Happy 5th Birthday Cameron!

Happy birthday Cameron! Cameron turned 5 years old today. We started his celebration last week with our trip to see Happy Feet with Grandpa and Grandma. Then on Saturday, we went to McDonald's for Happy Meals, Chuck E Cheese to play games, and Maggie Moos for ice cream. Today, Cameron had his birthday party with 6 of his friends. We had so much fun. The kids ate pizza and birthday cake and watched Cameron open his presents. He got so many wonderful presents from his friends. We didn't play any games but that was okay because they had so much fun playing with the balloons.

The pic of Cam and his daddy was taken at McDonalds. The family pic was taken yesterday 11 February 2006. The last two were taken at Cameron's party today 12 February 2006.

Happy Feet!

Yesterday afternoon, we met up with Papa Curtis and Grandma Reita for lunch and a movie. Cameron's fifth birthday is next monday so it was a birthday celebration for him but it was also Kylie's first movie in a theater. We saw Happy Feet and it was really cute! Cameron was scared a little a few times but did really good. He and Kylie loved eating popcorn and sucking on their suckers. Kylie wasn't sure if she wanted to sit by herself or on Mommy's lap and finally ended up on Papa's lap. When we got home, Cameron immediately drew a picture of Mumble with Mack (from Cars). He also kept drawing pictures of the excavator that fell into the water (in the movie) being rescued. We tried taking a picture of Cameron with his Papa and Grandma but he was being too camera shy/ tired (he fell asleep five minutes into our drive home). We did get a cute picture of Kylie with them though.

Jen Taught an Iris Folding Class

I finally got to teach an iris folding class at a local scrapbook store called Heartfelt Creations. http://www.heartfeltpages.com/ I've taught several classes at church and privately at home three times but this was my first class in a store. I was nervous because I was told that the students like their finished project to look just like the sample. I had a hard time matching a few papers that I had used on my own card and then my Fiskars Ultra cutter blade wouldn't cut the bazzil. It took me several hours just to prep for the class as I had to hand cut my templates and search for the matching papers.

I was so grateful that my students were so kind and patient. We learned a simple circle pattern first before we moved on to the heart. They all picked it up so quick and I was so happy when one of them decided to embellish her card her own way. I even did a jig for her creativity! One of my students even stuck around to make more cards and we had fun picking out papers. My students are all excited to take my next class that I have scheduled for March 1st. We will be doing the Salt Lake Temple and Angel Moroni as well as a castle or Easter pattern for those not wanting to do an LDS pattern. I am always suprised at comments from people who see iris folding who say it looks too hard. When I tell them it is really easy to learn, they just won't believe me. Believe me please, its easy!