HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Mom woke up late today. So when we asked Mimi where she would like to go out for Father's Day breakfast, she naturally said "Testy Chef!" Our new local hangout down by the river. The food is really good, price is not too bad, nice view, the only bad part is that it is way smaller that Black Diamond Bakery which we still like too.

Dad finally got a tie for Father's Day. This afternoon Mimi's new bunkbed/trundle bed arrived. She was and is super excited about it. Because it takes up quite a bit of space we had to purge her room of the "Princess" stuff. Yes folks, she actually had "Princess" stuff that was given to her on her 2nd birthday from friends who did not really know her well. There were things such as a Disney vanity set, Disney baby stroller and bed. Barbie vans (2), Doll houses and so forth. We kept them mainly because her friends Halliwell and Erin who loved playing with them when they came over to the house. Oh you should have seen their little faces when I told them that all of this stuff had to go. Especially Erin. She looked as though she was going to cry. I ended up giving them up tonight to two neighbor ladies Krista and Kelly. They both have little gitls who love this kind of stuff. Because Mimi is such a good friend, she made absolutely sure that we keep the Barbies and Ariel doll for Erin to play with when whe comes to the house.

As soon as we got the room cleanned out, we all went over to grandma and grandpa house for a delicious chicken dinner.

SURPRISE!!!

After the game park, then going over to Auburn High School to watch Halliwell perform. it was time to head over to South Center for dinner and purchase a new dryer since ours went caput last Friday. As usual we made a stop to Border's bookstore. Mimi absolutely loves that place. Finally we got home around 9:00 last night and were quite pooped!

MIMI, HALLIWELL AND NATALIE

The three former Southern California girls had to come all the way up to Washington to meet. Can you believe that? They all live in the same neighborhood and they all go to the same school. The only difference is, Natalie is one year older than our Mimi. Maddie who helps Mimi on Fridays with her piano is Natalie's best friend while Halli is Mimi's. On rhe other hand Mimi loves to play with Natalie and Maddie and then there is Marissa (Maddie's older sister). Then there is Natalie's dad Scott who likes to have "playdates" with Mimi's dad Greg. Sometimes on Saturday night Scott and Greg will get together and bring Mimi and Natalie to "open mike" down at another local restaurant. Are you completely confused by now??? This is what it is like living in a small town. Everybody knows everybody.

Turns out that Halliwell and Natalie belong to the same dance school and their school is having one weekend full of performances. Yesterday was Halliwell's turn and this afternoon was Natalie's. Unfortunately we could only go to see Halliwell's performance. Oh the girls were soooo darling and cute!

GAME FARM PARK

Yesterday morning as usual Mimi and dad went to breakfast. Mimi new favorite place is another local diner down by the river. She likes to sit out on the balcony and look at the river. Now and then you may be able to see a fisherman or two.

When breakfast was over, they can home and we all went down to Game Park Farm out in Auburn. I thought that since we were going to a park for our monthly get together with our other China friends, we would take Butch along with us. When we got there we found out that another family had also brought their Pug. Now the question is who's who? Did you guess??? Our Butchie is on the right and Mugsy on the left. Butch was quite thrilled to have someone there to play with.

Mimi was quite happy that Emma and Elsie were there also. Emma and Elsie are sisters and all three girls will be seeing quite a bit of each other this summer as they all belong to the same gymnastic school. Both Emma (the tall one) and Elsie (the one with glasses) are part of the gymnastic team and they practice almost everyday in the evening. Their mom Rhonda is the one sitting on the bench wearing glasses. Elsie is just a new member on the team and competes locally while Emma is a little more experienced and come this next Saturday she along with another of Mimi's friends Jaelyn will be going down to San Jose to compete on the National level. Emma just recently completed another competition and came home with four gold medals. Way to go Emma!!!

A couple of weeks ago Mimi tried out for the team per her coaches request. We don't know yet as to whether she made it or not. Part of me would like it if she was on the team. Mimi has mentioned plenty of times that she too would like to be on the team with Emma and Elsie. On the other hand I would not mind if she was not on the team mainly because of all of the things that it will involve and what I will be getting into. Decisions, decisions. Will keep all of you blog readers updated.

SECRET AGENT MIMI

Last week Halliwell's grandma from Orange County came up here for a visit and to help out with the new baby Therrian. As a present for Halliwell, she brought her a set or "Princess" walkie talkies. Since the two girls live just across the street from each other, Halliwell was dying to try them out. So that's just what they did. Here Mimi is talking with Halli while Halli is inside her house. Work pretty good too.