Random shots

Camera shy.
My little ham!
PJ party watching The Incredibles.

Just chillin'

My other little ham!

Our Christmas Tree

This picture doesn't do it justice! I have 7 strands of lights on it.
The kid's decorating.

More kid's decorating.

This year, I wanted a real tree. I haven't had one since I lived at home more than a decade ago. (Gosh I'm getting old) Anyway, Menards had them on sale for cheap, and I thought this would be the year to do it. Next year we'll have another crawler, and have to worry about small decorations etc. So we went and got our tree, brought it in the house, and let the branches fall. When I was putting on the lights, I discovered an empty bird's nest. Somehow, that made me as excited as a 5 year old on Christmas morning. Then the kids helped me decorate it, then while they napped, I redecorated it....to kind of "even it out a little". Can I just say, that while I thought I was in the Christmas spirit before, I'm even more so now!

Some belated Thanksgiving pictures

Dan and Isaac aka big hair playing basketball after dinner.
Cynthia and Jazmin having a moment.

"Ryan, this is my gecko, Bob", says Taran.

Braeden, Uncle Danny, and Jazmin.

What can I say....he's a ham!

Pictures that have waited too long to be shared

Yeah!!! Today I got permission to put pictures of Jazmin on the blog without blurring her face out! That means I no longer have to be careful when I take them to make sure she's facing away, or spend time editing them. I can share the pictures of her adorable face. Here are a few of my favorites!

Thanksgiving 08
Oreo face 08

Halloween 08

Breaeden and Jaz Fall 08

Summer 08

Summer 08

Summer 08

Spring 08

Spring '08

Spring '08

Early spring '08

fall '07

Easter '08

Jazmin is learning to walk

All day on Thanksgiving, Jazmin was walking to and from anywhere she wanted to go. We didn't have our camera with video mode on it, but this one does have rapid fire shot. This is Jaz walking from Auntie Kendall to Uncle Bobby.

Jazmin loves to have her hair in braids and beads. She was flipping them back and forth all night and all day. I thought I'd try to catch a shot....worked pretty well!

Some China Pictures

Pearl TV tower at night.
Panoramic view from hotel room.
McDonald's kiosk.

Joel's hotel room.

Scary looking mask in a museum.

Interesting architecture.

China girl with a pigeon.

Medtronic Shanghai.

Joel with some co-workers from various countries.

A statue from the jade museum.

Not sure...but look at the air quality.

I'm not sure what all of these are of. I keep trying to sit down with Joel and get him to narrate what the story behind each shot is, but for some reason we just can't find the time. I'll do my best, but no promises on accuracy!

Picture Hiatus

Joel is having trouble getting the pictures from the camera onto the computer. As soon as he gets it straightened out, I'll post some. On a really exciting note (boring to most but not for me) I felt the baby moving last night!! I think that has to be one of my favorite parts of pregnancy, feeling that baby moving around and living inside you.