MOLINA'S TRIBE: April 2008

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Southridge Prom

Hey everyone!

Well, Southridge prom was last night! It was so fun :) We rode in a limo, went out to a really nice dinner downtown and danced all night long! I went with Ryan Taylor who is a really good friend at my high school :) We are both going to be student body officers next year! [elections were last week and we both won] I'm very excited about that! Prom was downtown at the world trade center and it was beautiful!

Hope you like all the pictures! it was so SO fun :)

-britt

Monday, April 21, 2008

Wilsonville Prom 2008

So, this last weekend I went to Wilsonville prom with Jeron! He goes to a different school so it was a cool experience, I got to meet a lot of new people and experience a dance through a different school. It was downtown Portland and we went in a group of four couples... they were all really fun and I had a great time! I didn't bring my camera down there so I don't have those pictures (yet).

If you want to see how he asked me, watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5eL_7mBXcQ

Ill put the other pictures up when i get them!

-Brittany

Friday, April 18, 2008

Brandy's 8th Birthday

Brandy had a fun 8th Birthday Party!

We started it off with a SCREAMIN’ Scavenger Hunt in the mall! (Her request) I had baskets waiting with garden-themed items at pre-selected stores. The girls had to figure out where to go using clues such as: “It starts with the third letter in the alphabet, and is a girl’s name.” (Claire’s); or “It begins with the first letter in Brandy’s last name, and has something that makes you ’Happy’.” (McDonalds); or “It’s something your eye does, and has something to do with chocolates.” (Sees Candy); etc. The girls were running CRAZY (having fun)! Brandy at one started running wildly the WRONG WAY! She led the crew toward Sears instead of the play place in front of JCPenneys. …Just too excited to get “anywhere” I guess! Ha ha!

Until they finally ended up at their final destination--“The Candy Factory”. The manager acted so cute and excited! She had them sing “Happy Birthday”, gave them a candy tulip-shaped sucker, took pictures, and then we let them pick out whatever candy they wanted within a set weight limit! They seemed to enjoy that.

We went back home with our “goodies” and started painting the terra cotta pots for the GARDEN PARTY! I had a SUNFLOWER cake (chocolate round covered in candy kisses) surrounded by yellow frosted Twinkies. Cute! My kids loved helping make that! (“One for me, one for the cake, one for me…”!) We set the table in all different colors, & added confetti sprinkles, m&m’s, little bugs, seeds, watering pots, etc. for fun. I found some cute “caterpillar gummies” to use later on in our ice cream and crushed cookie dirt dessert! (Which I started to eat while we were planting flowers in the pots we painted!) They really fell for it at first! …but then, they all wanted to “try it”! ha ha! We had pizza, games, sang, opened presents, watched “The Secret Garden” movie—which most of them ended up watching “Enchanted” instead; (the latest DVD out) but they seemed to have a good time, and I let them just “play”. It was from 4-10 pm which worked out fine.

For her “real” birthday, I spent the whole day playing with her and setting up “My Littlest Pet Shop” Barbies, Polly Pockets & Baby Kelly stuff in her room! We later went to “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie, then to Red Robin as a family. It was fun! We gave her gifts at home—more Barbies with pets and a lamp. She will be getting baptized soon! May 3rd. She’s VERY excited!!! Her cousin Braidyn (and my sister Summer and other kids) will be coming out to visit then! Yeah! Come and JOIN us too!!!

Spring In the Northwest

We are excited that it finally seems like good weather is coming our way. We are lucky to live in such a beautiful place by this breath-taking mountain (Mt Hood). This is the view from our house... We are also only one hour and 15 minutes from the coast, and the coastline is just amazing... a bit cold, the water is freezing... but the vistas are just great.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Brandy is getting baptized!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Tammy & Henry in Vegas

Henry sent me to Vegas for a week (part of my Christmas present)! He had a business trip there, so I met up with him. We stayed at the Wynn in a beautiful room with a view of Vegas and a golf course on the 34th floor! They had a GREAT pool there! (But it was blocked by a sky-rise next door after about 4 o'clock in the afternoon!) We went to "La Reve" there at the hotel with friends of ours--Dayne & Rosa--where they had sychronized swimmers wearing RED high heels! --Along with all the other buff body dancers & acrobats doing circus tricks around water on a circle-stage! What fun! It was AMAZING!!

Brett, Sheilee & their kids met up with us at Rain Forrest Cafe on their way to So Calif. to Disney and a cruise to Mexico out of California. It was fun to see them!

Henry and I drove up to Southern Utah to do business and see my brother Bobby & Celena & their cute new little baby boy & other kids on Saturday. Boy Phoenix can really bust some moves--what a dancer!! We came back and saw "Journey" that night (remember that rock group from the 80's?!) "Don't Stop Believin'", "Open Arms", "Hot Time in the City", and "Faithfully" to name a few songs--Fun! They had a new Japanese lead singer--so the audience wasn't what I expected, but it was GREAT! We discovered via text message from Brittany during the concert that Derek Barfuss's brother (back in Oregon) died in the ocean trying to save another young boy with help from his two other brothers! How SAD!! That was hard to hear!

Sunday Henry left and I stayed with my friend Rosa a few extra days. I stayed in the sun at the pool during the day--got to know Rosa's "little" doggies! and played catch with them 'til they were exhausted--then went to shows at night! "Menopause" (I understand myself better now) It was cute--all songs about Hot Flashes and can't sleep at night, witchy during the day--set to music from the 70's--like Sonny & Cher and "Fever Night", etc. Rosa & I saw a Magic show too--where the guy made an airplane, helicopter appear on stage and himself riding a motorcycle change from on stage to the audience! He also made a girl appear in a fish tank swimming wearing a diamond ring from someone in the audience!

I saw Bette Midler my last night! WOW! She was Fabulous! (Did an act in decorated wheelchairs dressed as mermaids--line kicks and all!) Funny! I loved her songs--"The Rose", "The Wind Beneath my Wings" ("Did you ever know that you're my Hero"), "From a Distance" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". She's a great entertainer--funny, & a little crude, but she was WONDERFUL!

I went to Catholic Mass with Rosa and her family on Sunday and then to our church in Boulder City with my uncle Dan and aunt Kim. I went to their house for dinner afterwards and met up with their kids and THEIR kids! It was fun to see them! I even went to the temple the Tuesday before I went home--NICE! CAN YOU BELIEVE HAVING A BREAK LIKE THAT! Thank you Henry!!! I even had fun "people watching" on the strip--didn't do any gambling, but WATCHED people gamble, and LOVED exploring the shops, shopping, and seeing the hotel decorations/designs--how creative! At times I'd get a little distracted and let time slip away from me! ...like playing on the computer at Build a Bear and buying things at M&M world and Houdini's for my kids!

When I came back, it was a SHOCK to have cloud coverage again! I didn't know if I could "do it"! But it was fun seeing the kids & family again, and it was fun getting my "fill of sun" while it lasted! I graduated from high school out there also, so it was fun to see how things had changed. Whew! What a vacation!