Sunday, November 1, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN







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Friday we went to the temple in San Diego and Saki and I were both able to do a session, it was so wonderful, even going once a month seems not often enough :)

On Wednesday this week we all went to the church trunk or treat-being on the activities committee we all helped decorate this Tues. We had dinner pumkin and costume contests and then Mere helped Saki pass out treats from our car before she went trunk or treating with him, I think her favorite part was the glowstick someone gave her. Mere was Mulan and Glenn was the lucky cricket. I always loved the costume part of Halloween, ie the cute little kid ones-not into scary or gory or trashy...it's so fun to see little princesses and action heros :)

On our way home from San Diego Friday we stopped at the "pumpkin station" at the mall. They had pumpkins and little rides and daddy won Mere some stuffed fish--after not succeeding on the first try the worker gave us two fish, cause he had other people to help! So nice! Mere was trying to take other people's fish from them :) Mere went in the inflatable jumper, and I was impressed she crawled through it all without crying despite other kids knocking her over. She also rode the train with me, but seemed more interested in her fish than the train ride, though she did like watching the train from outside the fence. It was pretty fun, but I think I prefer the traditional pumpkin patch to all the rides and flashy stuff.

On Saturday some friends of ours invited us to their place to hand out candy and have dinner, as our kids are so little and it's not the safest thing to trick or treat... We all had fun, Mere was glued to the winnie the pooh movie they had on. Then she joined the others sitting in the driveway handing out candy, people out here are enjoying the cooler weather, so lots congregate on their porches to hand out candy. There's not so many trick or treaters here, more just lots of events with hay bales and games for kiddies.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sunday Best

We're all feeling better now, Saki's almost done with his H&R block tax class, and is more than halfway done with his Masters in business, unless he adds a concentration. I'm so proud of his pushing forward in his schoolwork when at times it seems never ending to both of us! Saki's still job hunting, but we are doing well and really enjoying the time together as a family. Mere and Glenn are growing like weeds, and I love that Mere is saying so many new words, mostly animals, and while she is very determined she is generally happy. Glenn is a pretty calm guy, he likes to be held, but is also fine with laying on a blanket and can now roll from front to back. I can't wait to see what Mere thinks when he starts crawling and getting into things!

Saki is the scoutmaster now at church, and finally got an assistant to help him out! We have our primary program in two weeks so we've been practicing for that, I'm so grateful Mere's in nursery, she loves it and with Saki and I both teaching active kids at church it can be a handful just with Glenn at times. Just wanted to say how grateful I am for the gospel truths God provides for us to teach our children and that we are given to strengthen our families in these perilous times.

Getting Mere to pose for a photo isn't so easy anymore. . .




Two handsome men :) Everyone says Glenn looks like his dad, they look different to me, but we will see as Glenn ages :)




Cleaning with daddy

Sunday, October 18, 2009

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Been sick, so posts are lacking...and not many fun photos, we've been busy! Church callings, apartment inspections, errands... Here's Glenn at 3 months! And some photos Saki and I took on our date to a bird watching lake near us.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Who doesn't like free stuff?

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courtesy of Hey it's free emails--you get an email every week of free samples, coupons etc, and the person who writes the up always makes me laugh even if I don't want any of the things :) http://www.heyitsfree.net/

Sunday, October 4, 2009

General Conference Weekend :)

At first General Conference was pretty exciting, but unfortunately little kids don't sit still for long. She did pretty well though and we enjoyed listening to the messages, luckily we can watch them online in our free time too so we can focus better.

Bouncing on our ball.
Trying to get the cat to color with her. . .

Some of our nieces and nephews-we need some new photos Jay :)

Our nieces Ruby and Lydia are over months old now! http://bradshaw.no-ip.org/slides/galleries.php