42 Years Young

Our good times and good weather continue in Phoenix.

We went to the Santan Mall with Uncle Burke to see "How to Train Your Dragon." It was such a good movie, and Kate was fascinated by the 3-D. Kiki, as usual, refused to wear the glasses and left, I'm sure, thinking that movie quality is on a serious downhill slide.

We went out to Queen Creek to see the Haws' new house. It is beautiful enough that you almost forget how long it took to drive there.

Thanks to the Haws kids I filled the Sequoia to maximum capacity for the first time ever.We were on our way to Organ Stop Pizza.

The draw at Organ Stop Pizza is a man who plays a huge Wurlitzer organ- it has more than just music notes- he had drums, cymbals, animal noises, and bubbles on his organ. (That sounds perverted.)

Bruce, Kiki, Lani, and Cheryl


Kate was WAY into the music.

Yesterday was Bruce's 42nd birthday.

His mom made him a memory book with many things from his childhood.

My kids will never have such a book since I throw everything away.

Recreation of his first baby picture.

We went to lunch with Bruce's family and then to a movie with just us. Since it was Bruce's big day, he chose, which is how we wound up at "Clash of the Titans" in 3-D.

Have you ever gone to a movie, and totally fallen asleep, and then when you woke up you had no idea what was going on, but you didn't want to ask because then it would be very obvious that you had been sleeping?

I have.

Bruce's mom and dad hosted the birthday fete at their house.

The girls with Uncles Burke and James.

I made tres leches for Bruce's birthday cake.

The girls and I with Aunt Lirio.

My girls adore Lirio. They think she is fabulous because she always has a little surprise for them and she lets them cuddle in her lap for as long as they want. I think she is fabulous because she tells me how good my cake is even though she is Mexican and I'm sure she has had better.

I know I don't say it enough that Bruce is a great husband and father, and hopefully his birthday was a happy one.