Aleisha has done it again!

Because BYU does not have a December graduation, Aleisha did the "walking thing" Saturday, August 14th. She has one more semester to finish in order to get the actual diploma. For a girl who got kicked out of pre-school because the teacher could not handle her drama, she has done all right! She left high school a year early with college credit and finished a semester before she turned 21. She will have a Bachelor of Art in Philosophy with minors in Logic and Spanish. She spent Spring semester 2010 in Madrid, Spain.
When Aleisha came to school, everyone set her up with a laptop, kitchen and bedroom things, some new and some from my garage stash. Since then she has been able to take care of herself.  Aleisha has worked at the HFAC  (Harris Fine Arts Center)  since she was a Freshman.  She is now  a manager of the stage crew. I know there is another name for it, but she does the hiring interviews, the schedules and that kind of thing for the student stage crew.  She drives big trucks, and goes up in the catwalks but she doesn't tell me about it. She worked and still was able to finish her BA in three years with a good gpa.  She is so tight she squeeks and is a unrepentant moocher, but she has been able to pay for just about everything herself.  We are proud of her.
Aleisha has certainly set the bar high for the rest of the grandchildren. They will have to work to outdo her. Mason has already followed her lead and has been accepted to BYU, but has deferred until after his mission.  Oh, yes.  He does have a mission  call.  That should have been a separate post. I am so behind.  He is going to the Phillipines leaving December 8th. 

  Ralph and Patty Taylor, Aleisha's grandparents from Idaho and Aunt Leanna came to celebrate with her as they always do when she has a milestone event.

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Gramps and Grams
If I could get that Gr to go away I would but nothing works...hum  It could be the typer...?

The Parents: who actually got to fly  instead of drive for 20 hours.  The rest of the family were busy.  Mason is in Mississippi with Steve installing alarms to make money for his mission, Daniel was at Philmont Scout Ranch, Kendall and Brandon were at Band Camp two a days . (Really true!)

Cousins
Back Row: Allie Cannon, Carson Myers, Aleisha holding Conner (Q) Cannon and Cameron Myers
Front Row: Tyson Myers, Luke Nielson, Easton Cannon, Reese Myers and Chase Cannon
There are eight more of these wonderful little people.  Zachary and Niklas Ogden, Creigh and Kyjah Ogden and  Mason, Daniel and Kendall Taylor and Brandon Hunter. That should make 18. 

She fits right in with her mom and the aunts. They are all beautiful, talented women!x
Jennie, Amy, Aleisha, Cheryl, Carrie and Sara
I can say that because I am their mom and I am not afraid of them!

Jennie took these pictures. You can see them all at http://picasaweb.google.com/ogdenretrenchmentsociety

Three Cousins

Can you believe that Creigh is as big as Niklas? They are all sweet,wonderful babies that are growing up too fast.
I copied these pictures from Carlie's blog. Hope she doesn't mind. Mike had to work in Little Rock so he brought Carlie and the boys with him to meet Steve, Kim and the twins.

Summer Parties

Summer is finally here, we can tell. Sara is more than half finished with her internship. Our neighbor's have our Fourth of July party organized. The garden is finally growing and the snow is gone from the mountain.

Reese, Luke and Carson have had their birthday parties. We went bowling at the Wilk for Reese and Luke. Carson got to pick where we went for his birthday dinner and he picked Chuck a Rama..to the delight of his aunts. Gramps was good with it. Carlie celebrated her birthday in Florida with her family and we are gearing up Tyson's in July.

Carrie and I took Carson, Tyson, Reese and Luke to the Veteran's Pool in Provo yesterday. They all had a great time going down the slide and getting sprayed by the fountains. It was very hot and crowded but I think we will try it again.