Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

From our family to yours.. hope you all have a very merry Christmas.... Let the birth of Jesus Christ be at the heart of your Christmas celebration....
Hard to believe this pic was taken over a year ago... it is one of my favorites...

update on miss Kala-lu

So after trying out for over a week for the basketball team, Kala was told today that "she made the team"!!! we are so proud of this girl.... and can't wait to see her learn this sport and try her best... also Ty and Kala both had concerts the past week... Ty had a band concert and had a solo... which he did wonderful... and then Kala had a band concert which she got to do a song with the intermediate band... the band director says she works really hard in that class.... then she had a chorus concert where she surprised us with a duet... and really showed us she can sing....here is a picture of her after her concert... and the pics below... are Josiah notice his smile he has going on... that is his daily smile now... when we take a pic of him....

Blog worthy?? I think so......

So this morning.. I was asked to peel some carrots for our annual ward Christmas party for church... and with out any hesitation I said "ya".. so I got the carrots out... and began the peeling process... and I thought to myself how I am I even going to peel all 14 bags of carrots....??? I mean have peeled carrots before.. but 14 bags... NEVER... so I thought o.k. just dive in an do it... I thought about calling a neighbor or 2 to give me a hand... but I thought "nah" I can do it... so I started to peel away... along the ways I just kept counting 5 bags down 9 to go.. LOL... well 14 bags later, a broken nail.. and a few peeled fingers... VWALA!!! we have carrots.... =)

Kala is at it again....

This past week I went to Kala's school to watch her receive a trophy for 2nd place in oral language... it is almost like a skit... I can see her many talents just shining through.... It was so neat to see her receive this award... and she is so proud of it.... she also on a float in our local Christmas parade , we put so much heart in to decorating this float and it all paid off when they were presented with a huge trophy on t.v. for 2nd place out of like 120 entries.... the girls were so happy.... this week she has a band concert where she plays the flute and is 1st chair... and also a chorus concert where she will sing in a duet... I keep saying the sky is the limit for this girl... and I am so proud of her determination.. and that she does it all on her own... in fact instead of forcing her to do something we have to tell her not to do so much... LOL.... this week she is trying out for the basketball team... so we will keep you posted on that.... she has never played b4 and is a bit nervous... but she is willing to get out there and try.... and that is all that matters....

on a sad note this will probably be the last set of pics because my camera just decided to stop working.... and it couldn't of happened at a more important time of year...... grrrr.....



kala on the float....
a night shot on the float.... they had to sit there for 3 hrs...
Kala striking a pose with her trophy!!!