Scotlyn's encounter with Santa

While we were in Boise a few weeks ago we attended our old ward's breakfast with Santa! As soon as Scotlyn saw him she got super excited! She kept saying, SANTA, SANTA, SANTA! So we waited in line for our turn, or I should say her turn, to sit on his lap!

Apparently, she just wanted to admire him from afar!

She immediately started screaming! Santa was trying to hand her back to me, but I was like, "hold up Santa, I gotta get a picture first!" I know, my priorities might be a little messed up, but boy am I glad I got this picture! LOL

School Pics

Enjoy! Let me know if you want one! Not a picture, but the actual kid! Only kidding- sort of!

Museums, Mustaches, and The Mesa Temple

While my mom was here visiting, we spent a couple of days in Scottsdale. We had fun shopping and swimming. Scott and I decided to go check out the Fiesta Bowl Museum which was just around the corner from where we were staying.

They had the BSU game playing on one of the t.v.s. There was this photo of the famous statue of liberty play. And too many other cool things to mention.
Including this mustached man striking his Heisman pose.
Before we went to the museum we had the opportunity to attend a session at the Mesa Temple. It had been a while since Scott and I had been to the temple, so I am glad my mom could watch the kids so that we could go. We also had lunch there. Yummy!
It was a great couple of days in Scottsdale/Mesa!

70 years old!!!

The dress in this picture is 70 years old! My mom and her two older sisters all wore it for pictures when they were 18 months old. Then, my niece Trinity had her picture taken in it when she was 18 months old.

Scotlyn will be 18 months old at the end of the month. My mom brought the dress here while she visited this last week and we went and got some pictures done. I wish I could blow this up bigger, but because it's just the proof it looks all blurry. When I get the originals, I'll repost it, and hopefully I'll be able to post the picture of my mom when she was 18 months old wearing the same dress.

The Party

Was out of this world! I made this rocket ship for the party. We had it at the front door to greet the guests.

Later, we took each child picture in it. We also played a game where the kids tried to throw a ball through the hole. Here's my little astronaut getting ready for take off!
We also played "pin the sun in the solar system". I drew the solar system on a piece of cardboard and then the kids would try and pin their sun in the middle. Lots of fun, and educational! ; )
Claire helped blow up rocket balloons. Once blown up you let go of them and they go flying all over the place! The kids loved those!
I also had Claire and Mostyn chalk draw aliens on our concrete fence and then the kids threw water balloon meteors at them. You can kind of see the wet spots on the wall in this picture.
Ah, the cake! Originally, I was going to make it into a UFO, but Hawk thought it looked like Saturn and wanted it to be a Saturn cake. I did the best I could. The cupcakes represent some of Saturn's moons.
This is our alien pinata. The kids enjoyed battling the alien. He was full of candy after all!
All and all, I think the party was a success! We had around a dozen kids and I think they all had a great time. Next year though, we'll just do a family party. This mom needs a break! : )

Happy Birthday Hawk!

Four years old today!

Getting Ready to Party

Hawkins will be four on the 28th and so I have been working on getting a party going for him. This will be his first "friends" birthday party. It should be a lot of fun! I don't know which one of us is more excited, him or me. We are going with an outer space themed party. I made up these invitations:

They read:

You're invited to attend Hawkins Stewart's 4 year mission to Mars!

Launch site: Stewart Space Station

Launch Date: 09/26/09

Count Down Begins at 5pm

RSVP Commander Jill Stewart

Space goodies will be served

I've come up with some fun ideas for games and I am going to try and make a cake that looks like an alien spaceship. If it doesn't turn out, I guess I can just say its a meteor. Wish me luck! I'll post pics of the party when it's all said and done.