Found this in my bed.

There is a reason we called Hali "the Devil Child."

She was always playing pranks and doing weird things. 

 

 I mean...it is kind of creepy you know.

we will miss her while she is in Russia.

I don't think they know what they are getting into!

Good Company, food, music, disneyland can do no wrong.

Note to all...these are not in order. 

It's much too hard.

Thunder Mountain, might just be one of the best little thrillers out there.

The swings...which kind of make me a little sick.

Look at my husband's face! 

Hali was laughing like a manic.

Boy, do I have a video for you.

We ate many smashed PB&J.

more smashed than anything.

toy story ride. always a super long wait.

always worth the long wait, even if someone did puke in the line somewhere.

Disneyland for Christmas, what more could you ask for?

Stuck on the line.

So excited for Cars to open in the California side. 

It will be amazing! They are building the entire Radiator Springs. 

Giant turkey leg.

It was delicious.

All my hard healthy work out the door.

Here I am trying to be healthy, eating the avocado. 

which was so smashed and brown it would have made me cry, except for I was at Disneyland.

The world of colors was amazing.

Absolutely stunning, even if it was raining, and we were on the front row getting even wetter.

I bought this print for our house..that will hopefully close soon!

The Matterhorn.

This is what my mom thinks of when we say Disneyland. 

As a young girl, her family always came to Disneyland, so you see, our love goes deep and for many years back. So sad Mitsie, jan and my dad couldn't join us.

Grams at Disneyland.

She is where my mom gets her trooperness.

Oh Yes, we did.

And you know you would TOO!

It's kind of sad...my mickey shirt seems to have been a bit stretched out in certain places...

I love that you can go to Disneyland...and NOBODY cares that you have matching shirts.

People are wearing mouse ears, big floppy hats and all things Disney.

Bliss, I tell you.

All of our photos were taken with the infamous iPhones.

Seeing how they contain more pixel power than most of our cameras, we decided they would be easier to carry.  I will have to admit, they are lovely. 

To start off October

Probably took you a second right?  

You thought super cute pot holder (which is what Derek calls it, but really it's a headband I made)  but wait. What is that horrifying creature?

Hali

Camping with siblings.

Logan Canyon

Awkward hali

My first experience getting to put the lighter fluid on myself. 

Kona was not excited. 

Of course we didn't bring a hatchet, so Hali improvised, with rocks.

We always seem to have a picture with Hali in this pose.

This is as sporadic as The Husband gets.

Our attempt at awkward family photos.  Jan wouldn't join us. 

Fat Kona.

Jan and Hannah apparently decided to be twins.

Camping with the Fam is always an adventure!

Hapas

Saw this at Ikea...

Hapa = half Japanese half white = the majority of my family

Next few photos...not Hapas, but Full Japanese.

I found this at the Gift Shop at BYU.

"Brings the great outdoors to the smallest rooms."

Yes, that is a grass seat toilet.

A way to avoid PDA.

Fake arms...ingenious.  

No wonder Japan will take over the world.

Pure brains.

Let it be known, these could be my distant cousins

Don't be hating their creativeness. 

Thought I would through in another Hapa photo.

Hali ordered some glasses from ZenniOptical.com 

Super cheap prescription glasses for like $12.00....

Anyways, she wasn't home so she had me try them on for her and Derek take a picture to send to her so she would know what they would look like on her.

Freaky thing is...is that she does look like me. 

Although, her head is bigger.

Tale of too many Toyotas

But I say, you can never have enough Toyota.

We are Japanese you know, tis in our blood.

So this was a typical day at our house. 

Everybody has a Toyota vehicle, even The Kona.

My big little brother decided to take Larry the Land Cruiser to Georgia.

And since Larry has a special part in all our lives we had to have a photo shoot.

Plus, for some reason we thought there was a Toyota competition or something, so if you hear of anything, pass them our way. .. and we WILL win.

in order of appearance.

 1995 white celica = Hali

2000 red celica = Harmony (even though Larry is my first choice)

1987 rust bucket truck who runs the best = Kona/Hannah 

1998 something goldish avalon = Hannah (but a week later she obliterated it with some black ice)

2005 fancy black avalon = The Mama

1987 Larry the Land Cruiser = Jan (sigh)

green tundra = Husband (who says every day how much he loves his truck)

Hali was feeling very nostalgic and wanted a photo with Larry.

We told Jan to scoot closer. . .

kept getting closer....

closer. . . 

 . . . . 

 . . . .

telling Larry our Final goodbye, while Jan chuckles to himself.

Winter Fishing and Fabulous fun.

Hali had some worms, so we decided to go fishing on President's Day morning.  We've never been snow fishing, or ice fishing, so we thought this would be great fun.

Kona pretends that she is not excited to go, while Hali can't hide it. 

Kona seems to think that she can fit through here and Hali, well, I can't even decide what she is trying to accomplish here.

Layers are necessary.

Derek just asked me whose dog this is.  Apparently, Kona's disguise works well.

For some reason, if you run and are wearing snow clothes, Kona thinks that you are her personal marshmallow to squish and eat whilst running through the snow.

Needless to say, we did not catch any fish, it was freezing, and well, nothing super exciting happened.

Although, I pretended that i lost the keys and called my husband.

H: Husband, I lost my keys in the snow, could you come and get us.

D: Okay, did you look for them.

H: Yes, they are gone.

D: Where are you at.

Silence.

H: BUahahah, I tricked you.  

D: Well, I wasn't surprised, you always call with some crazy story when I'm not there.

What is that suppose to mean?

We are just fine on our own. 

Girl power rocks!

Just because we are a little crazy. .