Birthdays, Byes and Boys

The first birthday in the year for our family belongs to Kendal!!  So, we celebrated her big number "2" with one of her favorite foods - pizza!

After stuffing ourselves with pizza, it was soon time to do the celebratory singing of song!  Watch this video and look at her eyes - it seems as though she's unsure of what's happening or we aren't singing that well!  She's OK, though, when it comes time to blow out the candle!

With the song done, it's time to bring on the cupcakes!  She's lovin' the icing!!

While the sugar-high is raging, it's time to open the mountain of gifts.  She "read" each card - OK, Mommy read it - carefully and then proceeded to open!

We had a wonderful time and loved celebrating with our beautiful little Kendal!

Before we get on to the "bye" part of this post, wanna see one of my Christmas presents?  It's a lovely, heavy pot that is good for soups and pot roasts!  I love it!  Here it is with some corn chowder in it...

The Czech gang stopped back by after their Cancun trip before heading over the Atlantic.  Sofia is showing Daddy her baby and Daddy is showing Sofia his baby - Bremen!

And now we all sit together!!

All too soon, it's time for the goodbyes. 

It's kind of sad to think we won't see Sofia (and Alena) for a very long time now.  This living so very far away thing doesn't work - at least for me.

Then, the end of January brought......wait for it........my yearly date with the Stake's 8-10 year old boys...the Pinewood Derby!!  Here are some pictures of the day's event.

Here's the help - Vonnie, Phyllis, me - and the Pit Crew - Dave!!

The screen projected the winners and times of each run - down to the 10,000th of a second!  The dads were really into that!

We finished the day with trophies and treats!  Donuts were the "spare tires" and the treats were NASCAR cups filled with candy and their ribbons.

Everyone had a good time and the boys were as cute as could be!!  (Anyone want to guess who this is?)