A Special Day

Yesterday John and the kids and I met Mom and Josh down at Qwest Arena for the the compulsary events in figure skating at the Speacial Olympics 2009 World Winter Games. We had a great time there and truly enjoyed seeing the athelets participating. It's really touching to see everyone supporting these great kids and adults from around the world. Joyful smiles and proud faces were the order of the day! Here is a picture of one friendly skater who took a moment to wave at us during his warm up period.

Build-A-Bear er... Dog

One more post to catch up... as a follow up to the birthday festivities last week, we took Alexandria, Carrington and Abby to Build-A-Bear on Saturday. As you may know, Carrington is a PRO at this. They have her picture posted on the wall, know her by name and refer to her as a premier customer. Alexandria knows the ropes, she has about five or six trips under her belt. Abby had never been before! So, this was fun for all of them!!! Surprisingly (or not?) they all chose the same animal. The new Jack Russell Terrier. They have it picutered in a Valentine's themed party dress, but Alexandria's Alexa (as she was named) kinda looks like a cross dressing pup. LOL Anyways, they had a great time and we followed it up with a girls lunch at Olive Garden. Big girls included...Maw Maw, Aunt Denise and yours truly. (Try the new chicken flatbread stuff...it's awesome!) :)

Did you see the size of that dinosaur???

I am playing catch up here so bear with me. Last week on the 6th, I won a radio contest! Long story short, they asked a history question and I happen to be very smart so... :) I won four tickets to Walking with Dinosaurs! John bought a fifth ticket and we took all four kidos. He also ran all over town to pick the kids up and was generally a sweet heart! In the end.. it was VERY cool! It's amazing how realistic these things look! Here is a pic for you to get the idea. The kids loved it and we all had a great time!

Guess who is 5 now?

Last Tuesday the 6th was Alexandria's 5th birthday! We had a family party at Mom & Dad's house for her. Mom, Josh, Denise and her clan as well as John and Gabriel were all there. We ate pizza, opened presents and chowed down on homemade birthday cake...yellow cake with lemon icing and flower sprinkles, by request. Here are a few pics from the day.

Trying to turn over a new leaf...

I am going to try to get some pics on here and make an effort to do an update every couple of weeks or so... at least for holidays and special events. I have to or three posts to put in over the next couple of days. Hopefully I can get in gear... see you all soon!