Grandpa Dales 80th Birthday

Grandpa Dale had a decision to make. He could quietly turn 80 or he could party it up. Well anyone who knows him knew the decision was an easy one. Grandpa loves a good party. We celebrated with a few hundred of his favorite people. We were all put in charge of something for the party. Many of us preformed in a program were as Grandpa said " This is an occasion were it is ok for me to show off my posterity.

The Birthday boy at 80 years Young

The Food.... We had Two kinds of cake four kinds of cupcakes, Fruit, Vegetables and Chicken sandwiches.

My Assignment was the centerpieces. I made paper flowers with candy sticks for stems.

My Favorite Photo of the night (there were 228 photos taken) Brecklyn and Derek.

My Favorite Dance of the night. Emma, Courtney, Dominique and Rebecca performed their rendition of the Nepolian dynamite(grandpas favorite movie) dance. We made the T-shirts just for this dance.

My Second favorite Dancer of the night. Grandpa is on the left the guy on the right was using this walker. During the program this man whos name I do not know was dancing behind his walker. It was very cute and brought a smile to my face. It was a fun evening I look forward to his 90th.

Your my pot of gold

I made these for my kids. When I was getting supplies they did not have gold coins so I used rolos. They look like little gold nuggets. You could also use the gold Hershey nuggets. I was handing them out this morning and usually Nicole turns her nose up at my fun gifts. Today she said "Hey I want one" It made me happy. Apparently you need to make sure you put the twizlers in the correct Rainbow order because every kids knows the order. It is ROY G BIV I had it wrong and they all rearranged them before eating them. Here is the link to the tag and instructions.

This has got to be the cutest hand out for The March VT message.

I was having a hard time getting into the message this month. I love to have a hook to draw my sisters into the lesson. I was not able to find it myself. I actually wanted to teach the Home teaching message this month. It appealed to me so much more than the VT message. Please go go to her site and print your own. It even has a pattern insert that ties into the lesson. Watch her viedeo about the printout it was very informative and almost made me want to teach the VT message not the Home Teacher message. Link is here

Red or Blue

She Got in to Both

Someone in our house has to make a decision. She has to pick a side. I am not allowed to tell anyone her business so pretend like you don't know.

On the blue side we have many Alumni Grandma and Grandpa Shumway, Deryl, Isabel, Richard, Kelli, Chris and Lolly. Her Cousin Tyler is attending now and plans to graduate next year.

On the Red side we only have Natalie.

Not even in the running is the Aggies with Grandma and Grandpa Thompson and both her parents.

I think she might need some convincing. Natalie is doing a great job on her side. She gave Nicole and her friend Rachael a tour of U of U. She even convinced her work to pick up the tab for a lunch at the Market Street Grill. Last night while bowling she gave Nicole a U of U t-shirt.

Her one fear is that Grandpa Dale might disown her if she turns down the Y. I don't think we will ever see him in a U of U shirt but I am sure he will understand and still love her no mater where she decides to go.

Please don't get me into to much trouble by telling her I told you about the Big Blue and Red debate.

Feb.25 2011

Today would have been My Brother Davids 39th Birthday. I started to think about him and miss him today. It is hard to believe he has been gone almost ten years. The last ten years of his life he was sick. His birthday was a fun event every year. We went to California every year for his birthday. My family would invite the whole ward and neighborhood over for his Birthday. It would be standing room only in my parents home. It was fun to see everyone from my childhood. I would look forward to his birthday visits every year. The last fun party we had for David was the day of his funeral. After the funeral was over Our Martendale Cousins and my siblings all went bowling. I knew that I wanted to go Bowling again and celebrate his Birthday.

I called My brother and my mother and with my kids we had a party. We went to Jack and Jill and rented two lanes for an hour. It was so much fun. I can't believe how much the little kids love it. I think Derek and Marissa had the most fun.
Dallen Eating candy
Marissa in her signature TuTu. Derek loved giving everyone who got a strike a high five.

The one memorable event of the evening was Grandpa's first throw of the night. unfortunately he didn't let go of the ball. He ended up face down on the floor. He ended up bleeding on his nose just under his glasses. He is going to be alright but his pride is bruised.

I think that today was a perfect way to remember David. We look forward to doing it again next year.

Pinewood Derby

The pinewood Derby is a huge scouting event. Dallen had high expectations of winning again this year. Last year was fun winning. This year we made an awesome car. It looks like the bat mobile. We didn't win many races but he did win for best design.

Hottest Ticket in town

Saturday we were Lucky enough to get four of the hottest tickets in town. We were able to go to the Tabernacle choir Christmas program with David Archuleta. Can I just say he is so cute. He seems like the same humble boy that we first saw on American Idol two years ago.

We knew the concert was very popular and the normal warning of being in your seat 30 minutes early might leave us without a seat. The news recommended at least 45 minutes if not an hour early. They were right it was crazy we were there 1hour and 20 min. early and it was crazy.

It was well worth it. Dallen loved it. We took Courtney and Dallen and rode Trax down. It was a highlight of the Day. It was a memorable day. If you see Dallen asked him about his run in with the law. It is a good story.