Grand Rapids

We drove up to Grand Rapids last night so we could attend Kaden's blessing today. After church there was some baseball.

They are serious about their game.

Taking pictures with the man of the hour.

You wouldn't be able to tell from these pictures that he sobbed through the blessing. Pretty much the only time we ever heard him cry.

The whole family. We are glad we got to have one last trip to Grand Rapids to see the Bringhursts.

the duke and duchess of cambridge

The Royal Wedding party. We watched the wedding, ate some British food and some American food. It was fabulous.

The homemade hats....

Rachel's? Twigs with flowers hot glued to them all tied to a headband. Absolutely amazing.

The spread. Cucumber sandwiches, Queen's scones, bundt cake, digestibles, cheese spreads, doughnuts and quiche. It was sublime.

Watching the arrivals

The group. Who wants to watch Zara Phillips get married in July?

Cara on CNN

As many of you know, Cara has always had a fascination with English Royalty. So of course, she is very excited for the Royal Wedding coming up. CNN did a story on what people are doing across the country for it, and Cara was mentioned.

http://unveiled.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/22/ireporters-fascinated-by-royal-wedding-madness/

About the 4th paragraph down it says:

"Team iReport got into the spirit and challenged its community to make their own royal toppers. Cara Owen, a student from Ann Arbor, Michigan, used a glue gun, green spray paint and feathers to create a fascinator suited for a princess. On April 29, she and some friends will watch the wedding while enjoying an English brunch."

Here is more from CNN about Cara

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-591978

just dance

Jackson got Just Dance for the Wii at my request, little did we know Jackson is a dance super star. I have yet to beat him once. Apparently he has been onto something all these years as he told me that my sense of rhythm is lacking.

We had a dance off with our friends, Jackson almost beat Jess..

Feast your eyes on Jackson's superior dance skills.

graduation numero uno

We kicked off graduation season today with my graduation. Jackson is to follow in about three weeks time. My Mom flew in this week so she could be here, we have had lots of fun shopping.

I am now a Master of Liberal Studies in Social Sciences and American Culture.

Wahoo! All done!

B-Ball in the hood

We had the stake basketball tournament last week. My team won. Mostly because I was on the team. I made 0 of my 0 shots. Perfect scoring record.

See me waving both my hands in the picture? Probably just trying to make sure that everyone knows not to pass me the ball, either that or I was saying an enthusiastic hello to Jackson on the sidelines.

Jackson's team also won it all, tournament champions. We are big time around here.

Doesn't Jackson look like he is about to have a High School Musical moment and break into song on the court?

a blast from the past

I was going through some old pictures today, here are a couple good ones...

Old cell phone pictures. Hello Mr. Bean.

Can you tell that Jackson is trying to look happy but is really in pain? This was when he herniated a disc in his back. It is also the trip where I first saw Jackson with a shirt off, the chest hair is staggering...

For the record, I knew it was a bad hair day even back then... These two pictures are from our first date. This is Jackson's missionary pose.

Jackson and Elliot made sure to hold the walls up all night. I learned about Jackson's extreme dislike for dancing this night...