A couple of birthdays!

Wednesday was a day long dreaded by my father. His last child turned 16. And he's a boy, which means that the car insurance is even more expensive! But, come it did. He spent the day before Tyler's birthday getting the car re-titled, licensed, and most importantly, waxed. My sister and I spent the day finding her gift for him (a lanyard and some Tree car scent things) and then we grouped up since we needed an extra diver to get the car from the house of a cousin in Washington Terrace to my parent's house in Layton. We planned to get it there for when he got home from school.

It may not be the most beautiful car in the world, but since Nicole, Chelsea and I all had the same '92 Geo Prism, a '97 Honda Civic Si is nothing to complain about. Plus, my parents are putting a new stereo in. If this car looks familiar, that because it was mine when Matt and I got married. My parents bought it when Matt and I got the Accord. Too bad Ty knew exactly why they had bought it. So much for a surprise. 

That night, my grandparents came over and we had a dinner of Turkey Steaks and rice. The birthday boy's choice. Instead of cake, we had these apple dumplings that my mom makes. Ty loves them. And why wouldn't he? They are made of crescent rolls, about 3 sticks of butter, sugar, apple slices and mountain dew. 

Then on Friday, we had an invitation to go to Julia's birthday party. Julia is our niece and she was turning 5. She had a Tangled party. Have you seen Tangled? I haven't but both Gaby and Jenny told me that it is one of the cutest Disney movies in a long time. So maybe Kel can get some of the toys for her birthday. We'll see! Gaby goes all out with the birthday parties. They are always so fabulous, but unfortunately my camera battery died after about 5 minutes, but I got a picture of the two most important things, the handmade cake and pinata. 

Yes, I said homemade. Is that cake impressive or what? Gaby just said her hours of watching Ace of Cakes had paid off. Whatever. That's skill. 

The kids had tons of fun with the games and there was even a round of pin the braid on the princess. The younger kids didn't get it so much, but the older ones had fun. After the organized games were over, the kids had so much fun playing with each other. Something about a whole new house with new toys makes a little girl very happy! I had fun talking to my sisters in law. Spencer and Eric had fun playing video games together. Matt had to work and Ryan had to take off for his second to last Gorgeous Hussies show. 

It was so much fun and got me totally excited for Keldrie's birthday party next month. Still can't believe she is going to be 2! When Matt and I were engaged, we went to JULIA'S 2nd birthday party. Now she's five. I know I say this all the time, but time flies!

Arizona

Last week Keldrie and I went to Arizona to visit my sister Nicole (and see her pregnant belly) and her husband Cameron. They had barely moved into a beautiful new house about a week before. I hadn't been there to see her in 3 and 1/2 years! She has come up about twice a year but it was fun to go down there. I was very worried about Kel and the airplane. I didn't want to be that mom with the kid who screams the whole time. I shouldn't have worried so much. She was an angel. She didn't get scared except for one moment of turbulence when we were landing but it was brief and then we touched down and she got over it.

Technically, she was suppose to be riding as an infant in arms (which you can do until they are 2 years old) but the plane had some empty seats and the women at the desk were nice enough to put me next to one of those empty seats and so Kel got to be a big girl in her own airplane seat! Next to the window too!  Nicole was so excited to see us and we were very excited to see her. Kel got some attention in the Phoenix airport when she ran across the hall to Nicole. This elderly lady even gave us some balloons for her! Keldrie was in heaven. Nicole lives about 45 minutes from the airport, so we got lots of time to talk about everything that was going on with each other and our families. When we got to Nicole's, Keldrie discovered she wasn't the only little thing living in that house. Nicole as two dogs, Piper and Lexi.

Kel was in heaven! She did get the dogs in a little trouble because she kept trying to feed them and would offer her sippy to them and they would try and lick the drink out of it.
Our first day there we went SHOPPING! The shopping in Arizona is a step above here in Utah. The mall we went to was called San Tan. It is an "outside" mall much like Gateway, except there are streets running through and the stores are very large. We went to a store called Charming Charlie and it was incredible. It is an accessory store that is organized by colors. Jewelry, purses, wallets, some clothes, and other little nick knacks. They even had a little corner dedicated to little girl jewelry. We got Kel some new earrings and I got a few pieces of jewelry too. We also went into the Disney Store and this is what she came home with.

That is one big Nemo! We got the sunglasses too. You've got to have some good sunglasses down there. There are no mountains and rarely clouds to lessen the very bright sun. We also got Kel a Minny Mouse and some clothes for her birthday next month. 

This is the best picture I managed of Nicole. My picture taking skills need some work. The food she was eating was delicious! That is at Paradise Bakery. Oh boy! Yummy!

This is Nicole's husband, Cameron. I think he was trying to get the Internet working right now. 

I really didn't manage to capture it with pictures very well, but we had a ton of fun visiting Nicole. It was fun to see her with a little pregnant belly. She is due at the end of July. This baby will be the first of Keldrie's cousins on the Keller side of the family. I don't know how she will do with having the share her Grandma Sharon. I'm not sure my mom knows how she is going to do it. 

Well, that was our trip to Arizona! It was super fun, but we did miss Matt a lot. One morning Keldrie went looking for him. She was calling "Daddy, daddy!" as she walked around, like he was going to jump out of a closet or something. I think Matt missed us a lot too. He keeps telling me how happy he is that we are back. I guess on our next vacation, we better take him with us!