Ava turns 4...

Ava is 4 years old! Fun Princess Party... I'm sure her mom will document the event. These are pretty darling princesses. Ari does a good job walking in those "heels!" Ava was showered with princess paraphernalia from her cute princess friends.

Jaron came all the way from Paris to help her celebrate! We had a great time on Sunday at our family dinner/party.

Alicia, Kindy, Tressa and I enjoyed another TOFW event in Logan. Met up with Alicia's mom and sisters and 3 of her Spanish Fork friends. We all stayed at the home of the mom of one of those friends. Always great fun.

The theme for this year's TOFW event tour is "Sweet Assurance." I am sooo glad for MY sweet assurance that "It's true!" :)

I did it!!

Actually, I did TWO things that were on my to do list:

1. I applied for my passport! No question that it will be here long before I need it... (Let's hope that someone we know and love dearly gets his visa before September 22 when he is supposed to leave for England!!!!)

2. I got a University of Pennsylvania t-shirt. It WOULD have been fun to have one that says "NOT PENN STATE," but oh, well. :)

'Pretty funny that one of my reasons to get new shirts was to get out of my navy-blue-Old Navy-shirts and my navy-blue-BYU-shirts rut. But U Penn is navy blue (AND red). Guess what color Oxford's t-shirts are? Yep, navy blue!!! hehehe BTW, Ava was the photographer for that photo.

The other photos are of the girls on Friday nights at grandma's house...

Time out for Spiche...

So...the other night the little girls (aka Ava and Ari) were here.

Nineteen months ago I opted NOT to do the 2-year plan with Spiche's dog license because I was sure she wouldn't still be here past a year. I got a letter from Chief James saying I have an illegal canine at this address, so I try to keep her in the house or our back yard so she won't get picked up and me ticketed. Besides that, 2 little girls are enough to keep track of at the park etc.

So Friday night, we (the girls and I) walked across the street to the park and played for a while. As we came back to the house, I saw a certain snout poking through the curtains AND the blinds in the living room. Obviously a naughty dog was ON THE COUCH, AND into the curtains!!! As we watch her limp along so much of the time, one has to wonder how she even gets onto the couch!

And then she has learned to wiggle through the smaller gate by the carport. If the whole frame is not pulled all the way toward the house, it's possible to push the gate open. One day last week when I had been gone all day, I came home to find NO Spiche! It was after 10:00 p.m. when I finally found her on 240 East, just having a good stroll. And Saturday morning, I got a phone call from Sandy Nelson to tell me Spiche was at their house. I walked over to get her. By the time we got to Perkins'house, she had given her all. Just stopped and panted and panted and resisted my coaxing to keep walking. She was very stiff THAT night.

So she DOES deserve "time out." My challenge now is that I am actually able to get her "out," (since the days aren't so hot any more), but then she goes all the way OUT!

SOME in the family think she's still cute, but... :(