On a sunday afternoon..

Have you ever felt like you've been stuck indoors all day and you just needed to get out?  Well that's what our sunday afternoon was like today.  Leva had a low fever going on after sacrament so we came home and put him to bed, along with Ke'ala.  She's had a cough and small runny nose for the past 2 days so we wanted to try and nip it in the butt before it gets worse. But by the time the late afternoon came along we all were kind of restless. on a whim we decided to go for a drive down south towards Ocean View.   We threw the kids in the car as they were.. (thats why they're only in a shirt and diapers).  On the way there we saw buffalo, a zebra, donkey and a texas longhorn?- on the side of the road so we pulled over and let the kids out to see them. Leva got excited and started waving and saying hi to the "buk-a-lo-lo" = buffalo and "zepta"= zebra.  Ke'ala just had a death grip on jesse and kept breathing heavy.  She's such a drama queen! Needless to say it was a nice drive and it was even nicer to get out of the house and get some fresh air.  I love sunday's like these!

Turkey Day

On Thanksgiving morning Jesse and I decided to take the kids to the park. It was such a nice morning, I'm glad we took them. It's always nice to get out, as far along as I am in this pregnancy, I hate to admit that I've been really uncomfortable and haven't been feeling like doing much.The kids had fun, I wish that we'd all been able to go together with my whole family, but hey, someone had to stay home and cook right?.. lol.. It was really nice to go as a little family.  Seeing the kids interact more with each other is just so funny and you dont realize how fast time goes by.

We had a really good day, alot of good food to eat thanks to my sis Lusi.. I think I only made 2 sides and she basically did the rest of the meal.. mmm it was good.. oh ya.. can't leave ela out, she helped peel the potatoes for my mashed potatoes.. lol. and made a scrumptious dessert.

I wish I would've taken more pics of the family thru out the day but by the time we were done at the park my battery was dead so it spent the rest of the day on the charger. BOO!

It's times like these that I wish the whole shebang were together for the holidays.  Even though it's a hundred times louder and crazier and there are kids running around like theres no tomorrow.. when it's all gone, you miss it terribly... HOW IS THAT?.. lol

This is a picture of my dad taking the grandkids for a ride on the lawn mower around the house.  They love it, especially Leva.  The first thing he asks either at the beginning of the day or the last before he goes to bed is, " Go Grampa ride tactor?" This kid is definitely all about big trucks and cars.

I got bored one day and painted Ala's toe nails. For such a big girl, she's got tiny toe nails..

Trick or Treat!

This yr for halloween I wanted to make the kids costumes.. we were really busy and had a tight budget so i went for simplicity and it was actually fun to find and put it all together. The kids were crayola crayons, super simple and cheap. The only thing I couldn't find which they were out of pretty much on the whole island ( or at least our side ) was face paint. Ke'alas felt started to peel off at the beginning of the evening because she was all over the place crawling. It was the hardest to try and get a good picture of the two of them together, Leva was so distracted by all the kids.

We definitely couldve done a better job on it, but with the short amount of time we had i think we did ok. It was definitely fun to do together as a family and I'm looking forward to next year and what we can do then.
I'm glad we went for simple and cheap this yr because the kids were more into playing than anything else. They wore their hats for just this picture we took and pretty much got wet and wouldve ruined their costumes had it been anything more extravagent. Now I just have to make a mental note to myself for the future, easy comfy costumes for ages 1-3 or 4.. maybe until they're old enough to understand halloween and are actually into the costumes and candy. For now, I'm pretty much collecting candy for myself.. lol.