I'm on the prowl for a new camera!

I had to take my camera back. I hated it! I've talked with several people about their likes and dislikes of certain cameras. The only problem is I can't remember which ones people like and dislike. Will you please give me your opinion of the cameras you know? I am looking for a camera that takes good pictures indoors and outdoors. Thanks! The sooner I get this all figured out the sooner I will have a camera to take pictures and blog.

Oh, I dream about Mexico!

Christian painted a ceramic frog while there, but he didn't want to do very much besides be at the ocean with his cousins.

The kids tried out using a skim board. It looked really hard to do. Christian just kept trying!

Christian and Aaron went on the waverunner for a little while! I sat on the beach and got way too much sun.

Christian with some lizard gecko things! I love this picture... totally gives a feel of what the beaches are like in Mexico. The vendors carry so much stuff around with them all day. Sometimes, I think they make a deal with you just to lighten their loads.

Aaron and I at one of the restaurants around the marina! The food was good, at least no one got sick that night.

What are your uncles teaching you? I hope that chest is just a buff man! Aaron helped too but this pictures of the best of their creation in the sand.



We just got back from Mexico and had a wonderful time! Christian was able to go with us this year too and really enjoyed his time with some of his cousins that were able to go too. He only ended up missing one day of school and the girls stayed with an awesome family while we were gone. I'm not sure if they really wanted to come home with us after spending so much time with all those girls!

The Girls with all the bells and Whistles!

The girls got all dressed up this morning in tutus and even put on press on nails and lipstick! They looked so adorable and were so colorful and girlie about how they looked it made me laugh. I remember being really obsessed with lip stuff and fingernails when I was young. My sister, Kathryn, even told me recently that I told her when we were younger that if her nails were long that she would be popular! That is so ridiculous! Ha Ha!

Christmas update

Christmas was horrible and wonderful this year! I ended up with a nasal infection on Christmas Eve. Same exact feeling I had 11 years ago when Aaron proposed to me. I felt a little better after a chiropractic adjustment, but the day after Christmas I could not get out of bed. It was like I bumped my head and went to bed and couldn't get up in the morning...ha ha! But it was a miracle because Aaron didn't have to work on Friday, so he took care of everything for me. I slept all day long!! I feel much better today. We didn't get very many Christmas pictures eventhough I got a new camera... bummer. Christian's favorite gift was his pokemon cards, Meliah's favorite was everything, and Lizzy's was her My Little Pony (she actually just says whatever she can see). Aaron didn't tell me what he liked most but he says he hasn't gotten it yet since I've been sick (I wonder what he means by that?? : ) ) My favorite gift was a camera and a family home evening awesomely ridiculous time-consuming set that Aaron's sister, Becky made for me. I love it! But now we all realize that one of the most important things we have is our health, and we are grateful to all be healthy now. Christian was actually the worst on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day... the 24 hour flu bug! Yuck! I hear that Aaron was always sick on Christmas too! Not very good timing!

We were able to spend some time on Christmas Eve with Aaron's family. It was a really nice time. We played murder, ate fondue, and watched Kerri take billions of pictures (She got a new camera for Christmas too). On Christmas day, we opened presents and played games as a family and got together with family in the evening. We did a white elephant gift exchange that was a blast... I didn't end up with what I wanted but oh well! The kids all picked names for each other, it was so fun to watch their faces as they gave to each other! The cousins all love each other so much!

Kids say the funniest things!

Elizabeth is right at the perfect height to hit her head on the mirrors that stick out on cars, but expecially our van. The other day, we pulled into the garage and she got out and hit her head on the mirror as she was on her way into the house. Immediately, she became very angry and said, "I don't know why cars have to have ears! I wish I could cut off all the cars' ears!" I laughed so hard at that despite her tears. It later hit me that mirrors and ears sounds very similiar! Just thought it was a great story to share with her when she gets older! Ha Ha!

Our trip to visit Santa!

Last Saturday we went to see Santa and got the kids' pictures taken. Meliah wants a cupcake maker, Elizabeth wants a barbie that has a horse. Christian said Santa didn't ask him what he wanted but he wants pokemon cards. We thought he looked sooo funny (grown up) sitting on Santa's lap and then assumed that Santa figured he was too big to still believe in Santa Claus. Poor Christian, he is kind of at the age when he is pretending that he still believes in Santa so he doesn't miss out on the benefits. The kids have been so wonderful this year, I know that they are on Santa's good list. I loved seeing how thrilled Elizabeth was to be with Santa. Her sweet voice made Santa melt!

Scout project with cousins!

We decided to do a scout project for Christian and his cousin Ivan last Wednesday! It was a fun time but really messy. I considered doing the project outside but decided not to because we were just going to be carving bars of ivory soap into shapes. How messy can soap be? I thought, it'll just make everything cleaner. Well, I was wrong! I wish I had taken a picture of the table and the floor and the house after they were done carving their animals. It was insane to clean up too! But they had such a fun time and really got into it. They somehow got stuck on wanting to do different animals coming out of their egg shells. Christian and Meliah did snakes, Lizzy did a chick and Ivan did a human coming out of it's egg (I'll let his dad explain that one to him)! I don't remember what Ammon did. Very funny kids... Notice Meliah's teeth... she had them pulled at the dentist last week (entire roots attached)!