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happy belated to you

Grandma!!!

happy halloweeny

Hope everyone's Halloween festivities were fun and safe. Niki is a pretty spoiled little kid and had to be a few things this past week. First she was a senorita for our ward trunk-or-treat. Ashley and Luke got this dress for Niki from Spain and it was too perfect! Kris was proud of his little girl for winning "Most Beautiful" in the costume contest.

She also went to Grandma's trunk-or-treat where she was a ballerina princess. Amazingly I did not get a picture of that.

And finally yesterday she was the kitty cat that she had been looking forward to all month long. She was most excited about this costume and loved getting ready and trick-or-treating with her friends, Zyon and Kylee.

let's play a little catch up....

Oh my. Its a good thing that blogger doesn't kick people off for neglecting their blogging responsibilities.
Not much is new with us. Besides the fact that we have been baking in the recent tradewind-less weather. We loved the rain today!
We were happy to have Kris home from work this past week and tried to squeeze in some family time. Here are some pictures.

byodo-in temple

golfing

urgent!

Project Runway! Tomorrow night! It is now on Lifetime (cable channel 68, digital channel 448) and premiers at 7pm and re-airs at 8:30pm.

currently

obsessed with

Actually Niki is. And it is fine with me cause it really is a terrific movie. I found it at Walmart in the $5 bin. She watches it everyday!

And potty training is going well. We haven't had an accident in 2 days going on 3. I am still chicken though and put a diaper on her if we go somewhere. I need to fully commit on that part. But she goes to the potty on her own and we get so excited after she goes and does the potty dance. Its cute to see when kids are proud of themselves.

some major catch up

Oh man. Sorry for the delayed postings. And for the large amounts of pictures. I'm not really organized in the first place and then coming home from a long trip throws me off even more. But I'm finally posting so I hope you enjoy.

We are in the middle potty training. Oh man. Niki is finally catching on and is not showing any more fear towards the potty. She is pooping on it successfully and has had only a couple of shi shi accidents. I am now afraid of this commitment. Always having to ask and running her to the potty. So I'm really working on training myself.

family and hollywood

We were so happy to see Kris's family. Spent some quality time with Niki's grandma and aunties. Here is Luz and mini Luz.

Niki relaxing on a lazy afternoon.

In Long Beach Ports of Call.

Kris at the Laker parade.

And did I mention that we saw Cameron Diaz getting her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood? Tom and Katie were there too.Just 3 days before we lost him.

fun with the moffat's

It was so fun to play with these fun kids for a weekend. This is my favorite picture.

Check out Ashley's post about our fiesta. We went to SeaWorld! It was so fun. A day full of awesome shows and amazing creatures. Niki loved all of it. She still chants for Shamu!

We also went to the beach in Laguna. The water was far too cold for my liking but it was a beautiful day.I call this a Brangelina paparazzi picture. It looks like a celebrity couple on vacation with some adopted kids.

in utah

We had so much fun in Utah. Lots of awesome people. Lots of fun activities.

My beautiful sister!! I love you and miss you!

Jordan and Niki had lots of fun together.

These 2 were pretty funny. Check out Molly's blog for more cute pictures. We went to the Ochre Mountain Temple open house.

We went to Thanksgiving Point. Dinosaur Museum and a fun farm area where Niki fed goats.

Our old friends the Healey's. Check out Lindsey's blog for some cute pictures of Niki and her little friend Caylin.

Got to see some of my oldest and bestest friends!

vay-cay

We are going on our summer vacation. I will be back to the blogging world in 3 weeks. With lots of photos. Peace out.

another laker's post

But I promise it's the last one till next season :)

Congrats to LA for the win!

just thought i'd throw these on here...

gooooooooooo lakers go!

Thank you, Lakers, for winning the Western Conference Finals. Thank you for advancing yourselves into the big Finals. Our home is a much happier place.

Watching the game with dad