Dance Recital

I'm still not sure which is most fun; watching Sophie dance at the recital or getting her all ready! This was our first recital with Sophie's short hair, so we decided after the dress rehearsal that we would have to take it up a notch and dress her up with a hair piece. She pulled it off quite nicely! It matched perfectly and someone on our ward even asked if it was her real hair! I bought the hair piece back in our days in Korea when we used to be regulars at the Karaoke joints. It's been a fantastic investment! Now she wants to wear it to school as well though. Not sure where to draw the line on that one. I guess we'll see if she pushes it tomorrow.

Amanda & Mitch

This is my neighbor Amanda and her boyfriend Mitch before Prom yesterday. They really are just cute enough to be on my blog for fun, but the real purpose for putting them here is that I was Amanda's personal hairstylist and I was so proud of myself! It turned out so cute! And I was SO nervous. I'd been asked other years to do hair for different girls in our ward, but I'd always managed to have something else that day. This year I didn't, so I had to say yes. The funny thing is that I LOVE to do hair, but just the fact that it was for Prom and would be a great tragedy if it didn't work out terrified me! It was really fun though and she looked beautiful!! She even slept in it and wore it to church today. Apparently I had pinned and sprayed enough to get two days worth! I didn't charge, but I may have to cash in some babysitting! =)

America Kids Run

Porter ran the 1/2 mile and was pretty awesome for running his first race! He loved it and can't wait to do it again next year! Although I'm not sure if it was the race he loved or if it was getting the Gatorade at the end!

Briggs started out at a mad sprint and stayed in the lead until the turn-around point. Unfortunately, he lost some steam at that point and lost his lead. Apparently playing baseball doesn't do much for your endurance! He's determined to do some serious training next spring though. He's just a little competitive! Must have got it from Grandma Joyce.

Sophie was a good sport. She really didn't want to be there at all, but she assumed that I would make her run even if she argued (which is not true, although I would have strongly encouraged) and so just went along with it. Her age group ran the mile, but she was pretty sure by the end that she had run four! She really didn't enjoy it at all unfortunately and was almost in tears at the end, but I was really proud of her for doing it!

Easter

Porter's Big 5 Superhero Party!

Porter's party was so much fun! Nine 4 and 5 year olds was a little crazy, but it went really well! As the Joker (aka Briggs) had escaped from prison and threatened to ruin Batman's (Porter's) birthday party (it was Batman who put him in prison after all), all Porter's superhero friends came together for some Superhero training and to keep the party safe! Briggs did a great job as the Joker! He dropped balloon bombs which had to be popped, and then scattered kryptonite around the room which had to be carefully gathered with tongs. But when he tried to steal some of the gifts, the Superheroes ran him down with magic webs (silly string) and captured him. In a very happy ending though, the Joker decided to mend his wicked ways and was allowed to stay for the party, under the condition that he promise to be nice and behave! The kids were pretty funny. A few of them refused to touch the balloons or go near the kryptonite after I scared them to death telling them what it could do to their powers. I forgot that kids this age believe everything you say! Some of them wouldn't drink the Poison Ivy punch either! But it was fun...and now it's all over! Hooray!




The Superheroes were nice enough to get the webs off of the Joker once he promised to change. It was all very touching. Not one of them wanted to throw him in jail anyway! So cute!

I'm super lazy when it comes to the cake! Buy a good ice cream cake and plop a few toys and a candle on there! Works for me!



I didn't let Briggs paint his face much because I didn't want him to be too scary. However, I think we did it just enough to make him look like some poor sickly kid! Oh well!

Tyler did a fantastic job with the streamers. I put him in charge and he didn't disappoint! We also had the POW! and KABLAM! signs all over, but didn't think to get a picture of those or the cute "Superhero Training Center" sign I put on the door...and now of course, Sawyer has drawn all over it so...too late!

White Trash Bash

The rocker couple. I'd like to say that's a pillow Tyler has in there but...nope! It's real!
Ester and Spencer. Sadly, I didn't get a photo of the racing stripes Spencer had shaved onto the sides of his head.
Andy and MaRae. I think it's a little suspicious that MaRae just happened to have a house coat. I'm pretty sure she really wears it when no one's around.

When one of my favorite friends told me that she had declined an invite from someone to a New Year's party because she was going to our annual New Year's party, we decided we had better have one! Apparently I had mistakenly thought that the party we had last year was a one time deal, but now that I had been informed by my sweet and somewhat manipulative friend that it was indeed and annual thing, I decided we'd better take it up a notch. So we've made it the annual "Trailer Trash Bash." Wait...is that taking it UP a notch?...Anyway, it was so much fun that I'm already planning next years, thanks to Ester! Too bad I didn't get pictures of the games. Actually video would have been better. But you can't go wrong with Twinkies, Tater-Tots, and Spam and I loved serving on mis-matched paper goods guilt free!