Happy Birthday Dave

Last week was Dave's Birthday. We won't say which one but you can figure it out from the candles if you really care too. It wasn't too exciting except that I took him to lunch, had a yummy dinner of wakiki meatballs and fruit salad. And finished off the evening with a green cheesecake with strawberries (that's what you get when your birthday is on St. Pat's day. It was a little trippy to bite into green cheesecake and taste nothing but good old fashioned (Utah) cheesecake. I really expected it to have a sour taste with the strawberries. The best part was his last gift of the night . . . a big group hug with Caleb and Noni!

Girl's Day Out

We love to have "girl's days out". I decided it was time to start having them with the grand-daughters. I thought their birthday would be a good time. April, Millie, and I took Noni to Wingers for her first official girl's day out lunch (Dave took Caleb to Chuck-a-Rama . . . Caleb heaven). I told her she had to use her best manners and explained some of them. She did so good. She sat and colored her coloring menu, ate nicely, did not climb under the table (except once to get her earring), and didn't whine at all! The best part was when the waitress brought her a free kid's root beer float for being the birthday girl and shy little Noni looked up at the waitress and said "thank you". You must understand that Noni doesn't talk to anyone she doesn't have too. Besides being a good experience for Noni, we all had a great meal, Wingers is my favorite!

For kids the popcorn is the best part of Wingers!Noni is an excellent colorer

Fettucini Alfredo, Noni's favorite

MMMMM, sticky fingers and some chipolte chicken wrap

Leanora is 5

I am finally trying to catch up my blogging. It has been very busy and everything seemed to happen at once. On Friday, November 21 Leanora turned 5. One of her wishes was for Ellie to come to her party. We had it worked out until the Carlson's had a family emergency and she couldn't make it. But we had a fun evening anyway and she got to play with Ellie the next Monday.

Caleb's favorite part of any birthday "heavy, heavy, hangover"

Noni and her Cinderella Polly Pockets

Any girl's dream, Cinderella dress-ups

She got to pick her own cake, is that fair?

Blowing out the candles!

I cant seem to get the words right under pictures, anybody want to help me out?