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June 2010

Brooke Conducts!

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Brooke got the opportunity to conduct the Utah Premiere Brass.  She doesn’t look like she was having a good time because she was a little scared having the entire audience and the band looking at her, but after she was done she admitted that she liked doing it and wanted to do it again.

Unfortunately, I had the autofocus turned off from the filming I was doing at Saltaire, so Rebecca didn’t know how to get the focus working.

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Three! (Part III)

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We invited Brooke’s friends over for a little party.

First we had a pinata.  Unfortunately, I was in charge of making it.  Through a series of unfortunate events, the pinata busted before the kids even hit it.  I tried to mend it, but it was in sad shape.  Brooke tapped it once and then passed the bat on to her friend.  He smacked it, and the pinata fell.  The candy dumped out and the kids grazed on it for the rest of the evening.

Next was the cake.  Brooke, my little tomboy, surprised me by saying she wanted a pink cake.  I couldn’t think of anything cute to do with a pink cake so I told my Mom I was just going to make a round cake with sprinkles.  My Mom gasped in horror and said, “Oh Rebecca!  You can’t do that!  You have to make the cake into something!  I always did that for your birthdays!  You get online and find something cute to make.”

After being thus chastened, I went online and found a pattern.

I present – the cake:

Brooke loved her butterfly cake, so I guess I’m glad I made it for her.

Presents!

The last scheduled event was water balloons.  The kids had fun chucking those.  Then Brooke ended her party with one of her favorite pastimes – jumping off the picnic table.

Resting with Emma after the party.

Caroline busied herself climbing in and out of her chair while we cleaned up.

Now we get a couple of weeks to rest before we do this all over again for Caroline.

Three! (Part II)

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Brooke loves temples.  She talks about how she wants to go to the temple.  Dallas and I have told her that she can go when she gets bigger.  (We have found we have to be careful when we tell her she’s such a big girl because then she says, “I’m bigger!  I go to temple now?”)

Since she is now bigger and one year older, we decided to take her to the temple and have a picnic on the grass.  It was perfect weather, and we had a great time.

After our picnic, we ran home, put the girls down for naps, and prepared for Brooke’s birthday party.  Stay tuned…

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