So we will do families rather than couples and kids. $50-$60 will be the amount. Hope this all works for you all.
Howells have the Steeds and Steeds have the Howells
Lysle O has Enoch O and Enoch O has Lysle O.
Happy shopping!!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Our Family This Month
Hi, Everyone:Just thought you would like to see this pic of our family. Mireille, you can right click and save this pic for your album. I know that you wanted it.
Love you all!
Monday, November 3, 2008
To Infinity and Beyond!
This year we strayed away from our Buckeye inspired costumes and it was a big success. Gabriel LOVED being Buzz Lightyear. As soon as I brought home the costume, he flew it around the house going "Whoosh...whoosh!" Once we put it on him he would say, "I Buzz! I Buzz!" It was too cute. Here's a pick of him when he was just wearing it around the house.
Gabriel's favorite thing to do was lie on the floor so he could see the lights on the wings blink.
He went trick-or-treating for the first time on Friday and had lots of fun. He made sure to say please and thank you and also Happy Halloween. He said it really funny though putting the stress on Halloween and getting really loud. He even saw some little Asian girls about Rori & Kaori's age. When he saw them he went, "Rori! Rori!"
Gabriel's favorite thing to do was lie on the floor so he could see the lights on the wings blink.
He went trick-or-treating for the first time on Friday and had lots of fun. He made sure to say please and thank you and also Happy Halloween. He said it really funny though putting the stress on Halloween and getting really loud. He even saw some little Asian girls about Rori & Kaori's age. When he saw them he went, "Rori! Rori!"
Here's some pics from trick-or-treating.
So this was definitely a great Halloween. Gabriel just seems to get more and more fun as he gets older. Thanks for sharing all the pics of the kids. I think Evan's costume was my favorite. He cracked me up!
Love you all! Happy Halloween!
Joy, Enoch & Gabriel
Princess and Princess
So of course my girls will be princesses....again. I wonder what they will be next year. The good thing is that I don't have to go out and find a costume for them because we usually have cousins that have outgrown their dress-ups and have passed them down. Kaori was Ariel and Rori was the pink Tinkerbell - I believe her name is Rosella.
Rori was a champ at trick or treat. Those of you who don't remember but Rori has been known to be the growing tumor on my side. But lately she has become more independent and the other night she was amazing. She asked me every time after heading to the next house if she could WALK and she was usually the first one to get her candy and head towards the next door. She could have gone forever. WOW is all I have to say.
Can I just say Texas has been awesome for Halloween. No winter coats or boots. It's perfect.
Kaori has this pose lately...it's her I'm sassy look....with the hip pop and her hand is usually at her face or up and to the side. I don't know where she got it but every time we ask her to smile we get this.
Rori was a champ at trick or treat. Those of you who don't remember but Rori has been known to be the growing tumor on my side. But lately she has become more independent and the other night she was amazing. She asked me every time after heading to the next house if she could WALK and she was usually the first one to get her candy and head towards the next door. She could have gone forever. WOW is all I have to say.
Can I just say Texas has been awesome for Halloween. No winter coats or boots. It's perfect.
Kaori has this pose lately...it's her I'm sassy look....with the hip pop and her hand is usually at her face or up and to the side. I don't know where she got it but every time we ask her to smile we get this.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Happy Halloween!!
Ok, so Halloween at our house is just getting to be an ordeal. Four kids needing make-up and attention to get ready is making me and Mike rethink having another kid, just kidding. Our kids are sooooooo cute that we just can't help but have more (not anytime soon, are you kidding!!).
We had our trunk-or-treat for our ward on the 17th and it was way early, but we crashed the in-laws ward on Halloween. The kids also got all dressed up for school and we went trick or treating at the Bass Pro Shop for free. It was really fun.
We had our trunk-or-treat for our ward on the 17th and it was way early, but we crashed the in-laws ward on Halloween. The kids also got all dressed up for school and we went trick or treating at the Bass Pro Shop for free. It was really fun.
Taylor was a "Wicked Witch". She is way too pretty and good to even be "wicked".
Victoria was a fairy princess. She is growing really fast lately and she is looking more like her big sister. She is in kindergarten now and it is funny to see her bopping off to school.
Luke was Indiana Jones. He loves this costume!! He got to wear it to his preschool class. He is really tall and he is going to be 4 on the 12th. Crazy. He was just my baby.
Victoria was a fairy princess. She is growing really fast lately and she is looking more like her big sister. She is in kindergarten now and it is funny to see her bopping off to school.
Luke was Indiana Jones. He loves this costume!! He got to wear it to his preschool class. He is really tall and he is going to be 4 on the 12th. Crazy. He was just my baby.
Troy was the Incredible Hulk. Isn't he cute? I saw this costume advertised and everywhere I looked, it was gone. I went all the way to Rancho to get this costume for him. It was the last one!! Yay for me! He is going to be 1 on the 16th. Can you believe it? He is starting to walk too!!
This is a picture of Victoria. She was a scarecrow for her school's Halloween Scarecrow day.
This was the same scarecrow dress that Mom made for Taylor when she was in kindergarten and hopefully my last kid will be a girl so that she can wear it too.
This is a picture of Victoria. She was a scarecrow for her school's Halloween Scarecrow day.
This was the same scarecrow dress that Mom made for Taylor when she was in kindergarten and hopefully my last kid will be a girl so that she can wear it too.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween from CO
We hope everyone had a fun Halloween! Ours was a little stressful at first, but once we let go, and just went with it, it turned out OK.
So my next door neighbor has 3 boys, and so she let me borrow three Halloween costumes for Evan. We were really excited because she had a Woody costume that fit Brady, and a Buzz Lightyear costume that fit Evan.
Evan was not down with being Buzz. But we also had Spiderman and Mickey Mouse. Not gonna happen.
So I pulled out our costume box, and Evan didn't want to have anything to do with anything in the box. But Brady was a little more playful.
So what did Evan end up being for Halloween? All we could get him to do was put on his bike helmet. So he just wore the shirt and sweat pants he was wearing all day, and he had a bike helmet on. And that was what Evan wore for Halloween.
Halloween was gorgeous, it was 77 degrees, and the sky was just amazing. Here's Brady dressed as Woody. It was too hectic to get more pictures. We actually invited two other families to go trick-or-treating with us. Which furthered the embarrassing meltdown Evan had when he wouldn't wear any of his costumes, and just ran around in his bike helmet. Oh well, he sure enjoyed himself, and that's all that matters.
So my next door neighbor has 3 boys, and so she let me borrow three Halloween costumes for Evan. We were really excited because she had a Woody costume that fit Brady, and a Buzz Lightyear costume that fit Evan.
Evan was not down with being Buzz. But we also had Spiderman and Mickey Mouse. Not gonna happen.
So I pulled out our costume box, and Evan didn't want to have anything to do with anything in the box. But Brady was a little more playful.
So what did Evan end up being for Halloween? All we could get him to do was put on his bike helmet. So he just wore the shirt and sweat pants he was wearing all day, and he had a bike helmet on. And that was what Evan wore for Halloween.
Halloween was gorgeous, it was 77 degrees, and the sky was just amazing. Here's Brady dressed as Woody. It was too hectic to get more pictures. We actually invited two other families to go trick-or-treating with us. Which furthered the embarrassing meltdown Evan had when he wouldn't wear any of his costumes, and just ran around in his bike helmet. Oh well, he sure enjoyed himself, and that's all that matters.Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Where we have been....
Way way way way waaayyyy back in August Lysle and I were able to leave our girls with my mom and we took of for Europe for 17 days. Thanks to Rice University this was all paid for and we had a great time. We started off by flying into Amsterdam, jumping into a car and driving around to see some architecture buildings in Germany and Switzerland. The pictures below are of Vals, Switzerland. Switzerland was one place Lysle and I would go back to. It was expensive but this day spa was AWESOME! To get there you had to take a small road through the mountains and there are some major drop offs...it was a little scary. But the spa was designed by Peter Zumthor. Seriously, if you have the time go to this place it is so great. It's a place to just relax and enjoy the scenery and fresh air. They have the spa open to guests only from 8pm - 10pm and then 7am-11am. Then it is open to the public. This spa had different water temp rooms and places just to sit and sleep or read with the mountains in view....it's crazy awesome. Vals, is just a little Swiss town-very typical and green and just cute.
We then flew to Barcelona and stayed there for about 5 days and we saw ALL the Gaudi stuff. That guy was amazing. I loved all his stuff. We met up with some of Lysle's cousins, Karen and Gin...they were so fun. They both are managers at restaurants and totally hooked us up with food. We had every type of "tapa" you could think of. They also took us to this Thai place and it was amazing. They order fresh flowers from Taiwan every week and use them in all the their drinks and flower arrangements. We totally gained some weight. We were in Barcelona for 5 days and I think we could have stayed another couple of days because we didn't see everything and we were on the run the whole time.
We then got in the car and drove along the coast...we hit Valencia, Murcia, Granada and then up to Toledo and Madrid. GPS was our lifesaver and it was really nice to drive and actually "see" all of Spain. We stayed in some pretty nice hotels and saw ALL kinds of buildings and did some major shopping at ZARA. It's expensive here in the states but it was so cheap there. Lysle came home with some serious gear for $200. I found some skirts and shirts but nothing compared to what Lysle found. We hit the end of season clearance sale so he scored on dress shirts for 5 bucks. So I guess that was the highlight of the trip. Nah.....I loved the Alhambra in Granada that was a beautiful place. Lysle bought me one of those big cameras, Nikon D60, for my birthday so him and I would go to a place split up and start taking pictures of whatever. So we have a TON of pictures...which is one reason why it has taken so long to post anything because I'm too lazy to go through all of them.
Anyway...it was good to be home. I was so tired of not being able to understand what was being said and not knowing what was on the menu. It was just crazy and annoying. So as soon as we got home we went to our favorite Mexican restaraunt and it was sooo sooo good. Oh and just about a week ago we received a certified letter in the mail...we got a speeding ticket, we were going 5 mph over the speed limit. Apparently they have radar cameras in tunnels and on signs and everywhere. $130 bucks! Yeah!
We then flew to Barcelona and stayed there for about 5 days and we saw ALL the Gaudi stuff. That guy was amazing. I loved all his stuff. We met up with some of Lysle's cousins, Karen and Gin...they were so fun. They both are managers at restaurants and totally hooked us up with food. We had every type of "tapa" you could think of. They also took us to this Thai place and it was amazing. They order fresh flowers from Taiwan every week and use them in all the their drinks and flower arrangements. We totally gained some weight. We were in Barcelona for 5 days and I think we could have stayed another couple of days because we didn't see everything and we were on the run the whole time.
We then got in the car and drove along the coast...we hit Valencia, Murcia, Granada and then up to Toledo and Madrid. GPS was our lifesaver and it was really nice to drive and actually "see" all of Spain. We stayed in some pretty nice hotels and saw ALL kinds of buildings and did some major shopping at ZARA. It's expensive here in the states but it was so cheap there. Lysle came home with some serious gear for $200. I found some skirts and shirts but nothing compared to what Lysle found. We hit the end of season clearance sale so he scored on dress shirts for 5 bucks. So I guess that was the highlight of the trip. Nah.....I loved the Alhambra in Granada that was a beautiful place. Lysle bought me one of those big cameras, Nikon D60, for my birthday so him and I would go to a place split up and start taking pictures of whatever. So we have a TON of pictures...which is one reason why it has taken so long to post anything because I'm too lazy to go through all of them.
Anyway...it was good to be home. I was so tired of not being able to understand what was being said and not knowing what was on the menu. It was just crazy and annoying. So as soon as we got home we went to our favorite Mexican restaraunt and it was sooo sooo good. Oh and just about a week ago we received a certified letter in the mail...we got a speeding ticket, we were going 5 mph over the speed limit. Apparently they have radar cameras in tunnels and on signs and everywhere. $130 bucks! Yeah!
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