November and December 2010

Things got super busy around here and now 5 months have gone by since my last post. Bear with me as I try and get caught up on what has happened since Halloween. 

Thanksgiving was spent in St. George with the Proctor Family. We thought a few family members weren't going to be able to make it but they surprised us at the last minute and we were all together. It was a great time but for some reason I didn't take any pictures. Here are a couple I stole from my sister-in-law's blog. 

The kid's table

Yummy Thanksgiving Meal

Gingerbread houses

Paige's special smile

The kids got dressed in their Christmas pj's and exchanged gifts with one another. I still can't believe there are 7 of them now and soon to be 8.




Our Christmas card photo taken in St. George

We had a great time in St. George but as soon as we got back to Salt Lake I had to get back to packing. Paul accepted a transfer out to the Bay Area so we had a month to pack up all our stuff and move out that way. And when I say "we" I really mean "I" had a month to pack up all our stuff. Paul headed out there earlier than us to start work. We were in Salt Lake just over 5 months so just when we were starting to feel settled it was time to pack up again. We really enjoyed our time in Salt Lake even though it was a short stay. We especially loved being close to Paul's sister and family. We really miss them! Here are some pictures of the kids helping me pack. 

We moved to Los Gatos, CA the first weekend in December. The move went smoothly and the kids were great during the long drive. We quickly got unpacked and then headed to Michigan for Christmas with the Park Family. We don't make it out that way too often so it was so nice to have some time there. Our kids are the only grand kids in the family so they get way spoiled with gifts and attention. My sister brought her dog, "Lola", from New York who was a great hit with the family. Paige still calls for Lola once in a while.

Park Family

Christmas Eve

Paige on the tambourine during our Christmas Eve karaoke night 

Paul singing with Dad and Uncle Chong

Christmas morning

With Uncle Chong

With Grandma and Grandpa

Making Christmas cookies

Our Christmas cookies

Lola snoozing with Chong

We are lucky to have such great families. Thanks everyone for a great Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Halloween 2010

We had a busy Halloween Week this year. It started with a local pumpkin patch at a Flower Store. It was a really cute place but it started raining as we were walking in. We hung out under this tent for an hour hoping the rain would pass but it never did. We still had fun running around and playing hide-and-go-seek. We wanted to go back another day but never made it back.

Mom and Paige

Paul

Paul

We picked out some pumpkins and had our cousins and some friends over for pumpkin carving.

Paul and Dad carving

Al and Sam

Annie and Kristen

Lil Paul's finished pumpkin. Paul drew the face himself including the unibrow.

Dad's finished pumpkin that looks like that one guy from Sesame Street.

Playing on the stairs

Anika sliding down the stairs

Paige

Finished Pumpkins. We ran out of time and didn't get to Paige's pumpkin.

Our Church had a Trunk-or-Treat one night. It was so fun but my camera died after I took one photo. Here is Paul in his Buzz Lightyear costume. He really wanted to be Buzz and really went into character. We caught him pressing the red button on his costume and saying "transform." I guess he transformed into Buzz and then he would fly away.

Paul had a little Halloween Party at school that the parents were invited to. They sang some Halloween songs to us and then did some trick-or-treating.

Buzz with Dad

Buzz with Mom

This is Paul's class

We also spent a day at Wheeler Farm visiting the animals, going on a tractor hayride and doing a corn maze. It was a beautiful fall day and the kids had a great time together.

Here is Paul petting a baby goat

Paul with Paige and Jane

Paige posing for the camera

Paige and Jane

The kids on the tractor hayride

Paul, Annie and Same with the pumpkins they picked

Paul and Paige

If Halloween falls on a Sunday, Utah does the trick-or-treating on Saturday. So Saturday night we did a little trick-or-treating with the kids and their cousins. Paul dressed up as a vampire, I was a witch, Lil Paul was Buzz and Paige was a Bumblebee.

Our dressed up family. If some of you are thinking, "wow, Eunnie looks pregnant", it's because I am. I am 3 1/2 months prego due on May 1st. I usually don't look that pregnant just a bad photo/angle.

Buzz and Bee

Scary witch and Buzz

The cutest little bee