Anna's B'day

 We are in San Diego area visiting Anna and Amadeo and Joneaux.  We got here just in time to celebrate her birthday.

                   In the evening we went to Roy's a Hawaiian Fusion Restaurant.  We had a great time.  The                                                              food was outstandingly delicious and the company was wonderful.

                                             Mary, Amadeo's sister, and JD went with us.

The birthday girl got a special treat at the end of the meal.

 Then we went to Extraordinary Desserts.  The desserts were all so pretty and so delicious.

                                                    Papa chose a bread pudding.

                                                   Amadeo had Creme Brulee.

 Anna had a Raspberry Chocolate.     We all tried each others desserts.  Her's was my favorite.

              Mary had a blood orange, ricotta tort and JD had the puffy strawberry something in the back.

I chose a Chocolate Truffle Bundt..

                                         We had the most pleasant and fun evening together.

Petty's Visit

Our good friends Robin and Rick came from Texas with their granddaughter Hayley for a wedding of one of their other friends.  They got to stay with us and we had fun enjoying their company for a while.  One day while they went to the temple with the bride, I watched Hayley.  I took her and 3 of my little granddaughters to see Brave.  As we drove up the the theatre, Hayley shouts, "The Cupcake Wars!  I love the Cupcake Wars.  I see their shop.  I'm going there and I'm going to go in and shout,  I love you guys.  I saw you on TV."  It was so cute and so funny.  Of course the very next day Robin and I went there with her. She was so cute.  The cupcakes were yummy and the shop is very cute.  We also bought some cake balls and cookies.  My favorite was the Almond Joy Cookie.  It is incredibly delicious.

That evening we all had dinner together.  I made pork chops with a delicious sauce of Russian Dressing, Apricot jam, and the dried onion soup mix packet.  We also had fresh corn, garlic bread, and a large green salad.  We had Sweet Fairy goodies for dessert...Yummmy.

Penny/ Dani's Baby Shower and Day with S and J

 Friday JoJo and I went to Dani and Penny's Baby Shower.  Lots of her friends were there.

 Someone made this cute banner.

 Sierra and the other Dani always enjoy each other's company.

 Cute little bags filled with popcorn.

 Ice cream and punch were also served.

 It was a onsie shower so we got to make onsies.    Jo made this cute little dress and bow.

 JaNee and I made the flower one.  We made a good team.Ja

 JaNee got Penny this adorable dress and shoes.

This cute little guy spent a lot of time exploring and toddling around.

 Dani is going to use cloth diapers and so she got tons of cute little cover up panties that the cloth diapers fit into.  I can remember when we had no choice but to use cloth diapers.  Everyone did and it was a lot of work.  Of course we didn't have these cute little cover ups then.

 J and S got to spend the night and a couple of days with us because Val and Ryan along with T and M went on a temple trip to Manti to do baptisms.  We had a lot of fun with the kids.  For lunch we went to IHOP.  

                                     S always sits next to Papa.  They are the best of Buds.

                                                     J and I love each other too.

                                                     This is how they walked to the car.

                                   And then.... these are the pictures they took in the car. Ha.

 That afternoon, in fact all day long, our HOA had a fun day.  There were all sorts of activities for the kids.

                                                       J running the obstacle course.

                                              S running and winning the obstacle course.

                  The parade of flags.  All participants made their own flag.  Jo did an awesome job.

                                             S got 2 awards; one gold and one silver.

                     Reggie loved eating a prize cupcake.  I think he got it for being the cutest guy there.

                                          Back to a couple more pictures from the shower.