. In 2 weeks he filled all his tags but 1...Bear. Kinda glad he didn't get the chance to fill that one. All animals were taken with his PINK bow. We are excited that our freezers (all4 of them) are FULL.

1 turkey, 6 deer, 1 Elk, and some grouse. He also got 2 porcupines and a racoon but they are NOT in the freezer they just raise havoc around the place. Those stinking racoons are not cute when they eat all the dogs food and get into everything. Grrrr.

We love to tease Alex about his "makeup" . It even comes in a little compact with different colors in it. The only thing missing is the Maybelline name. teehee

Guess they missed this shot. Because these bad boys are NOT in the freezer.

I think this is Bryan's favorite part of the hunt. Taking his goats.

FIRE!!

2010-01-08T07:39:00.001-07:00

Last fall we had a fire erupt just above our house 2 miles. I told the girls to get the marshmallows and we could sit on the porch and roast them.

It was quite the event. Some of our neighbors above us had to evacuate and we were put on standby. The girls moved out to friends house for a week because Mickayla couldn't breath. I finally left a few nights and we slept in the truck where the air was clear. On the weekend we moved to Placid lake (good excuse to go to the lake). The smoke was horrendous. Breathing was quite the chore for about a month.

Erik's "White Coat" ceremony

2010-01-08T06:19:00.000-07:00

In August of 2009 Erik received his white coat as part of the ceremony upon entering into the college of Pharmacy at the University of Utah (go Utes). We are so very proud of his dedication and hard work to get this far. You are on the downhill slide now Erik. Way to go!! We are very proud of Sharilyn too, she has had to be a single mom and live with Oscar the grouch during finals week. You guys are gonna make it!

LOOK AT ERIK"S SMILE!

"I MADE IT".

Erik and his AWESOME family

Brakken, Sharilyn, Ryker

Here is the whole crew, minus Erik's friend Ryan, who attended the event. Sharilyn's family is with us as they always are there to support. We love the Hermann family. They are AWESOME. Our son-in -law Oren is standing next to Bryan in a red shirt in support of Erik. He was a REAL trooper to wear red because he is a BYU grad. and bleeds blue. Thanks Oren you will be sainted for your sacrifice.

Erik with Grandpa Glade & Grandma Arlene Sorenson

Aren't my girls beautiful!! Left to right Mickayla, Tasha, Elizabeth (granddaughter)

Brittany, and Sharilyn (D-I-L).

Duck Race & Hunting in July 2009

2010-01-05T22:17:00.000-07:00

We had fun hunting easter eggs. It's a blast and one of our favorite things to do. Yes it was way past Easter but who cares. Everybody had a great time coloring eggs in July!!! Brakken and Ryker could not shoot the real rifles so grandma went to the dollar store and bought foam bullets and plastic army guys at a yard sale. The boys loved being able to have their own targets to shoot at. This pic even caught the "bullet" in mid air. Nice shot Brakken.

This summer when Erik's family came up we had a duck race down our little stream. It was great fun throwing rocks at the other competitors. Mickayla's duck won first prize. Money!!

Welcome to Montana and a day with Daniel Boone

2009-07-16T06:00:00.000-06:00

Remind me when it is hot and I want to go swimming in the river to cool off that this is what lurks in it's waters. I hate snakes and this pike looks a little snakish to me!! This bad boy is 28" long and weighed 5 lbs. Check out those teeth. They are really sharp too, just ask Alex(Daniel).

Daniel shot this "coon" with one shot out of one of our trees. It weighed 19 pounds!! 12 of that was from OUR dog food. Dang critters(I now get really annoyed with deer, birds, and little critters, they destroy everything!!). Daniel has also been hunting gophers and rock chucks. A local rancher has put a bounty on them. .50cents each. The other day they
made $ 22.00. This kid is total Montanan!! Ask us to tell you about the 22 gophers he shot and put in a 5 gallon bucket and then forgot to turn them in the next day to the rancher..... SOUP anyone? YUCKY!!!!! Just let your imagination run wild on that one and it still won't come close to the real thing. GAG!! Soup that moves. And the stench...WOW.

HUMANITARIAN

2009-07-15T23:55:00.000-06:00

Wow it has been so long since we have posted I forgot how. I found this one saved as a draft and figured I should resurrect it. Mickayla mutual class made some hats for newborns and infants for a service project one night and she brought them home to show us. Tasha decided she wanted to join in hte fun so she and Mickayla made a bunch of hats one weekend. Then Alex wanted to join in and of course I didn't want to be left out soooo we have the 300 hats of Bartholomew Sorenson. Ok maybe not 300 but we made over 30 of the little buggers. I am sooo proud of my girls and their enthusiasm to serve.

Hooray for Alex!

2009-07-15T10:37:00.000-06:00

He did it! He did it! Yeaaaa he did it!

Alex finally, after long hard work, received his Duty to God!
This award takes 6 years to earn! He received this back in March.

We are so proud of you! *sniff sniff*

Governor Intervenes

2009-04-13T22:14:00.000-06:00

Dateline Stevensville, Montana. An appeal filed at the last minute by the activist organization PETA (people eating tasty animals) has resulted in a temporary stay of execution by Governor Schweitzer for convicted egghead I.G. Joe who was sentenced to death by firing squad by Judge Alex Sorenson on April 11, 2009. All avenues of appeal should be exhausted (we sure are) by Friday April 17, 2009.

Seriously we had technical difficulties resulting in an unexpected trip to Kalispell and back which lasted from 7 in the morning until 5:30 tonight. Sorry for the delay in egg assassinations.

Egg Coloring at the Sorenson's

2009-04-09T23:48:00.000-06:00

At the Sorenson household we really "HUNT" our Easter eggs. We blast them with a .22 cal. rifle. It is the best way we have found to HUNT eggs.

Alex really got into coloring his "eggs" this year.

WARNING!

The following has been rated PG 13

for gore and the mention of violence.!!

The MAKING of I.G. JOE

We have I.G. Joe.

Named I.G. instead of G.I. from one of Bill Ingvall's comedy routines which our family thinks is funny.

Notice the camo helmet. Alex then decided I.G. Joe needed a girlfriend.

Now finding the right I.G. Jane was quite the task because each time right before she met I.G.Joe she kept getting killed in action (dropped on the floor or table). Finally one was found (made).

Just when I.G. Jane and I.G. Joe's eyes meet under heavy "shelling" (teehee), I.G. Jane is assassinated by a Sniper!!!

Joe runs to her side to save her but she has already given up the "yolk".

As blood runs down her dead face Jane ascends to that great breakfast plate in the sky. sniff, sniff, wipe nose

There was no before picture of Jane because the sniper got to her before the field photographer could snap some shots.

Notice exit wound.

Alas I.G. Jane could not fulfill I.G. Joe's desire for a combat ready "chick".

But as her egghead(body) was being lowered into the ground he saw his soul mate across the grave.

I.G. Josie.......

a match made on the battlefield of Bromley's egg plant.

Little do they know they are both in "Alex the Sniper's"

cross hairs only to be assassinated on Monday at high noon.

THE END

No Yolk, that is the end.

But tune in Tuesday for the R rated version of the assassination caught on tape.

No live chickens were killed in the making of this production

All egg artwork done by Alex Sorenson.

Just some more pics of coloring eggs. 8 dozen.

Kayla's candy corn.

I really rotated this before posting

(still computer illiterate)

Emo chick scared I.G. JOE .....no camo?

Fun was had by all and the eggs are awaiting their fate on Monday. TeeHee

If you enjoyed the post please coment the kids are waiting for feedback.

You can e-mail at maidmissy@aol.com if you can't leave message here but we prefer here. Thanks for your cooperation.

Scouting- Alex receives his first palm

2009-04-08T08:53:00.000-06:00

Alex was receiving his first palm after acheiving his Eagle. For those of you who aren't familiar with scouts to receive a palm you must complete 5 more merit badges AFTER earning your Eagle award. This is also another 1st. Neither Bryan or I are in scout uniforms. This is the first time at least one of us has not been in scouts. Bryan says he feels naked. Congrats to Alex. He will be receiving his 2nd palm the end of April. He should have had both by the end of last year but our troop is a little SLOOOOW.

BBQ ANYTIME!!!

2009-04-08T08:45:00.000-06:00

I say BBQ anytime, rain or shine or even SNOW!!!

By the way the ribs were fantastic!!!

Ski Bunny or Skiing down the bunny hill

2009-04-08T08:37:00.000-06:00

This is Mickayla and her instructor going down the bunny hill. This was Mickayla's first time skiing since she was about 5 or 6. After a few down times down the bunny hill she ditched the poles. I don't think I could ever ski without poles. I need my security blanket. She did a great job and it snowed all day so there was great snow to ski on.

It's time for a BEACH PARTY!!

2009-03-30T21:32:00.000-06:00

Beach Party in the middle of this winter weather?

YOU BET!

You might need YOUR sunglasses to view this post and the bright white contents(our bodies haven't seen sun for a while) but I hope the pics will warm your heart and make you smile!!

Limbo Limbo Everybody Limbo

Beach (balloon) volleyball

The high dive competition

You can't forget to have a wet T-shirt contest at your beach party and we DID, but I won't post the pics because I don't think you bloggers could handle it. Instead you can view Mickayla and John

chillin' in the "shade".

Of course there is always a need for Popsicles at the beach to cool us off.
Check out the glow of Tiki torches that lined the sidewalk outside. One of them had a hole in the fuel container and it totally burned up so when we went outside we just found a stick. That was funny.

THE BEACHCOMBERS

So despite the yucky weather outside and your deep desire for spring and summer........have a BEACH PARTY indoors.

HAVE A BLAST!!! WE DID.

Prom/Tasha's first date

2009-03-23T13:50:00.000-06:00

THE DRESS, THE HAIR, THE SHOES, THE MAKE-UP, OH MY!!!

What, the boys have a flower? Oh Brittany can come up and do my hair.

No wait Brittany has to stay in Utah. Strike 1.

But wait Sharilyn just called and is coming up with Erik she is a girly girl and knows all about hair, makeup, dress, shoes, etc. she can do my hair. eeeekk Sharilyn just called and can't come up. Strike 2.

Yikes now what. Can my mom really sew because my dress can't be strapless. Strike 3.

I'm doomed. That's right I'm on the decorating committee too, AND this is my first date. Oh the pressure.

Mom's Take on the situation.

Boy asked leaving a week and a half to do all those girl things.

Ok I can sorta sew so I made three different options and let Tasha choose her favorite. We borrowed shoes, bought the dress at the recycle store, learned how to do makeup from "you tube" by Lauren Luke (she is amazing, love her videos), had Tasha go to the florist to learn about boutonniere (wow big word had to use dictionary .com for that one) and order it, got Brittany on the web cam with Mickayla and Tasha for 2 hours doing hair, took a deep breath and poof a princess was ready for the ball. Now pass the bon-bons and remote I need a break.

Tasha's date was a WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN named Brandon.

The prince and princess at grand march. Brandon was even voted Prom King.

What a wonderful evening.

We're expecting grandbaby # 5

2009-03-23T03:40:00.000-06:00

Wahoo We now have 4 and 1/4 grandkids. WHo is expecting??? I've perked your curiosity now.

Should I tell now or have you all wait? I think you should go on a treasure hunt to find out.

The answer can be found on one of these two blogs.

3Sorensonboysandamlady

Our crazy and fun family

Bryan wanted all the kids to make blogs so we would really confuse you and keep you all in suspense. Tee Hee. That would be a very funny prank.

TURKEYS!!

2009-03-22T19:09:00.000-06:00

Alex is in heaven. If you want to know what heaven is like in Alex's world here is a snippet.

Alex has been working (not for pay just for fun) with the National Wild Turkey Federation.

They go set up turkey traps and catch wild turkeys where there is an over population and relocate them. He has been working with the local wildlife biologist here in the bitterroot. Alex is sooo wonderful that he was asked if he would like to participate in the next deer netting. ARE YOU KIDDING. HE would LOVE TO. Alex came home doing a happy dance.

This is HEAVEN, just ask Alex

Homeschool B-Ball

2009-03-22T17:27:00.000-06:00

Mickayla has been playing on a homeschool basketball team for the last 2 years so I thought you might enjoy some pics for March madness.......starring Mickayla Sorenson(Blue shorts holding the ball).
GO RED TEAM.

Go KJ GO

Will she catch and shoot?

Blocking the pass.

The last game of the season the captain asked the girls to wear fun hair with red ribbons and paint their nails red. When they got there the girls also put on their "war paint" . We decided to all go and dress in red too. Britt's family was here and they joined in the fun.

Lulu got to sit on the bench with the girls.
What a lucky girl.
She loves chap stick and loves putting it on everyone whether you need it or not.
The night ended with a pizza party put on by our sponsors. It was all good clean fun, spent with people from all different religions, backgrounds, etc. no swearing or bad mouthing and great positive attitudes. This homeschool community is an awesome bunch of people!!

THE KIDS ARE COMING HOME

2009-03-18T01:13:00.000-06:00

YEAH, Erik, Sharilyn and the boys are coming up this weekend because Erik has an interview with University of Montana for Pharmacy school. Wahoo. Now Sharilyn can do Tasha's hair for Prom. WE ARE SOOOOO EXCITED TO SEE THEM ALL.
Later today- Sharilyn is NOT coming up because no one will work her shift at work but... Erik and the boys are still coming up yeah.
Much later today -Erik calls and HE is NOT coming up either. He received a letter in the mail and just opened it. He got accepted to the University of Utah pharmacy college and will become a running Ute. Boohoo I don't get to see the boys and there is no one to do Tasha's hair for prom. But......Congrats to Erik for getting into the school he wanted. We are very happy for Erik. But still sad that Montana is no longer on the list. Sorry Montana you lose. I think he should come interview anyway and they can see what they will miss and maybe offer him a scholarship then he would choose Montana. Hey, I can wish right?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIK! March 8

2009-03-07T13:12:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 27th BIRTHDAY ERIK! WE LOVE YOU!

ERIK HAS BEEN ACCEPTED TO PHARMACY COLLEGE. WAHOO. CONGRATS ERIK!

We are very proud of you and your many accomplishments.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKAYLA! Today!

2009-03-07T12:07:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY!!

MICKAYLA is sooo excited to be 14 because she can now go to the church dances and will be going to EFY. Kayla's top 5 right now are:

1. listening to Jack Johnson

2. Her favorite color is yellow

3. Reading, and she recommends The Uglies (thanks Deanna)

4. Playing the Piano. Right now her favorite piece to play is Bach- Invention # 8

5. Getting to go to the church dance on Friday and EFY with her cousins in June.

Mickayla has worked hard this last year on her personal progress. She really likes her online school, Liahona Academy. Her teachers are wonderful. Mickayla has turned into such a wonderful young lady and we LOVE her VERY much. Happy B-Day Mickayla.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAKKEN. March 3

2009-03-07T11:39:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAKKEN! 3 YEARS OLD.

This is Brakken's "golden" birthday because he turned 3 on March 3rd.

The top 2 pics were taken at Christmas and he wanted to help with the dishes. He was at the sink for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Amazing!

Brakken loves to call grandpa and talk forever.

We LOVE you Brakken.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX. March 1

2009-03-07T11:02:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX !

It's the big 18. WOW.

Oops we are 7 days late with Alex's birthday message. Slacker mom!

Alex is attending the University of Montana for his senior year. He also attends institute which he really likes. He is working part time as clean up crew at a local grocery store. 3 days ago he was told he could start working in the meat dept. learning to cut up meat. That is what he wanted initially but had to wait until he was 18. Since his Eagle award in July he has earned 2 palms. We are very proud of Alex and all his accomplishments. But most of all we are extremely proud of the fine young stripling warrior that he has grow to be!

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

2009-01-07T23:54:00.000-07:00

We are loving all the snow that fell during the Christmas and New Years holidays. I wanted a pic with all the wonderful snow in the background. It would not stop snowing long enough to get those really great pictures but I really like these anyway. If you look at the pine tree to the right it really shows the amount of snow. Yes I know I still have my 4th of July tin flag still up but I like it.

2009-01-02T19:51:00.000-07:00

SCI

Sorenson Criminal Investigators

The hottest new crime show on the internet starring Thing 1 and Thing 2, in their first crime solving mystery -

"The Snowman Slayings"

Special appearance by famed photographer

B.J. Sorenson

Our crime solvers hard at work.

The perpetrator's foot print???

Tune in Tuesdays at 2:00 am starting on the

12th of Never!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

2008-11-05T14:07:00.001-07:00

This is the nation's
Christmas tree and this is main street downtown Stevensville. And just where did that tree come from? That's right! Right here in Montana about 25 miles down the road from our house. It is making it's way back to Washington D.C. and it's first stop was in Stevensville. I think it was pretty cool. The tree is about 100 feet tall. They had a short program and we could all view the tree(semi truck with tarps). They did have some veiwing windows in the back where you could see the very top of the tree. A local Montanan wrote the official 2008 Capitol Christmas Tree ballad, and he preformed the song for us.

We were all encouraged to sign the banner that goes with it. Isn't the back of Mickayla's head so cute.

The "Heart of Montana"

Merry Christmas America

with Love from Montana

2008-11-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYAN!!! 50 BIG ONES.

Missy:"After 50 years how do you feel?"

Bryan: "It takes a little longer to recover after a long hike but other than that GREAT."

Missy: "Anything else you would like to add?"

Bryan: "No."

And the interview is over . "Joe the Plumber" goes back to reading and ignoring all that is around him. Sound like his younger years Arlene?

Anyway we are glad he is 50 and looks and feels as good as he does after 1 wife, 5 kids, and 4 grandchildren, 7 goats and a whole bunch of Boy Scouts.

Thanks for all you do " Joe the Plumber". Before the now infamous Joe the Plumber in politics, I called him Plumber Joe. Either way it is good to have him around.

For dinner Bryan requested "Cafe Rio Salad". It is his personal favorite right now. It is sooooooo good. If you want the recipe lets us know and we will send it. Guaranteed "splendiferous". Yummy!!

2008-10-20T13:01:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday!!! Today is Tasha's Birthday!!! Yeah!!! She is now 15!!! Scary!!! Jk!!! We love you!!!

2008-10-20T12:55:00.000-06:00

This is our family at Thanksgiving 2007.If we look a little pail (espessialy me) then that is because instead of gaining ten pounds we all lost ten pounds! Eriks son Brakken (the older one) got the flew before he came up here and then the night before thanksgiving Erik go it so he couldn't eat anything! But the day after Thanksgiving is when we all got sick! But surprisingly the only people who didn't get sick was Sharilyn, and she was around sick people the longest! Oh and my dad didn't get sick but that's becuase he never gets sick! Tasha and Alex didn't get sick that much because they all ready had the cold so they were pretty much okay! So we had a lot of Thanksgiving leftovers because if we ate anything we would be puking our guts out! So that was our very, very fun Thanksgiving! Yeah right!

2008-10-17T14:26:00.000-06:00

Well not much has happened! Alex did shoot a turkey! yeah for him! But after he got all of the feathers off it was just a chicken! It looks really big in the picture! (if I can figure out how to get it) And It was very good to eat! Tasha hasn't really been doing much but school! Same with me just school! Oh but me and mom are painting the downstairs! It's looks very nice!

2008-09-18T14:27:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!!! Well this is my first blog and it will be more like a family blog!!! So I just thought I would let everyone know that it might take me a while to put some really interesting stuff on here!!! and I would just like to say to Lisa Bishop, Thanks so much for helping me!!!