Highlights from 2011, 2012 & 2013

2011

Feb- Loreen gets Lasik surgery

July - Kylie and Julaine sing 50 States in Rhyme with Loreen at the Liberty program

July - Kylie and Julaine record primary songs with Jenny Phillips and Kamie Bolen at a Young Singers workshop.

August - DJ Productions summer musical, Nunsense the Mega Musical.  Loreen was the Nun, Sister Amnesia,  Kylie, Julaine, Jaren were students.

Tim - Working hard planting trees and caring for our property on Gunnison Bend Reservoir.  Roofed our new Pavillion too.

Fall - Kiora at home (3 yrs)
Logan - Kindergarten (5 yrs)
Julaine & Jaren - 5th. Delta Middle School (10 yrs)
Kylie - 7th grade.(13 yrs)

Sep 2011. Loreen's sisters weekend in Las Vegas

Oct 2011 Family trip to Midway Utah

Loreen became a member of (NSAI) Nashville Songwriters Association International

Nov 2011 Hiked Badger Mountain Thanksgiving morning in Richland Washington with Loreen's family

2012

March 3, 2012. Kylie's clogging team won first place and are able to go to Nationals

June 3, 2012 Enjoyed the Bliss family campout near clay springs

August -  DJ Productions summer musical Peter Pan.  Kylie played John,  Julaine and Jaren were lost boys, Loreen was Tiger Lily, and this was the first year Doug Jenkins talked Tim into being on stage. .. Tim was dressed in black and helped fly John and Tinker Bell!

Julaine begins playing the upright bass in Delta Middle School orchestra

Jaren begins playing the clarinet in the Delta Middle School band

Fall - Kiora enters Preschool (4 yrs)
Logan - 1st grade (6 yrs)
Julaine & Jaren - 6th (11 yrs)
Kylie - 8th grade (14 in Nov)

Dec 2012. Holidays in Washington with Loreen's family

Enjoyed multiple performances throughout the year with the family including the opening of the new museum,  fairs,  Old Capital Arts and Living History Festival and the care center.  Tim, Kylie and Loreen also enjoyed performing with Old Time Fiddlers

2013

Jan - bought their first piano!   A 1952 Steinway Regency with a piano disc player.

March 30, 2013 - Loreen's Dad, Lewis D Muhlestein remarried Janis Schoonover (Almost 3 yrs after Leda's death)

April - Kylie's volleyball team got 1st place and Julaine's got 2nd

May, June. Kylie and Julaine's dance group the Rocky Mountain Cloggers are invited to perform at Disneyland!
(Meet up with the Jenkins family while there)

Moved The Sno Barn from its spot at Quality Market so they can repave.  Continue to do events

July - Jaren received the Aaronic Priesthood and Julaine enters Young Woman's.

August - The entire family is a cast member of DJ Production summer musical production of Seussical the Musical.   Tim plays the lead of Horton the Elephant.   Loreen plays his love interest,  Gertrude McFuzz, Julaine plays the lead of JoJo the Mayor's son, Kylie plays the Mayor's wife, Jaren plays Thing One, Logan plays a Cadet and a Who, and even sweet little 5 yr old Kiora plays a Who!

Fall - Kiora enters Kindergarten (5 yrs)
Logan - 2nd. (7 yrs)
Julaine & Jaren - 7th. (12 yrs)
Kylie - 9th enters Delta High School.  (Turns 15 in Nov)

Jaren starts playing the bass clarinet in band

Kylie auditioned last Spring makes it into the Delta High School Chamber Orchestra her Freshman year

Oct - Trip to Arizona for Uncle Eddie's funeral.  Enjoyed time with Tim's cousins and families.

November - Loreen starts work as a substitute teacher in the Millard School District and begins the process of relicensing her teacher's certificate