CARPET CLEANING

Happy Birthday Alax! (1 day early)

- ALAX'S LITTLE ACCIDENT

Our new son-in-law broke his hand this week. He was participating in a drill at the Fire Academy (crawling on his hands and knees with someone on his back) when he twisted his hand wrong and felt a pop. He will be wearing this fancy cast for a few weeks now. Unfortunately he was forced to drop out of the Academy. A small set back for them, but he'll be starting up again in August. Upside is that now they can take the honeymoon that they had to delay due to school.

- BRIDAL SHOWER AND JELLY BEANS

Today Alyssa and I drove to Concord to attend a SURPRISE bridal shower for Kurt's sister's daughter Kristina. She's getting married January 20th, and Norma (her sister) wanted to give her a shower (even though Kristina's wanting to keep things really low key). We had a fun time playing games, eating vegan food (Kristina's vegan), and watching the bride-to-be open her presents. It was so nice to see some of the Kentner family again.

Eating crepes, breakfast burritos, fruit cups, cinnamon rolls and brownies.

Samantha, the youngest attendee, enjoying her breakfast burrito.

Playing Bridal Shower Bingo.

The purse game was fun. Alyssa won, I came in second. (Apparently we've been too busy to clean out our purses for awhile ;)

Alyssa also won the coveted "Diva Bag".

Kristina was a good sport today. We suspect a little bird spilled the beans and she kind of "knew" about the surprise.

Kristina received some really fun gifts. I can't wait to meet her future husband Bob.

On the way home, Alyssa and I stopped at the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield. It was nice to spend the day together doing something silly.

We took the factory tour and did a little bean tasting.
The newest flavors, that I really liked, were pomegranate and apple pie.
We had no desire to try the new BeanBoozled flavors, however (see below).

Thanks for hanging out today Alyssa Grundy!!!

- FRIDAY FUN

This afternoon I had lunch with my friends Annette and Wendy. They were in my ward when we lived in Tracy. Annette was my Bishop's wife and grew up in Brigham City, not far from where I grew up. Wendy was my visiting teacher and I taught her daughter in seminary. They both moved up the hill shortly after we came here. Annette lives in Cameron Park and Wendy in El Dorado Hills. We used to meet for lunch monthly but we haven't been able to get together for a few months due to conflicting schedules, etc. We had lunch at Maui Taco in Folsom and caught up on each other's lives. It was so good to see them!

Later in the afternoon, Kurt and I met Alax at AT&T where he got a new iPhone. Kurt told the salesperson that we'd like to add our son-in-law to our family plan. Our family is growing! ;)

Kurt and I had a nice night together. We went and saw "Nights in Rodanthe" (my choice). I'd read the book a couple of years ago and was anxious to see if the movie was as good. I wasn't disappointed. It was definitetly rated 5 kleenex though. We did some shopping at Costco and then went to dinner at Red Robin. Kurt just couldn't seem to stay off the phone at the restaurant. Hazzards of being in the Bishopric ;)

We had to try the onion ring appetizer. The only problem was, we weren't hungry when our entree's came. We took most of our meal home with us. Fun night!

- CAMP NAUVOO

Today was our annual Ward BBQ at Camp Nauvoo. What a fun, relaxing time we had! I honestly didn't want to go home. It was so nice to see the kids having so much fun and to visit with our friends in such a gorgeous place.

Alyssa and Alax drove up from Sacramento/Folsom for the party. It was nice to visit with them.

We sure don't see much of Alyssa since she started dating Alax. ;)
They do, however, see a lot of each other!

A photo with Nathan Mackey before he leaves for the MTC in 2 weeks.

The P'Ville girls.
The first friends I had when I moved to Placerville.
Carrie Christensen, Brenda Payne and Patsy Cole.
I love these ladies!

Bishop Anderson and his wife Angela.

The kids had such a fun time on the water slide!

The Porter girls took advantage of the face painting station.
Aren't they the cutest?

Our amazing Ward Activities Committee Chairpersons - Larry and Norma LaLonde. They always do such a great job of organizing fun activities for us. Today was no exception.
THANK YOU LARRY AND NORMA!!!

The jump house was a big hit.

Alicia and Fischer Loveridge.
So sweet!