Baptisms and Farewells

We watched tearfully (everyone was
tearful, and I'm not sure why) as
Andy was baptised. There were no
tears at the Farewell, maybe
because people weren't talking
about Matt--he did all the talking
and did a great job. And there was
a nice song by Becky too. What a fun
weekend! Good luck, Matthew.
You will be in our prayers.

Buzz Cut

Before and after photos of the prince getting a MUCH NEEDED

haircut--from one extreme to the other!

A Royal Birthday

Cool things about turning 12:

**Not one, but two cakes

**Getting lots of cash

**A new golf set

**Bowling with your friends

**Your mom promises that by fall, you can have your own email address

**You're one year away from getting to see PG-13 movies!!!!

Happy birthday to our "old" prince!

Women of Faith

I, the queen, spent last night and most of today at the Women of Faith conference here in town. If you aren't familiar, it's 7500 women listening to women speakers, singers, dramatists, and comics empower women. This year's theme was Freedom, and yes, there was some mention of God here and there (you know, turn your burdens over to God and you will be finally free) but also a lot of feel-good inspiration. The main speakers were the same as when I went 2 years ago, and they are very good. Sandi Patty performed Friday night, and it was truly worth the price of admission just to hear her sing for 40 minutes.

Now, like I said, there was a lot going on, and my personal favorite, and new favorite female comedian as well, was Anita Renfroe. She was soooooooooooo funny. And here is the main message I took away from the conference, compliments of Miss Anita.

Do you know the reason single women are thinner than married women?
A single woman sees what's in the frig and goes to bed.
A married woman sees what's in bed and goes to the frig!
I love that one!

Birthdays

This update is a bit late, but we'd like to say, "Happy Birthday" to both the grandpas in our lives. They both had birthdays within the last 2 weeks and are both as young as spring chickens!!! The photo is of the prince and princess helping one grandpa celebrate his birthday! And we're not done with birthdays yet. A royal niece turned 4 this past weekend. The prince will be 12 on Saturday and will takes friends mini-golfing on Sunday, and the king will be 40-something at the end of May! Happy Birthdays are everywhere this month! June holds many birthdays too, and we're looking forward to them all!

Don't be JEALOUS!!!

Try not to be jealous. It's a beautiful, sunny, NO WIND, 78* right now!! These are the days we only get a few of every year! It's GREAT to be us!!

Royal Kingdom Woes

We are in quite a royal conundrum! We are slated to head to UT for royal functions on May 24. Alas, first the king informed me that he has meetings in Sunny Californ-I-A on May 20-23. My thought was that he could just fly to Salt Lake to meet us. But NOPE, not going to work since one of his employees will be out on medical leave that week. The king will have to work Thursday and Friday in the shop. Hmm...Okay, guess we might have to go without him. I was okay with that--coming up with my plan B that included leaving Billings Wed. night and spending the night in Dillon to break up the trip.

TODAY an email came saying that the princess' final school concert date is finally set. When? But of course, Friday, May 25. I'm not even sure she knows about this yet. (This is the "special" choir she's in for good singers. She missed their Christmas concert because we were on our cruise!) I then went to plan C! I checked airfare thinking maybe we could get last minute CHEAP fare (I know, who was I kidding?) so that the kids and I could go to the concert (it's at 9:30 am) and then head to the airport for a quick jaunt to SLC. Alas, too expensive!!

Now I'm on Plan D, which is my original plan, minus the King. I guess the princess will be missing her final concert. I emailed her teacher to see if I could go watch one of her rehearsals. That will have to do!

The king's father celebrates 75 years this weekend. We're in charge of bringing the pizza to the festivities. Is Friday night too late to wrap his gift?? I think not. At least I have a gift!

Have a good weekend.