“Dae Han Min Guk!”

March 26, 2009

since I went back to school, I also go back to spring break!

most of my spring break I was chanting,

“Dae Han Min Guk!” {Korea} bum-bum, bum-bum-bum!

or, “U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A!”

Dusty planned my spring break this past weekend for four full days of baseball games, movies, delicious food, and shopping…in Los Angeles.

We went to the world baseball classic. This was the/our 2nd world baseball classic, we also attended the first one three years ago in California. It’s a new-er tradition for us.

{all pictures compliments of Jared, I didn’t take my camera!}
maybe i love sitting at a baseball game…

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after a weeks worth of festivities…parties, cupcakes, cake, special meals, and gifts…totally how I believe every birthday should be celebrated: a few days of complete spoiling! our baby girl is really eleven years old today…

Kiana chose Sammy’s for lunch and Tepanyaki’s for dinner. We had birthday cake {from the sweet tooth fairy} and gifts from the family.

After dinner Kiana, Eli, and Ethan went to see “Mall Cop,” while Danny, Dusty, and I went to see “TAKEN.” wow. wow. wow.
could Liam Neeson be any more sexy fighting to get his daughter back? I mean,

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you, me, and danny

February 28, 2009

today is danny’s birthday!

we celebrated with sushi at happy sumo and a movie…slumdog millionaire deserves every academy award it won. we all loved it.

the cutest, most genuine, incredible kid-actors, great plot, completely moving. LOVE the Bollywood influence!

Dusty finished the book a couple weeks ago and insists that if you read it before OR after the movie, they both have their own thing going for them and you should definitely enjoy both.

we have a new post-movie tradition…starbucks!happy birthday!
you are, and have always been a dear, loyal, and treasured friend.
what on earth would we do without the howell boys?!?

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cheers to 11 years

February 21, 2009

kiana and twenty-five of her girlfriends, plus the howell boys, and family totaling about thirty-five people celebrated pre-teen style for her 11th birthday…

the invitations-i ordered these movie ticket invitations here, and i think they have a good selection of things for the older-kid-crowd.

the party-

“Confessions of a shopaholic!”it was Sooooo cute!
we had nearly half of the theater filled with our group, a few popcorn fights broke-out…when someone was kissing they would clap and cheer! They would yell “woot-woo!” at all the lovey-dovey parts…they were so much fun!
the new cinemark theaters near our home have a party room you can reserve,

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