Synjin Is 6

Our little boy is 6 already!! He has promised that if I continue to let him have birthdays he will still be my little boy! :o)

Nona and Tata took him out to breakfast and then to ride a train at an outdoor mall. He had such a good time!! This transformer is from them!!

Our friends, the Laynes, had a birthday party for their daughter and since it was Synjin's birthday they included him in the festivities. There were two pinatas and two homemade cakes and a jumper. Really, what could be better!! Yes, I said HOMEMADE!! Check it out. I am so happy with the results considering this was my first attempt. Now I'm excited to do more. So what if they all are pirates!! And the Barbie was so cute and yummy with Sherbert ice cream being the skirt!! Thanks Laynes for a great time! Synjin had a great day!!


Sebastian joining in the fun!! As a side note: Their house is under construction so the pinatas were in the soon-to-be dining room! It all worked out great!!

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Chanceman!!

The kids played an IRON ROD game at their primary activity. The primary president put a blindfold on Chance and asked him if he could see. He told her yes and so she made some adjustments and asked him again if he could see. Matter-of-factly he said, "Yes, I can see. I have x-ray vision."

Meditation

We were playing in the driveway when Synjin announced that he was going to meditate like the Chinese people do-something he saw in a cartoon. Well, after a couple of seconds he asked me if he was starting to raise off the ground. It was so funny!!

Daryl says, "LIVE BY THE DOOR. DIE BY THE DOOR!!"

So today Chance was getting into a feet push car in Nursery and lost his footing and fell backwards into the door of the nursery. I went over to check on him and discovered blood, a lot of blood. He hit his head on one of the hinges. I ran to get Daryl. The nursery leader, Rachel, went and got a Sister who is a nurse, and along the way a few more spectators showed up. She said he probably needed stitches so we were off. Thanks Rachel for taking care of Synjin and Sebastian for a couple of hours!!
The emergency room went pretty quick- we were put on the "FAST TRACK" with his head injury and all!! So the doctor asked Chance to do some simple commands to make sure he didn't have a concussion. One of them was to squeeze his hands as hard as he could. When he squeezed the doctor's hands Chance let out a pretty loud and long fart. Daryl and I started busting up and the doctor asked what happened.(We don't know how he didn't hear it) We told him and he remarked to Chance that he asked him to "squeeze" his fingers not "pull" them.:o)
After a couple of stitches we are home and Chance is back to his normal self. Well actually he was acting normal the whole time. In fact, the doctor had asked me if his behavior was normal and that was just as Chance was rolling around on the bed, walking back and forth,and being so loud!! I looked at him and said yes doctor,this is his "normal!!" :o)
It was a fun day in Nursery! Maybe now they will take my advice and make Nursery a padded room...

JUST IMAGINE....

One more little boy sitting with his brothers. We are so excited to raise another missionary. Our due date is January 9.

Pool Fun

We spent Saturday afternoon at Daryl's brother Kent's house. They are remodeling a house they just bought in Anaheim Hills-the entire inside is gutted but the pool outside was perfect for a day of summer fun. The kids had a blast.

Sebastian wanted to be just like his brothers. He kept walking with Laurie to the edge and would then grab her hand and walk away. He finally took the plunge.

Megan and Synjin being the monkeys they are.

Synjin had so much fun having Daryl throw him in the air.

And of course Chance was not going to be left out!!


Synjin decided cannon balls were the safest to do after attempting to dive a couple times which resulted in belly flops.

OH THE PLACES WE GO...

We recently returned from a fantastic vacation. 3 weeks on the road, 6500 miles, 3 kids, a pregnant wife, fun, and beauty all around. We all came back in one piece and all with a better appreciation of this marvelous world God has created. We are blogging mostly the Canada portion of our trip since the other part has been well blogged already.ENJOY!!
We all loved seeing the wild animals, especially the bears!! 2 grizzly bears and 2 black bears.







Glacier National Park in Montana
Our plan was to drive through to Canada but only 30 miles of the park was open because of snow. So we enjoyed swimming for a bit and then continued our long journey!!


Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada.
I really don't think you were supposed to go swimming in there. One other guy was fishing but the current was pretty strong. Daryl lost his sandals trying to get a grip of something before he was swept away....


Kootenay National Park
I about had a heart attack while they were getting situated for this picture sitting out on the ledge with a waterfall a few feet away. Daryl assured me he had it all under control!!!!


Kootenay National Park
Cooling off at Radium Hot Springs. Synjin was so brave!!


Making friends at camp!


Takaka Waterfall in Yoho National Park. The boys loved saying the name. Canada is beautiful. Keep looking...


Oh so cute!! Perfect angels the entire trip :o)


Lake Louise in Banff National Park.
A Mountie always gets his man!!


Banff, Lake Moraine
Picture of Beauty


Banff, Lake Peyto
The water was unbelieavable. We have not seen anything like it!!


We hiked up to one of the glaciers, Athabascara in Jasper National Park. Pretty cool, literally! It was amazing!

Jasper National Park
Sunwapta Falls


Jasper National Park
Medicine Lake


Row row row your boat
Synjin showing his skills on Lake Maligne, Jasper.


These were some pretty "hellish" rapids!! Hence the name!!




Vancouver, Capilano Suspension Bridge
The boys just didn't understand why it wasn't such a good idea to climb up on the sides of the suspension bridge!!



Victoria, Vancouver Island
I'm trying to convince Daryl how much we would benefit to have a place like this to retreat to in our next house...


This was really a great trip! Thank you Daryl for having such a great sense of adventure. You are my love of a lifetime and the boys absolutely love you and are always "so glad when daddy comes home!"