Festival of the Nativities

Last Saturday (Dec. 11) afternoon, we drove over to Vancouver, WA to an LDS church house to see lots of Nativities set up thoughout the Gym, and some classrooms. It was really neat to see all sorts of different types of Nativities, there was even some with frogs and chickens, which was kinda strange. http://www.festivalofnativities.org

Braxton is now 17

Happy Happy Birthday Braxton!!

We had a good time playing "Scriptionary" for Braxton's birthday and FHE.

Disney on Ice

The Girls and I at Disney on Ice.

Halloween 2010

Makenna was a hula girl.

Madison was an Egyptian queen.

Homecoming 2010

Homecoming 2010

This year Braxton was voted again to be on the Homecoming court, there are 5 couples in each grade. Today was the assembly. Man my High School had about 1/3 of the students that are at Braxton's school. I think his class (Juniors) has the same amount of kids that were in all of the classes combined at mine.

(I'm sad the pictures are blurry, I have a hard time in low light. I need to figure that out:))

Going to Homecoming

This year Braxton asked a girl named Molly to Homecoming we made some fortune cookies and put the question in them, we also made a Chinese takeout box. He has Seminary with her first period, he set it on her desk, hopefully she will say yes.

New Hobby

It's amazing what you can do with $5.oo worth of foam from Home Depot.

Michael and the kids out flying and crashing the RC plane that he built.

The next plane Michael is building - should be ready for a test flight (hopefully not a test crash) in a week or so. The kitchen is no longer the kitchen it is Michael's airport. :)

Southern Oregon Coast Trip

August 31st-September 2nd we went to check out the southern coast of Oregon. We stayed in a yurt and did lots of fun things. A few of the things that we did were rock hounding, went to the West Coast Safari Park, saw some cranberry bogs, played on some beaches, saw some lighthouses, played zilch.

Looking for pretty rocks and shells on a beach near Cape Blanco.

Braxton taking it easy on Agate Beach.

Braxton being silly.

More being silly.

Madison on Agate Beach.

We found some pretty rocks on Agate Beach.

The boys checking out where the Coquille River meets the Ocean.

Coquille River Lighthouse.

Makenna dancing and running around on Agate Beach.

Madison on Agate Beach.

Makenna holding an opossum at the West Coast Safari Park in Bandon, OR.

Makenna and some of the deer that were roaming around at the park.
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Makenna holding either Slippers or Flippers the Ferret.

Madison holding the oppossum.

Michael being silly with Mr. Jiggles the groundhog.

Madison holding either Slippers or Flippers the Ferret.

Michael and Madison playing with the Bengal Tigers Sherrif and Sarge. If I remeber right they are 12 weeks old.

Michael and Makenna petting Cadence the Caracal Cat.

Michael and Madi.

King Jullian the Lemur was our favorite, we left the park wanting one. He was the cutest little thing. He would hold your finger and lick you. His hands felt like a leather glove.

Makenna and one of the goats that were roaming around.

More of King Jullian the Lemur.

More goats and deer.

Madison and Makenna feeding Sarge and Sherrif the Bengal Tigers.

Madison and Makenna playing with the 4 week old African Spotted Leopards, Tank and Tonka.

Landon with slippers or flippers the ferret.