Funny Juju

11/21/14: We drove by a Mountain America Credit Union and Juju asked me if it was a bird trapping business. 

11/04/14: We had a family home evening to talk about baby Anna, death, and eternal families. When Anna was born we had her cremated and showed the girls the statue we have her ashes in. JD talked about how people like to have their ashes in places they love. Juju yelled out, "I get to go to IKEA when I am dead."

11/14: She insists it is "facegiving" NOT Thanksgiving.

She loves to use the words usually and actually. 

She keeps me laughing all day!

Christmas 2013

Picking the tree:

Our first attempt was a false start. Everyone was cranky, tired, and cold and the lot didn't have the tree we were looking for. The next day we were all adequately fed and happy. It was a gorgeous day and we tried a new lot. It just so happened that Santa and his reindeer were visiting and they had the perfect tree. It has been my favorite tree.

A few advent activities:

mailing letters to Santa on a FREEZING night

building a snowman

Seeing Frozen where we made a huge popcorn mess
(Ella's first movie theater experience)

A couple of Paco's adventures: (he is so much more creative when JD is in town, weird huh?)

Parent day at ballet:

Sunday before Christmas:

Christmas Eve:

Christmas morning:

The best part of the morning was Ella laughing every time Julia's dog, Jet, flipped.

Christmas night:

November 2013

Julia's style:

Riding horses with Grampy:

Jungle Jim's:

Playing is messy:

Other fun:

Adorable Julia

Gorgeous (but stinky) ornamental cabbage

Longview spirit night

another successful lizard catch

Happy Halloween 2013

Macy the clown

Julia the "bootiful butterfly"

Ella the littlest little old lady

This is the best picture I got with the Ashby cousins and I didn't get one at all of the Summerhays cousins

ward carnival and costume parade

Julia's class

Macy's class

trick or treating

Macy's First Soccer Season