Christmas! (Belated)

Once again, I'm frightfully late on my posting. I have to get my Christmas and New Years pics up so I can post stuff from my birthday! Which was amazing, by the way. Also, I still have Hong Kong pictures I need to post! Yikes.

Anyway, on to Christmas. This first picture doesn't actually have that much to do with Christmas, but the Christmas Tree IS in the background.

Carson with a chipmunk on his head. Random but awesome.
(See the tree in the background? See it?)


Okay, on to actual Christmas pictures. :)

My new Droid phone! Which I love! A whole lot! Probably more than anything! ! ! !


Bree zipping up her new PJs.

Carson attempting to do the same.

Those of you who remember THIS, will appreciate almost as much as I did the fact that Taylor and Faith got me a Lego set. I LOVE it.

Bree concentrating very hard on opening her present. Don't you just love that face?

Carson LOVES books!

He also loves his new hobby horse. He used it as a weapon instead of something to ride on, which was pretty hilarious.

Rachel, Jarrett, and Ali opening Twister!

Ronny getting read to by Grandma . . .

and Grandpa . . .

Then trying to do it himself! I love the upside-down book and the little bare foot. :)

All the kiddos playing Twister. The game was a HUGE hit! That's pretty much what we did the entire time we were there. It was a blast!

A video of the kids playing Twister! Jarrett tries so hard to get the right hand/foot and color. :)

New Years, Birthday, and Hong Kong coming soon!

More Adventures With Bree and Carson

If you don't at least get some laughter from the next few pictures, consider yourself inhuman. Ready? Make sure you're sitting down.

L. O. L.
Carson's expression just about makes me pee my pants every time I see this. Little scholars, both. They LOVED their "glasses."


Okay, picture this. You walk up to the front door of your house and a huge note in your mom's handwriting is taped to it. It reads: "Please do not disturb the spider web."

Uh . . .
How big a spider web are we talkin' here?

So, with more than mild apprehension, you open the door and walk in to find . . .

This?

Not exactly what you were picturing . . .

Aha! There's the spider! And . . . Bree?

It's all coming together now, isn't it?

My mother made the mistake of giving Bree a ball of yarn and turning her back for more than 1 second. That little tornado of a three-year-old wrapped yarn around every stationary object in the house, and probably would have got Carson too if she could've gotten him to hold still long enough. On the plus side, She was extremely entertained, and it really wasn't that hard to clean up.

Ready for some more of Bree's creativity? Let's call this next section "A Hundred-and-One Ways to Use Toilet Paper".

Faith, don't worry. I know that you shouldn't let small children put plastic bags over their heads. But really, isn't this picture worth any potential danger she might have been in? Concrete proof that Bree is insane. Just look at those eyes!

I looked up and there was Bree, up to her knees in unwrapped toilet paper. I still have no idea how she managed it.

The creativity continues . . .

For the record, she could walk around like this! Flexible ankles is all I have to say about that.

Her masterpiece! Admittedly, I had to help a little with this. As you can see, she wasn't quite tall enough.

Getting ready for a dramatic toppling.
(can toppling be used as a noun? I sort of doubt it. Pretend with me, okay?)

There it goes!

The aftermath.

So, I forgot that my camera's videos can't be flipped, so you'll have to watch this sideways. My bad. I promise it's worth it, though. :)

Stay tuned for more adventures with these two, because there always are. :)

Goodbye to the Neily

I realize this is really late, but I've been pretty busy with Christmas and going to school again and all that, so cut me some slack. :) I just wanted to post some pictures we took of Neily before he headed into the field! (If anyone isn't on his email list, make sure you give me your email address so I can add you.)

Neilina with the Pangan Clan. Jarrett just might be missing him more than I am.

Our attempt at a picture with all his nieces and nephews. How is it that Neil is the only one looking at the camera? And not one of them looks normal . . . Oh well. It would actually probably be weirder if they were all smiling happily at the camera . . .

A serious moment between Elder Neily and Bree. This is the morning before he left for the MTC.

A less than serious moment between Elder Neily and Bree. He's so proud of teaching her to go cross-eyed.

An adorable moment between Elder Neily and Bree. 'Nough said.

Elder Neily practicing his "missionary walk" with Dad. Doesn't he look official?

Me and Elder Neily at the MTC! He managed to close his eyes.

Elder Neily and Mom and Dad at the MTC! He managed to look shifty. :)

Well, that's about it. We miss him like crazy, but we're so proud of him, too! He's loving serving the people of 'Bama, as he calls it, and doing well. Here's to you, Elder!