BYU V-7 Girls

Change the World! Vote for Richy!

2008-06-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

Hi friends!
My husband Richy created a video of me and our son Jordan and entered it in a competition to win a $4,000 scholarship to help pay for graduate school. In order to win, we need your votes, because the video with the most votes on July 10th wins! There are a lot of videos on the site, and currently we are in third place! The competition goes for another month, and everyone can vote once every 24 hours.
So, this is my request. Please go to the site http://www.whyideserveascholarship.com/ and register to create a login and password. Then, go to our movie which is called "Change the World" by Richard (currently in third place) and vote for it. Then, please tell your friends and family and post it on your blogs or on facebook, etc, and have everyone you know vote too! Then, keep voting once every day! Please register only once for each person (no cheating).
Thank you so much for helping us!
--Kyra (Black) Palmer

Matt DeMille graduated!!

2008-05-02T13:33:00.000-07:00

Matt graduated from the University of Utah. He received his degree in Health Promotion Education. Not sure what are plans are now. Both our families are in California, so that might be a possibility, but we will see. Matt is currently working for a State Farm Agent, gaining some experience until he is ready to open up his own agency.

Love, Mele

Baby DeMille

2008-05-01T11:11:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to announce that we had our baby girl. Her name is Naomi Ku'upuaainahau DeMille. She was born April 13, 2008 at 7:38am. She was 8lbs 5oz and 21inches long. We are so excited to have our little girl here. One day we'll have to get together so you can meet her. Love, Mele

A question about the ice cream party

2008-04-04T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. Will our little shin-dig really be starting at 5pm, or will it start at 6pm, when the Priesthood session starts? The latter would be MUCH better for me. Let me know! Thanks!

Ice Cream

2008-03-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone - any of you girls who is in the area - we will be getting together for ice cream at the Creamery on 9th on Saturday, April 5th (during Priesthood session) at 5pm.

Hope everyone can be there!

Later!
Lindy

Grandmama, it's me...Anastasia.

2008-03-14T14:42:00.000-07:00

No, actually, it's me, Kyra. My last name is Palmer now. I met my husband, Richy, when we were both serving as missionaries in Brazil. After the mission we met up at BYU and we fell in love. (Great story. You should ask me about it sometime.)

We got married in April 2006, the day after finals, and 3 days later we flew to Africa to do a study abroad for a "honeymoon." (Great story. You should ask me about it sometime.)

On March 25, 2007, our son Jordan was born at home. (Another great story. You should ask me about it sometime.) He is almost one year old now, and I love being a stay-at-home mom!

We will be leaving Provo this summer so Richy can start graduate school at Indiana University. We're excited. It is great to hear your news, and I hope to hear from more of you, now that I know this blog exists!

2008-02-20T19:18:00.000-08:00

You're kidding!!! How long has this thing been here? :) I'm SO excited to read all your updates, girls!
Well, Jeremy and I have been engaged for about a month. If you wanna see him in action, check out our YouTube video (just search Liz Olmo or Jeremy Washburn)! We're getting married on April 12th in the DC Temple and will be having a reception in Orem on April 26th. We'd love to see you there! In the meantime, I'd love any advice that all you girls have to share. This getting married thing is a blast, but the list of things to do doesn't seem to end!
Other than marrying my dream man, I'm teaching my third year at Oak Canyon Junior High, taking classes at the B-Y for grad school, and getting up early on Sunday mornings to sing.
We're pretty happy!
Love you all! I'm happy to hear from you.

It's Lindy!

2008-02-20T11:53:00.000-08:00

Hello ladies! It's Lindy (formerly Tolley) - now Lewis. It's good to see you're all doing well.

And update on me and my family:

Shane and I live in North Orem. He works in Salt Lake as a storyboard artist for Disney's video games. He loves it - other than the commute. We've lived here for about 2.5 years.

Two months ago we had our first baby - Gwen Aubrey Lewis. She's a cutie, and we love being parents. She'll have to get used to frequent trips to Disneyland - since free admission is one of the perks Shane gets for working for Disney.

You can see my blog at lrlewis.blogspot.com - and there's a link on there to Shane's blog, which is way more entertaining than mine - he draws pictures and writes funny stories to go with each one.

Keep me updated!

Baby coming in April :)

2007-11-30T07:53:00.000-08:00

It's a GIRL!!

Mele and Matt are expecting a baby girl April 14th. We are so excited!! We received 36 photos of her and a DVD from the ultrasound. She is beautiful!! Her first name will be Naomi, which is Mele's middle name. Her middle name will be a Hawaiian name which we are still trying to figure out. She is right on schedule, everything is there and growing just perfectly. We can’t wait to meet her in April.

M&Ms staying in Utah

2007-09-10T11:20:00.000-07:00

Well, Matt and I decided to stay in Utah. I took a position with State Farm to be their Agency recruiter for all of Utah. Yes, lots of traveling. I've been to places I never knew existed. It is great though and I am really enjoying this new adventure. Matt has two more classes and he will finally be finished with his degree. He took a position working for a State Farm Agent to get more experience for when he opens up his own agency. That is in our 3-5 yr plan. Then who knows where we will go then. We are right in the middle of buying a home and I am sooooo excited. I can't wait to have our own place. My brother Kia and his wife Kelsey are just jumping up and down because we have been looking in an area close to them. That is our life in a nutshell. Other than those big things it is just the normal things that keep our life busy. But we love it. Hope everyone is doing well.

Love, Mele and Matt

I think I have some of this figured out now

2007-07-03T21:29:00.001-07:00

I just learned how to view everyone's comments...and thanks Tanei, I think you are awesome too, and am happy to know you too. Anyway, I wanted to wish all of you who will read this soon a happy 4th of July. I hope it is great, and that you write about it on here.
Love you all,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth & Christian's Exciting Life

2007-07-03T20:51:00.000-07:00

You know it is sad when you have no idea how to use or post on a blog. It took me quite a while to figure it out, but the important thing is, I did figure it out. I think it is wonderful that Tanei/Jed made a blog for us. I have not been very good at keeping in contact with most of you, but would love to know what is happening in your exciting lives.

As for my exciting life, it is going well. Christian and I are doing great. We have already been married for 4.5 years! And have two children! Where has time gone?

We are, amazingly enough, still living in Utah. Right now we are in Bountiful but should be moving (somewhere still near SLC) before the end of the summer. We are looking to buy a house right now, but who knows if we really will.

Christian is working for Fidelity Investments doing all sorts of finacial things that I don't understand, while I am learning how to teach English as a second language (second to gibberish) to my two-year-old (Derek), and teaching my baby (Audrey) how to walk.

We are enjoying all of our summer trips, and all the warm weather. So in a nutshell my life is pretty awesome.

Now what is happening with all of you?

IT'S COMING!

2007-06-04T09:11:00.000-07:00

Girlies,
Friday is the big day! Jed and I are getting married in Nauvoo! (sorry Brit for not sending an invite! please don't hate me I'm not even going to put in a lame excuse, but it's nothing personal I promise!) After we get married we will head down to SoCal for his summertime internship! Yahoo for sunshine and the beach!
Other good news is that I got hired as an 11th grade English teacher at Timpview High school next year! That's all for now, but I'll keep you updated on our fancy schmancy new blog!

Mele and Matt DeMille

2007-06-03T21:15:00.000-07:00

Hi V-7 girls. Here is a picture from our wedding. We were married Dec. 28, 2004. I can't believe it has been 2 1/2 years. Right now Matt and I are living in Midvale, UT. I am working full time with State Farm Insurance and working on my Professional designation, CLU. Matt is only 5 courses away from graduating from U of U. His hours are spent studying and managing our business. Life is good!! Other than work and study we love swimming, running, biking, etc. Pretty much anything outdoor and a good movie at night. We will keep everyone posted as we figure out where we are headed next. Love you all.

Welcome one and all

2007-06-02T19:44:00.000-07:00

What you are seeing here is a continuation of the insanity that's been formerly known as V-7. While at Tiffany Blake's wedding reception, Mele, Elizabeth(Scow), and I decided it was time for all of us to follow Kerry Brooke's example and begin a little blog for all of us. So, here it is and you've been invited! BUCKLE UP and get excited to hear about everyone's new adventures. We want it all, pictures of your new babies, husbands, whatever you think we'd like to know! We love you all and can't wait to hear from you!