Mom and Dad flew to HAWAII!

Mom and Dad went to Hawaii!  And left us at our cousins'.  Fun!

Tooth update

I LOST MY OTHER CANINE!!!!!  In a grape!

And my bottom left-side molar, too.
Dad took it out.

Anyways, just thought you'd like to know.


POSTED BY THE CANINE-LESS DORATHY!

The Mackay Cousins come over

Our 2nd cousins (meaning my mom's cousins), the Mackays, came over!!!
There is:  Aunt Joanna, Uncle Andy, Brooke, Jessica and Austin.
They came late Friday night, at their hotel.
The next day, we visited with them.
First we went to the Gilbert House.
We had a lot of fun.
Then we went next door to the carousel.
I found out that they had taken my favorite horse, Magic, off to make room for a Christmas horse named "Glad Tidings".
Some hard world, huh?
 We rode twice, playing the "ring game"- see older post.
Then they invited us over to their hotel to swim in their pool, and we had a lot of fun swimming there!
Then they came to our house to play and have dinner.
Frankie had a lot of fun with them, too, and vice versa.
We had homemade hamburgers and french fries with purple grapes and raw veggies.
Me and Jessica played and, with everyone else, watched Pete's Dragon.
Then we made Jessica's bed on the black "futon" in my room.  We also made Austin's bed in Christopher's room and Brooke slept on the hide-a-bed in the living room.
Uncle Andy and Aunt Joanna drove back to the hotel.
We were just about to go to sleep when... pause for effect...
IT STARTED TO SNOW!!!
We all went outside to enjoy some fresh air and snowflakes, then mom read us some stories aloud, then went to bed.

When we woke up the next day (Sunday), we looked outside and guess what?
EVERYTHING WAS COVERED IN GLORIOUS SNOW!!!
Church was canceled due to the hazardous driving conditions :(
Anyways, we had a wonderful snowday off.
 Brooke and Julianna sledding down our driveway!
 
Dad's best friend, Bradley Jackson, came over and surprised us.
He pulled a HILARIOUS prank by walking to our house and writing SCOT on the snow in the car window and hiding.
We didn't know it was him until he came and told us, L.O.L!!!


 Angel after a rough backwards sled ride!

Him and I built an awesome snowman that was too tall to last until 3:30 p.m. *sob*
 Bradley rolling the snowman's head- he's so tall, we only got him up to his mouth...  silly silly silly!

 
It was a great snowman, anyway.  It was about 6 feet tall!
 
 
The Bassetts came over later and we played.
Later everyone went home.
We had dinner, watched a Book of Mormon movie, and went to bed.
POSTED BY THE TIRED YET FUN-LOVING
DORATHY DOTSON!!!!  

Vacation Part 1: Yellowstone

We went to Yellowstone for vacation.

Day 1:
We drove all day.
We arrived at the KOA Campgrounds in Idaho at 11:00.  Grandpa Dotson arrived, too!!!


Day  2:
We stayed at the campgrounds for awhile, then went to Craters of the Moon.  I almost got lost!  
Then we hiked in a lava tube and had lunch.  I bought a cute little fox finger puppet that I named Phoxy.
After that we went to my Uncle Jared Dotson's house.  He had a daughter named Caylee.  We had fun playing, then we went to bed.

Day 3: 

We went to church and  I went to Caylee's class.  We had a lot of fun.  Then we went home and played.  Caylee had a toy dog named Alpha, but she spelled it Alfa.  He and Phoxy soon became fast friends. We made little nests of grass for them, and taught them how to climb trees, and they even went to a pretend spa.  We did the spa by taking  them to the upstairs bathroom, getting them wet with a washcloth, combing their fur and blow-drying it.  Then we made them collars and played some more.  After that we ate some dinner and went for a walk.  We came by a playground and played there.  There were 4 springy horses named Champ, Lucky, Jumper and I don't remember the other one.  I got on Lucky.  Then me and Caylee went on the swings.  Then we walked home.

Continued in part 2

The teeth X-amination

I've lost 3 teeth in 3 months... all canines!  How probable is that?



Month 1# 
Mom read an Alaskan story about an Eskimo. 
 I wiggled  my not-so-loose tooth.   It got looser &  looser & looser.  
That night,it got so loose and tickly that I asked Dad to pull it out and he did!

Month 2# 
Athena came over for a sleepover.
We had corn chowder for dinner.
My tooth was so loose, I couldn't chew the ham.
The next morning (Dad was at work the night before) Dad pulled it out quick as lightning!


Month 3#
I went to Olive Garden the night before. 
 The food was so filling, there was leftovers!
After the Dallas Summerfest parade, I went home and had leftovers for lunch.
The leftovers were bread sticks and Fettuccine Alfredo w/ grilled chicken.
My tooth was so loose, it came out in the bread stick! 



In the excitement of all these events, there were no pictures:(



Posted by the (almost) canine-less Dorathy!!!!!!!!!   


 

Cordon Bleu

Dad made Cordon Bleu, and boy is it delicious!
It is made of breaded chicken breasts filled with ham and Gouda cheese.
                                  Pictures:

                                

                                 See how the cheese oozes out?

                                 Mmmm... delicious! :)
                                The light made the camera fuzzy- see below