Baby Canon/Mom's 60th Birthday

My sister, Mary Anne, had her baby on April 27th. We were so excited that he came early, because we were already planning on visiting Sierra Vista for my Mom's 60th birthday party on May 1st. So we got to be there for his blessing and were glad we were able to spend a little time with them before they take off to Georgia for the next year. Here are some of the shots I got of baby Canon with his little boy cousins.


As I mentioned before, we were headed to Sierra Vista for my Mom's big 60th birthday fiesta. My Mom has one of the coolest numerical birthdays possible - 5/5/50. Five years ago, on 05/05/05 she turned 55! And it's Cinco de Mayo, and she and my Dad are serving in the Spanish Branch right now, so we had a fiesta themed birthday for her this year.

Mary Anne and I came up with a Jeopardy game with categories about my Mom's life. It was a fun way for the people at the party to get to know a few more details about her than they already did. We split everyone up into three teams. One team was a little more unevenly stacked than the others, but I still think everyone had fun. And everyone is in jackets and blankets because the weather was extremely windy and cold that evening.



Despite the windy conditions, we were determined to get 60 candles lit and kept lit through the "Happy Birthday" song. Miraculously we did it, and then she blew them out.


And what fiesta is complete without a pinata?! Thanks, David and Noel, for the goods!