Landon's 2 year old Birthday Party

These are the photos Karina took at the party.

Birthday Boy!

This was a busy week!

Hi All! We were busy this week (Nov. 16th). On Monday morning the ladies from the Enrichment Committee came over and we made bulbs with a picture of Christ inside and a ribbon bow on top. We made 64 of them. We were preparing for the Enrichment Meeting for Relief Society, which was going to be a Christmas dinner and program and got all our Christmas things down. Because we have a lot of things we had gotten for Michelle's Wedding in December three years ago, we had a lot to get down. Then on Tuesday, we went to the Church to help decorate for the Dinner we were having that night. We went with our pickup completely full front and back! Because Norman is on evenings at work, he was able to help us until about 1:30. Then we left and went home so he could get ready for work. The night before I had made 5 pumpkin pie cakes. And the night before that (Sunday) I had made a salad for 15 people and we took it over to Sister Woodward's home so she could take it with her to a special Luncheon for the missionaries from our Everett, Washington Mission. Anyway getting back to the Relief Society dinner, the decorations turned out to be spectacular and we had a lot of comments on them. The dinner was fantastic...prime rib with potatoes and gravy, broccoli and cauliflower and a roll with a Ceasar Salad to start with. There was a lady there who played the harp while we were eating. For dessert we had the Pumpkin Pie cake and Whipped Cream. Yummy! Then we went into the chapel and had the program....which was centered on the Savior and the theme of the whole evening was "Let Him In". There were musical numbers and a harp piece and then the Institute instructor spoke and then we watch a DVD presentation of the song "Let Him In" by Micheal McClean. It was really spiritual and uplifting. Then as the sisters left the chapel we passed out the bulbs of Christ. I have to say it was such a pleasure to be involved in a rewarding experience that turned out to begin the Christmas Season with a wonderful spirit. I'm so thankful that Norman was able to help us with the decorations, too, he was a LIFESAVER. Actually, I lost 2 1/2 pounds in the first 3 days of the week, too!

Then on Friday we had a big birthday celebration for Landon, our grandson. He turned two! Michelle planned everything and it was really neat! Karina and the Kids came, Michelle's in-laws and several friends and their kids came as well. We ate Pizza, veggies and dip and a fruit tray to begin with. Then opened presents. Then the kids colored their birthday bags and put stickers on them. Then we had birthday cakes...3 of them. Michelle came over on Thursday and we made them in bowls. She made a baseball with the Red cake with cherry pie filling and white frosting and red stitching on the cake like a half of a baseball. Then there was the football...my favorite...Nick made a yummy filling with whipped cream, cream cheese and cocoa and sugar...it was to die for. Then Michelle mixed chocolate frosting with the remainder of the filling and added chocolate sprinkles with the white stitching on top. The last cake was lemon...lemon cake, lemon filling and the lemon filling on top with white stitching and dark green Landon 2 on top. This was the tennis ball! We had put up two sets of streamers with sports ball on them and included two pictures of Landon that Karina had taken and Norman printed off at work. Then we all just talked and had a wonderful time.

Also in the last week I've been reading the Great and Terrible series by Chris Stewart. I've read the first 4 books of the 6 book series. It sure is addicting!