...happy halloween, shaver & monkey love!

be sure to check out my other blog for a big post i just did about "being green."
you can click on this link to get there: www.everydayvalentine.blogspot.com
thanks- *laura*

in other news!

Happy Halloween!

paige was a little lamb- so cute. i decided to take a little video of her walking too...i've had a few requests. enjoy!

a few weeks ago we got to go up to Shaver Lake with our life group (small group/bible study- whatever you want to call it) and spend a fun weekend lounging, playing games & just hanging out. we stayed in a beautiful home that belongs to a family at our church- they were gracious enough to let us stay there for free! so fun.

check out the pictures by clicking on this link: shaver pics

monkey love...paige continues to love her monkeys. all monkeys...she loves them all. in fact she picks them up now and makes monkey noises. aaron has trained her well. enjoy the video below.

merry christmas, life group, elephants on parade, and a visit from the trempers...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

i hope that you all enjoy your holiday...as we celebrate Christ's birth i am reminded of all that i am thankful for. we have been blessed this year with circumstances and blessings that have been perfectly orchestrated by our loving heavenly Father. God prepared a wonderful place for us in fresno and we are grateful for aaron's job, a wonderful new house, great new friends who we have come to love and of course paige (the most wonderful christmas gift of all)! as i look at all of our christmas cards i am reminded that we are fortunate to have many wonderful extended families, great friends from growing up and amazing friends from college, new friends from our time in orange county and now fresno...we love you all. here are some pictures from the past week...we have more to come as my family left yesterday and aaron's family comes tomorrow!

merry christmas and may you be blessed in the new year!

our life group...we love these guys!

trent, deAuna, tim, tokunbo, me & paige, josh, katrina, adam & ashley
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this was our christmas gift exchange and party (unfortunately aaron was working and paige and i had to miss the walk down christmas tree lane...but it was still fun)!

our fun dinner to celebrate tim and deauna's birthdays!

elephants on parade!thank you ailie for my elephant shirt...i can finally wear it!

we love the trempers...so we were thrilled when we all decided to make it a tradition to get together every december for christmas. they agreed to come here for a few nights and boy did we have fun, fun, fun!

elsie (3), matt, carson (10 months), mishawn, me (auntie lala), paige (16 weeks), aaron (uncle a)

pictures with santa...the girls did great!
elsie loved holding paige...she couldn't get enough of her. at one point aaron said "you can hold her-but she is really hungry..." and this is what happened! aaron said elsie was giggling and saying "she is trying to feed from me uncle a..."

we opened presents together...

elsie loved her ballerina princess story (her name was in the book, along with carson & paige and where she lives...very cool!)

all three girls got a bath together...so fun!

elsie helped me make wrapping paper...she did such a great job!