My Heirloom Dress

Whenever I wear my new favorite dress I always get a ton of compliments. "Where did you get it? I love the colors! It rocks!" I know the compliments aren't just from people being nice to me because a few Sundays ago I wore it to a choir festival that had choirs from all different religions singing. After the festival they had punch and snacks and 3 ladies that I didn't know came up to me all excited about the dress I was wearing! "That is the coolest dress we have ever seen - it is awesome!"

When I tell people where I got the dress they are always so amazed. I was at my Grandma Gibb's house one day digging through the closet upstairs for my temple dress. I came across this blue dress and fell in love with it. I asked Grandma whos dress it was and she told me it was one that she had made when she was in her mid 30's (the same age as I am right now). She has cleaned out all of her old clothes but this was one dress that she couldn't part with - it was a favorite. She told me to go try it on and it fit perfectly! I asked her if I could have it and she couldn't believe that I would really wear it. Of course I would wear it - it is one of a kind! She was so excited that I wanted to wear her old dress. It's an heirloom for me and I think it is awesome! Grandma wanted to know what people said when I wore it. Every time I wear it I get all kinds of compliments and so I phone Grandma and let her know that everybody loves her dress that is 50 years old. It just goes to show that if you hold on to something long enough it will be popular again!

Sadie's Special Day

Saturday March 27, 2010 Sadie was baptized! It was an exciting day for her as she had waited 2 weeks since her 8th birthday to be baptized. We had to wait for Grandma and Grandpa to get home from their cruise so they could be at the baptism.

What a beautiful girl!

Sadie and her friends (Robyn, Sadie, Jaden, Lauren, and Nadia)

All dressed in white!

Uncle Justin was really excited to baptize Sadie.

AIR JORDAN - the real deal

So after taking so many pictures of Carson and Kailey playing basketball this season Jordan was begging me to take some of him. Does he remind you of another basketball player we know?? With the same name?

And there is Sadie!

Just a fun day on the trampoline!

Sadie's 8th Birthday

Happy 8th Birthday Sadie!

Sadie had a great day on March 14, 2010.

The favorite present of all!

Sadie and her cousin Lauren in their matching shirts!

The Amazing Mall Race

Finally 2 months after Kailey's actual birthday we got around to having her party with her friends. We did an Amazing Mall Race and the girls had an absolute blast. There were 2 teams of 3 girls. Kailey had Hannah (left) and Tara (middle) on her team. The first thing they did when we arrived at the mall was grab a map and start studying it.

When the other team arrived we gave them finally instructions and off they went

to complete the first leg of the race.

One of the road blocks they encountered was counting all the steps on the escalator. It took them quite a while to figure out how to do this. Guess how many steps there are on the escalator?

Kailey's team leaving Williams Sonoma after price checking a few items and getting the next leg of the race handed to them by one of the workers in the store. The other team is still in the background watching Kailey's team head out of the store.

You want us to do WHAT???? Another road block was to count all of the free standing tables in the food court. Guess how many tables there are in the Chinnook Center Food Court? It took Carson and I quite awhile to make sure we had the correct final count - 334 tables!

It was a really fun party and it kept a group of 11 year old girls completely occupied for 2 1/2 hours. Afterwards we headed home for some cake and ice cream.