Holly turned 7!

Our sweet Holly turned seven yesterday.  She's so dang cute...

Her Hobbit cake

We always break a piñata

Birthday Breakfast...yum yum!

Her dad spent the day with her in class as the "Watch Dog"
I brought in treats for the class.

After school we visited the Dinosaur Museum at
Thanksgiving Point and she chose Golden Corral for
her birthday dinner.

Lord of the Rings Birthday Party

This year Holly chose to have a Lord of the Rings/Hobbit birthday party.  She really wanted to dress up as Gollum and wanted the rest of us to dress up too.  I'm not big on costumes, but wanted to make her happy, this is what we came up with...


Gollum and Smeagol



Galadriel and Arwen



Legolas and Gandalf
Always the life of the party, Ben did some wizardry for the kids.

 

Eowyn

Qyntn was supposed to be Gimli... but he just wanted to eat his mask

Where in the World is Ben Now???

Last month Ben made a quick pit stop in Hawaii, and now he's off to Hamburg, Germany.  It's super quiet around here without him.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Ben at his booth in Germany

Spring "BREAK"?

Spring break might be a break for the kids, but not for me.  With all six kids together I get a little wound up, actually, I feel like a ticking time bomb.  I try to make these occasions as fun as possible, but it's a lot of work and highly stressful.  Luckily I was able to keep it together most of the week, and when I did go off, my blast radius didn't go very far.  Here is a rundown of our spring 'break"...

Night one:  Movie night:  "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Day two:  2 Easter Egg Hunts, Easter Bunny Bottle craft, egg coloring and movie night: "The Hobbit"
Day three:  Easter morning baskets and egg hunt, Cinnabon breakfast, church, dinner with Grandma and Grandpa, Uga Buga club, more easter egg hunts, and a "Sacred Celebration".
Day Four:  Roller Skating and a Real Salt Lake soccer game
Day Five:  Movie night:  "The Croods"
Day Six:  Swimming at the Lehi Aquatic Center, origami, and Chuck-a-Rama
Day Seven:  This is the Place Heritage Park, Lion House, Temple Square, sleepover at the Tate's
Day Eight:  Lava Hot Springs, square ice cream, and Maddox

 

 

 

 

 





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Sometimes I try to wax poetic on my birthdays, and maybe I'll do that again next year, but today I just want to say that I had a great birthday.  I feel very loved, and won't be taking back any of my gifts... thanks guys!