Congratulations Mason!

I just wanted everyone know that Mason passed his Masters exams yesterday!!!  I'm so proud of Mase for all his hard work that he puts into his school work, his family, his seminary class, and his many other endeavors.  He really is an amazing man, who has it all: Good looks, sense of humor, incredibly smart, and the list goes on. (I got so lucky)  I'm so grateful that he knows how to balance his life so we can have a happy family.

Love ya Mase!  Congratulations!

Fun Filled Weekend

On Friday we went to China Beach again...

Posing again with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

Girls building a sand castle.

Saturday:

 We started our morning off with a 2 hour hike through the Berkeley Hills with our ward.

We climbed 302 steps throughout the whole hike (Miya actually walked up most of them)

Then...We went to Stinson Beach.

It was a lot longer of a drive than we were expecting.  The drive was beautiful, but it was full of windy roads, so Miya got car sick on the way up and Emi got sick and threw up on the way home.  Besides the drive, it was a fun trip and we enjoyed playing in the freezing cold water.

The view from the drive.

Miya running to get water for the sand castle.

Building the sand castle.

Thank you to Mike and Bille

A couple weeks ago our friends Mike and Bille took some family pictures of us. 

Thank you so much!  

I like this picture...(my jaw and neck look a little scary though)

Emi was being clingy, mostly because it was freezing cold! 

Did I mention it was windy too?

I love this family shot! (great depth of field)

This is Halloween...

Ariel and Minnie Mouse had a fun night trick-or-treating!  Here are some pics:

"Ready to go and get some treats"

Who needs Minnie ears when you've got pig tails?

"Why Prince Eric, You wanna run away with me?"

Look at all the treats we got!!!

Cat in the Hat

I thought this was so silly....

Last night, Emi was playing around with her little kitty stuffed animal and her tights.  Next thing I knew, she had put her cat in her tights and put in on her head and said, 

"Mom, look!  Cat in hat."

She is always trying to make me laugh.

Ward Halloween Party

This is a little late posting this, but with Halloween being tomorrow, I figured you all might enjoy seeing our family dressed like Fancy Nancy's family (From the Children's Book).  Last Friday was our ward Halloween party and everyone dresses up!  I don't think one person at the party knew what we were, but Miya and Emi loved it, so I think it was a great last minute costume.

Carving Pumpkins

For FHE tonight we carved our $1 pumpkins that we got at the Village pumpkin sale.  We teamed up...the girls drew the faces and Mase and I did the carving.   

Mase and the girls carving pumpkins

Mase showing Miya the ropes on how to carve a pumpkin.

An activity that really brought the girls together.

Emi drawing out a face on the pumpkin

Pumpkin by Emi and Erika

Pumpkin by Miya and Mason

I love carving pumpkins!!!