Molly's Birthday!

We've had Molly for a whole year. It sure has gone by fast. She's such a great dog and so smart. She knows a lot of tricks. The best is when you ask her if she is a good girl and she nods her head.
Anyway, Katie, being the great cook that she is, decided to make Molly a birthday cake. The cake was actually a recipe for a cake for a dog. Molly loved it and we let her eat most of it.

Molly is licking her lips because it is so delicious. Katie and Kelsey point out all the crumbs she needs to clean up!

My Visit with Nikki in May

In May, I had a conference I had to go to for work and it was in Chicago. Since Nikki lives an hour or so away, we decided to hang out at the end of my conference. We had a great time! Nikki took me to a very cool park. I can't remember what it's called,but there were some very neat things to look at. She also took me to a waaaaay good restaurant. It was delicious and a fun area to walk around in. I don't have pictures of that. Chicago is such a fun city. We walked down to the Tribune building and saw the piece of the Salt Lake temple that's in the wall of that building - along with pieces of other buildings from all around the world. I also got to go her house and meet her new dogs and hang out with her and Eric. Their house is so cute and they have an amazing yard. It was just too fun and I would love to do it again, but maybe a bunch of the family could go because it really is a fun place to visit.

Nikki, Mishka, and McGyver in her yard. Mishka could really drag Nikki. :)

This is at a park in Chicago. It was so cool!

The "bean". This was also a very cool to look at and walk under.

The kids have been asking me to get my wedding dress out so they can see it. Actually, ever since Julie posted hers a year ago, we've been talking about unboxing it. Well, Monday night I finally pulled the box out of the closet and opened it up. I haven't opened the box since I took it to the dry cleaners to box it up, many years ago. Well, it was in a box, in a plastic bag, in a really pretty box. It wasn't easy to get to. The bow and top were going yellow, which upset me because I thought the boxing was supposed to prevent that. Oh well, it's still pretty and the kids thought so too. Although when I told Katie, "Hey, now you have a prom dress" She rolled her eyes at me. Wonder why? The coolest thing about the dress is that my mom made it, so whether or not it ever gets formally worn again it will always stay in the family and be a reminder of how talented my mother is.

Here is Kelsey modeling it. She is an excellent model. The dress is much too big for her, of course, but I love all the poof in the skirt.

Now, Katie modeling it -- another outstanding model. It fit her quite well. I can't believe how little I was when I got married.

So, pretty. Too bad Katie will outgrow it soon. The girls obviously got their dad's tall gene and not my short one.

And, of course, I had to try it on. Wow. Looks nothing on me like it did when I was first married. How sad. I couldn't even zip it up. What a surprise.

It was fun to pull that memory out. Now it's back in the box until next time.

Wow. David Archuleta throws a good concert!

I took Katie and Kelsey to the David Archuleta concert because they really like him. Actually, Katie is in love with him and plans to marry him someday. I thought I would enjoy it, but I was actually surprised at how good the concert was. Benton Paul came on first and sang. He was very, very good. Then some girl (can't remember her name) came on and sang a few songs. It seemed like she had a good voice until she kept singing and then it was just weird. Kelsey summed it up nicely, "Mom, she would make a good Yodeler" Uh, yah. it was odd. Then, out comes David Archuleta and it was loud...the screaming girls that is. But, he can really sing. He's got a great voice, he talked to the crowd and was really cute about it all. At one point he asked if he could video tape the audience because he had been doing that at all of his concerts so he had memories. It was a fun and entertaining night to say the least.

I think this is during his encore. He came out alone and played a couple of songs. It was funny when he came back on stage because he said, "Well, I'm back" He is so funny and I don't think he tries to be.

Both he and his band really got into all of the songs and danced and bounced all over the stage. It was pretty high energy. We stood for half the show.

We were pretty close. Row 11 and about 15 chairs away from the stage.

The Calton girls at the concert -- fun times! Okay. So, it's a pretty close head shot of me, but I was the one taking the picture.
It was a fun night and definitely worth going. Katie loves him even more now and also loves Benton Paul now. She has so much love to share. And, while Kelsey always did like David, she does like him more now.

That's all I'm going to post because Katie will be updating her blog and I'm sure that will be much more entertaining than mine.

Face Painting Fun

I'm always so happy when my girls are getting along and playing with each other. The other day was no different...Well, with the exception of how impressed I was at their creativity. Face painting with make up? What fun! Anyone want to hire them?

Can you say, "The Joker" -- Ringing any bells?

I love the uni-brows.

Dog vs. Cat

Every time we take Molly outside, she tries to attack our cat, Moshi. Saturday was no different. I let Molly play outside while I washed my car. Here came Moshi the cat. She flops down on the grass and lays there, apparently waiting for Molly to visit. It was interesting because Molly acted like she wanted to eat Moshi. At one point she even had Moshi by the throat, but the weird cat just layed there like she didn't care.

I decided she either wanted attention so bad (we give her none) that she would take whatever she could get, or she has a death wish and was just hoping Molly could put her out of her misery.

The Wax Museum

Every year at the grade school, the fifth grade classes do a wax museum. The kids have to study someone in history, write a report, then dress up like that person and pose (as though made of wax). They all have a "button" on their desk and when you press it, they are supposed to say something that person would have said.

Kelsey was Christa McAuliffe. She was to be the first teacher to go up into space but the space shuttle exploded on take off killing all on board.

Here is a picture of Kelsey and her Grandpa Don and Grandma Sara. Kelsey is doing a great job of being wax.

Next we have President Obama....

I think these two were Powell and McArthur (something like that). I took their picture while they were "wax." When they realized I was taking their picture, they said, "take another one" and did this pose. What a couple of goofballs.

I thought he might be Jimmy Hendrix, but no. Apparently, Muhammad Ali had a fro at some point in his career.

Davy Crocket and Jose something. I can't remember who the girl was.

Well, it was a lot of fun. Every school should do this.