Emi is 18

George Williamson and Emi -- Shared birthday

Yes, she's 18!!!!

We just had a party weekend. A few weeks ago, my friend Alicia Williamson and I were chatting about our kids and realized they had their birthdays one day apart. George was born on the 16th and Emi on the 17th, and the idea for a joint birthday party was born. Our neighbors across the street offered to do a combined party at their house. They have a great party house, complete with a pool room, a karaoke room, a large deck with a fire pit and a beautiful backyard. The house was full of teens all evening long and we kept them fed while they entertained themselves.

The following day was Emi's official birthday. It's also St. Patrick's day so we started off the day with green eggs and ham. I actually made better ones than these but this is the one that posed for a picture.

My attempt at green eggs with ham (and bacon and hash browns)

 We also got to visit with my sister Lina and her husband last weekend. Crazy things happen when we're all together.

Crazy girls -- Alyssa, Emi, my sister Lina and me

Emi's birthday weekend

It seems like I'm always posting about Emi lately .. Can you tell she's the only kid left at home? :) It was Emi's birthday Saturday. She spent the WHOLE day at a band/percussion competition. I stopped by for one of her pieces:

Then Alyssa came over (to see Emi) but since she came over early, we got to hang out for a while. We went to grab lunch and then to the mall to find a present for Emi.

 Later that night, we went to dinner at Bohemian Brewery (they have yummy German food and Emi's choice) and them home for cake (which was an ice cream cake) and presents. Long day but wonderful!

Sunday, Emi got her patriarchal blessing. It was a beautiful blessing--full of amazing things!!! That girl has the world promised to her .... I was very touched.

Perfect Weekend.

Three birthday! My dad's, Alyssa, and Mine

Alyssa, my dad and I share the same birthday: January 25th. I was born on my dad's 25th birthday and Alyssa was born on my 24th. So when I turned 25, my dad turned 50 and Alyssa turned 1! It was a great party. It's been a few years since then, but we were lucky to be together this year for our birthday. Here are some pictures.

Cake time!

with my dad and Aly

May parents with some of the grandkids

With my mom and sis-in-law Jenn

No party's complete without empanadas

Christian's 19th Birthday, Spring Concert, Mission Papers

We went to Brenham on 5/1 for Christian's Spring Concert. This was the first of many trips to Brenham ... and keep in mind we've been there a few times the last month. ha ha

This is his band on stage.

And we went back again on 5/8 for his 19th birthday. Notice he's holding a Chuck Norris book .. yup, be prepared. If you keep in touch with him somehow, expect to hear Chuck Norris jokes.

He has also turned in his mission papers this past week .... So it's going to be a big year for him (and us).

My Birthday-Finally!

This is our delicious cake. Alyssa had a strawberry and sprinkles cake back in Utah.



This is one of the many times we ate out. We ate out a ton. Bad, bad, bad. lol We really had a good time! The best part was having Alyssa show up as a surprise on Friday night!!! Next, I'm posting the funny pictures we took plus a couple of videos.