4th Time's a Charm...

Watch out Alaska! Tess is now legally able to operate a large motorized vehicle on public roadways... It only took her 4 attempts to get 16 questions correct on a 20 question test. She now knows more than any 14-year-old ought to know about alcohol consumption and its effect on her driving ability.

I took most of the day off from work today and brought 5 teens to the Dimond Center (a big mall in south Anchorage) as well as Alicia May. It's a nice mall with a bowling alley, movie theater and indoor ice skating rink. Donald went bowling, but the girls mostly shopped. They did paint some ceramic tiles at one of those paint-your-own shops which puts the items in a kiln and you come back and pick it up a few days later...

In addition, Uncle Sam direct deposited our tax refund today! Yahoo! We've already bought our plane tickets to fly to DC on Memorial Day Weekend. Busch Gardens, here we come!

Tonight the kids are going to Teen Night at the church. I volunteered to supply dessert. They're having a spaghetti dinner. So I'm making 2 Rocky Road Chocolate Chip Pizzas. Tess & Alicia May helped out with the cleansing of the beaters...