Emily and Gwen love to make silly faces. They also love to get their sticky little fingers on my camera lens. I don't always notice until after taking the pictures. That's why some look hazy.
Daddy taught Gwen how to play more advanced games on the Wii like Epic Mickey. Much to my dismay, she's actually fairly good at it.
Gwen taking her own picture. Getting ready for Facebook?
I made mummy dogs for Halloween this year. They were fun to eat.
We went to the Discovery Gateway Museum for their Halloween party. Emily and Gwen were excited to meet Glenda the Good Witch since they went as Dorothy and The Wicked Witch. They had been watching the Wizard of Oz and loved to get dressed in their costumes and act out the movie as they watched it. When we went to the Gateway mall, there was an international conference for NuSkin. We kept getting stopped by hordes of Japanese people who wanted to take the girls pictures. Gwen and Emily loved the attention and really hammed it up for everyone. There were seriously hundreds of people there taking their photos. I'm sure my girls are famous in Japan now.
Gwen took this picture of Emily being the grumpy Wicked Witch.
It was such nice weather for Halloween this year. Last year it poured buckets and the candy was all soggy. This year I had to work the evening shift but we were all done trunk-or-treating by 6:00 so I had time to run off to work.
We got a big new full-size tree for Christmas this year. This is the day we decorated it and the only day all season that it was fully decorated. The kids constantly took off and rearranged all the decorations on the tree. Emily discovered that she could rub the snowflakes and the glitter would come off and she'd run around the house yelling "faith, trust, and PIXIE DUST" and throwing the glitter.
We met Santa a couple times this year. Gwen would always panic because she couldn't remember what we told her she wanted for Christmas. She wanted a Leapster Explorer and a Rapunzel game. At least that's what Santa was going to bring her whether or not she wanted it. Turns out that she loved it. Emily asked for toys.
See her looking at us because she can't remember what to say to Santa.
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| Our Primary did a Nativity program for our ward party this year. Gwen got to be an angel - along with all the other girls in the ward that didn't get to be Mary. She did a great job singing. |
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| Christmas was on a Sunday this year. We all dressed up in our Sunday/Christmas best for church. |
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| Gwen and Daddy made fig treats that Jonathan remembers making with his mother at Christmas time. |
1 comment:
What fun pictures! My favorite is the one of Emily looking so in character as the Wicked Witch. That's fun that you guys got a new laptop. We will make sure to have internet in your room in China so you can Skype whenever you want. Last time with Max we Skyped with Noah a couple of times a day and it was nice. It works out that when you wake up in China it's evening in America so you can tell them all about what you are going to do that day and they can tell you all about how the day went. Then you spend the day knowing they are asleep and not doing anything that you are missing out on. Then before you go to bed you can Skype and tell them good morning before you go to bed. It helps.
-Laura
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