Missionary Moment Visit

It was a quick missionary moment visit with my Nephew but it was worth it.  Elder Hamish Macpherson has been serving his mission in Sacramento, CA for the last 2 years and he leaves for home in February.  We were able to take him and his companion out for breakfast on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  It took us about 7 hours to drive there but it was worth it.
Elder Macpherson has served an awesome mission and we are so happy that he has had such a great experience.  He will be very blessed for all of his good works.

 

The kids couldn't get enough of him.  They all wanted to be close to him.  Kendell was so cute and wanted to sit by him during breakfast and was hugging him most of the time.

 

Elder Hamish we love you and we were so glad to have come to see you before you went home to Montreal.  Come and visit us soon.

A project or two

Project #1-Sydney's Quilt

I started this in July and finally bound it in December and made the pillow to match.

Project #2-Manger

My hubby designed, cut, sanded and stained this manger for me.  Thanx sweet'ums I love it.

Project #3-Pillow and PJ's

Madison and I made this for Thys for Christmas with matching PJ's.  We also made a pillow and pair of PJ's for Peter and Harrison too (with different designs).

Project #4-Cloth Dolls

And my fav...from Santa...these adorable dolls.  Madi, Syd and Ellie all got one.  I got the pattern from Rachelle's blog.

Merry Christmas everyone.  I hope you got all your projects done too.  :)

Adventures in Hawaii

We were blessed to go to Hawaii for a week in November.  My mom came along as well as my niece, Jasmine and her friend, Crystal.  This trip only happened because of my mom who paid for our accommodations and my parent-in-laws along with Nola who took care of our children while we were there.  We had a great time hanging out with my cousin Deb and doing some really awesome things.  We were truly blessed.

Waimea Valley Falls

Ko'olau Mountain Range

Chinaman's Hat

Maunawilli Falls and Trail

It's great to be eight!

Sydney turned 8 years old in October.  She is so excited to be baptized.  She is a very special girl.  And we love her very much.

 Daddy baptized Sydney and mom and her brother and sisters were there for her.

Grandma and Grandpa Hallen came as well as her Auntie Nola and cousins.   It was very special.

Grandma Marilyn came from BC to see the wonderful event as well.  And many ward members and friends supported her.

Madison and two of her friends sang a beautiful song.

October Fun

October was a busy month....
Thys turned 5 years old.

He had a jungle themed party.  We pushed the furniture against the walls brought in  a lot of bushes and branches and created our own little jungle right in our front room.

Sydney is 8 years old now!

Sydney and Andrew had a Halloween Birthday party together.  There were over 20 kids there.  It was a lot of fun.

Halloween fun!