Hula hula baby!

On the 21st we were invited to a tropical island party by David's boss. It was his daughter's sweet sixteen party. It was a bit awkward, but the kids and I hadn't met David's boss before so it was a nice opportunity to do so. There were a lot of fun things to do.

Center pieces!

Brian, David's boss, with his daughter. It was all a surprise to her.

Callie pleading to have a party of her own some day. Callie, don't even think about it!
I'm kidding, she was just posing beautifully for a picture!

Ginger!

Castaway cupcakes! Their neighbor made them and put coconut milk in the icing. Yummy!

Margarita cookies, with a delicious lime flavor!

All you can eat cotton candy, snow cones, hot dogs, nachos, and popcorn.

There was a friend who taught the hula. Lucy was so excited about that.
Look at that concentration!

Some natives even showed up!

Callie would have nothing to do with them.

Although, she would pose with another guest, Edward Cullen!

Callie also enjoyed showing off her hula hooping skills. There was a competition but people kept bumping Callie which was sad at times. On the forth competition she finally made it through and got to pick a prize.

There was also Gilligan's Island playing in one corner, a bean bag toss and a ring toss for the little ones, and dance dance revolution going on in another corner.

There was much fun that was had by all and it was good to meet David's boss and his wife.

Utah Flash basketball

At school the kids got tickets to a Utah Flash basketball game at UVU. They played Reno, NV. A little bit more George's speed. Callie and Carson enjoyed it as well. All the children were invited to the court to do the Macarena.

They won and fun was had by all!

Ginger's birthday!

Last Sunday was Ginger's 6th birthday. I can't believe how fast Ginger has grown. It seems like yesterday that we were at the hospital with her. What joy she has brought to our home. Always smiling and making us feel happy.

Ginger loves to sing, dance, draw, and color. She loves to go to Kindergarten and socialize with her friends. She is always good at coming home and relaying to me all the playground drama.

For Ginger's birthday we got her and the older children tickets to the U.S. National Amateur Dancesport Championships at BYU. The older kids weren't that thrilled with it. Callie got more excited once she saw some of the dresses and Carson got excited once he started recognizing some of the music. George would have preferred a basketball game. George asked me at the beginning if my sister, Aunt Nancy, did this (the dancing) and I said no. He said, "oh yeah, she's a nurse."

Ginger loved it all!

We have a new Scout

With George turning 8 in January we have a new scout in the house. George is so excited to be a part of the scout program. While we were in Weed he was part of a local Tiger pack but that didn't last long.
He has his Bobcat but I haven't put the patch on yet. He is excited to tackle the rest of his goals to pass off.

Draper Temple open house

Today we were able to go to the Draper Temple open house. It was such a joy to take the children to it. That is a link to a blog that a brother has been tracking the completion of the temple. I have enjoyed looking at it.

Eight years ago I worked with the YW in Odgen and we lived very close to the temple there. Carson was 3 and Callie was almost 2. The YW had a temple trip in the middle of the day so I was to drop them off. As I let them out and started to drive away Carson cried and cried to go into the temple. Today he was able to see the inside of a temple for the first time. As we walked by the baptismal font he whispered to himself, "one more year". He really only has till September when he turns 12.

Callie's favorite room was the brides room, of course. And the celestial room was a favorite by all.

After the tour of the temple we went to the church building next door for refreshments. Carson wouldn't let us forget. A sister there was kind enough to take a picture of us all. I was hoping to get one of the outside but the weather was gloomy and we got on a bus to take us back to our car quickly after the tour.

George

Lucy

Callie

Ginger

Carson