Our Jewels

After Noel's Violin Exam

2011-05-22T12:23:00.000-07:00

Noel had a violin exam on Saturday morning. She played the D major scale+Arpeggio, G major scale+Arpeggio, two main pieces of Minuet 1 by J.S. Bach and Gavotte by F.J. Gossec. She worked so hard with the teacher and we practice every day for more than an hour a day. And her hard work paid off. She played flawlessly and the judges were impressed by a six year old Noel playing the Gossec Gavotte. And the most important part is that she enjoyed every bit of it. We haven't get the exam result back yet. But she sure did make her family proud:)

So after Noel's exam, we went down to DC for a relaxing Saturday afternoon.

Lunch at the Space museum(I don't think I can get a normal picure of them anymore:)

It was such a nice day, and it only took us 40 minutes to find a parking spot ;) It's the beginning of the tourist season, so it's crowded in the museums. But we still enjoyed it very much! Life is good!

Not so quiet Brothers and a sister who really wants to fly

2011-03-13T19:45:00.001-07:00

Our little Noel turned six last month(My goodness!) She is still the sweetest little girl who likes to talk. She likes to talk on a phone, just ask Grandma how much she has to say:) She has 9,981 imaginary friends and she remembers all of their names. She has several jobs. She is a waitress in the morning(every body need to order their breakfast from her) She is a office lady who only makes appointments on the phone in her own office. She is a cake maker who insist every day is mommy's birthday so she can surprise me with a Lego cake. She is a cow girl who can turn "Spirit" into a girl horse. She is a princess who has a knight(a.k.a Brickman) who protects her and she owns a pet rabbit (a.k.a Lincoln)

But life isn't perfect when she realize she is the most beautiful fairy who can't fly:'(

Keeping these two boys quiet is Mission Impossible, just look at them;)

What are Brickman and Lincoln doing lately:

1. Gets up at 6am and starts horse pretending A.K.A stomping.

2. Discussing which toy belongs to who in a LOUD way(but the good thing is they still remember those polite words).

Example:
Brickman:"May I have it back, Lincoln?"(repeated 5 times in a "mommy can not handle it" voice)
Lincoln:"........." (run for his life with heavy chubby feet)

3. "Mommy! May I have a snack?" (every 5 minutes)

4. pretending sword fighting with stomping Kungfu moves which you have to do to defeat the imaginary enemies.

I can keep the list going for days if I have the time to just sit here and type. I still love them dearly and am not planning on returning them for a new car;)

Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

2011-01-27T13:17:00.000-08:00

We had tons of snow last night, Tommy almost got stuck in the metro. And today Tommy's classes are canceled due to the weather. So we have no excuse for not taking the kids out to have some snow fun:)

And I know you guys only care about the pictures, so there you go:)

First visit to the Bay! Beautiful and Cold!!!

2011-01-06T09:22:00.000-08:00

We are so glad that we are so close to the ocean. Yesterday, we made a quick trip to the bay. The kids had so much fun play with the sand, running and looking at the waves hitting the rocks. And I can practice using my new camera:)
Even though the weather was pretty chilly and I thought that my ears are going to fall off from the side of my head:S

New year! New start!

2011-01-03T18:29:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! We are back! And we are new and improved with kiddos who are growing up so fast, my brand new Cannon EOS 5D Mark 2 camera and hopefuly some new photography skills;)

Life is busy every day, home schooling, taking kids to music instruments lessons, Tommy's busy law school life, unlimited house work, endless laundry, there is always a meal waiting to be cooked, sixteen millions of WHYs need to be answered, goofy jokes and etc.......

But we are still enjoying our little family life:)

Vacation Part 2

2010-05-26T15:39:00.001-07:00

Too many cute pictures with this happy trip;)

Vacation!

2010-05-26T12:22:00.000-07:00

The begining of May, we went to the bay area in California for our first family vacation for the summer. It was such a long fun weekend! We thought that our family is a little too big for staying at somebody's house, so we stay in a hotel for that four wonderful days:) Free breakfast, swiming pool and I didn't need to clean up after the kids;) The first thing I said when we got into our hotel room was:"Kids, you can jump on the bed as much as you want!" They had a blast in the room wacthing movie, eatting pop corn with their daddy and swimming!

And we went to China town for yummy food, Japan town for delicious sushi, visitd the golden gate, the San Francisco Zoo and visted our wonderful friends in th area. I was such a fun trip and I am so glad that our kids starting to enjoy traveling and they were so good for the 12 hour driveX2 with only books, snacks, crayons and blank papers.

We love to trvel as a family and excited for all the trips we are going to do in the next two monthes. And the next one up is Tommy's home town Wyoming and Yellow Stone!

Brickman

2010-04-16T14:17:00.000-07:00

(He loves his brother! Trust me;)

Noel:"Why is it so cloudy today?"

Brickman:"Because the sun needs a blanket! It's cold today!"

Noel was crying because a rubber band stuck in her hair. And.....

Brickman:"Hair! Please don't! You are hurting Noel!"

At the park.

Brickman:"Look,mommy! There are lots of human at the park!"

Me:"Noel, one day you will married a prince and mommy is going to miss you so so much!"

Brickman:"Mommy, you can go to the castle too!"

To be continue.......

Noel's Violin Grduation

2010-03-01T09:55:00.000-08:00

Noel just experienced the first graduation of her life last Saturday! It was nice to see our little girl all grown up(she is growing up too fast) and performing on a stage:) She played it beautifully and flawless, we are so proud of her! And the most important thing is she LOVES it!

And Tommy and I were fully occupied by our two active boys who had trouble sitting quietly through the whole an hour and a half show:) Brickman kept asking me:"Where is Noel?" and "When can I play the cello on stage?" And Lincoln really had trouble sitting on a flapping chair with funny sound when he moves;) But he was entertained by the chair and having so much fun annoying every body around us! So now the whole Utah county knows that they need to stay away from the Jones family!

And the STRANGEST thing is I still love them;)

Happy Birthday to Our Daughter!

2010-02-26T13:53:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to our only princess! We love You! Noel !

This is the whole set up for Noel's fifth birthday party. The theme was"The Royal Celebration"! Noel was the princess who invited all her Royalty friends from other far away kingdoms.

So this castle cake(to match the birthday theme) took me three and a half hours to complete. And Noel just loved it. And this is what I call "Mommy Power"! What do you think?

Here is our birthday girl enjoying her birthday with her royal friends! And impressed with her amazing mommy(I have to get some credit from this) I didn't go to sleep until 3am for the party, but seeing this smile on her face, every thing is worth it:)

Sunday

2010-02-03T09:15:00.000-08:00

Our kids just so confused that why mommy always need to take pictures. Well, that's what you need to do when you have the cutest kids, right? ;) They were good this time though, they were willing to stand there for two pictures! Maybe they just need more training!

Our Three Little Ones Who Are Growing up Too Fast

2010-01-08T11:44:00.000-08:00

Noel is growing up so fast, can you believe that she is going to be five next month?! She is becoming more and more beautiful every day. She is so loved being the only sister in our family. Her brothers love their perfect sister so much. They open the doors for her(and their mommy)every where they go, they let her have first choice with mostly every thing. And of course daddy makes sure that she is treated like a lovely lady:)

She is a very smart little girl. She reads, she writes, she draws, she sings(in tune), she dances, she plays the piano and the violin. She is in love with learning every day, excited to discover the answers to her new ideas and new questions.

She reads a lot of books on her own. After she understands the stories, she draws a picture about the books. She amazes me with how many new things she learns every minute of the day. She likes to sing all the time and she sing quiet well at her age. Her violin teacher told us that because she sings in tune, so it helps her to learn music instruments. She gets a new song every other week. She had a recital during halloween in 2009, the audience could not stop smiling at her cuteness of taking a bow after every single song she played:)

My most beautiful girl truly is the daughter of our dear God!

Brickman is Three and a half and he is the biggest Dinosur lover(like father like son)! He know almost all the difficult names of the dinos and he can tell what kind of dino they are and if they are Carnivore or Herbivore. He liked to be called gentleman, Deinonychus The Terrible Claws, Stegosaurus, and the paleontologist(yes,he knows the word). One time he told his cello teacher that he wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up. And his cello teacher was suprised that he knows the word:) Noel told her friends that she has two brthers, one of them is handsome and the other one is cute. And I agree with her. Brick is a very handsome little dude! He is cool, rich and single! Oh,yeah! He's got the whole package!

Brick's got a very special pesonality. He has a very creative mind. He likes to do things with his hands and figur things out in his own way. He is very into his own little world. And the way he learns is very diffrent. When he is quiet, that means he is listening, learning and getting infomations.

We spent a long time to find his cello teacher. Because we know that he doesn't need a best skilled teacher, he just needs the right teacher to inspire him to do the work himself. He loves the cello teacher. She was so suprised that he knows all the names of the parts on the cello which is over twenty of them. He learn all those difficult vocabularies when Noel practice her names of the violin which is very simular to the cello. We know he has a brilliant mind and he is going to make a diffrence in our future world!

Again, he is a very special son of God! We love him with all our hearts!

Here come the biggest trouble maker of all time! Lincoln is going to be two in March. He is a big boy:) He is full of energy and he is a happy little guy most of the time! He is very very loved(spoiled) by her brother and sister. He has the cutest face when he wants some thing. He likes to act like he is shy. You can tell that he is working some thing out in his little mind when his eys are sparkly:) He likes to impress pretty girls with his cutest face and his dance moves;) You are happy just by looking at him!

He thinks is a game with timeouts. He gives you the biggest grin when he did something that he should not of. He loves to carry his stuff bunny every where he goes. He loves milk, cheese and prezels. He is a very good eater. He can say any word in one syllable. He counts up to 3 in both languages. And he is a tough player!

We don't mind to keep him forever! He makes every body happy! He is a gift from God!

Yes, I am still alive!!!

2010-01-08T11:28:00.000-08:00

Yes! Yes! I am back to blogging(may be!) Happy New Year! We are doing great! It's just very busy with our little family. I am still doing home schooling, Noel's violin and piano, Brickman's cello, picking up Lincoln's mess:) Life is never boring with my three adventurists. Tommy is having the most relaxing time since we were married. I can finaly see him more than an hour every day;) We are still waiting for acceptance letters from all the law schools we applyed to. Hopefuly we can m,ove on with our dream this year(fingers cross:)

Noel

2009-08-19T20:32:00.000-07:00

lets talk about our beautiful daughter:) She is four and a half. She wants to marry Brickman in the Salt Lake Temple(she thinks Sleeping Beauty got married in the Salt Lake Temple:) and have Lincoln for her baby!

She likes to talk A LOT! She can talk for hours and hours with out me asking any questions. She asks a question , then answer her own question. I pretty much don't need to do any work for chatting with her:) And she's learning the violin. She really, really enjoy playing the violin! She is a hard little worker, she pratice six days a week and 45minutes a day. You might think that is because of her mommy makes her do it! But, no. We usually get through the whole 45 minutes pratice without any tears or fights which I am just so grateful for:)

And she enjoys home schooling just as much as her violin! We have lesson time 5 days a week, three hours a day. She amazes me every day for how fast she learns. She reads, count up to a 100(English and Chinese), she is working on some simple addition and subtraction between 1 and 10, she knows George Washington was the first president of the USA and so on..... Let's just say that she knows more than I do ;>

Here's how she lets me know that she knows every thing:

Me:" Who is the first president of the United States?"

Noel:" George washington!" Then she pause it for a little bit and said:" He didn't want to be a president, but every body voted for him! So he had give up hunting fox with his brother!"

Me:" What is a presdent and what does he need to do as a president?"

Noel:" President is the Daddy of the United States! So he needs to be nice to us!" Another pause then she asked:" Mommy, may I put Isabella to bed? I will be right back,OK?"

Me:" Who is Isabella?"

Noel(using her extra sweet voice):" My imaginery friend, nobody can see her except for me! I will tell you more about George later,Ok? Mommy!" And there she goes to be with her "friend" (She got the idea from her favorite cartoon:)

This is our four-year-old sweet and interesting daughter! I hope you enjoy her as much as I do!

Time just went by before I know.....

2009-08-19T16:35:00.000-07:00

Hello, I am back for our blog:) I know! It's been a long time!

I just noticed that I haven't update our blog for six months, so I have to do something to change that;> Time flys after you are married and time shoots like a shooting star after you have kids! Here I am being a extremely busy and happy mommy.

Before, when I think about raising kids. I imagine there will be only smily days. Well, clearly that would only happend in our next lives!

To My Beloved Daughter.......

2009-03-18T16:06:00.000-07:00

Dear Noel:

You're the end of Mommy's rainbow, Mommy's pot of gold.

You're mommy's little girl, to have and hold.

A precious gem is what you are.

You're mommy's bright and shining star.

You're sugar, you're spice,You're everything nice.

And you're mommy's little girl!

I love you, Noel! Please remember!

Mommy is so far away from being perfect.

But I am trying to show you how much I love you every day.

Please smile, please sing, please junmp, and please run.

You brighten Mommy's life every day.

It's hard for me to believe.......

2009-03-18T15:31:00.001-07:00

Well, I mad the whole cake from scratch. As you can see, four years old=four of Noel's favorite cup cakes and four candles:) I spent four hours on this cake(two layers inside,chocolate and vanilla flavor) And there's butterflies and tulips on top(the icing took me three hours to make) So I went to be at 3am the night before the party just for the cake.

Noel's little friends. They had a blast playing together and of course Noel was the happiest one. She always enjoy kids coming to our house.

Yes, let's do it!

2009-01-09T14:00:00.000-08:00

We were so excited to put Noel into preschool last year. About a month before school started, Tommy and I just didn't feel good about preschool anymore. It broke my heart when I was thinking about Noel leaving me for two hours for preschool, three days a week!(am I a wimpy Mom?) Then I started to look into homeschooling the kids. We did some research and got some wonderful books about homeschooling. After I read all the good things about homeschooling I was very excited to be able to spend more time with them in their early years of life! We are planning on homeschooling our kiddos until college(I know it's a tough job!)

I am a mother of three wonderful children who come from Heavenly Father! I am not perfect at all and not trying to be perfect. I always make great mistakes and don't always make right decisions! But I know my Father in Heaven trusts me. So He places these three most wonderful kiddos in our arms. And I know this is what He wants me to do for my three little monsters. I love them dearly and I will do my best to give them what they need to be strong people in this world!

P.S: Here's a website where you can learn some good things about homeschooling.

http://www.homeschooldiner.com/index.html

Enjoy!

2009-01-09T11:09:00.000-08:00

Daddy is our hero!

Love to play!

Can't come down
How do I look?

I am happy!

Boo!

2008-11-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

Guess how much candies did they get?

Tons! (great for Daddy)

It was so fun to for them to go trick or treat with their litte friend. At the beginning, they were so excited for them to say "trick or treat", but after an hour of doing the same thing. They started feeling bored(except the candy). So Noel began to think the chicken costume was not so cute anymore, and Lincoln was the only one smiles to every one who talks to him(he's got really good manners)! The other hand, Brickman was the most creative of all. He says:" Hello, Butterfly!"(to a lady who dressed up as vampire with a pair of wings) He says:" Thank you, Pricess!"(to a girl who was dressing up as an angle) And he point to a lady and said:"Look, mommy! She's a soccer ball!" So I looked to the direction he was pointing to me and found out that girl was "trying" to be a "CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE"!

Prove the truth.....

2008-09-25T12:17:00.000-07:00

I always knew they were from Mars. Why? Here are some evidences that I gathered:

1. They speak Marsenese(I think that's what they call the Mars language)

2. They don't wear shoes, they wear boats.(As you can see from the pic)

3. They have so many invisible friends around them that only can be seen by them.(I think they always talk about one subject and that is HOW TO TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSE)

4. And they disappear once in a while searching for helpful information to help their BIG plan. And they are not afraid of leave any evidence(such a big mess) behind.

5. And they do some kind of "sucking bottom lip" as their secret code(as you can see in the next pic)

To tell you the truth. I am a double agent. And I take direct orders from the "Queen of the Jones house" and my job(extremely dangerous) is to collect all the evidence to prove that aliens are around us all the time.

So here are some things that can help you identify aliens:

a. They are very intelligent and they have all the energy they need to do their job.

b. They talk a lot and they are loud all the time.

c. They are extremely cute (that is their most powerful weapon).

P.S We are not alone! I am sure you can find some around you too.

My gift from Tommy.........

2008-09-24T10:02:00.000-07:00

I love it, love it !!! This is the gift I got for our 5th year anniversary that is coming in two days!!!I don't know why, but lately I've been loving zebra print pattern. Tommy doesn't really agree with me, but he has to say this is pretty! What a great husband I have. He knows what I like (not all the time, he needs a lot of hints:)

matching PJs, cute!

2008-09-09T12:07:00.000-07:00

Question:" What do we LOVE ???"
Answer:" Dinosaurs!!!!"

Our Little Smily Lincoln

2008-09-08T15:42:00.000-07:00

Our littlest hero is five monthes old now. We don't know what's in his mind?! He smiles every time we(or anybody) talk to him. He is the happiest and heaviest(almost 18 pounds) baby ever. He enjoys him self in every way.

He rolls over after he wakes up, then plays with his toes, talk to himself to make sure he still understands himself, laugh with his little Dino. After he's done all the things on his list.......then he will make sure Mommy knows he really really extreamly absorlutly HUNGRY! And other thing that he really like is toys(typical boy just like his older brother)!

Oh my oh my! He is so so so so so............wonderful, happy and cute! I just love to be in his life every minute, he makes me proud every moment and makes smile every second ! Oh, did I mention that he is my baby? Yes, he is my baby :) !

The Olympics Started in Beijing China !!!!!!!!!

2008-08-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

Go, China Team, Go ! It's such a exciting event amoung the Chinese people ! And of course I am one of them !

So much fun to spend time with cousins!!!!!

2008-08-05T11:21:00.000-07:00

We went to Arizona for four days couple weeks ago. Why? We went there to celebrate Luke and Emrie's new baby girl ! She was born on the 11th of July and was weighted 5lbs 14.5oz,stretched to 17" long. She is so beatiful in every way. She has these blueish grey eye and dark brown hair with a little curl in it. She is just perfect for Luke and Emrie.

And we had so much fun playing with them, especialy their pool. Noel and Brickman had so much fun playing with Miles. They were running and riding bikes all around the house. Swimming in the pool, it was a great oppertunity to let Noel and Brick to see how good Miles swims. He is a fish, he jumps off the wall by the pool, swims up to surface then he swims back to the side of the pool. It was amazing to see a little two year old doing that all by himself.

Lincoln really enjoyed the water under the super hot weather.
I was taking a picture of Tommy and Lincoln. And right before I push the button, Miles the little fish just hop up under the water:) Cute boy!!
"It's so bright under the water, I better put some sun glasses on! Uh,much better!"
Row,row, row my boat, gently down the pool !
My turn !!

We love you, Aunt Emrie!

Our Brick is TWO !!!!

2008-08-05T09:55:00.000-07:00

Our little Brickman turned two on July. 9th ! Sorry for the late new post. We just can't believe he is TWO. I just can't imagine without him for these two years. He is a 100% boy with a happy mood all the time. He is a dinosaur lover and loves to talk like Lightning Mcqueen. He goes around the house holding a dinosaur saying:" I am speed !" So cute and I just love it!

On his birthday, he had a Super-man cake(just the candle shows it's Super-man), hey, but it is Super-man colors. We let him do whatever he wanted to do to the cake, and the strangest thing happened. He was afraid to get himself dirty(can't believe it)! Then of cause it's open presant time, he got a Lightning Mcqueen stuffed "car???"and Lightning Mcqueen baseball set from Daddy and Mommy, a fire truck from Noel, a dinosaur blanket from Grandma. He had so much fun opening the presants!!

We Love You, Brick !

Our three little Musketeers visited the zoo !!!

2008-07-01T14:23:00.000-07:00

Animals are always kids' favorite. For our three little curiuos kiddos, it was a blast. Tiger, lion, elephant, zebra, rihno and so much more. Noel's favorite is always the giaff ( just look at her cute outfit, shorts and sandles with the giaff skin pattern) And our little Brick's favorite....of cause the tiger, he was roaring the entire time. About Lincoln, we are not sure which was his favorite, we asked him over and over again, but he just would not tell us :)

Daddy's Bithday fun!

2008-06-12T11:14:00.000-07:00

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Cute people make cute pictures :)

2008-05-28T07:15:00.000-07:00

My lovely cutie pies.Noel is very good at posing now.Look at her,so sweet!And mommy is so lucky that even Brickman was willing to corperate too.

And the littlest man in our house is still little and cute. He is smiling and talking all the time. Noel and Brickman are such great sister and brother. They always enjoy helping Lincoln with feeding, putting the binky back into his mouth, singing when he's crying and so on.

I really enjoy having three of them around me all the time. Busy and joyful !

Noel+Brickman+Lincoln= Extreamly loud !!!!!

2008-05-06T13:02:00.000-07:00

Our smallest cutie pie is a month and a half old. He is a not so quiet baby! :) It's so fun to have a baby like him. He eats like his brother (4 oz in every three hours), and that's why he can gain three pounds in just two and a half weeks. He crys like his sisiter (nice and loud). And the most importantthing is he is so loved by Mommy, Daddy, his coolest brother and his sweetest sister. And that is the main reason that makes him so cute and healthy!
Look at him !!! He is such a heart breaker. Its so hard to find little toddler boys' ties, especially the cute little bow ties. But Mommy always trys hard to find the cutest outfits for her cutest little guys and little girl.

Two more months, our "Brick-man" will be two. He has the most interesting personality in the entire universe. As his uncles said:" Every thing he does is funny!" Here is a simple example to help you to understand how it is. When he realized he was doing something that he shouldn't be doing. He will try to use his most realistic fake laugh to cover it up. Then I will try to educate him using the calm and firm voice to say:"That's not funny! Brick!" Then he will turn to me and look at me in the eyes, also using his firm tone of the voice saying:"Yes, Mommy! It was funny!"

So please tell me what I should say back to this?! But to tell the truth, I really enjoy seeing him being himself and having his own special personality.

What about our little girl? Oh, her life is busier than mine :) She still makes all the noice in the house. She supervice the boys(includes Daddy). She is Mommy's greatest helper. Her duties are: decides what she is going to wear, decides what Brickman and Lincoln going to wear, making masses(to make sure Mommy isn't resting), make sure Daddy knows the specific time for dinner by calling him on the phone, needs to spell every word she sees on every store signs(Yep, she can read all 26 letters, so proud of her), also helps clean up the room(she say she knows the best way to clean and knows where her toys should be sleeping in), and she needs us to pray with her every two minutes. Love it, enjoy it and proud of it! :)

Dear Grandma, I miss you so much !

2008-04-22T21:27:00.000-07:00

I went back to China last week for my grandma's funeral. It was really emotional for me. I love her so much ! We lived together since I was a little girl, my grandma was always there for me. She babysat me all the time. I had a lot of wonderful memory about her. Her death was sudden and it hit me hard. I have the thought of "why don't I go back more often to see her and tell her how much I loved her!" And I wish I could of see her one last time.

When I was at the funeral and saw her face. It broke my heart, I just couldn't stop crying. It still hurts me. I still could not believe that she is actually gone. I cry when I think of her face, her apartment, the chair she used to sit on all the time, the meals she used to fix for me and the voice and tone she use to call my name! Oh, I miss her so much.

But I am glad that I have the gospel in my life. According the spirit, I know she is in good hands and she is happy. I went to the temple two days before I left for China. I prayed that I hope she can except the gospel soon. And I know she will! Because she wants to spend eternity with her family!

"I love this picture of me and Mommy!"

2008-04-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

Noel:" Mommy, I love you! We make a great team together. Since we are the only girls in our little family, we need a plan to help the boys to know who is the boss!"

Mommy:"I agree, Noel! Don't worry, Mommy has got every thing under control. Even Daddy couldn't say no to Mommy!"

Tommy's mission reuinon.

2008-04-09T13:46:00.000-07:00

It was nice to see Tommy meet with his old companions from his mission. He was really excited about his mission reunion every year. But this might be the last one that we could go. He was really excited to see his mission president and hear his talk. We were all inspired by him.

My Cutest Modles!

2008-04-05T20:33:00.000-07:00

Little lady and a little gentlman. Sometimes it's so hard to stop taking pictures of our precious little kiddos. They are my cutest model!
Sweet, sweet little baby.
I was trying to catch his little smile.

Welcome to our family, Lincoln Lingxi Jones!!!

2008-03-28T09:15:00.001-07:00

Lincoln Lingxi Jones, was born on Mar.20.2008. He was weight 7 pounds 12 ounces and 19.5 inches long. He is such a hansome little guy. We are so excited to have him in our family. We love you!

Noel and Brickman are such wonderful brother and sister. We can hardly keep their little hands off of Lincoln sometimes. They always want to hold him, kiss him, help him with diaper change, feed him cadies from their Easter basket. They are so loving and caring for their littlest brother. Thank you for being the best brother and best sister for your best littlest brother! We love you!

Our first family picture, we are so blessed that we can have these beautiful kids. And I can't believe they used to fit in my stomach:) Sure is a miracle.

Noel and Brickman's first Easter egg hunt!

2008-03-28T08:55:00.000-07:00

Grandma helped them prepare all the Easter basket goodies. Then the Easter Bunny(Uncle Hansan and Uncle Dallan) came and hide them all in the back yard. And of cause under Daddy's help, they found them all !!!! Thank you, Grandma and uncle Hansan and Dallan for the wonderful Easter you provide for Noel and Brickman !!

wonderful time playing in mud:)

2008-03-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

It's so fun to look at them play with durt. They are having fun and I am having fun taking pictures too. Look at those muddy little hands(they are so pround of them). I love the weather here lately. Sunshine and perfect temperture. I love to take Noel and Brickman out side to the park, play in durt and having little picnic with out little family. We enjoy spring time.

"Can I help, big sis?"

having my kids in my arms is a precious time!

2008-03-10T10:48:00.000-07:00

As a proud Mommy of two(almost three)wonderful children. I just love to give them hugs and kisses. I love being a stay home mom, so I can be in their lives for every minute. I see them laugh, play, telling me what they did every two minutes, cry for me when they get hurt and so on. It's so wonderful that I can be a mom of these precious spirits. It's emotional for me some times, because I always make mistakes as a mom. But I know they love me no matter what I did and they forgive me instanly just by a hug. I love them with my whole heart and I want to be a better person bcause of them!

Daddy's ski trip with friends!

2008-03-01T14:33:00.000-08:00

Tommy and his friends went on a ski trip last Friday and they had so much fun trying to "kill" themselves by skiing down the hill.

Here is the picture that he is getting ready to compete with his task down the hill. Was he scared? (use your imagination)
Looks like he is getting it!

And he made it to the bottom of the hill without breaking his legs. Very impresive, Honey!

What's up, Mommy?

2008-02-28T10:11:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of Noel. She's a little lady!

And this picture of Brickman totally show his personality!

Happy Birthday! Our precious girl!

2008-02-21T19:37:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday! Noel! Her wonderful birthday started with Grandma's "Happy bithday"phone call. Then she had her first bithay party with all of her friends and she was so happy and excited. She was so excited when Daddy brought home all the balloons.It was fun. We had lego building contest with all the kids during the party and little movie time with caremel popcorn and hot chocolate together. Then we all sang the birthday song for her before she blow the candles(by the way, she loved her birthday cupcakes that Mommy made for her,but she only ate the top part which is all the icing on the top). I think she was more excited about blowing the candles than the song. Then she had little "teatime"with Daddy, Mommy and Brickman after dinner with the gift from Miles. "thank you, Miles!"She is so sweet. We love you and happy birthday!

Family Fun in the Park!

2008-02-19T10:14:00.000-08:00

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Valentine's day special by my lovely husband!

2008-02-16T09:58:00.000-08:00

Tommy has been always good at surprise me with diffrent ideas on diffrent occations and special days. On valentine's day this year is even more creative. He made the kids went to bed a little earlier than usuasl. We had wonderful and quiet dinneron the table just us with lights off and candles and flowers on the table. And our lovely dinner(which was provided and made by Tommy) was delicious entre from Lean crucine:), homemade ice-cream from haagen-daus, and "sparkling cider made from all natual apples" for beverage. It was a lovely dinner and he even pulled out the nice glasses which are from our wedding to reminde me he loves me a lot more than four and a half years ago. Then we fullfilled our night with a nice romantic movie. It was lovely and sweet. I love being married with a man I love!

Sunday best!!!

2008-02-14T13:31:00.000-08:00

Look at this good looking guy! Having dinosaurs in his hands is more important than let Mommy take a good picture of him. Or he knows he looks good in every way(and this is the truth)! I guess boys will be boys.

Sunday best!

2008-02-14T13:22:00.000-08:00

I just love to dress them up in their Sunday best. Look at her. She is a angel from heaven!!!! It's so fun to dress her up. Dress, shoes, hair, head bands, hair clips, little jewlery. It's always fun to shop for her.

Just some more cute pictures to show off!!

2008-02-14T13:02:00.000-08:00

I have to say this again and again. "They are sooooooooooo cute!!"

We are doing pre-school shopping for Noel for theses two weeks. And it's so much fun to do that with her(also tiring). But we have decided that we would like her to go to private school. We did some reseach on public school and went to couple top private school in the area. And the one school that we feel right for Noel is called "Challenger". And it's in Lehi which is pretty far away from our home, but it's a very good school. So she will go there as her first school and hoping she will have wonderful time there.

Having a daughter is pure joy!

2008-02-04T13:52:00.000-08:00

Our little Noel is so beautiful. She loves to play hide and seek game with us. And I enjoy having a daughter like Noel, she gives hugs and kisses to Mommy every day and always tells me she loves me. She makes sure that Daddy kisses Mommy before he goes to work. She helps me with the dishes and she puts away her toys after she's done playing(most of the times). And she can sing the ABC song, counting 1-20, doing a great job of remember all the shaps and colors that Mommy taught her during lesson time in the morning. She is going to be three in about two and a half weeks. Tommy and I are already started to think of ways to keep the boys away from our daughter. We thought of a lot of ways like do a backgruond check for every boy who gets close to her, interviews with lie ditactor, and electric fence to put around her(not to shock her but the boys who try to get close to her).

Brickman's new favorites.......

2008-02-04T13:36:00.000-08:00

Brickman has always loved his balls and dinos. And this new green dino and this socer ball just became his favorite of all. He has to have both of them to sleep with him. And he takes the little dino with him no matter where he goes. When he met dino for the first time, he introduce him to his whole family. His Daddy(who also loves dinosaurs with all of his heart), his Mommy, his favorite sisiter and his favorite brother(coming soon in about two monthes). Our little boy is just so cute and healthy. We went to the doctor today for his 18mo check up. And the doctor said he looks fabulous in every way. I am so pround and grateful! I enjoy my little boy in every way.

The show is on!!!

2008-01-30T09:18:00.000-08:00

Hello, look what we have here! A circus, uh?! It's fun to wacth them do this. of cause Daddy was being a safe guard standing right by them. And Mommy was the photographer. Hey, this is what it took to get good pictures. A little bit of team work from Daddy and Mommy. And the cute models were doing their own stunts too.:)

Daddy loves his little girl!!

2008-01-28T10:02:00.000-08:00

Noel loves to play with Daddy. Because Daddy can do things with her that Mommy can't. Like throw her high in the air, jump on the bed with her and encourage her to make big messes. Sometimes, she ask me:" Can I climb on you like I climb on Daddy?" And after one attempt. She would say:"Oh, I think only Daddy can do this!" But she still loves me, she knows who to go to when she needs to get her nails done! :)

Where is my boy!!!!!!!

2008-01-28T09:49:00.000-08:00

Brickman loves to play with window blinds. You can tell if you come to our house for a visit. And he really thinks that we can't see him when he just cover up his eyes. And when you find him, he would laugh so hard and wants do it again and again. He is such a "world class little performer". It's so cute. Having a boy is such a joy, and we are so excited for our second boy.

We are ready to go!

2008-01-23T13:31:00.000-08:00

Coats are on! We are ready to go with Mommy!

Cozy sister and brother

2008-01-22T10:52:00.000-08:00

Cozy little sister and brother. They love being under the blanket together. I can't believe Noel is going to be three next month and Brick is already 18 monthes old. They love to get into stuff that they shouldn't be and work together as a team to trick Mommy. And when I give Noel a time-out, Brick would sit at the time-out spot with Noel. And when I give Brick a time-out, Noel would come to me and say:" Mommy, Brick didn't do that on purpose and he is crying!" Thn turn to Brick and say:" you need to listen to Mommy, OK? Can you say sorry to Mommy now?" It's so funny to Tommy and I every time they do that. And when we smile, the time-out would just melt away. They are just so cute in every way. We just can't imaging how three kids are going to be like. One thing for sure is we will be laughing and being extreamely busy! Kids are so worth the prize!

We had wonderful Christmas!

2008-01-22T10:06:00.001-08:00

Sorry about the late update on our blog. Our internet isn't good around in our house. So please forgive us. We went to Grandma's house for christmas. It was so fun to be with the family and all the cute babies. Noel and Brick love to play with Miles and they always being so nice towards each other. They always tried to give each other toys. It was such a joy to watch them play together. Emrie and I enjoy watching them having bath together. They were laughing, splshing water at each other and trying to swim in the little bath-tub. It was so cute. Of cause Mommy needed to cleanup every time. And when Santa came in the house, all of them cried so loud, poor Santa(Uncle Richard). And on christmas day, everybody were excited about their gifts but the kids. They enjoyed making masses with the wrapping paper more than their gifts. And they all went sliding together. Oh, it was funny to watch. I was the smart and the whimpy one who was sitting in the warm car and watch. Emrie was brave. She was playing in the snow with high hills on. Two boys were screaming and crying when they sliding off the hill, but Noel was laughing and wanting more. Kids are funny. We really enjoyed our christmas with the family. Hope you had a great christmas too.

The "Brick Man"

2007-12-11T13:37:00.000-08:00

Our little boy is now seventeen months and he is talking all the time. His favorite toys are balls and trucks. His favorite food is food, and milk is his life saver. He is such a fightsty little guy. He follows Noel all around the house and they talk to each other in Marcent language(Daddy and Mommy could not understand a bit). And he is very excited for his coming soon little brother.

little book worm Noel

2007-12-11T13:24:00.000-08:00

Look at this cute little book worm! She loves to go to the library with Brickman and Mommy. She walks through isle by isle to pick books she wants to read. She is such a beautiful girl! She knows she will be a big sister to another little brother, and she loves Brickman with all her heart. We love her!

First Snow! Fun,Fun,Fun!!

2007-12-11T10:49:00.000-08:00

Finally, some snow! It was so beautiful! We took some pictures and play in the snow for a while. Tommy was very excited about the snow.

Noel and Brickman love the snow! They had so much fun with Daddy outside. They played in the snow for an hour, and made a big snowman. And when they came in the house, they were two ice cubes. After they change into dry clothes, two little cups of hot chocolate(90% warm milk and 10% hot chocolate) were waiting for them. Yum yum!!!