Surprise! - Feb. 24

My student teacher's wife will be having a baby in April so we decided to have a surprise baby shower for them (Ryan and Kasi). It was Dale's birthday, so with Dale's help, we decided to have a surprise birthday party for Dale and have Ryan be in charge of getting Dale to the party. When they walked in, Ryan couldn't believe the party was really for him. We had the party at Sue's house, close to school. One neat coincidence is that Sue and Ryan's mom know each other from way back!

Kasi surprised him, then a bit later his mom arrived, too.

We had some good food, played some games, and showered them with baby gifts. I was in charge of the games. I got a pink canvas tub with 10 baby items in it. Ryan was blindfolded while Kasi handed him the items. Afterward, everyone had to remember the items that were in the tub.


We also had a "wish pig" with decorated papers to write a wish on, then put in the piggy bank with some coins. Later people got to guess the amount in the bank. It was a fun surprise and their first official baby shower.

Marie in Words - Feb. 20

Golden Anniversary! - Feb. 12 (Feb. 9)

We celebrated Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary at Lieu's. Mark, Kelly, and the kids came down. Wally and Jackie joined us which made 15. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but Matthew had his iPhone. We had a huge dinner and then we picked up an ice cream cake at Baskin Robbins for dessert. Happy Anniversary!

What's Going On- the Light Version - Feb. 5

Books Finished: The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch and A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern.

Books Started: Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (on CD from the library) and Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass (both teen books)

Books Expecting in the Mail (PaperBackSwap): Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass, and Physik (Septimus Heap series) by Angie Sage.

Movies Seen Last Week: Contraband with Mark Wahlberg and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. (Owen even rewinded this one so I could see the ending after I fell asleep.)

Musical: Xanadu at the Tacoma Musical Playhouse.

Restaurants Visited: Red Robin, Johnny's in Fife, Shari's, Moctezuma's, and the Pine Cone.

Yummiest Dessert: Gluten free carrot cake made by Brynna, brought home by Matthew. Thanks!

Nicest Gesture: The aunt and grandma of one of our students brought the staff two Costco cakes to thank us for doing what we could during the lockdown Monday.

Biggest Hero: Our principal, who made the call and probably saved people's lives.

More Info - Feb 1

This is more in the Tribune about what triggered our lockdown. It's downright scary.

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