Gretta visits the Dentist and a rainy day suprise!

Friday was unusual day in Southern California. It rained! In the morning Gretta had a dentist appointment. Techniquely she has been to see the dentist during her yearly team visit. The two times she has been to see them they gave me grief for at least 10 minutes because she hadn't been to see the dentist yet, and asked me multiple questions like... "How many times a day do you brush her teeth? How much soda does she drink? What have you done to get her to stop sucking her thumb?" Then they would look in her mouth and say,"Looks great!"

However this year were weren't so lucky because they stopped taking our dental insurance. So I figured it was time to make her an appointment to see the dentist Eric and I go to. Her trip was also spurred on by the fact that she kept asking to go because she is convinced that if you don't go to the dentist all of your teeth will fall out. I am not quite sure where she learn that. I thinkit might have come from "Sid the Science Kid". In preparation for going to the Dentist we started talking about it, practiced "counting" her teeth, and read, "Dora goes to the Dentist." She was very excited, and even more excited because Eric went too. She got to see him in the chair having the dentist look at his teeth too. She did great. She even let them polish her teeth. The good news is that she doesn't have any cavities. Yeah!!!

She looks so small in the big chair.

Ready and excited.

She was a great patient.

Then after the dentist appointment we went to the library for reading time. That was a big success. The problem was what to do next? Usually we go to the park with girls from Church on Friday afternoon, but since it was raining we just went home. I was a little worried beacause we had been warned of a planned power outage in our building on Friday from 8am until 3pm, and was really hoping that the power would be on when we got home. We saw the people coming just as we were leaving for the dentist.

When we arrived home luckily the power was on. However, it never went off, so maybe due to the rain they will have to come back later.

We were greeted with some packages at the door. Gretta LOVES packages and espcially when they are for her.

Nana you saved the day!!! It was so much fun to play with Gretta's princess tent. It was a great rainy day activity. Eliza loves the jumparoo too.

Gretta showing off.

Happy as can be!!!

Thank you Nana!!!

Disneyland on MLK day

On Martin Luther King Jr Day we went to Disneyland with Linda and their family friend Sandra who was visiting from Guatemala. We had a fun day. The best part was that we had a front line pass for "Finding Nemo" so we didn't have to wait in line a all. Yeah!!!

Getting ready for "Nemo"

Under water

Sandra, Linda & Gretta

Sandra, Gretta & Gretchen getting ready for Space Mountain.

Gretta sitting in her seat on Space Mountain. Ready to blast off!

Gretta's head just peaking over the seat.

Eliza hanging out in her stroller.

One tired Gretta. We actually only stayed until about 2:30pm. Gretta was really tired and complained that her head hurt. Then the worst part of the day was on the way home when Gretta threw up EVERYWHERE. She also had a fever of 102, and complained her throat hurt. After a trip to the doctors office and a strep test we found out she had strep. Poor kid. She was such a good sport considering she didn't feel that well. It's a good thing we live so close to Disneyland, so we didn't stay all day.

Gretta showing off her new hair cut

This is Gretta showing off her new hair cut before church. Doesn't she look cute!

We love you Gretta! Where did my baby go? You are my big girl now!

Gretta & Mommy

I love you Gretta!

Gretta's new hair cut

Eric and I took Gretta on Saturday to get her 2nd hair cut. The only other hair cut she has ever had is by our friend Wendy in Boise. Gretta did great. She was a little scared at first because she thought it would hurt, but after the first cut she realized that it was going to be okay.

Sitting on the black horse getting her hair cut.

The finished product.

Isn't she so cute!!!

What happened to my little girl? Gretta looks so grown up now.

LA Clippers Game Court Side

Eric told me he had something special planned for our Saturday night date night. He took care of everything. He told me to be ready at 6:00pm in casual cloths. The babysitter arrived then just a few minutes later his sister, Allison and her husband Rod, arrived too. We got in their car and headed??? I didn't know where we were going. I had asked him before if we were going to a LA Laker's game and he said that the Laker's weren't playing on the 17th. We headed to downtown and once we got to the Staples Center I figured out what was going on, but I had no idea how good it was going to be. There was Clippers game at the Staples Center on the 17th. As we pulled into the parking garage they directed us to the VIP parking. It was sweet! Then we had dinner at the ESPN Zone at LA LIVE! Once we got to the game Eric wouldn't let me see the tickets. We kept going down, and down and down until we were on the FLOOR! My feet were on the FLOOR! We were right under the basket. It was so cool!!! I know that the Clippers are the B team in town, but still court side at the Staples Center is court side! It was so cool to see the players up close, and be only about 20 feet away from the bench. You could see all of the inside jokes and the players expressions on the court. It was so cool. Of all the sport I like watching Basketball is my favorite! I grew up going to the BSU games with my dad and we had great seat too. I always love good seats.
Eric was lucky enough to get these tickets from work. I guess Donald Sterling, owner of the Clippers, gave these seats to the bank. He is a client of BofA's. The ticket price is $1,500 a seat. WOW.
Thanks Eric for such a wonderful night. I felt like a movie star. You're the best!

This picture is from the top of the lower section. Can you believe how many people were behind us? Crazy.

Picture with the ultimate fan. The crazy thing about this picture is that a few extra people joined us just like they were part of the group. Two f them I was able to cut two of them out, but the guy in the back is an extra.

P.S. Dennis and Linda recorded the game on TiVo and we were on TV a whole bunch of times.

Tent building with Dad

Doesn't this look like fun!