I am 11!

I turned 11 recently!

Me and two of my best friends, Athena and Jacqueline, had a hang-out/slumber party.

First we went to the Kroc Center in Salem, OR, and swam, then we went to the nearby Cold Stone Creamery, across from the City Center Street mall.

They sung 'Happy birthday' to me and I opened presents.

Then we observed the Playmobil and Calico Critters toys ant the neighboring Learning Palace at the mall, while mom got some Papa John's pizza next door.  Then, afterwards, she bought me some Calico Critters, the Yellow Labrador Dog Family, as another birthday present.

Then we went home, set up the hide-a-bed couch in the living room, and played.

We ate dinner: pizza!

The pizzas were Hawaiian, chicken, and cheese.
We also had some veggies.

Then we watched the Princess and the Frog, and went to bed.

Halfway through the night, Athena crawled under the hide-a-bed to sleep.

We all woke up at around seven, but Athena didn't come out till at least eight-thirty.

Athena's Slumber Party

I got invited to a slumber party at Athena's on the 15th of March.
She was turning 11 this year.
Her real birthday was the 11th, but the 11th was on a Sunday so she had it on the 15th.
Which means Happy GOLDEN Birthday to my cousin Athena!
The other 4 people she invited were: Jacqueline, Taylor, Ayla, and Hannah.
I knew the first and second, but the latter two girls were Athena's school friends, and I'm homeschooled, so naturally I wouldn't know them.
But I got to know them, anyways.
I gave her: a Beanie Ball ( a Beanie Baby in the shape of a ball), a bracelet my sister Courtney made, Glow Sticks, a plush Jolteon (a kind of Pokemon), and a bag of Skittles.
She LOVES Skittles and Jolteons especially.  
So as you can imagine she was pretty happy!
Some of her other presents were: Pokemon cards, Pokemon cards, and a jewelry kit.
Saying Pokemon cards twice was NOT a mistake. 
Two of her friends gave her the same pack of Pokemon cards.
Funny!
Anyway we had a great time.
 
 

Christopher's B-day/ BYU football

 This post is kind of ... well, late-coming.  It happened in October, but lazy, lazy me didn't want to post until we found the lost photos to ... well, kind of, help tell the story.  And I've found them.

                                Kids get their picture taken with Cosmo Cougar, the BYU mascot.
                                                    Steven, Jared, Cosmo, Me, Adam

                                                             Parents couldn't resist!
                                                              Mom, Cosmo, Aunt Mary

                                            " Steven and the birthday cupcake",  can he eat it?

                                                        Lunchtime before the big game!

                                                              "Yum.  Cupcakes!!!"

                                              Family picture taken by some nice passerby.

                                                                    Happy Me

                                                The two sisters... Laura Beth and Mary Cate!

                                      Sanford and Christopher: Big Brothers, Best Buds!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                "BYU against OSU,"  says Grandpa.  "2 horrible teams.  Now we'll just find out who's worse." 
                                    Wisdom of a beloved Grandpa just cannot be denied.        

                                                  The BYU cougars won, by the way.           

POSTED BY THE COUGAR FAN, DORATHY DOTSON!!!!!!!!!!!

Angel's 5th Birthday Party

Angel turned 5 February 1st, 2011.
She wanted a  "Carousel Party",  so we went to the Salem Riverfront Park by the Willamette River. We invited the Blanchards and the Bassetts. Mom said we would only get 1-2 rides, but we ended up having 4-5 rides because the Blanchard cousins taught us the "Ring Game."
This is how you play:
You have to get a horse by the edge . The Carousel will have a fish ( or some other animal) at one side of the carousel that will be up on a pole. There are lots of green, white and red rings, but only two brass rings. The other rings are there to make it take longer and make the brass rings harder to get because each brass ring is worth a Free Carousel Ride.
Christopher got a brass ring every single time. In the end, all the older kids, not including Christopher,did Rock Paper Scissors to see who would get one of Christopher's brass rings, and I won!
We went out to the park to eat sticky cupcakes and open presents, but it was too too cold... Ah well, maybe next year...