The Power of the Purse

This Dessert represents the beauty & quality of our evening -- Fabulous!

Monica & Laura

WPN Member & Host Julia Pettit

Catherine & Emily

The good friends - Shauna & Krista

On Tuesday night, I was fortunate to attend the "Power of the Purse" event held at the beautiful Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake. The event was held by the Women's Philanthropic Network of Salt Lake (WPN), which is a group of women committed to effecting substantive change through the power of philanthropy. The Keynote Speaker was the inspiring Kathy LeMay, President and CEO of Raising Change.

My firm hosted a table, which lawyer and WPN member Julia Pettit organized. It was so nice to be out-of-the-office and having dinner & quality conversation with the women lawyers at my firm. It was also fabulous to have a night out with my very good friend Krista -- we called it our "date" night, since we both have children and rarely make it out past 7:00pm.

Wild Things in the House

Besides 14 six-year olds, there were some other "wild things" at the party. Wild Things Science came to the party with a Boa Constrictor, two South American Birds, a Chinchilla, and a Hedgehog. Unfortunately, I think the boys felt upstaged by these other "wild things" as their attention spans were shorter than the tiny hedgehog.

As for the birthday cake, I highly recommend Cold Stone ice-cream cakes for your next party. The cake was decorated with Halloween ghosts and pumpkins and was absolutely delectable. Half of it is still sitting in my freezer.

William's 6th Birthday - Kids Having Fun

Costumes!
All for One, and One For All!
Happy Day!

Don't Mess with Me.

Ninja's in Training

Despite the rain and the cold, William had a nice birthday party. We had 13 costume-clad boys, who had so much fun running and playing throughout the house.

October 12, 2007

The entire Kindergarten Class signed William's Birthday Hat.

X-Box!

I'm 6 now!

Grandma Donna

Hooray for my X-Box!!

The 6-year old Ninja & Papa Loop.

William turned six on Friday, October 12th. His grandparents came to Utah to help celebrate his big day. He was thrilled to open an X-Box, which he had been wanting for over a year, a Battleship game, and a set of miniature golf clubs. He was so excited for his Halloween party the following day, he could hardly sleep.

Ice Skating & Ski Jumping

William & Quintin
Quintin sticks it!

Ready, Set.....

Go!

Ker-Plunk!

Last weekend we took William & Quintin to the Park City/Basin Recreation Fall Festival. It was freezing cold (36 degrees), so we did not stay long. The boys went ice-skating and bounced around in a bouncy-house. Their favorite activity was the ski jump, which they did over, over, and over until we said "Let's Go."