Phoenix Field

On Christmas Eve we all met at the park, my Dad brought rockets, Josh brought a remote controlled airplane and some slingshot helicopters and Alec brought Bjorn and a frisbee. It was so much fun! We all just hung out and played in the warm winter sun. Vera practiced her walking, the kids chased down the parachutes as they fell from the sky, and the ladies hung out and talked, it was my favorite day.

We had such a fun Christmas!

The day after we arrive in California my parents put us to work on our annual service project. My Dad purchased a portion of an orange orchard's fruit and drove down to Fresno to get the fruit. He brought back 6000 lbs of oranges, tangerines, and lemons that were picked fresh that morning. He had a local company donate boxes and we packaged them all up and delivered them to two local stakes worth of families and people in need, it was super fun. I love citrus this time of year:) We got out my parents juicer and made fresh orange juice and orange rolls on Christmas morning.

California in the fall

We took a quick trip to California a few weeks ago and had a super fun time.

Newport 2011

This year was a blast, as usual, here are all my favorite pics, most of them are repeats you have already seen, but we really had such a fun time.

Buddies

Grace and Mae have become little buddies, they can play house or boat or make anything fun with their imaginations. They love to empty closets and shoe boxes and change their outfits a dozen times . . . that's what cousins are for right?