Catarina's 7th Birthday Party

Our little girl isn't so "little" anymore. She turns 7 tonight at 8:36pm. Yes, I am not ready for her to grow up yet... She speaks her mind and doesn't take no for an answer... What kind of cute monster have we created???

This is a one-of-a-kind cake. Grandma printed out pictures of Catarina with the various princesses at Disneyland as well as dressed up as a princess.

 Blowing out the candles!

Happy Girl! She got everything she wanted... and that was BEFORE we opened presents.

We took her to Build-A-Bear to redeem her gift certificate from last year. She created a really cute ballerina bear. She has had a really good day! Happy Birthday, Cat! We love you!

February 2011

I have been soooo busy that I just haven't had time to update our blog. We have had a very eventful February thus far. We attended our Uncle Roger's 50th birthday party on the 5th. The kids had a fun time jumping in Crystal's backyard.

 

Grandpa got them all to sit still long enough to get their picture taken. These are a lot of the Fewkes Family Counsins.

The birthday boy. It was a surprise party put on by his wife. He had a fun time, I think. :)

The cake. CostCo did a really good job with this cake!

The kids were pretending that this huge jungle gym in the backyard was a pirate ship. Catarina was taking her turn driving.

 Cat is now a brown belt! We are so proud of her!

More updates to come. Today is Cat's 7th birthday so I will post pictures later! :)

Catching Up

Since I have some down time, for the next 24+ hours, I thought I'd update our family blog. I have come down with a sinus infection and Cat is hanging with her grandma this evening. Not sure when she will be coming home...

To finish off the summer, we went to Utah for a few days to hang with the Fewkes family. Cat and Aiden had a blast hanging together, when they weren't getting on each others nerves.We got to play with baby Aaron and Ms. Alyssa. We love getting to see our family, just bummed that we don't get to see them as often as we'd like.

Catarina started 1st grade at the end of August. We keep going over speed bumps with her were staying green at school is concerned. She has become a "monkey see, monkey do" person. So we have had a few lessons about that. She is also learning that she needs to slow down when doing her work so that it is correct instead of done in a hurry so she can go play. (I seem to remember doing that as a kid too, as does her father).

 I was called as Primary President at the end of August and got to have a bigger part in the Primary Program this year. We had our Pizza Party Practice the Friday night before and had Ice Cream Sundaes the last hour of Primary after the program. We have a really fun bunch of kids and I have awesome counselors.

 

 

 

Catarina got her first pedicure on Sept 16th. She wasn't sure about it at first, but loved it at the end and wants another one. Next time we need to take some pillows for her back. The chairs are meant for adults; not kids...

 

October already promises to be a really fun month. Will post pics when I have a spare moment, again.

Karate Testing

Cat had her karate testing today too. It's been a big day for her. She is now a purple belt.

Swimming Lessons

Cat had her first swimming lesson of the summer today. We put her in the youth class so that she will actually learn to swim. She was in the big pool today and it kinda scared her. She was cute tho!