Pajama Pinochle Party

More creating your own fun around here. Every few months we have a pinochle party where there are 12 or 16 people invited and we spend the evening playing pinochle. Everyone gets a number and then plays about 28 hands. We change partners and keep track of our scores as we move throughout the evening.

Well at the last pinochle party some of the ladies thought it would be fun to have a 'Ladies Only' pinochle party and come in pajamas. So that is what we did. We had a great evening laughing, visiting, eating, and being comfortable. We gathered at 6 pm and finished 7 rounds at 10:30 pm.

Here is the group of ladies that were present.

Top row: Becky, Andrea, Erika, Pat, Anna, Me.

Bottom row: Jenny, Emily, Christin, Gayle, Susan and Joanie.

Emily's Birthday in the Wonderful Land of Oz

Happy Birthday Emily!!!

So Emily (and her roommate Andrea) love to dress up,

make fools of themselves and make everyone else join them.

(okay, so it wasn't as bad as I am making it sound.

we actually had a lot of fun, even if we looked ridiculous.)

The Three Witches: I was Glenda, the good witch,

Emily was the Wicked Witch of the East

and Andrea was the Wicked Witch of the West.

Anna as the Apple Tree - she even threw her apples like the mean one in the story.
Moses came as one of the Flying Monkeys - quiet but scary!

Erika was one of the Yellow Brick Roads and Joanie was the Scarecrow!

Paul was the Wizard of Oz - always saying something about the man behind the curtain.

And here we are. the great group of characters from the Wizard of Oz.

A most memorable evening. Hope you had a great time Emily!

Birthday for Terri

Happy Birhtday Terri!

We hope you had a great day.

We sure did! Thanks for sharing your day with us!!
Gayle, Gail, Joanie, Susan, Becky, Terri

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!

He is Risen!

He is Risen, Indeed!

This year I spent Easter with my very dear friends Terri and Becky and their families.

Neil and Becky Burleson hail from the great state of Texas

Scott and Terri Sasaki are from the greater state of Washington!

We had a great meal, an Easter egg hunt, the Easter story and lot of visiting....

A great day was had by all. I am so thankful for these families.

They are my family away from family.

Easter Evening

A few of us went out for dinner on Easter evening. We went to Pacific Gardens and had a great meal. Emily's mom, Jane, is visiting and so we are going to all sorts of places. In this picture we have Jane, Me, Moses, Matt, and Erika. Emily is taking the picture.

As I have said earlier we have to make our own fun here in PNG. Emily is such a trend setter. This evening leaning back for pictures seemed to be the rage. So Emily and her mom started it and then...

Moses joinging in...
Matt not being left out...

Erika taking a turn...

My turn....

Matt coming up with other entertaining activities...

Emily not being outdone...

Party Time!

A night of birthday celebration. We picked a day in the middle and celebrated both Evie's and Lina's birthdays. Evie turned 23 and Lina turned 22. Nothing like making some of us feel old.
Here are Lina and Evie blowing out their candles. Lina is facing the camera and Evie's back is to the camera. (Natalie is in the background taking a picture.)

John, Anna and Paul with their sticky notes on their heads. This is one of our games - we guess who is on our foreheads by asking yes and no questions. Yes, you have to make your own fun in Papua New Guinea.

Here I am looking away and Andrea laughing. Matt's nose even got in there.

Emily, Erika and Evie (the three Es) looking a bit mischievous. Not unusual!

Grade 7 Outing

Well sometime at the end of February we had a grade 7 outing. It was lots of fun. I have been a 7th grade advisor this year along with my friend Emily and Dave and Michelle Pierce. 7th graders are a hoot. We worked a lot together this year, but this time we got to play together.

We started with a camp fire and a hot dog roast. Then we spent the evening hangin' out, doing a treasure hunt, and watching movies. The next day we went to the Bird for a swim and some pizza. What a great group of kids!