Merry Christmas!

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas festivities:

Story time at the library...and Santa. Aneti was scared, Analei tried to take his beard, and I gave Emalia her binkie so she wouldn't eat his beard.

At the mall with all 6 cousins!


Gingerbread houses at Grandma's.


Christmas Sunday

Christmas Eve Day:


The chocolates in the Christmas calendar are gone and the girls are ready to spend the day at grandma's and grandpa's.


Getting a sled ride from Grandpa


Christmas Pajamas

Christmas Day:


Christmas Morning!



Presents at Grandma's



Christmas dresses made by Grandma!

Disneyland

Yes I am behind on our blog. Joe's niece "Burginia" came from New Zealand and stayed with us for 2 1/2 months. She was A great help with the kids and we had fun. We drove to California at the end of October to drop her at the airport, but the day before that we went to Disneyland. The girls loved it. Here are some pics:

On The Road


DISNEYLAND!

The girls had a good time. Analei's favorite rides were the Teacups and Alice and Wonderland. Aneti's were Splash Mountain and Winnie the Pooh. They both enjoyed Story Time with Cinderella.

This is for you Kellie!

We also stopped at the beach. We had fun running from the waves. Analei didn't like it so much though. She was terrified of the seagulls, but who can blame her. When they opened their wings they were almost as big as she was.


And for Virginia, the girls were devastated when we left you at the airport:

Go Jazz!

We taught her well!!!

Rockin' Stars

My Rockin' Stars

Halloween Festivities!

We did quite a bit for Halloween this year:

Joe helped the girls carve the pumpkin. Notice anything unusual?

The girls were invited to a Halloween party at Braxton's house. They decorated Halloween cookies, played games, and whacked at a pinata.

Then there was the ward Halloween party where they participated in a costume parade and played games. Both Aneti and Analei won a cupcake in the cake walk. There was also a trunk-or-treat. It was cold!

And finally:

Trick-or-Treating with grandpa!

Joe's yard improvements this summer

Joe worked hard on our yard this summer and it is looking really nice. Thanks mom and dad for the supplies. Our favorite feature? The bridge. Joe designed and built it himself:

Joe put in a pond and some rock on the east side of the yard:

Finally, our garden was really good this year:

We had apples, peaches, strawberries, carrots, onions, squash,
zucchini, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, cabbage, potatoes, and tomatoes.

Analei loved to help in the garden. And yes, that is a 3 legged carrot.