Broken Princess?

It was a lovely spring morning in Grants Pass. Half the town was out to cheer on their little athletes at kinder soccer and the princesses were no exception. T-2 was playing beautifully - scored two goals in fact.

But T-3 wanted more. She ran across another team's field toward the playground. Mommy swooped her up and carried her back Piggyback style, but T-3 would have none of that. She jumped off.

Several X-rays and a week and a half of not walking later, she is now seen wearing this season's most stylish accessory -the pink cast. She hobbles around great on it. It was even better when the guy who mows the royal lawn said to the queen, "Hey, I saw you drop your kid on Saturday." Thanks, Sir Scott. By the way, your fired.

Easter

The Queen Mum has struck again. Every year she buys the princesses their Easter and Christmas dresses. This year she and the Queen found a cute dress in three different colors. The princesses dazzled.

We went to church in the morning. The Queen sang in Sacrament meeting. Then after church we headed home to hunt for easter eggs the girls had dyed the day before. The King and Queen gave each girl a big egg filled with M&Ms and Skittles. The Princesses wanted to know why the Easter Bunny didn't come. This is the first year they've asked about him. The Queen thinks the Easter Bunny is a little creepy. Have you seen that guy with the big head and the yucky suit at the mall? Ew. He was not invited to the house. Easter turned out fine even so.

We had a nice dinner together and started a new easter dessert tradition: Cinnamon Rolls. Then we headed out to the easter devotional where the Queen had to sing again. Overall, a very nice day.

It's April!

We love April. Spring is here (technically, though not actually), Easter dresses come in the mail from Gran, and there are two birthdays! (Of course the Princesses have Diamond birthstones. What else, Dahling?) T-1 turned 9 on the 1st. Instead of having a big party with her friends, we went down to the bay area and took her to see the musical "Wicked". She's seen it twice before, but still chose it over a party. That's my girl! Sis T-2 got to come along this time since she is finally old enough. In fact, the day she turned five she said, "I can see Wicked now!" Gran and the duke (Uncle C) came with us and we had a fabulous time. Afterward we went over to the Cheesecake Factory at the top of Macy's in Union Square. Yummy.
While we were in the bay area - Gran couldn't help herself. She had a party for the the two T birthday girls at her house and invited Grandma and Grandpa over. There was cake and ice cream and presents.
T-3 turns 3 on the 13th. She is having a butterfly birthday party with a few of her little friends. She is very excited. She chose the invitations and the guests. Her big sisters will help with games and Queen Mommy is going to attempt a Butterfly Cake. Wish me luck!
So, as you can see, April is a busy time.

I'd like to go back to Hawaii and sit on the beach.

The Princesses Hit Hawaii

A very royal Aloha from Oahu! The Princesses had a glorious time at Ko Olina. The Beach was devine and the sun was a welcome sight for Oregonian eyes.

The whole family got these temporary tatoos in the New Zealand section of the Polynesian Cultural Center. The design means "Family" in the native language.

Dressed for dinner with Queen Mommy.

T-1 is a sun goddess.

A little princess attitude.

Hanging loose with the King.

We visited the (closed due to renovation) Laie Temple. It was lovely.

Tasted Coconut, Pinapple, Fried Banana and a fruit called Rambodon that looks like a kiwi and a rasberry had a baby that tastes like a grape with a pit. Weird, but yummy.

Princess T-2 as Island Princess.

I'm........gonna soak up the sun.
T-3 is a bathing beauty in the sand pool.

It was a wonderful trip. Great for the morale in the middle of a grey winter. We spent most of the time on the beach and at the pool. Just the one day drive to the PCC that took us past the Dole Plantation (rode the Pineapple Express), North Shore (saw some waves and tried some delicious roadside stand fruit), the temple and BYU Hawaii.

The only drawback to this trip was that it was too short! We wanted to stay!

Gong Hay Fat Choi!

That's Happy Chinese New Year from the Princesses. The girls dressed in their Asian best for school today and we're having chicken fried rice for dinner. Yum!

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T-3 is now in a big girl bed. If only she'd stay in it....
She's been climbing in and out of the crib for a few weeks now, so we finally took down the guard rail. The lack of containment is a small price to pay for no broken bones. I'm sure the Queen Mum would agree as I seem to recall that is how the Duke broke his first bone!

American Princesses

The Princesses visited the American Girl Place while on a quick trip to LA. Unfortunately, their great-grandma died and made this trip spur of the moment style. We were very happy to visit with Grandma and Grandpa and Great-Aunts and Uncles and 2nd cousins. We took a time out from all this to drive downtown and see the LA temple. It was so huge and beautiful. Grandma and Grandpa were married there and Daddy went through for the first time there before his mission.

Next was a quick drive over to Hollywood for an American Girl lunch. All three princesses brought their dolls, so they were thrilled when the dolls had special seats at the table and were served from tiny tea cups. The napkin rings were cute hair bows that they got to keep. Lunch was adorable (and tasty) : pink lemonade, mini cinnamon rolls, fruit cut into hearts and stars. T-3 had a tick-tack-toe pizza. Dessert was chocolate mousse served in tiny flower pots with a daisy sticking out, mini cookies and a petit-four. Daddy was one of only 7 men in the black, white and hot pink decorated cafe, but we thought he was our hero for being such a good sport!