Thailand- knee boarding Emma

When we were in Thailand we went to the beach, and this guy let us rent his boat for him to take us around and do water activities. I chose to go knee boarding!! It was fun, but my knees almost fell out of the board!

My Birthday!!

 I'm so big now because I'm 6!! I got lots of AWESOME presents!! I also got a race car cake. Dad was in the UK on a business trip, so he watched me open my presents on Skype.

Rebekah's ear surgery

Rebekah was so brave when she got this third set of ear tubes put in. A new water bottle from Starbucks and a mini cheesecake can go a long way towards improving a child's attitude...

Cole's birthday

Cole got a badminton racket for his 11th birthday this week. He wrapped it himself. He also made and decorated his own "candy-explosion" birthday cake.

Alia's haircut

Alia was very unhappy about getting her hair cut this week. I didn't know why she was so upset until she fell asleep on my shoulder as soon as the haircut was over and we were waiting for Rebekah to finish. She was exhausted! Everyone at the salon thought Alia's mad face was darling.

Seth's drawing

This is Seth's great drawing of the First Vision. I personally think Joseph Smith's hair do seems very 21st-century-ish.

The Olsen's on TV

A TV station wanted to do a spotlight on an expat family--and Jeff was the lucky winner!

Our family on TV over Chinese New Year