Am I Crazy??

I don't watch a lot of tv, but I watch Once Upon A Time religiously.  The other show I try to keep up on is Switched at Birth.  It is a show about two girls who were, obviously, switched at birth.  The twist is that one of them is deaf and so there is a lot of teaching about deaf culture on the show, which I think is great.  The other night I was watching Switched at Birth via the internet and there was a scene where the deaf kids at the deaf school were in their kind of deaf cultures class and the teacher proposed the question that if there was a pill that they could take and wake up the next morning being able to hear, would they actually take it.  Each student in the class went on to say that being deaf has made them stronger and special in different ways and said that even if this magical pill came to be, they would not take the pill and continue to be deaf.  Now, I completely agree that these types of things in our lives can and will make us stronger, but if someone told me that there was a pill that I could take to get rid of diabetes (even though it has strengthened me and made me special) I would freaking take that pill!  Am I crazy to be willing to give up diabetes to have a working pancreas again?  Am I crazy to think it is odd that a fictional group of deaf teenagers would refuse the ability to hear? Would anyone else out there take or not take a pill to cure them?

....and she's Married!

The thing that usually follows a bachelorette party is a wedding!  Sherstin was a beautiful bride and she and Jay are an adorable couple!  The wedding was down in Manti with a beautiful sealing, pictures and a lunch afterwards.  The reception was beautiful with the perfect theme for both of them:  Travel!  Then they were off on their honeymoon to Mexico!  I have to say (and publish it for the general public) that I called this after their first date.  The first pictures of Jay that Sherstin showed me, I told her that he was exactly the type of guy I saw her with :)  Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland!

    

Sherstin's Bachelorette Party!

Well, Sherstin getting married gave me the opportunity to throw my first bachelorette party!  Sherstin wanted it as traditional as possible....which you have to get a little creative when it is a Mormon wedding, but we had a lot of fun!  (well, I did anyway...)  We all had on our little black dresses and heals, had dinner at La Jolla Grove.  We played a drinking game (with martinellis, of course) where Sherstin had to pick our gifts out of a basket and guess who gave it to her.  If she was wrong, she had to take a shot, if she was right, we had to.  Needless to say, she had to take more shots than we did!  After dinner we went bowling...I think the people who worked there got a kick out of watching us in our dresses, feather boas and each of us had a bottle of martinellis in hand :)  It was quite the fun night with all of the bridesmaids!       

Morgan!

So, a couple weeks ago Susannah and Kevin got a call that there was another little girl that was looking for a fabulous family...and after prayers and fasting, they felt that this little girl was to come into their family!  They are now in the process of adopting Morgan Gail Thorpe.  Everything will probably be finalized by the end of the summer.  It should be a much easier process than Peyton, so that will be nice!  Morgan is now almost four months old. Kyra, Austin and I will be heading up to Petaluma this weekend to meet her...can't wait!  Just like last time, no pictures until after the adoption is final!  Yay for a brand new niece!  

 Oh, and here is Peyton in her 49ers outfit...too bad we lost the Super Bowl, cuz she looked dang cute!

Pinewood Derby!

 When grandpa came down, he helped Austin get his pinewood derby car ready...it looked great!  this was Austin's first derby and he got 5th place!  No only that, but he got the Gold Standard Award!  I think he had a lot of fun...he said he was nervous!

Doesn't he look adorable in his scout shirt?  I love it!

Training Dragons

 I heard on the radio that the live version of How To Train Your Dragon was coming to San Jose HP Pavilion.  I thought that it would be something Austin would like to see, so Lisa jumped on board and we got some tickets.

 Turns out Ashlee was going as well with her nephew.  They sat with us the second half of the show.

 I was totally impressed with the show!  It was awesome and extremely entertaining.  It was like watching a movie and a play at the same time!

 The dragons looked great and were huge!  Loved it!  If it comes to your area, totally go see it!

Christmas!

The weekend before Christmas was very rainy, so I didn't head up to Petaluma until Christmas Eve.  We had a pretty low key night with Thorpes.  We did get to play a new version of the Money Game, but I wasn't playing so well...boo.  The next morning, the Thorpes' came back and we opened presents with them and hung out there rest of the day.  Missionaries and the Buchans over for dinner.  Santa brought me the full series of Friends!  I'm one step closer to becoming Kristen!  

 Peyton loves her grandpa

 I think Kevin was tired...

 NIKKI!!!

 Money Game!

 Yummy breakfast!

 Peyton messing up Grandma's bed...it is a good thing she's so dang cute!

 Opening presents

Peyton decided to ride the horse!