Monday's Memory--Thru the Years

This week I've spent some time looking through old pictures for mom's birthday slide show.  I came across these and wanted to share them.

Milo--1948

Milo and me-1950

Milo, me, and Mark--1954

Mel added--1955

1965

1967

1969

1971

1980?

1995

Parties, Parties, Parties

Amy really missed her calling in life...a party planner.  She loves to create, plan, organize, and throw parties.  The past two Saturdays were evidence of this passion of hers.  Owen wanted a "cars" party for his third birthday.  Luckily, Carson wanted the same theme for his third birthday, so a lot of the creative work was already done.  Saturday, February 23rd found the kids front yard turned into the "Mortensen Raceway" where 8 little three year olds made cars fitted with wheels, licence plates, and numbers...all in preparation for the great race.

Emma and Wyatt wanted separate parties this year...understandable since their interests and friends are different this year.
Wyatt had a lego party complete with individual lego brick cakes for everyone.  The boys had a blast creating a lego figure to take on an obstacle course and a car to race.

The lego decorations didn't last long...in 3 short hours, the house went from legos to pink, pink, and more pink.  Emma had her friends come over for makeovers...hair, nails, and make-up.  The parents came back at the end of the party for a fashion show with the girls all showing off their "new look".

Happy Birthday Emma...Happy Birthday Wyatt

Today, the twins turned 7.  I started their day with individual face time calls.  After I sang to Wyatt, I asked him to hang up and I called back and sang to Emma.  I said something like, were you worried that I didn't sing to you with Wyatt and she said, no grandma, you always call me separately!  I guess they notice more than I thought.  That evening, we met up at Polly's for a birthday dinner.  They got their faces painted and had a fun time in the kids center.  Happy birthday you two.

Dark or Milk Chocolate??

For some reason, Ann has been on my mind the past few days.  There was a beautiful sunset (which always makes me think of her), an outing to Wicked with some friends from my ward (a special show to our friendship), and today, I opened a bag of Lindor candy and pulled out some dark chocolate.  We always split our chocolates---I got the milk and she got the dark!  Where is Ann when you need Her?

Happy Birthday, Owen

Owen turned 3 today!  My baby grandchild isn't such a baby anymore.  He had a very fun birthday party yesterday with some of his friends, and today had a quite birthday with just his family.  Mom and I facetimed him this morning to sing happy birthday and to wish him a happy day.  I'm sure it was...birthday pancakes, presents, and cake...it doesn't get much better than that.  Happy Birthday, sweetheart.

Jekyll and Hyde

For Christmas, I got Amy tickets to four musicals at the Pantages Theater scheduled for this year.  And, of course, she couldn't go alone, so I bought some for me, too!  Today was our first play, Jekyll and Hyde.  We had seen it on Broadway when we were in New York back in 1998.  I loved it then, and I loved it now.  This one had a different cast and a different feel to it...more up-to-date, but just as powerful. Amy particularly enjoyed the male lead, Constantine Moroulis, because she remembered him from his season on American Idol.  It was a very fun afternoon...great music and great company.

Knott's Season Passes

 Todd and Amy decided to try Knott's Berry Farm season passes this year, and they included me in the fun.  We went for our first time today, and boy, has it changed since I was last there.  Lots of new rides...and lots of people enjoying the new rides.  Some of them looked too much for me, but I had fun on the ones I tried, especially the Sidewinder.

 Camp snoopy was fun for Owen where he got to meet the loveable dog, and even gave him some "flowers" he picked on the way into the park.  (I wonder if Snoopy can tell the difference between flowers and dandelions?)

 Emma had fun in the bounce house

 The train was how I remembered it, bad guy and all.

Is this sweatshirt even legal at Knott's?