Ninzel's Slices of Life: July 2009

Three birthdays All-in-One for Mark, Ethan and Ashton (41, 4, & 1!)

SO, we all gathered together as many as we could and got together at Paul and Kerri's home in Bremerton to celebrate three birthdays, and we sang for every single one. Mark's birthday is July 2oth and Ethan and Ashton share the same birthday on July 22nd. Fun times and wish all of you could have been here with us. Good eats and treats!

Happy 41st Mark!

Do a little dance...get down with it...Melissa, you go girl...Melissa's dance to Paul's birthday opera...and mom, well she just couldn't contain herself :)

Say CHEEEEEESSE!

Here it comes, Ethan :)...and we actually managed to keep at least one motorcycle on the cake before it got to you!

Happy 4th birthday, Ethan!

Birthday gifts for Ethan.

Paul sings happy birthday to his baby Ashton.

Happy 1st birthday, Ashton!

Yummy carrot cake, uh, Ashton?

Birthday gifts for Ashton.

...and this isn't even all of them...there are 10 here and 8 are missing! All the kids here are Paul's and Melissa's :) (Jared, Lillie, Abigail, Noah, Maya, Savannah, Jacob, Ethan, Alexander and Ashton)

Alexander checks in on the dogs, Otis and Chuck.

Little Miss Savannah...

Oh, how cute, look at the newlyweds, Sheldon and Maria :)

Hey Ben, what's up?

"Beef, it's what's for dinner," says Paul.

Cute smiles from Grandma Suzy and Jared.

Kerri and Ninzel for a quick pose :)

A Birthday Skydive for Cory

My friend, Cory, experienced skydiving for the first time. He was given it as a gift from his parents for his birthday. Good times!

Cory bracing himself before he takes the big plunge from the sky.

Cory's all geared up and ready to go!

You look AWESOME Cor!

Nice splits in the air!

...and he lands safely...whew!

I am feeling the adrenaline rush!

Grand 20th Reunion! (Oh yeah, highschool reunion too!)

Cindy (Mitchell) Lopez organized a get-together at her apartment complex in Federal Way in order for old friends to visit and have fun...we had a blast of course and it was like time had never passed us by. It was so GREAT to see all of you guys...miss all of you already :)

Suzie, Jetawn and Ninzel hammin' it up, again :)

Russ and Linda Wixom pose just before they leave. Nice to meet you, Linda!

Jessica Mitchell, Cindy Lopez, and my sister, Melissa Dempsey at our get-together in Federal Way, WA.

Ninzel and Laura Hauswirth, my long-time friend that I have known since preschool! Laura and I did our senior vocal recital together in 1989 and it was so much fun to do that with her.

Dave and Suzie Sutton - aren't they cute?

Hangin' with my old friends, Jim Temple, Mike Harris and Jetawn Davis.

Some things never change...Mike Harris and Eric Garay jumped into the pool after our get-together in Federal Way with all of their clothes on!

Then, my 20th high school reunion for Federal Way HS happened a couple of days later at the Spirit of Washington Convention Center in Renton...

Dana Butts (I walked down the aisle at graduation with Dana), Ninzel, Vulka, Megan Despain, and Jetawn Davis at the FWHS 20th highschool reunion.

Ninzel and Jetawn Davis at the Federal Way High School 20th year reunion in Renton, WA.

Ninzel and Scott Harris at the FWHS 20th high school reunion.

We had a great evening...reminisced and watched our senior breakfast video that had been digitally remastered...awesome!

A first visit to Bremerton

Thank you for dinner, Horsley's! It was great to see all of you at your pad :)

Paul's family, all in one place in their Bremerton home :)

Nice quad, Paul!

Whidbey Island with Suzie and Jetawn

I came up for my 20th highschool reunion and before I went, the three of us got together and spent three days at the Spader cabin on Whidbey Island before our reunion. We had such a great time and it was like time had never passed us by.

Suzie, Jetawn, and Ninz - Forever friends.

The Spader cabin at Whidbey Island is a place I have many memories of from when we would get together as teenagers and young adults. I had great times with Suzie and Jetawn and many other good friends. How I have missed it!

There are just some things us girls cannot go without and that would be ARTICHOKES. Yay for arties! The best flower food ever made :)

Suzie, Jetawn and Ninzel pose for the camera at the cabin. Still lookin' good :)

Happy 34th Birthday, Melis!

Happy birthday to you, you live in a zoo, you don't look like a monkey and I love you too!

Pizza and "S'more" Fun

After Grandpa's memorial at Lake Washington we got together at Mark and Melissa's to have pizza, roast marshmallows for s'mores and just to let the kids play. We all had a great time and we all the rest of you were here with us!