While I was in the northwest

Amanda had a very busy weekend, which meant Kevin and Alayna also had a very busy weekend.

Amanda had her 1st basketball game - a defeat.

Then she performed in a play that was part of her Super Saturday class. She was the monster, Caliban, in Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Unfortunately the main character, Prospero, didn't show up so an adult had to fill in for him.

Here is a little clip of her performance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61SCxnTPZ5A

Then she had her piano recital.She is playing "Surfboard Boogie" on this clip -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjH3e-jL3pE

I felt so bad missing all these events, but . . . thank goodness for video.

A special "thank you" to my husband for being able to handle all the activities and girls while I had a very fun "girls" weekend in the NW.

Rabecca's having a baby

While we were in the northwest, Rabecca's baby shower was planned. It was so nice to be included in the party and it was special to see people I haven't seen in a long time. Rabecca is having a boy that is due in mid-January.

My dear Aunt Corann turns 65!

My next big adventure was leaving the family behind and flying to Seattle with Raelynn. We were headed out west for a surprise 65th birthday party for our Aunt Corann. It was so much fun surprising her! The west coast sisters did most of the planning of the party. It was arranged that Aunt Corann would host a long scrapbooking day. RoCinda went over earlier in the morning to help rearrange furniture and set up tables. Then she took Aunt Corann out for a birthday breakfast. As soon as they left Corann's house, the rest of us (Mom, RoCherra, Rabecca, Raelynn, Randee, Ashlynn and I) "broke" into Corann's house and started setting up for the party. We had balloons, flowers, cake, nice gifts and gag gifts. We also moved in our scrapbooking stuff and suitcases to spend the whole weekend with Aunt Corann. Little did she know! RoCinda and Corann came back from breakfast, got in the front door and SURPRISE! It was fun to all be together. We spent all day Friday and Saturday with Corann and then went to meeting together on Sunday. So much fun for a special person in our lives! We put together a scrapbook of Aunt Corann's life and then personal pictures/pages from each one of us and pages from the great grand nieces and nephews. Mom and Dad with their six daughters!