Greetings from Washington State :)

The whole crew and I took off last Saturday morning and got on the road to Washington to visit Au's brother Laauli and his family.

The weather was fine until we got to Lake Shasta area where we were just pelted with snow! LOTS OF SNOW! And for a California girl, it was quite the experience driving in the snow.... but we made it through and got to Oregon safely. We stayed the night in Medford, Oregon and then headed out bright and early the next day to drive up the Washington. The best part about the hotel was the indoor swimming pool for the kids... see Henlee's picture in her new suit :)

Here is a picture of the twins with their cousin Malia, all having a snack and watching a video :)



We spend the afternoon on Monday at my sister-in-laws parents house. They have a farm and the kids were able to ride the horses, and ride the quad runners, and jump in the trampoline... tons of fun for everyone, even the observers.




Henlee in her new suit :)

The weather was cold when we first got here but each day after has been warmer and warmer. :) I love the area here and would move here in a heartbeat!

It's so nice to visit with family... :)

A silly little girl who needs to catch some zzzz's :) I love it when she is in a funny mood.

4 Month old

Henlee Laughing

Henlee laughing at her silly mother!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year!

2008 was a wonderful year for us. We welcomed our little girl Henlee, Dallas turned the big 16 and Au and I celebrated 5 years of marriage! :)

Recently we got the kids and my mother together for a couple of pictures... here is the product of that effort :)

Kiely, Jane, Henlee, Anna and Parker

Everett, Griffin and Mason, riding the horsey! AKA Daddy!

Dallas, Griffin, Everett, Jane, Henlee, Parker, Mason

Everett, Anna, Mason, Kiely, Jane, Henlee, Parker, Griffin, Dallas, Vaughn

Cousins, Everett and Vaughn

Parker left for Science Camp today! And I miss her already! She is such a wonderful part of our family that it hurts to have her gone... even for a few days!

She is going to have a great time though and I know that she will enjoy her time away.

Here she is, standing in front of her school... all packed up and ready to go! sniff sniff. :(

Happy Birthday Parker!

Parker turned 11 on the 3rd of December! It is hard to believe that she is 11 already... but then at the same time, she acts so much older.

She is by far my biggest help around the house and with the babies. We couldn't do it without her!

Happy Birthday P!

Here she is getting her pose on. She was headed out to school on her bday when I took this. :)

Hello All!

Henlee finally got her two month shots... about a month late, but better late then never. She was a champ and cried only for a minute. Luckily the nurse was really quick to administer them and I was able to pick her up and soothe her :)

She, at just under 3 months, weighs 13lbs, 5.5oz. That is some where in the 50-75% range. Which, for us, is a pretty small baby ;)

Here is Everett... waiting for his turn to get into the car... as you can imagine we have to file in. :)
This is Griffin... he saw the camera come out and he took the opportunity to ham it up. He looks a lot like Everett in this picture... well all the time really, but especially in this picture.

This one I have share... her smile was so big it looked like it hurt her face! :)