Jewelry

Here are the little girls making bracelets and necklaces.

Wyatt even joined in.

Oh the concentration!

Markie is excited! You can't see her earrings but you can tell from her face just how cute they were. Good job Mark!

Ashtyn made some really pretty necklaces with her new stuff and Sasha's help.

The creativity is flowing...
I don't know why we didn't take any finished product pics but here we are doing the hard work.

Hanging Out After Christmas

Hanging out on dad's bed.

Oh Tinkerbell!

Quaiden and his "movie star kisses" He caught Allison by surprise. Even if you turn your head he still finds your lips. Haha!

Roo and Harrison

I love pictures when you sneak up on people and snatch a cute moment.

Adorable girls!!!

New Years and afterwards...

Happy New Years Eve! Fun little girls!

Trandon was the only one I got a picture of on New Years with the sparklers.

We were getting ready to go shooting and here came Quaiden..."me go?"

Wes helping Trandon

Wes supervising Trett

How much does that scare you moms that let them go with me? :)

Cute cute boys!!!

I contemplated putting this one up but it was fun watching the Polar Express with Ella.

Beading Sisters!

Ok girls, here is an example of some things you can do for our beading project. You can also do watches. Just thought I'd help give you an idea of what we will be doing so you know what to get or plan on getting. Love ya and can't wait to see everyone!

Why I Love My Mom

1. She is pretty funny!

2. I know she would do anything for me.

3. She lets me call and vent to her.

4. She gets excited to see me so I feel special.

5. She gave me my siblings.

6. She taught me how to be who I am...even if it isn't that great.

7. She is an amazing cook!

8. She supports me in whatever I do.

9. She loves the gospel.

10. She is my friend.

Happy Birthday mom! I love you!

Thanksgiving

Oddly enough, this is the only picture of the food I got. Sasha made this splendid salad and it was large and in charge, see the pies next to the bowl for a comparison. Good thing it was yummy!

We went and rode Bill and Ton's horses the day after thanksgiving. Ryan and Carter got to come play with us!

Wes took this lovely picture.

Isn't Ella adorable!

Ella and Wyatt riding together.

Markie and Tonya did Ella's nails for her...

I pretty much just did this...

Just joking, Markie did my nails the night before.

Roo and Carter and I put up the tree for mom and dad.

See what a good job we are doing.

Ryan put the star on, and did something to the top of the tree...

Roo and I decided to put the lights up on the house too. About half way through we got a little chilly and luckily Ryan came out and helped us finish up.

The finished product. I think we forgot to figure the lights out on the trees outside. Sorry mom. Thanks everyone for a great thanksgiving. I am thankful for the most amazing family ever!

Trip to the Dominican Republic... I warn you LOTS of pictures!

Just after we landed in Santo Domingo.

We stayed at the temple housing.

This is our little van/bus we traveled in for three hours.

When we stopped on our way to Higuey a little boy came up to us and asked us for food. As soon as he did this guy started running after him trying to use this taser on him because he said he was a thief.

We went to church on Sunday, didn't understand all of it, but I got the gist of it.

This was supposed to be the ghetto and they loved having their pictures taken.

The boss and I in front of one of the churches we worked in.

Emily (our hygienist) and I just after we set up for the first day.

Our motel. The Don Carols.

Can you say abcess?

He was nervous and had drawn a picture of a dog to comfort him.

Bending over like that hurt after a while.

Precious!

There were probably about 40 people that lived here I think.

Inside the church after all the action started.

This little boy had an infection coming out of his nose.

Even after we pulled our tooth she said we could still be friends.

Yep lawn chairs.

It POURED rain, this little boy was trying to stay dry.

He is chewing on sugar cane. It's pretty much wood that tastes like sugar and that's why all their teeth are rotted out.

We gave them the rest of our lunch, he wouldn't stop eating long enough for a picture.

I wanted to bring her home with me!

My first extraction.

This itsy bitsy spider sat down beside me.

This was after work one day they just kept asking us to take their pictures.

This was the toilet, anytime anything went in, a ton of mosquitoes came up... yes my bum did get bitten.

In front of the church.

Sadly this is how many were left over at the end.

Coconut... not that tasty.

These boys would wash our shoes for pesos.

This kid didn't have any shoes, but now he does.

He was pretty proud of this.

EVERYONE drives motorcycles there. The seats are extra long too so they would fit sometimes four people on one, kids and all.

Pretty paintings on the side of the road.

Mmmmm dinner.

We went to the baseball game after the last night.

First and oldest church in the Americas. Built in 15 something.

This is Chris Cross and I, A.K.A. Christopher Columbus, he founded this place.

Right before church. We were able to do baptisms and a session! Pretty neat!

In front of the temple right before we left. I'm not sure if you can handle any more pictures but if you can, we had a professional photographer come with us and her pictures are AMAZING. Here in the link for some of the pictures. http://janae-lastingmemoriesphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-much-to-be-thankful-for.html