Christmas Recital

I had 10 students playing in the recital this year! It was a lot of fun and very rewarding to see their hard work pay off, as they all did great.Carter played 'What Child is This' and 'Boogie Woogie Beat'. Gabby volunteered to go first and played 'Hark, How the Bells' and 'Happy Song'. Thanks to the Tenneys for letting us use their home for the recital!

Gingerbread house

The kids teamed up to decorate a gingerbread house before Christmas. Turned out pretty good!

 

9 years!

Can't believe Carter is 9 today! Thought we would put up some of her baby pics and ooo and ahhh :) She was so cute.

Just minutes old, spending quality time with Dad (before we had a digital camera)

My teeny tiny 5 pounder has grown up.  She is so fun to have in our family and we can't wait to see what great things she'll do this year!

Here are some of her favorites right now...

Song: You Belong With Me, Taylor Swift
Food: Egg Sandwiches...every year
Subject in School: Science
Dessert: Cheesecake
Color: Purple
Movie: Harry Potter
Things to do: Read, Play with Friends
Sport: Gymnastics
Book: Harry Potter...of course :)

Man Cave

Nate took me in to see his latest lego creation...it's Nate and his Daddy sitting on the couch, watching a football game, eating dinner. Ha ha! Nate is his Daddy's boy!

Preschool Zoo Trip

As part of our preschool co-op, we decided to do a zoo day. Since it landed on Veteran's day, the big brothers and sisters got to come too. The kids got to do a cute scavenger hunt (thanks Beth!) to keep track of all the animals they saw and enjoyed being with their friends all day!
 

Nate feeding the giraffe a carrot

Sparks and Burbank kids

The ride home...the preschoolers were exhausted!

Halloween 2012

Rachel and Gabby

Gabby as Periwinkle

Hermoine and Harry

Costumes

Nate as Harry Potter

 

Robert as a Pirate (wouldn't you love a hygienist with teeth like this?)

 

Painting pumpkins 2012

Hermoine with her Harry Potter and Hedwig pumpkins. She did a great job making these without much help!

Gabby with her princess ballerina pumpkin

Nate picked one of the little pumpkins from the backyard to paint. It ended up being rainbow polka-dot-y. He also painted a really cute black spider pumpkin at preschool, no pics though.

Jack-o-lantern Pizza

The kiddos each made their own pizza pumpkin before Halloween. They are never that happy to help with dinner!
 

 

 

Spirit Week

Had to include a few pictures from spirit week...

gotta love nerd day

Disney/Pixar day, can you guess who Carter was?

Remy from Ratatouille!

Super-Nate

*cutest toothless superhero ever*
 

 

Waimea Bay

Our favorite beach to visit was Waimea Bay. It had the best waves! These little silvery-blue fish were caught in the current and would get washed up on the beach. The kids would gather them up and put them in a pail of water.
 
Then, Hope had fun trying to grab them in the bucket.

One of our favorite memories of Hawaii is when Carter got one of the little fish stuck in her lifejacket. She did not think it was funny, which made us laugh more!
We were so glad we got to visit David and Mandy and the kids. It made us miss them more and we wish these cousins got to see eachother more often. Love you guys!

Beach Dance, by Solomon

Um, watching Solomon walk the beach with his flippers on was so cute. I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures of him :)
 

 

Polynesian Cultural Center

The kids loved the Polynesian Cultural Center! They got to dance, craft, play games, take a boat ride, watch shows, fish, get tatoos...it was a good time.

Nate even got crowned King of Tonga!