Week of March 16 through March 22

The big news for this week is that my friend from a hundred years ago came to visit me! Well, not exactly a hundred years ago, but a lot anyway! Dawn and I became friends in third grade when I first moved to Illinois and we stayed friends through grade school, junior high, and our freshman year of high school (that's seven years!) after which my family and I moved away to Las Vegas. We have kept in touch and she has visited me off and on through the years. She came into town for a convention a few days early so she could spend time with me! It was tons of fun! Here is Dawn and I (a hundred years ago) when we were in junior high:

Aren't we cute? This picture is from my birthday party, hence the lovely bows in my hair. And here is a picture of us this weekend at Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon:

We look just the same, right? Of course we do. We had a great time, too. Dawn told me all about her life as a brilliant Chemistry professor at the University of Iowa in Cedar Falls and she got to hang out with me and all these kids! We went to Thanksgiving Point and to Bridal Veil and on Friday night just the two of us went out for Indian food and a movie. What? A girls' night out? How fun for me! I hope it was fun for Dawn, too. I think it was. I think it is so great that she would make the time to come and visit me and keep that connection alive. What a gal!

So, other than that, our stake women's basketball team (of which I am a part) won the regional tournament this weekend! Rockin', huh? I played in the semi-finals game the first night Dawn was here and she took lots of pictures of which I am not going to show you any! It was really fun, though. Savannah and Sarah played on the Young Women's team which competed this weekend, too. They won their first game, but lost the championship game by a close margin. They had fun, too, especially since Kevin got to step in as their coach! He had fun, too!

I also went to parent-teacher conferences on Thursday night and learned that all my children are delightful and doing just fine in school. On Friday morning, Sarah and I and the twins went and helped out the PTA by decorating one of the teacher's doors for Teacher Appreciation Week. It just happened to be Sarah's teacher. Here is a picture of our stunning artistic achievement:

Do you think she'll feel appreciated? I do hope so.

Have a great week!