I AM SO LOVED!!!

When I went to Irvine in April for Olivia's chorus concert the little Stebinger girls had been anticipating my arrival!   They drew these huge chalk pictures all over the pavement in front of their house!

Letha, huh?   Very good logic for girls who are learning to sound out words

and figure out how to spell them!

 I had to explain to them that in Spanish says "i" says "e"....

so when they want to write my name... it is LITA!

They thought that was pretty WEIRD!



This last one is Claire's!  She was sure to point it out to me and

tell me, "me make this one, Lita. jist for you!"

I felt so loved!

Thank you, Livy, Tessa and Clarita!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRISHA!

There's nothing like a good ole "shop till you drop" shopping spree to celebrate a birthday!   Since Trisha and Dana will soon be leaving for their 3 year mission in Mexico City, and she won't be around to celebrate her birthday with us for a few years, Lynnette cooked up a birthday shopping trip for her, and us!     We celebrated in El Paso, where we enjoyed a yummy luncheon at Olive Garden and lots of missionary shopping  and soon good hours of "ambiente" late into the night!

Makenzie will be heading off to college at BYU in Provo and her mother will head south to "mother" a platoon of Helaman's army! 

 It may be a while till they celebrate either of their birthday's together!

Nothing like walking the mall to help you work up a healthy appetite!

(Yep!   Here are Dan and Link with all the girls!

Some guys will do anything for a good meal!)

Yes... we finally did drop!   The best part of the day....

 just sitting on the bench to rest our feet and "platicar!"

HAPPY 51st BIRTHDAY, TRISHA!

We will miss celebrating with you for the next three years....

But ya never know...

we may show up on April 18th on your door step one of those years!

Wouldn't that be fun!!