Baptism pictures

My awesome older sister Sarah took Conni's baptism pictures for us.  She took a total of 213 pictures!  So, be impressed with the, ah, um, "few" that I am sharing here.  We are so proud of Conni and her choice to be baptized.  We are looking forward to it!

 

First day on the job

I'm baaaaaacccckkk!!  I've been away far too long!  So, for my journal (since I probably have one reader) I'm writing again. 

Today marks six years at my current job. It was a very memorable first day. The boss and I were remembering today and I wanted to post my memories. 

 Back up a few weeks. Uphill, where I worked before, was on the verge of going out of business. I was told I should probably see about finding a new job. I started the hunt. My grandpa was in the hospital dying from cancer. My mom was spending every last minute she could with him. It was a highly emotional time. I applied to so many places. A few weeks later I had an interview with Wize. It went well and I felt optimistic about it. A few days later they said they wanted to do a second interview with the owner of the company who lived in the Dominican Republic. My mom was with Grandpa, so Dave's mom came over to watch Conni while I did a phone interview. I went downstairs and had a great interview. I came up when it was over and Conni was laying in the middle of the kitchen counter watching Sesame Street on our under cabinet DVD player. Daves mom just smiled and said, "well she's quiet!"  

While I waited to hear if I got the job at Wize, I received another job offer at SLCC. It didn't feel right and so we agonizingly turned down the job. Grandpa passed away. Then I received my job offer at Wize and we knew it was right. So a few days after Grandpas funeral I started my new job. 

So hoping life had settled down, we started a new week with a new job. My mom had Conni while I went to work. Just a normal day. Then I get a call on my cell from mom. I knew immediately something was wrong - mom wouldn't call on my very first day unless that was the case. Conni had fallen and cut her eye on a toy. It wouldn't stop bleeding. She didn't know if it needed stitches or anything. I told her if it had happened at home we would go ask her opinion in stitches. (See the post about the original injury here).  My dad said he thought it was ok. I decided to stay at work because I was confident my parents had everything under control, Conni wasn't upset, and I was so worried about making a good impression as a reliable worker. Now I know I can leave at a call if Conni needs me and my boss wouldn't think twice. 

Meanwhile, what I didn't know was that my boss was unprepared for me and he would have preferred one more day to get ready. He had a list of things to train me on (they were creating a new position for me in a very young company). His list was lost somewhere with his luggage on his return flight from the DR. 

Long story way too long,Conni was fine and my boss thinks I'm the greatest employee. Conni has a tiny little scar, but it's in the crease of her eye and I hardly notice it anymore. My mom still cries that Conni got hurt at her house. Conni doesn't hardly remember it. It was definitely my most memorable first day on the job!  

Pics of the original injury can be seen at the link above. Here's Conni's eye today. 

Mad Lego Skills

 We recently purchased a new Wii U game for our family - Yoshi's Wooly World.  We love it!  The entire game is made of yarn - the characters, the worlds - everything.  We have so much yarn in our lives these days we knew we had to play this all together.  We were able to also get the knit Amibo Yoshis in pink, green, and blue - our family's favorite colors.  

The day we bought it, Dave and I needed to finish up a project in the garage.  Conni chose to play legos while we worked.  She said she made a surprise for us.  This is what we found when we were all finished:

Conni worked super hard to spell "Yoshi" out of legos.  She was stuck on the 's' for a bit, but figured it out.  Then she set it up like this to show off to Mom and Dad.  

I love that her little brain is figuring out how to do all of this!  She loves legos, she loves video games, and she loves cute knit critters.  And we love her!  

First Day of 2nd Grade

Conni started 2nd grade today!  She was super excited and had to color coordinate her shoes with her outfit to her backpack.  

Conni is super excited to be in the same class as her cousin Justine again this year.

Conni at her desk

Conni with her teacher Mrs. Williams

We are looking forward to an awesome year!  I get to be head room mom this year so that will be some fun new adventures.  Its gonna be great!

Conni's 7th Birthday Party

We celebrated Conni's birthday with her friends the day after her birthday - on Saturday.  We were so excited - everyone we invited was able to come! 

Waiting for friends to arrive

Conni chose a Minions theme party when we saw the new Minions movie a few weeks ago.  It was a fun theme to plan together and it wasn't too hard to pull off!

Goodie bags 

Minion bowling 

(painted 2 liter bottles)

Pin the crown on Bob

Our hat for "Stuart Says"

(like Simon Says)

We played Don't Eat Kevin! (like Don't Eat Pete) while we waited for everyone to arrive

Conni, Liz, Xander D, Ayla, Justin, Zander S. 

patiently listing to bowling instructions

Conni's turn at Minion Bowling

waiting in the shade

Conni's turn at "Stuart Says"

Liz, Xander D, Ayla, Justine, Zander S, Mara

Waiting for instructions from Conni

Pinning the crown on Bob

We also had a ton of fun doing these Monster Bubbles!  Dave ran around with the net wand blowing lots of little bubbles, while each kid got a turn with Patti making one bubble with the small wand. 

Loving chasing and popping bubbles!

Then we did a ribbon pull pinata.  Everyone waited pretty patiently for their turns to pull

Singing Happy birthday

Jess showing off our fun Minion cupcakes!

Liz and Conni

Liz gave Conni a Dr. Seuss tin with some Sour Patch kids and $5.00 cash

Xander D. and Conni

Xander gave Conni Elves legos - her first set!

Zander S. and Conni

Zander gave Conni legos, a Minion coloring book, and a Minion shirt

Conni was so excited - her shirt had the Minions heart that matched our invitations

Justine and Conni

Justine gave Conni animal legos

(Conni and Justine had been discussing what gift to bring for a few weeks before when they were playing together at Grandma's house!)

Cyrus and Conni

Cyrus gave Conni some adorable sparkly bracelets and a necklace

Ayla and Conni

Ayla gave Conni a singing kitty cat and some skittles

Mara and Conni

Mara gave Conni some Mamba candies, some candy jewelry, a My Little Pony movie, and a very sweet card

These two have become such good friends!

Conni's party was so much fun!  Super big thanks to Aunt Steph for taking all the pictures for me so we could have something to post here and scrapbook!  The kids were all so good and we had a blast.  It was lots of fun to visit with the kids parents while they all played on the playground.  We are so blessed to have so many great kids as Conni's friends.