Hot hair!

So today when I came home from the Frat- Sorority bbq, Whit was havin' a little pow wow with Sas and Brit. Sas came over to do Whit's hair for her assembly tomorrow, and it looked HOT! See for yourself:

Shortie has been taking care of Secretary stuff, and if I do say so myself, I think she is the best Secretary her school has EVER seen!


T has been doing his homework, which is amazing (jk T is a good student!). Let me say also that he is the sweetest boy I have ever met, and he is going to make one girl the luckiest girl in this world!



Today I got put into a Chapter... and the verdict is ... BETA woo hoo! I have been given a lot of beef for my 'nerdi-ness' so I would just like to say, I will blow my own horn right now, because in a week, I wont be so excited... thanks. :)

Mom & Dad went to the opening of Malone's car dealership. It is kinda fun to think our parents are friends with famous people... :)

"You are a FREAK!"

So besides being in love with school (so weird I know!), I am in love with Sorority's! Yesterday was the Rush at the U, and I met this really cute Junior from Cali. Her name was Kimberly too, and needless to say, we signed up to be in the same sorority so we could be together! We want to be in BETA like MAJOR, but tomorrow is the final verdict...


Sorry I really haven't been home, and am not entirely sure what the rest of the family has been up to... but I will find out :)


I love you guys, and when they say college is the best time of your life, they weren't kidding (maybe this is why Jess just keeps going to school...)!

first days of school recap

(This is Whit at lunch on her first day)

Recap...

• Whit gets up at 5:40 every morning for dance.
• T said there are some cute girls in his classes.
• Shortie is liking being the big girl on campus.
• I haven't started yet but have had fun with all the activities so far.
  

last days of summer...

Isn't that so depressing! I can't believe how fast summer has gone, but I am not going to lie, I am excited to have a routine back in my life. You might find yourself asking what exactly we did with our last day... so here is the rundown.

• Whit woke up this morning (with Mom, Dad and Tanner) at 5:30 am to get her things set for her dance garage sale. Good news of this... all the DI crap in my car is now gone! :)
• Tanner went shopping for school clothes. He has both Whitney's and mine approval. SO what exactly did he get? Nothing but striped polos! Kinda funny really!
• Court played with Alexis and neighborhood kids the whole day.
• Mom and Dad spent the whole day with me at orientation.

Not very exciting really, and kind of depressing... but that is what went down.

sister lovin'

Today Whit and I went with Steph to the mall. As we were getting ready this morning however, it proved we are more alike than what meets the eye.

Whit walked in my room and BAM, we were wearing the same shirt (that's what you get when Mom and Dad go on vaca... all the girls get the same shirt :)! After getting our giggles out, we asked Mom to take our picture, then it was off to meet Steph.


We visited Jamie at work, where Steph tried on a bunch of jeans. Whit and I got tired, and literally laid down on the bench inside the dressing room. Steph left the door open to get Jamie's opinion on the newest pair of jeans she had tried on. With the door open, some random girl walked in to see 2 girls lying on each other (my head was on Whit's stomach), with matching shirts. What did she do? Nothing any other respectable person would do... she practically ran out the dressing room, then popped her head back in real fast to confirm what she had seen. Sorry we aren't really girl-girl lovin' like she thought... just some sister lovin'.

• Court had party #2 and 3. She had lots of fun on a scavenger hunt they went on.
• Whit has been getting ready for her BHS dance garage sale which is tomorrow.
• The family went to our neighbors wedding reception. The flowers were so pretty! This, of course, was followed by dinner at Little America.

Full House is Old House!?

This morning as Court, Whit and I sat and ate breakfast, Full House was playing in the family room. I said that was such a great show and Whitney agreed with me. Courtney however looked at me and asked "was?" "Yes" Whit answered, "Can't you tell their clothes are a little outdated?" I countered with, "You know Michelle?" She answered yes. "Well you know Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson?" "Yes." "They're the same people!" "What they are? But there's two of them! What?" Whit and I just laughed while Court sat there confused.

• Shortie had her back-to-school night. She worked her political skills as secretary, and her protective skills with the safety patrol.
• Mom and Whit visited good ol' Brighton High today. Whit is now enrolled in Honors English.
• Tanner had his back-to-school night. He is VERY excited to go back...(that was full of sarcasm!).

I did it!

That's right, I did it... FINALLY! I cleaned my room! We aren't just talking washed my clothes and hung them up either, we are talking cleaned out drawers, and every nook and crannie...

Because I know you don't believe me, here are the pic's to prove it!

Next is my bathroom... In other news:

• Shortie went to back-to-school party #1. This one was at Brittney's house.
• Before her party, Courtie went to the school and helped Mrs. O decorate her room.
• Tanner is having a sleepover with the Riekhoff boys.
• Dad finished Grandpa's history, and is over there finalizing everything.
• Mom went to Costco. Meaning we have a renewed lifetime supply of toilet paper! :)

Dragon Isle

Last week Dad ordered some food from Dragon Isle, the Chinese joint up the street. Being Dad's and T's favorite place (or just liking it because of it's convenience), we have had it more than anyone ever should! Anyway, we hadn't ordered there in a LONG time (probably because we were never home...) so Dad decided to get it for dinner. The beauty of this restaurant is that it delivers. When the door bell rang and Dad opened it, the nice Chinese guy replied, "JC, long time no see!" It's nice to know we are loved by the Chinese joint up the street, and that they remember us, or at least Dad! :)

• Whit and Courtney are trying out for Xcite Dance this week. Meaning on top of Whit's 6-9 every morning for Brighton, she will also be doing 9-3 twice this week.
• It's time for back to school, which means back to school parties. As of right now Courtie has 7 invitations!
• Mom & Dad pre-viewed the family pictures, and says they look really cute... we shall see!
• Dad has been up to Granna's and Grandpa's to help with their family history.
• Tanner has been going in to work with Dad again. I think Dad likes it because it gets another male in the office! :)
• I am joining the U's sorority, and am pretty excited for school to start (CRAZY, I know... that never happens!).

how cute is she!?

Growing up, I always had to have the dolls that looked real, and felt real. If they didn't, I simply didn't play with it. However Shortie is a little different...

I guess mine and Whit's dolls (not to mention the ones Courtney has gotten over the years) simply aren't good enough for her, because she makes her own. What does her newest doll look like you may ask, well here she is...

Those are her eyes on the top part of the plastic bottle, complete with eye lashes and her pajamas. Apparently she is sleeping too, just her eyes are open... But if she is sleeping, she needs a bed too, right? Don't worry Courtney's baby is well taken care of!

That is a plastic tub, lined with the hood of one of her sweaters, and another of her sweaters for the blanket.I wish I had the imagination she does! She also puts pennies and quarters in little Hot wheel cars, and those are her people.

So again I have to ask, how cute is she!?

d-day

Today was picture d-day... meaning we were out looking for white shirts for a long time. Now shopping for a white shirt doesn't sound that hard, but little did I know. It was hard to find a cute shirt that didn't look like Whit's, that didn't have words, that wouldn't etc etc etc. So let's hope we all look good and match without wearing the same shirt all across the board. I'm really excited to see how the pictures turn out though!

• On our shopping trip, we saw Jamie at work. We told one of the girls working there we had a complaint and needed to talk to Jamie. The girl took it very seriously and was nervous, but when Jamie came out and just smiled, the girl just laughed.
• Tanner spent the whole day at Chase's house.
• Dad helped Grandpa with his family history.
• Shortie had her first ever meeting at the Cottonwood Cafe for Secretary. She was way excited and has a calendar for the year that she has been planning and working on.
• Whit spent another morning, 6-9 am at Brighton for dance. I am just thankful that I don't have to drive her, and I know mom and dad are too!

Exciting, I know...

Celebration

People say a picture is worth a million words, so here you go.

First I have to say what amazing grandparents we have, and how truly blessed we are to have both sets alive and healthy. They are such a strength to us, and we are so lucky to have them for our very own!

Next I wanna say what a stud T-man is! He is such a little gentleman! Happy birthday T, 14, CRAZY. Look how cute he was walking Gram to the car (he even opened the door for her!).

PS This was for Tanner's birthday and ordination.

what we're doin'

lately, the Cheney's have been up to...

• Whitty is at a dance camp for Brighton. She dances everyday from 7 to 4, and still loves it, I don't get it either...
• Jess has been a mad man going from interview to interview, and feels really good about them.
• Shortie had a lovely visit to the dentist... aka Dad.
• Mom has been planning family pictures (as of right now we are wearing white shirts and jeans, however this is all subject to change in the coming seconds...).
• Dad visited Office Max where he bought enough supplies to last the whole country China.
• We are all Olympic junkies. Staying up late into the mornings, and arising early the same mornings, we are addicted. Help.

Lake Powell Lovin'

Lake Powell was a-m-a-z-i-n-g-! It was so much fun being with the whole family (excluding Jere- someone has to work around here :).
Highlights of the trip for me were

• Whitney wake boarding- she couldn't keep the board inside the wake, so every time she got up, she would go right out the wake. Her faces and little screams were also pretty funny!
• Mom was reading Breaking Dawn at 2 am and a bat came to read it with her. She was less than impressed... ask Jess and Shauntel!
• While digging out anchors, Whit told Dad he was doing crack, to which Dad replied with a whole "Butt" full. :) In other words he pulled his swim suit down and gave Whit a lot more than she EVER wanted!
• Mom, Whit, Shauntel and myself all read Breaking Dawn non stop down there. I think the boys were a little jealous we were paying more attention to a book, then them.
• The game Ticket to Ride (you make trains to different destinations). Jess didn't win the first 100 times we played it, so we had to play another 100 so he could finally win one. :)

There is So much more, but if you look at Shautel's and Steph's blog, they wrote about it too.

Breaking Dawn at the crack of dawn!

Yep those crazy women you saw on TV... well Whit, Jamie, Court, Mom and myself were all part of that, and trust me, it was worth it! Staying up well into the night, yes, Whit and myself are yet again obsessed and wrapped up in the whole saga.
In other news:

• The whole family went to Christopher's for dinner. Then we split up, boys and girls (Shauntel was included in the boys group, however, she likes us better).
• The boys went and saw Dark Night (AMAZING & Christian Bale is HOT).
• The girls saw High School Musical at the Capital Theatre (the highlight was walking to the car in the parking structure while belting out songs from the play).
• For the best news of all... we are going to Lake Powell tomorrow! YEAH, finally!

nothing but a bawling mass

OK, so about two years ago, I read Jodi Picoult's "My Sister's Keeper." After bawling my eyes out, I told everyone it was one of the best books I had ever read. They all looked at my red, puffy and swollen eyes, and told me I was on crack. Well guess what, now I have another red, puffy and swollen-eyed comrade.


This afternoon I had a meeting at Westminster (I am SO excited to start!), and when I came home, Whitter-Ann was sitting on the couch, and sobbed something to me. Not seeing what she was holding, I blandly answered, "What?" to which my mom answered "I think she needs her sister." I saw what she was holding and ran right over to her. As we finished the last 10 pages together, WE BAWLED (yes I bawled AGAIN!).

Clumped in this huddled mass on the couch, I gained my red, puffy and swollen-eyed comrade. As Courtney and her little friends stared at us, we told Mom and Shauntel that they NEED to read this book, to which they replied, "Yeah right!"

I am so thankful to have the 5 sisters I do. They all teach me so much, and I love them with all my heart!

Trust me, you NEED to read this book!