Ningcharoen Family

Japanese Exchange Student

2012-02-15T19:17:00.000-08:00

This past summer we had a Japanese exchange student stay with us for 2 weeks. It was a lot of fun and I think Avery fell in love with Shinichi. She followed him everywhere. We took him to the Grand Canyon and down to St. George. We also took him to 7 Peaks Water Park and all around Salt Lake City. Shinichi was a great fit for our family and we miss him a lot. We did get him to start a facebook so we can keep in contact with him!

Giving Buddy away

2012-01-31T16:22:00.001-08:00

This summer we gave Buddy away. He was a good dog, house trained and obedient, but he kept chewing the kids toys. I felt like I was losing $10 here and $20 there and I just couldn't take it anymore. We gave him to my friends mom. Her husband had recently passed away and her dog is getting up there so they wanted him for a companion for her. She spoils him rotten. He sleeps on her bed with her and she also cooks dinner for him every day. I'm glad he went to a good home. The kids have adjusted fine to him being gone. They miss him, but they are also happy that their toys don't get ruined anymore.

Jaylin is a Green Belt

2012-01-30T20:03:00.000-08:00

Jaylin earned her Green Belt in Tae Kwon Do! She is the youngest in her class and the only girl. Jaylin takes Tae Kwon Do seriously and works hard at it every day. We are so proud of you Jaylin!

Asians on the Farm

2011-12-20T13:31:00.001-08:00

We went to the Dudley's farm and rode their horses. It was our Asians on the farm day. Yai has never ridden a horse before and we also had our foreign exchange student Shinichi from Japan with us. Yai's sister and her family from St. George came up and our neighbors the Shums came as well. It was a lot of fun riding the horses. I think everyone had a great time!!

Jaylin's Green Belt Test

2011-12-20T13:26:00.000-08:00

Jaylin tested for her Green Belt and did an awesome job. She passed with flying colors!

David's 7th Birthday

2011-12-20T13:20:00.000-08:00

David turned 7 in July and his Aunt and Uncle and cousins from St. George came up and took him to Seven Peaks Water Park for the day. He had a lot of fun. Then he came home and opened presents and we sang Happy Birthday and had cake. Sorry there aren't any pictures of the cake and opening presents, the camera ran out of battery. I can't believe he is 7 already!

4th of July 2011

2011-09-03T07:25:00.001-07:00

This year for the 4th of July weekend we went camping in Beaver Mountain. We made it back home just in time for our neighborhood pot luck and firework show. It was a lot of fun, the kids loved the fireworks. And it was my hubby's birthday. Happy Birthday Hon!

Jaylin Lost Her First Tooth!!!

2011-09-03T07:14:00.001-07:00

Jaylin lost her first tooth in June 2011. I think she bumped it on something and kept play with it until it was so loose we had to pull it. It was her front tooth as well. There is no permanent tooth coming in yet so she may have that gap for a couple years. She's 5 1/2 years old was so excited to "finally" lose a tooth like David. He lost his first tooth on the bottom in April. Jaylin looks older to me with that tooth missing. Love you baby girl!

Before she lost her tooth

No new tooth coming in

After. She is so cute!

Camping 2011

2011-09-01T19:19:00.000-07:00

We went on our first family camping trip. It was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast. We went with Yai's sister, her family, her husband's brother's family, and their friend's family. We went to Beaver Mountain for the 4th of July weekend. We went on a 10 mile hike over two mountain tops with no trail and my toes got bruised so bad. I didn't have the right kind of shoes for hiking. We took the kids fishing and they did great. Jaylin wasn't afraid of the fish at all and thought it was really squishy. David on the other hand didn't even want to touch it. We roasted marshmallows of course and ate great food, and just had a great time enjoying each others company. Sorry for the picture overload.

The Ningcharoen kids and their cousins all squished in the van to drive up to the start of our 10 mile hike.

Kids all ready for their big hike on Beaver Mountain

David and Kensley on top of a mountain

Avery and her new "boyfriend" Dillon hiking, he was so great with her and carried her most of the way.

More hiking

Roasting marshmallows with daddy

The kids playing in the lake

David caught a fish, but he didn't want to touch it

Jaylin's first time fishing!

Jaylin caught a fish and loved the feel of it

Avery caught a fish with Uncle Scott's help

The girls at the lake being social and fishing

Kiersten entertaining the kids at camp while the adults get dinner cooking

Everyone having a good time at camp

Air Show 2011

2011-08-28T14:41:00.001-07:00

We went to our first air show out in Wendover. It was pretty cool. We went with Yai's sister and her family. David loved looking at all the planes. Our favorite was the F16 wow was that jet loud and fast! We went to Subway for lunch and when we came back to park the van the F16 flew right over us, it was pretty low down and we had to hurry to cover our ears and hold on the car at the same time. It shook the van so much I thought the windows would explode. Pretty sweet. Of course we hurried and parked and ran back into the show to see some of the cool things this jet could do. After that David decided he wants to fly jets when he grows up, so maybe the Air Force will have a new recruit in about 14 years. I got totally fried. No one else got sunburned, just me. It was so bad that after we got home I sent Yai to Wal-Mart to buy a big bottle of Aloe Vera, which was a life saver. It definately was a fun day with family.

The kids and their cousins at the first jet in the exhibit.

Everyone checking out the cockpit of the plane

All the kids after they looked inside the plane

Watching the plane taxie on the runway

Check out that huge plane, it was pretty fun to look at

Our favorite jet the F16

Another view of the F16

Cute little blue plane

Look how close they fly in their formation. It was pretty crazy.

Checking out a Humvee.

Yai and David's First Father & Sons'

2011-08-13T21:27:00.000-07:00

David and Yai had their first ever Father & Son's camp out with our ward in June. Our wonderful neighbors let them borrow their camping gear. Of course David loved it and has been talking about it for days. Now it looks like we will have to buy our own camping gear so we can do this as a family, since the girls have been wanting to try camping. I'm glad Yai and David were able to have such a great time and awesome bonding and a father and son.

David with his first campfire

David with the tent all set up

Inside the tent before they go to bed

David chillin around the campfire hanging with the boys

David and Tucker the next morning trying to warm up

Daddy and son at the end of their camp out.

David's Sleepover

2011-08-13T21:15:00.000-07:00

David has been having sleepovers with his friend Jace for over a year now, and they can never wait to have another one. This time I just happened to have my camera and took some pictures. It was Jace's turn to sleep over at our house and the boys had a blast. They played games with the girls, and then of course David and Jace had to play the Wii and watch Mario movies all night. They even got to sleep in the family room by themselves. I'm so glad these boys are such good friends.

Jaylin with her pillow looking so cute

All the kids doing super hero poses

This is how I found the boys in the morning. Kids really can sleep anywhere, in any position

My little Bug is so dang cute!

David and Jaylins' Tae Kwon Do Test

2011-08-07T17:20:00.000-07:00

David tested for his Red Belt in Tae Kwon Do and Jaylin tested for her Senior Yellow Belt in Tae Kwon Do. They both did a great job. They both passed their test. Congratulations guys, you were awesome!!!

David waiting for his turn to test

David getting his board signed from Master Augustine, and Jaylin waiting for her turn to get her board signed.

Utah State Tae Kwon Do Championships 2011

2011-08-07T15:41:00.000-07:00

David competed in the Utah State Tae Kwon Do Championships back in April and did amazing. He's a Senior Blue Belt and competed in Forms and Sparring. This tournament in a qualifying tournament to compete at Nationals, which David qualified for. David won his sparring match by a landslide of points. He did great! Unfortunately we did not go to San Jose, California this summer which is where Jr. Olympics/Nationals was held.

David and his friend Andrew holding their school banner for the Opening Ceremonies

David sitting with his team during the Opening Ceremonies

David and Avery sitting with their friend Cadence waiting for their turn to compete

David (on the right) bowing in for his forms competition

David with his 1st Place trophy in Forms

David (on the left) being declared the winner of the match

David with his 1st Place trophy from Sparring

Jaylin's Yellow Belt Tae Kwon Do Test

2011-05-22T19:07:00.000-07:00

In March Jaylin tested for her yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is the youngest in her class and the smallest. She did an awesome job. We are so proud of her. I posted a couple videos from her test.

Park City Fun with Cousins!

2011-05-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

We went to Park City in March around Avery's birthday to go tubing. Unfortunately it was raining and the snow was all slushy, not good for tubing so they told us we could hang out and play in the snow for free! We went with Yai's sister and her family. The kids had so much fun playing in the snow with their cousins from St. George. This is a picture overload post :)

Yai and kids snowball fight

Kyleigh

Avery

David being attacked with snow from daddy

David eating the snow

Avery so cute playing in the snow

David going head first down the snow hill

Jaylin going down the snowhill

Kensley going down the hill

Avery going down the hill

Jaylin going backwards

Kyleigh going down the hill

Avery at the top of the snow hill

Snowman

2011-05-21T15:52:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of snow and the girls decided they wanted to build a snowman. They used M&M's for the eyes and nose, Taffy pieces for the mouth, and Mini Marshmellows for the buttons.

Avery's 3rd Birthday!!!

2011-05-21T15:33:00.000-07:00

Avery turned 3 in March, I know I'm just a little behind :) I made her a white sprinkle cake with pink strawberry frosting and put princess toys on the cake for her birthday. Sorry we forgot to take pictures of her blowing out the candles. She got a couple presents from us and a card with $5 in it from Nanny (my mom). Avery wanted to go to Mc Donald's for her birthday dinner so we let the kids play on their playground for a while then we had dinner and ice cream cones. When we got home we sang to Avery and had some cake, the kids took a bath and went to bed. Happy Birthday Avery!!!

Avery letting us know she's a big 3 year old.

Avery opened her card from Nanny and didn't realize there was $5 in the card. When I pointed it out to her she ran around to everyone showing us her money.

Opening a big present

It's a Hungry Hippo Game!

What could this present be?

I love her face looking at her new toy.

It's Snow White!

Jaylin is 5!!!

2011-03-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my beautiful princess Jaylin. She turned 5 in January. I can't believe how big and grown up she is. She wanted french toast for her birthday breakfast so daddy got up early to make it for her and the rest of the family. Jaylin was so surprised when she came downstairs and saw her brand new princess bike that she had been wanting since her 4th birthday. She also got a birthday card from Nanny (Ashley's mom) and it had a princess crown in it that she couldn't wait to wear. This year Jaylin wanted to go to Trafalga for her birthday, they have rides and a rock climbing wall, put put golf, and laser tag. It was a lot of fun. She had a lot of her friends come to celebrate with her and of course it was princess themed so I went all out on her cake and ordered a special disney princess cake that she loved!!! I was a fun and special birthday for her. This post is a picture overload post. hope you enjoy!

Christmas 2010

2011-03-15T07:03:00.000-07:00

I know this post is way past due. This Christmas was a lot of fun for our family. My parents stayed with us this Christmas which made it extra special. I think they had a lot of fun watching the kids open all their presents and enjoyed opening a few surprise presents themselves. We had a ward Christmas party with hot chocolate and lots of desserts. We went to my sisters house on Christmas Eve for our family annual Christmas party and ate great food, read the Christmas Story, sang songs, and ... Santa came with presents for the little kids. When we got home the "elves" had brought early presents to us, they were jammies for everyone. David was trying to figure out how the elves got to our house to bring the jammies. It was really cool, he was so into the "Magic" of Christmas this year. We had a buffet to munch on all day, watched movies, played games and just hung out together as a family.

The kids with their "new" jeep

stocking stuffers

The kids coming down the stairs Christmas morning

All the presents under the tree

Another view of all the presents under the tree

Avery on Santa's lap at my sister's house

Jaylin on Santa's lap at my sister's house

David on Santa's lap at my sister's house

David and Jaylin on Santa's lap at the ward Christmas party. (Avery was too scared of Santa to sit on his lap)

Sisters giving each other loves at the ward Christmas Party

Trick or Treat!!!

2011-01-08T22:03:00.000-08:00

Sorry this post is so far behind. We had a lot of fun this year for Halloween. First everyone got their own little pumpkins to gut out and carve. We had our ward Halloween Party and ate some good chili and the kids went trick or treating around the cultral hall. Then we went with our friends to the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake to trick or treat around the stores and then the Kids Museum at the Gateway had a fun full day of Halloween activities for the kids so we stopped over there for a few hours. And of course trick or treating around our neighborhood. Can I just say the kids got a ton of candy this year. It was a lot of fun.

The kids gutting their pumpkins.

Avery at the church Halloween Party wearing her friend Emily's Princess Peach hair.

David (Mario), Jaylin (TKD girl), Avery (Kitty Cat)

Avery and Jaylin trick or treating at the Gateway.

All the kids at the Gateway ready for trick or treating. (Paxton, Avery, Jaylin, and David)

David and Jaylin fishing at the Children's Museum.

Avery fishing at the Children's Museum.

The Dads playing at the Children's Museum. (hard to tell who had more fun, the dads or the kids!)

Yai and David in the Control Tower at the Children's Museum

The kids going around the maze full of activities.

Trick or Treating around the neighborhood!!!

Dinsneyland #2

2010-12-11T07:34:00.000-08:00

We went to California Adventure Park and had a good time there, but it's no Disneyland. We saw the water show and what can I say, but it was amazing. I've never seen anything like it. We spent another day at Disneyland as well and had a great time. Also during this trip David had a Tae Kwon Do tournament. My instructor Master Shin was hosting the tournament and so Yai and the kids got to meet my tkd teacher. David did a great job and we are so proud of him. It was a fun tournament and vacation.

Our little family with Sully from Monsters Inc.

Jaylin all cute from swimming

Our date night at Roy's with Scott and Kay.

The kids passed out in our bed from their first day at Disneyland.

The kids with their cousins and sleeping beauty.

Kay, Yai and the kids

The kids in Mickey's playhouse.

Meeting Mickey Mouse!!!

Kiersten and Avery

Avery with Grandpa on Buzz Lightyear.

Yai and the kids on the Santa Barbara Pier.

Eating dinner on the Pier.

David getting his medal at the tournament. (on the left)

David on the left

After the tournament we went to Chic Fil A for lunch/dinner before we hit the road to come back home.

The Train McDonalds in Barstow California

Going inside for....

Ice Cream and Fries!!! David

Avery

Jaylin

Disneyland

2010-08-14T11:41:00.000-07:00

We went to California for David to compete in my Tae Kwon Do Master's tournament and we decided to make a vacation of it and do Disneyland and California Adventure Parks. It was a lot of fun. We went with Yai's sister and her family and his parents flew in from Virginia to be with us. Here are some pictures of our first day at Disneyland. We had a blast!!! There will be more posts on the rest of our California trip soon!

Arriving our first day at Disneyland.

Avery(in the stroller), David, Kensley, Kyleigh, Tasha(family friend), and Jaylin(in stroller)

Come on David you can do it! Pull harder!!!

Kyleigh and David in Mr. Toad's car.

Grandpa Ningcharoen on the Dumbo ride with Jaylin

Ashley on the Dumbo ride with Avery

Cruella De Ville

Yai with David and Jaylin on the Jungle Cruise

This is David on the bus ride back to our hotel after his first day at Disneyland.

This Jaylin asleep on Yai's shoulders after her first day at Disneyland.

Happy 6th Birthday David!

2010-07-26T05:50:00.000-07:00

David turned 6 on July 15th. Since his birthday fell on a Thursday we did a mini celebration that morning before I went to work and had his party on the Saturday. I never thought I would be so emotional when my kids had birthdays, but it turns out I cried on David's birthday because it is hard for me to see my baby boy growing up so fast. We had a lot of fun celebrating his birthday at Jump On It with his Aunts, Uncle, Cousins, Friends, Sisters, and of course Mom and Dad. We love you David and are so glad you are our son!

David sleeping the morning of his birthday.

David's birthday breakfast. Pancake, strudel, and juice. (At his request)

Opening his birthday card from Nanny, and of course when I read it to him I started crying because it was sinking in that my baby boy is not a baby anymore, he's 6 years old and going into first grade.

Opening a birthday present (Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii) He is addicted to his Wii.

Jaylin going down the slide at Jump On It.

Avery going down the slide at Jump On It

David's action shot jumping onto the trampoline.

Pizza Time!!!

Present Time!!!

David's Toy Story Cake.

Make A Wish!!!

David's Kindergarten Graduation

2010-06-12T19:31:00.000-07:00

Last month David "Graduated" from Kindergarten. He had a great year and finished in the top of his class. David is so excited to go to first grade in the fall. We are so proud of you David you did great in school. We love you!!!

David reading in his end of year school program.

David with his kindergarten teacher Mrs. Mikulecky.

Articles of Faith

2010-04-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

Here is video of Avery who just turned 2 on 3/4/10. Be warned, I am average volume, but she is soft, so you will have to turn up the volume.

Avery shocked us by learning the 2nd article just by listening to Jaylin learning it for Primary. So Ashley worked with her since we obviously found out that Avery is capable of memorizing them.

Christmas 2009!!!

2010-03-21T23:05:00.000-07:00

We had a lot going on this Christmas Season. Jaylin's pre-school had a couple performances of the Christmas Story. Jaylin was the angel and was so cute. The kids performed for some Seniors and also for their families. They all did a great job. David helped out and was a shepard. We went swimming with some friends at a hotel in Salt Lake that had a water slide. That was pretty eventful. Jaylin thought she could swim without a life jacket and jumped right in when none of us was looking, thank goodness a young life guard was paying attention and jumped in to help her swim to the side. David's kindergarten class had a Christmas program for their families. It was cute, they sang songs and read their "Dear Santa" letters. My side of the family gets together every Christmas Eve and we have a buffet for dinner, read the Christmas story from the Bible, sing Christmas songs, and Santa comes with a present for the young grand kids. Then of course there is Christmas day where we stay home in our new Christmas jammies, play with our new toys, watch movies, and eat all day! Here a pictures of our festivities ;)

Jaylin in her pre-school play for the Seniors. Isn't she such a cute little angel?!

Jaylin meeting her new adoptive grandma and giving her a card she made in pre-school.

David singing songs in his kindergarten Christmas program. This is what his Dear Santa letter said that he read in front of everyone: "Dear Santa, please bring my mom and dad my new baby brother. Love, David." and NO I am not pregnant! He's just going to have to wait a while for that one ;)

My dad reading the Christmas story from Luke in the Bible.

David on Santa's lap

Jaylin on Santa's lap

Avery sitting on Santa's lap

Christmas presents under the tree ready for the kids Christmas morning.

Extra treats from Santa

Daddy and the kids coming down the stairs Christmas morning to see what "Santa" brought.

David and Jaylin checking out their new kitchen (Thanks Uncle Scott)

Mommy sitting with the kids watching movies in our new Christmas jammies.

David and Daddy sword fighting with the kids new light sabors. (We had to buy three, one for each kids so they wouldn't fight over them!)

Avery playing with the kitchen. She played with that for almost two hours none stop, she was so fascinated with it!

Jaylin had to go outside a test drive her new scooter. She loves it!

Avery all squished in her baby dolls pack and play ;)

The day after Christmas the kids got all bundled up and ready to play in the snow!

David, Jaylin, and Avery in the backyard playing in the snow!!!

David's Yellow Belt Test

2010-02-12T11:35:00.000-08:00

In November David tested for his yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. He did awesome!!! Of course he passed with flying colors (Having a Master in Tae Kwon Do for a mother and a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do for a father) he was bound to do well ;) We love you David. Congratulations on your promotion to yellow belt!

David checking out all his stripes on his white/yellow belt waiting for his turn to test.

David performing Basic 1 for Master Augustine.

Waiting for further instruction from Master Augustine.

David breaking a board with Palm Heel Strike. (His very first board break)

In class getting ready to receive his yellow belt.

Master Augustine awarding David his Yellow Belt!

Master Augustine presenting David his yellow belt certificate!

It's official, David is now a yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Thanksgiving Week

2010-01-29T09:12:00.000-08:00

I know it always takes me forever to get around to posting. So this is our trip to St. George for Thanksgiving. We had a lot of fun. We stayed at my sister in-laws house and the kids had a blast playing with their cousins. We went bowling, the kids went to the park and flew airplanes and helicopters with their uncle, we went to the movies a few times. We saw Old Dogs, New Moon, and 2012. I went out to lunch with my girl friends, went on a date with my awesome hubby and when we got home a couple of my friends were there to surprise me for my 30th birthday. they even put 30 candles on the cake! So here a some pictures of our trip.

The kids in the van starting our trip down to St. George.

David with his favorite cousin playing the Wii. They played almost the whole time we were there!

Just hanging out

Jaylin and Avery playing in the theater room with their cousins

Yai working hard :)

Ashley with her girl friends out to lunch at Chili's where they surprised her for her birthday.

People from the Biggest Loser Ranch ate at Chili's while we were there.

Napping in the theater room after all the hard work of prepping for tomorrow's Thanksgiving Dinner.

The kids table eating Thanksgiving Dinner

Yummy Food!!!

David bowling

Avery bowling with her cousin Kara

We went to my parents' house the day after Thanksgiving for another turkey dinner. Here is Avery relaxing with Granddad after eating another big yummy dinner :)

Blowing out my birthday candles. Yai did an awesome job taking me out on an afternoon date and dinner and then surprising me with a birhtday party when we got home.

Me with a couple of my friends that surprised me for my birthday!

... And the drive back home.

First Day of School

2009-11-12T11:59:00.000-08:00

David started Kindergarten this year. He was so excited to finally go to school. He is in the afternoon kindergarten class. His teacher is Mrs. Mikulecky. So here are pictures of the BIG Day!

David wanted to have chocolate milk, pancakes, and a strawberry studel for breakfast to start his big day :)

Here is my Big Boy the morning of his first day of school.

Mrs. Mikulecky gave David some confetti to put under his pillow the night before school started to help him sleep good and be ready for school.

David all dressed and ready for school.

By the Snow Springs Elementary School Sign.

David with his friend Dallin. They are in the same class!

Mommy & Daddy with David getting ready to go in his classroom (Avery in the stroller)

David hanging up his back pack.

First Day of school is over.

Walking to the van after a fun first day of school. We are so proud of you Bug!!!

Happy Birthday David!!!

2009-11-12T11:44:00.000-08:00

I know I am soooo far behind. David turned 5 years old in July. He had a great birthday. We just celebrated at home. He got Mario Cart for the Wii and played it ALL day. He also got a new bike and some other presents. I can't believe I have a 5 year old already. Where does the time go? Love you Bug!!!

David's Homemade chocolate birthday cake.

Make a wish

Playing Mario Cart with Jaylin

All of David's presents.

Avery Can Read!!!

2009-10-15T12:35:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted on here, I have a lot of catching up to do. Here is a video of Avery reading a few words. She is only 19 months old and is so smart already. We are so proud of her!

Family photo shoot

2009-07-06T21:29:00.001-07:00

David's 5 year picture

Jaylin's 3 1/2 year picture

Avery's 15 month picture

Sisters (aren't they so dang cute!)

The kids: David, Jaylin, & Avery

This one is my favorite, I love Avery's smile!

Our family picture 2009

Yai, Ashley, David, Jaylin, & Avery.

Our Virginia Vacation

2009-06-29T14:27:00.001-07:00

David, Jaylin, and Avery with their cousins in Virginia

We went to Virginia to visit Yai's family. We haven't seen them in over two years so it was time to go see everyone. We had a great time. I tried to narrow down our pictures, we took a ton. Here are some of our trip.
Check out the view driving to the D.C. LDS Temple, it really does stop traffic especially at night when the temple is all lit up. It really does look like a castle on a hill.

We took the kids to the temple visitors center and had a great time.

Here is our family at the Washington D.C. LDS Temple

After the temple we went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch. Here is Yai with Jaylin

Ashley & David at the Cheesecake Factory for lunch

David, Jaylin, Yai, & Avery at Arlington Cemetery. It was so overwhelming seeing all those headstones, and realizing the sacrifices that were made for our freedom.

This is one of the newer monuments for the Air Force

On Father's Day we took Yai's dad out to eat. Here are three generations of Ningcharoens.

Little Miss Jaylin with all her "Attitude" She could be a model!

David with his friend Riley

Jaylin with her friend Keegan

David & Jaylin went swimming with their cousins and had so much fun

Yai's cousin and I took Jaylin, Avery, and her daughter Megan to Gymboree to play. The girls loved going down the slide.

Yai with his brother at his college graduation

David playing the Wii at his uncle's graduation party

David, Katie, and Jaylin playing Tea Party

Check out that Prime Rib, cooked by my hubby!!!

The graduate and his wife

Me with my two beautiful daughters Jaylin and Avery

Aren't those cupcakes so cute. My sister in-law made them to celebrate Yai's brother's graduation.

The girls eating Prime Rib

We surprised Yai and David with early birthday cakes.

Num cutting his cake

Jaylin with her Aunt Jin

Me with Jaylin, Megan, and Aey. Megan and Jaylin look a lot alike.

Who has the biggest mouth?! Yai with his siblings(missing one in Utah)

Our last day we got a picture with Ah-ma and Ah-gong (Grandma & Grandpa)

David & Jaylin at the Reagan National Airport

Yai & Avery sleeping on our flight home

David & Jaylin on our flight home

Ward Luau

2009-06-08T20:51:00.000-07:00

Our ward held a Luau for a fundraiser for the Young Women. It was so much fun. The kids dressed in their Hawaiian clothes and had a blast. There was a great dinner also, too bad it got really cold and windy so we had to hurry and eat so we could get home and warm up.

Jaylin & David in their matching Hawaiian outfits

Avery in her cute Hawaiian dress

Jaylin riding a pony

David riding a pony

David going down the bounce slide

Jaylin going down the bounce slide

The young women making snow cones and cotton candy for everyone.

David & Jaylin getting their snow cones

Jaylin getting her face painted

Jaylin got a blue butterfly and a red heart

David getting his face painted

David got a dinasour

Mother's Day

2009-05-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

Sorry I don't have any pictures for this post. I had an awesome Mother's Day weekend. It started off Thursday night, we went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner. Friday we went to a matinee and saw Wolverine. Saturday we went to another matinee and saw Star Trek. Both movies were really good. Sunday my son came in bed to cuddle with me and my daughter brought me a dozen roses. My wonderful husband made me breakfast in bed. Yummy french toast!!! I came downstairs to find a card from my three kidlets, and a card from my hubby. I noticed later that Yai had changed my screen saver on my laptop to say "We Love You" how sweet is that?! We went to church and David and Jaylin showed me what they made for me in their classes and told me they love me. It doesn't get any better than that. I love my family and am so thankful for being blessed with the best husband ever who spoils me rotten, and three of the most beautiful, sweet, loving, perfect children in the world.

Off to the Dentist

2009-03-14T07:56:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I took David and Jaylin to the dentist for their check up and cleaning. It was Jaylin's 1st time and she did great! David has no cavities, unfortunately for Jaylin she has to go back on Tuesday to fix a little cavity she has between her two bottom teeth. The dentist said he won't need to numb her just zap zap and she's done. It's really small but he wants to fix it before it has a chance to get big and ugly. Both kids were smiling the whole time and had fun at the dentist. They are so great with kids they even let them hold some of the tools.

David getting a full head x-ray. I saw his x-rays and his permanent teeth are all developing under his baby teeth. It looks so weird seeing all those new teeth. The dentist said it will be a couple more years before David starts loosing his teeth though.

Jaylin getting a full head x-ray. She thought it was a game and wanted to go again.

David int he dentist chair waiting to get more x-rays

Hold still Bug!

Jaylin waiting to get her next set of x-rays she said "Mommy this blanket is heavy"

Hold still Princess!

David getting his teeth cleaned. He picked grape flavor

Jaylin getting her teeth cleaned she picked strawberry flavor

Jaylin getting a flouride treatment

Dr. Brett Tobler counting Jaylin's teeth and checking for cavities. Uh oh he found one :(

Dr. Tobler counting David's teeth and checking for cavities. Perfect healthy teeth :)
Good job David and Jaylin I'm so proud of you guys. You did a great job at the dentist.

Avery's 1st Birthday

2009-03-10T07:27:00.000-07:00

Avery had her first birthday on March 4th. I baked a chocolate cake which is what I always do for my kids' first birthday. We invited our neighbors over for cake and ice cream. Avery had fun tasting the chocolate frosting and digging into her cake, she even rubbed it in her hair! Avery is a happy one year old with no teeth. Their are two on the bottom that we have been waiting for months to break through, hopefully it won't be too much longer now. I still can't believe my baby is one already :( Where does the time go? Happy Birthday baby girl, we love you so much!!!

David, Jaylin, and Avery waiting for cake time

Daddy bringing Avery her cake while we all sing to her

Avery trying to blow out her candle. She ended up blowing a raspberry to put out the candle. Good thing it was only on her piece of cake ;)

Playing with her frosting

Oh that tastes yummy!

All messy with cake in her hair and all over her body. I think my little monk-a-moo had a lot of fun eating and playing with her cake!!!

She was having so much fun. Happy Birthday Sweetheart.

50th Birthday!!

2009-03-03T13:23:00.000-08:00

My sister Elaine (the birthday girl) thanking everyone for coming to her birthday party.

Yai and Avery

Me and Avery

A picture wall of the past 50 years of Elaine's life, it was pretty cool!

Everyone admiring the picture wall

Opening some gifts

We had a great time celebrating my sister's 50th Birthday.

Jaylin's 3rd Birthday

2009-02-28T14:33:00.001-08:00

Jaylin turned 3 years old this year!!! We went to Mc Donald's with our neighbors and ate dinner and the kids played on the play ground. Then we came home and had cake and ice cream.

Mommy, David, & Jaylin making Jaylin's Happy Birthday Cake!!!

Daddy putting the candles on the cake and getting ready to light them.

Jaylin waiting patiently while we sing to her. She kept trying to blow out her candles.

Jaylin finally getting to blow out her candles!

Update

2009-01-17T20:33:00.000-08:00

Well what is new with the Ningcharoen Family? Well Yai started working from home which has been really nice. I get to see him all the time. My Niece had her baby shower today which was fun. Her baby boy is due next month and I can't wait to meet him. My sister in-law and brother in-law are up visiting with their family which is great. Yai and my brother in-law took all the kids to the pool to go swimming and my sister in-law and I stayed home and watched TV and just relaxed. Then tonight my husband cooked a primerib dinner and seasoned and seared it like Outback Steakhouse (he used to work there when he was in college) only Yai's tasted better. Now the kids are all in bed and asleep and the adults are watching The Bucket List (a movie the is definately worth watching more than once).

That's all that is new with us this week. Hope all is well with all of you.

Food

2009-01-13T07:59:00.000-08:00

Not too much has gone on this past week. Our neighbor had her 2nd birthday and we went over for her party. The kids had fun with the activity and we had pizza from Costco. I discovered Avery loves pizza. I could not get it in her mouth fast enough. So for now Avery's favorite food is pizza. She's ten months old and still no teeth, she just has to gum it. She has a bump on her bottom gums and if you look really close you can kind of see a tooth, but it's way down there. Maybe she'll have a tooth before she turns one!

Happy New Year!!!

2009-01-06T07:17:00.000-08:00

Happy 2009 everyone!!! Well we kicked off the New Year in our old and boring way :) We put the kids to bed around 8:00 and then we watched a movie and drank hot chocolate until midnight, said "Happy New Year!" and then we went to bed. We started a new tradition for our family this year. Every other week one of the kids gets to go on a date with mommy or daddy. I think it is important to spend one on one time with each child and parent so that we can build a strong relationship with our children. I want them to be able to always talk to us and tell us what is going on in their lives (even when they are teenagers) I feel that in this day in age kids don't communicate with their parents and it seems that parents are too busy to listen so we are setting time aside to be with our children.

On Saturday it was David's turn to go out with his daddy. They went and got their haircut and then they went to IHOP for lunch. David came home and all he could talk about was he got his haircut with daddy and he ate pancakes with strawberries and cream and he had ice cream too. I'm so glad that it turned out so well. Next week is Jaylin and my turn to go out. I'm so excited for this new tradition.

Happy New Year!!!

Christmas 2008

2008-12-26T22:46:00.001-08:00

This year we made our first ginger bread house. It was fun with David and Jaylin helping me, but they would rather eat the candy then "waste it" decorating the house. It turned out pretty good and the kids have already started eating the candy off it.

Christmas Eve we had our family Christmas Party at Rumbi Grill. My niece is the manager and was able to get the whole place reserved just for our family. It was so much fun hanging out with family and eating good food. We sang Christmas songs and Santa came and the kids got to sit on his lap and get a present. That made it really fun for the kids.

Christmas morning the kids came down the stairs and were so excited to see all their presents under the tree. We opened our presents and then we had pancakes, bacon, and sausage for breakfast. We watched WALL E and Kung Fu Panda and munched all day long. It was a really nice relaxing day. On a side note, on Christmas Eve we were getting ready to go to the party and the kids were in our room playing under our bed which is where I hid their presents. I told them to get out from under the bed and David said "There are presents, can I open them?" I told him "Those presents aren't for you" to which he replied "This one says David" Can I just say that boy is too smart for his own good!

The first two pictures I posted are of Jaylin on Christmas Eve in 2006 and Avery on Christmas Eve in 2008 wearing the same outfit. Jaylin was 11 months at the time of the picture and Avery was 9 months at the time of the picture. It was big on Jaylin and fit perfectly on Avery, she is a big cuddly baby. We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year!!!

Jaylin and David Christmas 2006

Avery in the same outfit Jaylin wore in 2006

Our Gingerbread house David and Jaylin decorated

Jennifer leading us in Christmas songs hoping Santa will come soon.

Everyone having a great time hanging out at Rumbi Grill
on Christmas Eve

David sitting on Santa's lap

Jaylin sitting on Santa's lap

Avery was intrigued with Santa

Happy baby Avery on Santa's lap

David & Jaylin coming down the stairs Christmas morning

David checking out all the presents under the tree

Avery, Jaylin, & David before opening their presents
Christmas morning.

Kids opening their presents

David & Jaylin opening up their present of all kinds
of Crayola stuff.

Avery crawling all over the presents trying to decide
which one to play with.

David & Jaylin watching WALL E Christmas morning

Check out the icicles on our house

The icicles are everywhere!!!

On the 26th we celebrated my dear sister Kim's 46th birthday. She passed away almost four years ago from ALS. My mom, dad, sisters, brother, and I went to her grave today and sang Happy Birthday to her. We all went to the Happy Sumo for lunch and talked about some memories of her we had and we just had a good time enjoying each other's company. I miss Kim so much and wish she were still here with us. I find myself thinking about her almost every day. We love you and miss you so much Kim. Happy Birthday.

Kara's Piano Recital

2008-12-23T13:24:00.000-08:00

Kara went up to Salt Lake City this fall and had a recital. I thougth I share it with the fam. love kay.

Birthday...

2008-12-16T12:22:00.000-08:00

So my sisters Elaine and Lesley took me to PF Cheng's for dinner last Friday, it was so much fun. I left around 7:00 and didn't get home until 11:30. We had so much fun talking and laughing and just hanging out. My birthday has been the best this year. I love my sisters and am so glad that I can go out and do things with them. Thanks Elaine and Les for being the best sisters anyone could ask for!

Thanksgiving & A Birthday

2008-12-10T17:41:00.000-08:00

First I'd like to apologize that it has taken me this long to post. Life has been a little hectic but finally we're getting back to normal. Since it has been over three weeks since I posted last, this post will be a little long. My sisters and I went out to lunch for fun while Yai stayed home with the kids so I could have a break. When I got home David brought me 2 dozen roses I was totally surprised to say the least. As I was talking to Yai he told me to get something off the kitchen counter and I found a tub of carmel covered macadamia nuts that he bought for me too. I came back to sit down and started talking to him again when he said to go get something out of the freezer and what should I find but an ice mocha latte from Costco. That did it I started crying. He made me feel really special. So that was the start of my 29th Birthday.

The Day before Thanksgiving I went with my best friend Gina to watch Twilight and then we went to Baskin Robins and had ice cream. It was like the old days before kids. It was really nice.

We spent Thanksgiving in St. George and had a blast. We went bowling the night before Thanksgiving with the family. We had our Thanksgiving at the church it was so yummy. We even had prime rib!!! After our dinner we went to my parents' house and visited.

For my official birthday my parents took Yai and me to The Ruby River Steakhouse for lunch and then that night I went on a double date with Yai and my sister and brother in-law. We went to Samarai 21 for dinner and then we went to the movies and saw the new James Bond movie. I haven't been on a date with Yai in a long time it was well over due.

My flowers and candy (The ice mocha latte I already drank!)

Aren't my flowers beautiful!!!

My best friend Gina and I at Baskin Robins

Cousins (Kyleigh, Kensley, David, & Jaylin)

Yai his sister Kay and niece Kara

Daddy & David bowling

Mommy & Jaylin bowling

Yai and his two nieces Kara & Kiersten

"Aaaarrrrrr" David knocked down some pins!!!

Mommy, Daddy, & Avery

Yai & Jaylin getting the table ready for Thanksgiving dinner at the church.

Look at all that yummy food!

Yai carving the prime rib

Ashley with a sleeping baby Avery

Relaxing after a great meal

The kids playing musical chairs

Nanny & Granddad with the Ningcharoen grandkids.

Avery by our Christmas Tree

Our three little monkeys!!!

Goofy Baby

Avery so cute playing with the blankets

Primary Program

2008-11-17T09:03:00.001-08:00

Sunday David had his primary program. He had a little part to say in the microphone and he's known it for a few weeks. He's supposed to say "I'm trying to be like Jesus by saying my prayers." Well when it was his turn to say his part he gets up and says "My house, I go to my house..." and a bunch of other random stuff. I was laughing so hard I was crying. He was the only one to go and say whatever he wanted. All the other kids said their lines. Oh David what to do with you.

David all handsome in his suit for the primary program

Jaylin all dressed up in her "Princess Dress"

David and Jaylin dressed and ready for church

David and Mommy

David and Daddy

Pictures of the Kids

2008-11-17T08:58:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pictures of the kids.

Jaylin, Avery, and David hanging out on the stairs

Sisters

Our little Avery (she's 8 months old!!!)

Missionary

2008-11-17T08:45:00.000-08:00

My nephew Spencer had his mission farewell last Sunday. He did a great job on his talk in sacrament meeting and I can't wait to hear his talk when he gets home. He will be serving in the St. Louis, Missouri Mission. Elder Moore went in the M.T.C. last Wednesday. We're all going to miss you Spencer, but we're so excited for you too. I don't know what happened but I didn't get a picture of Spencer with his mom so I'll have to see if I can track one down and post it.

Elder Spencer Moore with his Dad

Everyone getting some food

The family all being social.

Socializing and eating some yummy food

David sitting next to his cousin Ethan

More Snow!!!

2008-11-17T08:43:00.000-08:00

We had more snow again. Check out how big the flakes are.

Just Chillin on a Saturday Afternoon

2008-11-17T08:29:00.000-08:00

The kids didn't want to take a nap so we put our little TV in their room and let them watch a movie and relax for a couple hours. The had apples and string cheese for a snack while they watched their movie. Yai hung out with the kids for a while. As you can see David is in his Spiderman costume and Jaylin is wearing her Batman costume. They love to dress in their costumes and they'd wear them every day all day if I let them. Oh well at least it's less laundry for me ;)

David and Daddy relaxing watching a movie

Jaylin watching her movie in bed

Everyone relaxing watching a movie in the kids' room

Trick or Treat

2008-11-06T08:17:00.001-08:00

Our ward did Trunk or Treat on Halloween night so we took the kids there to do their trick or treating. They had a lot of fun and David went around twice.
Spiderman (David) and Dragon (Alex) waiting to go trunk or treat

Our kids and their best friends. Spiderman, Unicorn, Dragon, and Batman. (David, Emily, Alex, and Jaylin)

Avery was a dang cute pumpkin!!!

Our neighbors twins Bryce & Catherine (The tooth fairy and the tooth!)

Our next door neighbor Lizzie

Our ward eating chili and the kids waiting to go trunk or treat

All the cars lined up for the kids to go by to trunk or treat and get all their candy

After the kids settled down it was time for pj's and bed. The kids wore their Chinese silk pj's to bed.

David, Avery, and Jaylin my cute babies!!!!

Testimonies

2008-11-02T17:05:00.000-08:00

Today was fast and testimony meeting in church. Jaylin kept asking me when it was her turn to go up to talk. So finally I took her up and David came up with us. Jaylin went first and then David. It was the first time they bore their testimonies. After we sat down they wanted to go up again. I think they just liked talking in the microphone. Yai and I were really impressed that the kids weren't afraid to get up in front of the whole congregation and talk. They're learning young!!!

Kids...

2008-10-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I was going up the stairs to give the kids a bath when I heard David say behind me "Mom, wait up!" He's never said that before, usually he says "Wait!" or "Mommy wait for me!" so I was a little taken back when he said wait up. He's growing up so fast and I'm not ready to let go of my baby boy.

Last night I put all three kids to bed by 8:00 just like any other night. 20 minutes later Jaylin comes slowly into the family room with her hands over her face. I said to her "Jaylin, you wouldn't be covering your face if you didn't know you weren't supposed to be out of bed." She comes running over to me with this big grin on her face and I give her this disapproving look so she starts rubbing her eye and says, "Mommy my eye's broken!" It was so funny Yai and I busted up laughing. She got to stay up for 5 more minutes before I carried her back upstairs to her bed and tucked her in. What a funny girl.

Busy Saturday

2008-10-26T21:08:00.000-07:00

Saturday was such a busy day for us, I still don't know how the kids were able to be so good running all over the place with no naps. We got up around 8:00 and I made orange rolls for breakfast then we got the kids dressed into their Halloween costumes to go Trick or Treating at the Hogle Zoo. It was so packed you couldn't really move without running into someone. I don't think we'll be going there again during Halloween again, but the kids had fun. After the zoo we had some time to kill before my niece Kara's piano recital. She came up Friday from St. George and spent the night. We decided to go to the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake City. They had some activity day for the blind there which was really cool. They were doing a scavenger hunt and I was able to help two of them find an ice cream store. After a couple hours at the mall it was off to Kara's piano recital. She did an excellent job, we were totally impressed with how well she played and we weren't the only ones impressed. Another piano teacher came up to her and told her that if he was one of the judges he would give her first place. What a compliment to her playing. After that we went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner. By the time we got home it was 9:30 and the kids were beyond ready to go to bed. It was a really long day, but a good one!

David dressed up as Spiderman

Jaylin has a thing for Batman so that is what she dressed up as for Halloween

Our little pumpkin isn't Avery so cute?!!!

Yai and Kara sitting on the back of the van eating lunch before we went into the zoo

David & Jaylin getting their bags ready for trick or treating at Hogle Zoo

Batman & Spiderman getting candy

David & Jaylin got their picture taken with the "Chic Fil-A" Cow

The tiger was pretty agitated with all the people there, he kept pacing up and down. I was really this close to him, no zoom on the camera pretty cool huh?!

David running to get ice cream at the Gateway Mall

It was time for a treat so we got ice cream

David loved eating our ice cream.

Kara taking a bow after she finished playing her piano piece. (Sorry it's not such a great picture)

Kara receiving a certificate with all the other contestants. She did a great job. We're so proud of you Kara!!!

Shots

2008-10-26T20:41:00.001-07:00

On Friday Yai and I took the kids to the doctor to get caught up on their shots. David and Jaylin did really well. Jaylin is in the 3rd percentile for her height and weight she's tiny, but the doctor is not concerned because Jaylin has always been petite. She was 5 weeks early when she was born and weighed 5 lbs. 3 oz. She eats a lot, more than David does but is just a little girl. David is in the 25th percentile for height and weight. Just a little smaller than the average boy his age but that's normal for him. We talked to the doctor about his snoring and the doctor prescribed a steroid nasal spray to help shrink his adnoids but if that doesn't make a difference in the next 2-3 weeks then we have to see a specialist to have his adnoids removed. Other than that both kids are doing great and neither one cried or even made a sound when they got their shots. We were totally surprised. Now on to the pictures.

Measuring David

Jaylin getting measured

The Dr. checking out Jaylin

Great heart beat and clear lungs for David

Getting a shot and didn't even cry

Jaylin got 2 shots and didn't even flinch. What a tough little cookie.

Swimming

2008-10-20T13:06:00.001-07:00

We took the kids swimming at the Legacy Center on Saturday. Our friends and their kids met us there. It was a lot of fun. David and Jaylin both went down the big tube slide with Yai and they loved it. After three hours of swimming it was time to go home eat lunch and relax before we headed to my sister's house for my brother in-law's 50th birthday surprise party.

Just finished going down the tube slide with Daddy

Jaylin standing on Yai's hands balancing as he holds her higher out of the water. She's our little stunt cheerleader.

Yai and David after coming out of the tube slide. Yai tried to hold David up when they got to the bottom of the slide and accidently bonked David's head on the slide. He had fun anyways and wanted to go down the slide again.

Yai and Jaylin going up the stairs to the top of the slide

Yai and Jaylin coming out of the slide

David and his friend Emily swimming in the kiddie pool

Playing in the kiddie pool

David floating in the big pool

All the kids after swimming. David, Alex, Jaylin, and Emily.

Party!!!

2008-10-20T09:31:00.000-07:00

We went to my sister's house for a surprise birthday party for her husband Jeff. We had a great time. There was a DJ playing 70's music, lots of yummy food, and great company.

Here's Jeff blowing out his candles for his 50th birthday

Yai with his little girls. Jaylin & Avery

My nephew Gordon grilling

Everybody dancing having a great time

The kids sliding on the dance floor, seeing who could slide the furthest.

Birthday boy Jeff dancing with his wife Elaine (my oldest sister)

David just hanging out

Jaylin posing on the dance floor (Are we going to be in trouble or what?!!!)

Jaylin bustin' some moves on the dance floor

Avery being pushed in the swing by her cousin Bryan and brother David

David being silly

Jaylin dancing with her cousin Jared

It was so much fun. Thanks Elaine for the great party, we all had a great time!!!

Winter is here

2008-10-20T08:50:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday I woke up to snow on the ground. The kids were all excited and wanted to go play in it. After church was over the snow had melted away so I guess the kids will have to wait until we get another day of snow to go outside to play in it. Here are some pictures of our backyard and house covered in snow.

Peas...

2008-10-12T16:48:00.000-07:00

So today after church we were eating dinner and of course Yai and I finished before the kids did. Anyways Yai and I were watching T.V. when David started to cry and had his finger up his nose. He said "Mommy it's stuck" so I thought he meant his finger, but actually he had put a pea up his nose and couldn't get it out. Yai helped him get it out of his nose and he went back to the dinner table and finished eating his dinner. Yai and I had a good little laugh. I always heard about little kids sticking things up their noses, but I never thought David would be one of them. Oh well live and learn!

Jaylin's First Hair Cut

2008-10-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

Jaylin's hair has never been cut except for her bangs. I debated cutting her hair because it has natural curls at the end, but it is so whispy and uneven so I bit the bullet and gave Jaylin her first little trim. I only had the guts to cut about 1/4 inch off. It looks better and she still has her curls on the end thank goodness. Jaylin was really good sitting on the counter letting me trim her hair. I guess she's good for a year or so then maybe I'll have the guts to have her hair cut again, next time from a professional.

Avery is Sleeping Through the Night!!!

2008-10-10T21:10:00.001-07:00

Our little Cuddle Bug is finally sleeping through the night! Avery goes to bed around 8:30 at night and sleeps until 6:30 or 7:30 in the morning then she drinks a bottle and goes back to sleep for another hour or so. She is our best sleeper as a baby.
Here are some cute pictures of her sleeping in her crib in the nursery. There's nothing better than a sleeping baby, I could watch her sleep for hours!

David's Tae Kwon Do Test

2008-10-03T16:02:00.001-07:00

David had his first Tae Kwon Do test. He tested for his white/yellow belt in the Tiny Tiger program. He is the youngest in his class and has the best attention span. We are so proud of him.

David all ready first thing in the morning for his test

Waiting on the side for his turn to perform

David with his classmates getting ready to do their kicks

Master Sorenson tying on David's white/yellow belt

Receiving his certificate

Our new White/Yellow Belt!!!

David and Jaylin

Block Party

2008-09-30T08:00:00.001-07:00

We got together with a few friends in our neighborhood and had a little party at the park. It was a lot of fun, we got to know each other better and the kids made some new friends.

David and Jaylin helped me bake a cake for the party. I think they liked eating off of the beaters more than helping me.

Kristen, David, Jaylin, and Lindsay

Yai and the kids

Avery just chillin

Coleson and Jaylin

David and Lizzie (they're best friends and next door neighbors)

Look what I can do!!

Samson and Avery

Kids playing

Kristen went down the slide with her daughter Lizzie and Jaylin. What a brave woman!!!

Kids Pictures

2008-09-30T07:31:00.000-07:00

Here are some random pictures of the kids. They are growing up so fast. David is 4 years old, Jaylin is 2 1/2 years old, and Avery is almost 7 months old.

Avery in her exersaucer. She loves chewing on all the different toys.

Jaylin and Avery. Sisters and best friends.

Feed me mommy. I love solid food!!!

Jaylin after swimming in the Washington Rec Center pool in St. George, Utah

David all wrapped up in his Avatar towel taking a little break

Avery loved swimming with her daddy. It was her first time going swimming in the pool.

Jaylin was so tired she fell asleep eating

David wrapped up in his doggy blanket at breakfast.

David's 4th Birthday Party

2008-09-30T07:09:00.001-07:00

David in the van all excited to go to Chuck E Cheese

David and Jaylin dancing with the Chuck E Cheese characters waiting for everyone to come and party.

Our party table with all the food and drinks

Yai and David having some father & son fun

All the kids dancing with Chuck E Cheese.
(Jaylin, David, Bryan, Mike, and Alex)

David hugging Chuck E Cheese

Make a Wish!!!
David had a great time with his cousins and friends. We got him a Thomas the Train cake that wowed everybody. Thanks everyone for coming and making this such a fun day for David.

50th Wedding Anniversary

2008-09-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

Opening the picture quilt

Everyone looking at the picture quilt

kissing after feeding each other cake

On July 19th my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. We had a Hawaiian theme in my brother's backyard to celebrate the occasion. It was a lot of fun. We made a DVD of our parents life growing up and our family. We also made a picture quilt with lots of pictures of our family on it. I think it all turned out great!