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Last Saturday we headed over the hump to Pahrump for my cousin Rachel's son, D.C.'s birthday party at the fabulous Skate Zone. If you have never been honored with making the drive to Pahrump don't feel saddened because you haven't missed a thing(unless you think the Chicken Ranch is someplace you'd like to check out). Let's just say the city has no master plan, buildings are just here and there with no landscaping to speak of. It makes you thirsty just driving through- nothing is green, just dirt and rocks, if a tumble weed started to blow you'd instinctively look to see if there was a dead cow's skull behind it. I keep telling Rachel she needs to move back here, maybe someday. Anyway my post is supposed to be about the party. At Skate Zone they have Laser Tag, so Lauren, Jace, Jake and Clark(their cousins who came with) played that for awhile, then it was time to skate. We've been to Crystal Palace before so Lauren did O.K. but the 3 boys were hilarious! The guy working there told them to walk in their skates like a penguin, which did help, but they were still falling all over the place. There were no major bruises to speak of and everyone had a fun time. Thanks for the invite Rachel.

Steph trying to help the boys!
Go Lauren Go!

- I really don't know what's going on here- maybe it's my cooking- but another tooth has escaped the mouth of Jace. This time it was the other front tooth. He's officially unable to bite into an apple. He looks super cute though!

-Forgot to mention that I started back to school too. So far so good. I'm taking Methods and Materials and History of Furniture I. Maybe someday all this info will be useful.

-On Monday when it rained Lauren went outside and saw a rainbow so she called everyone out to look at it. Jace must of been mesmerized because he walked right into the pool- fully dressed. Wish I'd have had my camera for that one!

-Since the kids had so much fun skating they asked to go to Crystal Palace again. It's a lot more fun with friends so anyone who wants to come next Tuesday it starts at 6:30pm. Tuesday is their family night so a family of four can skate for $12 or $20 with a pizza and drinks. Additional family members are $8each, but I say if you have 6 just go as 2 separate families. Hope to see some of you there Tuesday the 16th.