Christmas card photos

We had a fun time posing for the pictures! I can't believe next year there will be four of us!

Naughty Laura

I went in to wake Laura up from her nap and found this. I didn't even know she had crayons in her pocket! Later that afternoon she was helping me 'clean up' but instead of putting things away she was putting them on!

1st Presidency Christmas Devotional

Joel is in the Elders Quormn Presendecy and today they asked all the Elders to leave church, go home, change clothes and come back and help a family who had to move today. (Really? The family didn't have any advance notice that they were going to move? Nothing like procrastination) Laura and I went home once church was over, and I put her in her high chair with a bowl of yogurt. I had the 1st Presidency Christmas Devotional on tv (I am so glad for BYU tv! No going to the stake ctr!) I was folding laudry and realized that Laura was falling asleep in the high chair! I wiped off her face and took her out, but didn't want to put her in her crib because I didn't want her to sleep too long. So I laid a blanket down on the floor and laid her down. I think she enjoyed the music and Presidency's soothing voices, because about one minute after the closing prayer was said, she woke up! Joel came home about 1/2 hour later, ready to relax and have a brownie and ice cream!

Thanksgiving fun

What a fun Thanksgiving! We enjoyed spending time with Grandma and Grandpa, Deanne, Gohkan and Gamze, Brian, Heather, Bella and Maddie, Bart, Jed, Nommy, and Papa! Papa left the boat in the Carribean and flew home to be with us for Thanksgiving and will fly back next week to finish sailing to Jamaica. All the girls had matching frog pjs. So cute! We love spendng time with our family!

Looking for new title

Since we are expanding our family from a trio, our blog name doesn't work anymore! I've decided to have a contest; send me an email or post a comment on the blog with a fabulous new name for our blog!
The winner will receive a $5 gift card to In-N-Out! Good luck everyone!

Halloween Costumes

I finally got my Halloween pictures up! Laura was the cutest pumpkin ever with funny pumpkin tights. She loved her pumpkin bucket! She and Joel trunk-or-treated at the ward party while I passed out candy and she told Joel, "Heavy!" Joel tried to carry it for her, but she didn't want that! She'd already seen his hand go into her candy bucket and eat her licorice, and knew that she didn't want any more of that! As I passed out candy, I put some in one boys bag and said, "Happy Halloween!" He looked up at me and said "You're mean!" His dad said, "No, she's nice, she just gave you candy." "No" the boy said, "She doesn't like dogs!" And then he started to cry! His dad quickly hurried him away to the next car. I thought, well kid, you're right! Why do you think I picked this costume?
Hope everyone had a fun and candy-filled Halloween!

Disney fun!

We went to Disneyland Monday afternoon with Tobin, Aubry, Aizlyn, Esppin and Ambria, who began in the morning. We had a fun time going on rides and spending time together. The parade was great fun as well! Espin was a HIT! We are happy we did the Give a Day of Service, Get a Disney Day and then got to turn those tickets in for a season pass! We are even more happy that since we moved from Victorville to Riverside we are now only 1/2 hour away! We are planning to go Mon or Tues of Thanksgiving week with cousins Elizabeth, Bella and Maddie!