Forts

On Sunday Cason and Carissa made a huge fort downstairs. Cason was so excited he even took pictures from inside the fort. What fun kids.

Blake's Prom pictures

Blake had a great time at prom. Monica was totally cute. We let Blake take the jeep so he was stoked.






Here is my prom picture with the big hair. I went on a blind date with my brother's roommate. We had a GREAT time together. He showed up in a wig that looked like he was the lead singer for VanHalen. It was a riot. What great memories. The green shiny walpaper. The old gold couch.

Spirit Week

If you have kids in school, you will know what spirit week is, there is a theme for everyday The kids love it. Both Samantha and Cason have spirit week this week. They have had pajama day, superhero day, sports day, and mismatched day. Here is Cason as Elvisman...
Cason wore this great outfit to school, come to find out you aren't allowed to wear any of it but the cape. Funny rules. No hats, no masks, no gloves, and absolutely no clothes on the outside of other clothes, (not even real shorts). Poor kid was left only with the cape. You know, soon capes will be banned too. I heard it on the Incredibles "No capes". He is such a funny kid.

Wanna be a cowboy?

The other day Carissa and Samantha dressed up as cowboys and started singing, "I wanna be a cowboy" song. I love that they know the songs of my youth and love them too. I took a couple cute shots of them, but none with the cowboy boots. Imagine that they both are wearing size 12 mens cowboy boots. They were hilarious.

Braces and Prom

Friday, I taught seminary at Aloha then dropped off some 3x5 cards and ziplock baggies at Mountain View for Samantha, then I met Blake down at OHSU for his LAST ortho appointment. (Actually he has a few checkup appointments) , but he no longer has braces. YEAH!
Blake has had them on for four years. He was really one appointment away from getting them off in the fall when he got bonked in the mouth at school and nearly lost his bottom row of teeth. His braces saved the day, but they needed to stay on another 6 months. He looks so good now. He immediately had girls flocking the house and has been asked to the Southridge prom. I will post a picture as soon as blogger has worked out some kink.

Do you remember the day you got your braces off? Do you remember a favorite prom?
I'll have to post about that one. I have pictures that will blow your mind. I'm not sure a blog can contain the amount of hair that was going on. MMMMM....Memories.

Friday night we had 4 11 year olds over for a sleepover. Brother Merrit and Brother Whitnah took these boys to the older scouts snow caving trip the next morning at 6:30. Cason wore his Sunday socks instead of his nice ski socks and suffered the consequences. It was good for him to learn that lesson this time instead of next year when he will actually spend the night in the snowcave. Big thanks to all of the scout leaders that make these experiences happen and take the great pictures to post!!
















































































































Also I have to mention on my blog that Samantha finally bought a flute. She has been saving all of her babysitting money for a flute. Actually she only used her spending money for this, which is only 40% of what she has actually earned. She had a couple of anonymous donations that added up to about $300 for her to actually buy the $1400 flute that she wanted. Believe it or not, most flutes were $5,000 or more. Holy Bonanza. I'm not sure I would trust a 13 year old with something that cost more than the car I drive. Her recital was last night. She did a wonderful job. I hope to be able to download a audio clip to the blog so you can hear her play. I'll be getting a copy of it from her teacher. Thanks to all that have donated to her flute though hiring her for babysitting. Now she doesn't know what she wants to save for. She still doesn't understand why she had to buy it instead of Jeff and I . She will be so proud of herself when she is older. This will be one of those stories she will tell her children.

1st ride of the year!

Yesterday Bridget and I actually went on our first bike ride of the year. We have planned this at least a dozen times, but yesterday was worth waiting for. It was a beautiful day! We did a short run afterward as well. As much as I love biking, Bridget makes it even better with intriguing conversation and active listening skills. Speaking of that, we also had a girls night out a few weeks ago. All of them asked me about my trip and listened to my stories about loosing tickets and crossing the border. I also got a great tip from Hiedi about Restaurant.com. Check it out! Becky brought her little baby and let me snuggle him to sleep. It was great to remember what that was like without experiencing the whole thing. What great friends I have. Every single one of them are a truly unique jewel. For those of you who couldn't make it, we missed you.