I adore being an aunty, I really do. And I'm lucky enough to have this range of nieces and nephews - from little Sam who is only 10 to Kate who is I think 31. (Wow. That's weird. She was born as I was on an airplane making my way to my mission in Korea.) And I had so many fun chances to see them in November.
No only did Margaret and Mary Grace come to Emma's play early in November, but later in the month she joined us again along with Kate and Cameron, who were visiting from Connecticut. We just have such a special bond with those guys. I don't think Chase had seen Kate and Cameron since before his mission, so that was a really fun reunion.
The weekend before Thanksgiving, Emma and I took a road trip together to St. George. This was significant because Emma drove the whole way there. She was such a trooper! We got up very early in the morning and she drove on the freeway in the dark and got us there safely. Here we are making a stop at Wendy's for a little brekky once the sun started to come up.
The reason we were going down was because Siena was playing the role of the Fairy Godmother in her high school production of Cinderella - the good one by Rodgers and Hammerstein. To make it extra special, Sheri was in charge of putting together a fundraiser for the theater department which was a tea party before the afternoon matinee.
It was so cute - all the theater kids dressed up and played host and hostess to all the guests. There was a town crier who announced us each as we came in the party, and a bunch more kids were dressed up as various fairy tale princesses. And of course the stars of the party were Cinderella and her Prince, who sat for photos and were sweet with all the little kids there.
Siena absolutely knocked it out of the park. She sings like she's already a Broadway star. She made an excellent Fairy Godmother - and truly has the acting chops to really have fun with the part. She's going to be amazing at SUU.
It just so happened that our trip coincided with my baby brother's birthday. His favorite thing in the world is carrot cake, especially my mom's recipe. I brought the ingredients with me and in the afternoon between the matinee and evening performances of the show I made Peter's cake. When it was done, he and I cut giant pieces for ourselves and sat down together to enjoy it.
We took great big bites and went......HMMMMM. Yum? I think? Wait something isn't right. I can taste too much baking soda or something. Then I looked around the kitchen as I was pondering what wasn't quite right with this cake when my eyes landed on the sugar canister. Oh. Yeah. I forgot to add the sugar! Peter and I both finished our cake - in fact, I nibbled at it all weekend. It was like really soft moist bread. Not super sweet, that's for sure. I can not believe I made that cake with no sugar. I felt really dumb. But it was not gross, just not...cake. I owe Peter another attempt.
The cat Daphne was still on the rampage, but not quite as bad as our trip in September. My eyebrows were not so tempting for his this time. And I got a very good snuggle with him on Sunday morning.
The night before Thanksgiving, we had yet another visit from Mary Grace, and this time she brought her sister Hannah with her! Hannah is the sister I see probably least of all - she lives in Philly and is quite busy in her cool new job at Anthropologie, which we got to hear all about.
It was a hectic week to be sure, but I couldn't help but gobble up time with my sweet and wonderful nieces and nephews. It's still weird to see them all growing up - I still picture them all as really little kids. Not any more!
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