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4.13.2008

Too, too cute...

A message on my answering machine from Jeremy & Alyssa's son, Tyson. He's almost 3 years old and such a daddy's boy. If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will...

I haven't had a true birthday party for a very long time. I've had small family parties with cake and ice cream or gone out to eat for a birthday dinner but the last time I had a real party was when I turned 16 while we were living in Heidelberg. We watched The Little Mermaid, ate junk food and played "Elephants and Giraffes". In hindsight that sounds kinda lame but, at the time, it was awesome!

Bryan threw me a surprise party Friday night that was so much fun! We were supposed to be going to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner with Suzy & Brandon. When we pulled up to their house Bryan pretended to be pulling the car seat out while I rang the bell.

To my utter shock their house was full of friends, pizza & an awesome cake made by Sandee Bryson. One of the best parts was getting to see my good friend, Kay, who lives in Oklahoma now. She just happened to be in town for the weekend and it was so good to see her again. I still cannot believe I had no clue about any of this!

Except for the whole Little Mermaid thing, this party was oddly similar to my Sweet Sixteen party... We ate junk food, played silly games and spent the entire night telling stories and laughing until our faces hurt. Seriously.

Musical chairs was hilarious! I got out first but was glad because then I got to watch the rest of the mayhem unfold. These people were serious about some musical chairs! Jenner was the big winner.

The orange game involves pantyhose, oranges & some serious hip action... Jennie Jo won this one!

The Allens, the Manns, the Petersons, the Jeffords, Bryan, the Koenigs, the Wurtz', Stephanie & the Brysons.

This was truly a memorable birthday for me. Maybe you can get an idea of why it was hard to be separated from them all when the wards realigned. Bryan earned major points for this one and special thanks to Suzy and Brandon for opening your home for the fiesta and fun games!

I love you all!

4.11.2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Nacho wants to wish his Encarnacio a Happy Birthday.

ENCARNACIOOOON

I love you

4.10.2008

There's Something About a Pedicure...

... they just make me happy! This is a picture from last summer when I took the girls with me to get a pedicure and they got their toenails painted. It was a fun girls-only kind of day.

I am by no means high maintainance but I do love a good pedicure. I got one today at a place called Foxy Nails. Catchy name, huh? Hmm... I do feel kinda foxy now. :)

4.06.2008

General Conference Artwork

We don't have cable at our house. We got rid of it a few years ago because we found we were watching (and tivo'ing) way too much TV... The two times a year we miss not having cable are when General Conference time rolls around. Then we get to impose on the hospitality of friends, bring our children to their house and try to glean as much important information from conference as we can.

This session we were at Suzy and Brandon's house. Brandon is an artist and illustrator for Reel FX in Dallas which should explain everything about the following ankle and leg artwork the kids were treated to today.

Jordyn's Boz, the bear.

Darby's butterfly

Spongebob jellyfishing

Dash's little leg...

Cara's Darth Vader

The artist at work...

Notice the hand puppet too? It was singing I am a Child of God.

Max's Yoda

Something at least a little churchy...

Suzy & Brandon - love birds....

We have a playa, folks!

Yes, even more confirmation that Cara is my little mini-me. (Even though she's not so little any more...) We finally convinced her to participate in a team sport and she decided on volleyball.

Cara has a 'thing' about people watching her or being the center of attention... She doesn't like it so much. Several years ago, after practicing in the backyard with Bryan for months, she smacked a great hit at the Boyer Family Reunion Baseball game. Half-way to first base she was sobbing in huge gulping tears. When we got her to calm down enough she explained, "I don't like people yelling at me". No one was yelling at her; it's called cheering. Hmm...

She's lately been trying to face her fears. She started a new school. She got her ears pierced. Now she's on a volleyball team through the YMCA called the Pink Ladies. The league she's in is for girls aged 9-11.

Guess what? She loves it and, even better, she's good at it! We had a blast watching her play yesterday in their first two matches. They play four-on-four on a shortened court with rally score to 25.

This is actually two different teams with the same color jersey... Cara's team only has 6 girls on it.

4.02.2008

Battle Royale

Cara is an avid reader. Voracious is a good word to describe her when it comes to books. Not sure where she gets this... hee-hee! So it was no surprise that she came home last month and told me she was made the captain of the Battle of the Books team.

A typical "Battle" is a full day tournament or game, like the College Bowl, in which students' teams earn points by answering questions about the books on the book list. Students are expected to read and re-read these books over and over again to basically become 'book experts'. The competition will be on April 19th and her team has been practicing with the librarian every day either during recess, lunch or before school begins. It's fun to see her so excited about it all!

Some sample questions they would be expected to know:
1) In what book does a character feel as popular as a bad case of chicken pox?
2) In what book does a sawmill whistle mark time?
3) In what book does a character mention rabbit-skin underwear?
4) In what book does a character get his or her first taste of french fries?
5) In what book is burgundy silk material used as a bookmark?

Yikes! The ten books this year are: