Southern California Helping Hands

Our family had the neat opportunity to go to our community park (Kit Carson) and work with our Stake to do community service. We all donned our yellow vests and t-shirts....and everyone looked like little worker bees cleaning up brush, clipping trees and removing trash. Our kids had the chance to shake the hands of two General Authorities. The newly called Area Seventy, Allen Haynie, and Elder Dobbins and his wife.

The younger children were able to do their service by making care packages for the soldiers over seas. They also were able to make love notes and include them in their packages. There were moms of soldiers their as well. They were expressing what a joy it is for these men in the military to get a piece of home sent to them. The kits included Gatorade and drink mixes, gum, mints, granola bars, toothbrushes and fun stuff like that.

The kids expressed what a good time they had serving, and managed to look pretty cute while doing it. They were slightly eaten alive by mosquitoes;)

Asking Chelsea to Prom

Dad's comment to Blake a few nights before he asked Chelsea Casserly to Prom was as follows....."Would you please just ask her, so I don't stress anymore about this!" Way to funny. Dad obviously thinks Chelsea would make a good fun prom date for Blake.

This took a bit of planning with their schedules, but Blake went on a bike ride in Kit Carson with his running/biking pal Chelsea. While biking, they just so happened to run into someone that looked a lot like Patricia Demorest. She was the hostess at the Kit Carson Bistro. Blake asked to be seated, and that he had already made reservations. They were seated in a great spot int he park. Jacob Clingo was commandeered to play the guitar while these two enjoyed a yummy dinner in the park.

It consisted of Chicken Salad Sandwiches, pasta salad, fruit and chocolate eclairs for dessert. After their meal, Blake asked Evan Nichols-roy, the head waiter, to bring him a rose. Blake got down on a knee and asked Chelsea if she would go to Prom with him. That little romantic!!!!!! She of course said yes.....and we will have to fill you in how the event goes down in a future post.

Mr. San Pasqaul Pageant

 Blake was selected by his Senior Class of 2011 to be one of the 10 contestants to represent the school for San Pasqual High School 1st annual pageant.  It was a lot of fun having Blake get ready for this event.  He was able to go to the tux shop and get a well fit suit to strut his stuff, and then he put together his talents, studied up on current events, for the judges interview question, and determine how he would show his school spirit.

It was a lot of fun watching the program and seeing that he was so happy for the young man "Negron", who won the pageant accept his award.  Blake got runner up.....and was very pleased with the outcome.

Got Milk?

This picture was shot for a Christmas Card a few years back.  I just thought it was funny.  The kids have grown up so much!  I laugh at how we got this idea, and that we seriously had to paint white paint on our lips.  There were tears, there was kids getting mad at each other, but all you see in this shot is one happy family!!!!!!!!

SP Rugby

Ok....these are pics...so that down the line we can prove to our posterity that Blake Ammon Farrow played Rugby. I don't do so good at watching my only son play brutual sports. I have been known to come running down bleachers when Blake was 10 and played basketball, when he got the air knocked out of him. So, when Blake asked me to come watch his first game and I did. I ended up leaving 20 minutues into the game.

Blake was indeed one of the superstars of the team, and he really, love playing it this season. He got great work outs, had good friends playing along side him and only had one concusion. As you can see his cousin, Landon came to watch him play. They later decided to call me to tell me he had been injured. I was cool.....came down to the field, made no scene, but after visions of Sunny Bono dieing after skiing into a tree, we took a drive to the emergency room. When we got to scripps, they got him in really quick, cause I had called earlier about if I should bring him in. When we got there, the image tech, said....wow, must be a busy day for injuries, a lady called in and is bringing her son in too. We laughed, cause it was us!!! Blake just said, "Yes, Rugby is brutual"!!!

Bailey Turns 14

The big "14" at our house means a party with boys and that you can actually now go to Stake Dances!!!!  Bailey was so excited to have a party with her buddies.  They are all good kids, and enjoyed the night taking walks to the pond, playing basketball, ping pong, eating pizza, drinking lots, and lots of soda, and blowing out candles.  How could I forget the scary movie they watched.....we would hear everyone screaming from time to time.  So happy that she wanted to stay close to home, and that she wants her friends at her house!!!

She is just as darling as the rest....so daughter number 3, here we come.  The big "16" will be the next big party.  Are house rules for now are boys are ok as long as they are at our house, and have little sis as the spy. Brinley did not miss a beat, and was in the middle of everything.   Bailey gets a payback, of all the pain she caused Brittany when she had her friends over.  So funny!!!!!  Bummer that we won't have anyone to bug Brinley.  I suppose we will need Brit and Scott to stay in California and we will have to do babysitting of grandchildren on the weekend, when Brinley turns 14.

Princess Brinley's 6th Birthday

I decided to kidnap Brinley from school and take her to Disneyland to the Bibbity Bobbity Boo Boutique.  Brittany, 7 months pregnant, also met us there for the magical day.  We had fun watching Brinley transform into a sparkly little princess.  She was such a good sport.  She saw lots of other girls getting all dooded up and she was not the least bit worried that she was not going to have a huge fluffy polyester dress to boot.  I leaned over half way through the experience, and asked her if she would be ok without the dress.....and she said, "No problem"!

We proceded to enjoy the rest of the day, with yummy food, easy rides that Brit could go on, and a lovely time seeing Aladin over at California Adventure.