Monday, October 31, 2011

happy halloween...


kj as dorothy from wizard of oz
kamryn, a cheerleader

hunter, the football HERO!

siona, the cute little witch

isley with her poodle skirt on. 
(she told her mom, when she went to their 'trunk or treat', that she looked "stupid!"

leila, the HAPPY baby!

briggs and leila

briggsy!  don't you wanna just kiss those cheeks!?

ryker... arghhhhh!
isley and siona with their 'jacolyns' out of grandpa's garden

jack, he had to get a green pumpkin.  he was the last to get to choose, and all the orange ones were gone.
he really didn't care!

hunter

kamryn
happy halloween y'all!

Monday, October 17, 2011

and while the mother sleeps...

....the kids (or Isley) will be mischievous!
isn't this a typical 3 year old? funny thing is...
I can just sit back and laugh, now.

Mel had gone to work early and when she got home, she layed down with Isley and Leila to take a little rest. Well, that's what she THOUGHT they were doing. This is what she woke up to. She even colored the bottom of her feet (and can you see the blue on her mouth?)
I just LOVE this kid!

"papa don"...

is in his heighth of "GLORY"!
siona, kendyl, hunter, ryker, isley, papa, jack, and kamryn
only way he could be 'happier'... would be to have briggs and leila on with them, too!

before and after...

before

after
we found this chair in the shed when we were cleaning out grandpa's shed. it had so much "crud" on it, that is was actually "gross".  i talked don into NOT throwing it to the junk yard and brought it home.  after a little wash down and some elbow grease, i think it turned out pretty cute. (thing is... i remember when grandma ruth, finished it to the "before" state, long ago.)

Monday, October 10, 2011

isley is three...


yep!   it's true... isley is three years old!  she doesn't like to smile at the camera much.  but i did get a coulple of pictures of her (kind of) smiling, the day we went shopping for her birthday.  i went to pick her up, and she was all ready to go with gramma.  this is the first time she got to go shopping for her birthday with me and she was soo excited to go.  i took her to walmart and she picked out this barbie with a horse.  she kept telling me she wanted to see "ponies".  i was thinking "horse"... i think she was thinking like "thanksgiving point" pony rides.  but she was happy with the barbie horse.
i was going to take her out to lunch, too, but when i asked her what she wanted for lunch, she said "i wanna go to gamma's HOUSE!"  so we ended up going back to our house and we had hot dogs for lunch.  she was as pleased as punch!  she was totally worn out after we ate, so we got to lay down and take a rest... NICE!

this was later at her family birthday party.  the murdoch's gave her this piggy bank with some 'monies' in it, and she had the world by the tail!
hunter and isley
her auntie sheila gave her this helmet.  she wasn't too sure about it, but she got a scooter for her birthday and believe me you... she is in desperate need of a helmet when she rides it.  in fact, she should probably wear one all of the time, as crazy and active as this little princess is! 
 doesn't she look so, sooo innocent?
we love you isley and the love and excitement you have brought into our lives!  never a dull moment when you're around! 

Sunday, October 9, 2011

leila's blessing day...

given the name of  "leila jacolyn sauvao".
she is sooo beautiful!
george gave leila a beautiful blessing. and what a special day... it was his mother's birthday.  i'm sure she was there and very proud of him!  i sure was!

after leila's blessing, we went back to george and mel's for a 'samoan feast'!
george and his cousin, peter, stayed up most of the night cooking.  and... boy do they know how to do it right!  we had kahlua pork, teriaky chicken and beef, chop suey, taro, and to add to that, "american" salads.  george and peter did everything but the 'salads'. 
cheyner with hunter and ryker
what, makes me think he is teasing them?
jack... look at how cute he is in his sports coat.
papa teasing ryker
surprise, surprise!
leila and papa... they've had a hard day
peter, cheyner, and chet.
typical....
papa decided that he would be more comfortable 'resting' with isley.

it had been storming all week, but it turned out to be a beautiful day!  everything!!
welcome to the world little leila!