WICKED

This last weekend My friend Andrea created a fun get-a-way down to Portland, Oregon to see the musical wicked. Wicked is my favorite musical of all time. The weekend included staying in a cute rental house, shopping, games, making jewelry and lots and lots of eating out. It was an awesome weekend thanks to our host(she's our Martha Stewart).

Before we split into different cars, Andrea gave us all a gift bag with "Wicked" treats in it for the ride.

Dinner at Manzana's

At night I found a cute treat left on my bed by Dodi and Linda

Making Jewelry

Blue Sage Restaurant

Dinner at Macaroni Grill

At the end of our trip, Andrea gave everyone a plaque with the line "Because I knew you..I have been changed for the good" That's a line from one of the songs in Wicked.

My Souvenir....A New T-Shirt

Jordan's Induction as Key Club President

Jordan sure has come a long way since the days of being so shy she could barely talk to you without crying.

Emily's Jump Rope Contest

Emily went to a regional Jump Rope Invitational with teams coming as far as Canada to compete. Emily won third place in her age division at the speed jump competition. She got 200 jumps in one minute. You should try this at home, it's rather difficult.

Jacobs first day of scouts

I think Jacob was more excited about being a cub scout than anything else in his entire life. He started counting down about 6 months before his birthday. After being in scouts for almost two months now, he still gets excited every Wednesday.

Jacob at the Blue and gold Banquet

Jacob receiving his Bobcat

So, yesterday Jordan went on what I would consider her first "real" one on one date. She went with Kenny who is a friend from church. He is a nice boy and I think they had fun. We borrowed some photography studio lighting from a friend and set it up. It looked really cool but my camera started freaking out. I don't know what was up. I think it was having a hard time with the black sheet we hung up, it must have thought it was night because the shutter speed went really slow. Eventually we figured it out but the kids were long gone by then. Anyway, I've posted a few of the pictures that we salvaged.

Jordan and her date Kenny

Jordan Ready For Prom

Jordan and Tyler

Chris and Jordan