Christmas in Utah

I am finally getting Christmas pictures posted.  They are in no particular order, mainly because it is hard to rearrange them.  HA HA.

Nate enjoying his First Christmas with lots of smiles!

Nate with "Bachan"

Little Elf

Preparing to shoot rockets for AJ's entertainment, or was it because Pop Pop and Taro think it's pretty cool too?

There it goes.

AJ's favorite: the Pirate rocket!

"The" best present of Christmas morning, according to AJ.  A light saber.

We got to spend some time with Aunt Sandy too.  Salt Lake Temple visit.

It was Freezing that morning!  But the temple was so beautiful.

View from the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Cafe Rio for Lunch with Aunt Sandy?  Yes please!

AJ couldn't resist getting in the picture.

Spending some play time with Aunts Mitsuko, Yae, Aiko, and cousins too!

A stop at Elko, Nevada McDonalds.  Not Taro's elk.

On the way home, we found a "playground" along I-80 for some running around time.

First present of Christmas morning... Star Wars legos.  He shook the present days before when it was under the tree and said "It sounds like Star Wars legos!"  Whaaaattt??? LOL!

Nate's first present of the morning.  He looks surprised!  Santa must have gotten something right!

Taro and AJ took a long hike down to the old Power Dam near the house.  It was over a mile long hike and AJ loved it.

Found a walking stick just like Pop Pop's.

Finally made it there!

Nori and Mel's backyard!  Isn't it beautiful!  It was AJ's dream rock garden.

Nate learned to sit up during our visit.  How cute!

Nate at Seven Months

Finally getting some smiles captured!

Nate at Six Months

Of course, AJ had to be right there with us during our mini photo shoot!  Silly boy.  AJ at 39 months! :)

AJ's Before and After

Just over six months ago I took AJ to the barbershop.  He threw a massive fit while he was sitting on my lap, and I was days away from having Nate too.  There wasn't a lot of lap space people!  HA!  I told Taro I was never taking him there again.  HA.  He says it hurts to cut his hair.  So as you can see he was in desperate need of a haircut.  Taro wanted to use his clippers.  We were finally able to hold him down.  There were alot of tears.  But Taro managed to get a great haircut.

Look who's sitting up by himself.  He figured it out while we were in Utah.  Yay!

Five Months

Time is surely flying by. Nate is five months already.  Don't you just wanna squeeze those cheeks?

Father Son Art Project

AJ was dying to make a paper bag mask after he saw the cubscouts make some last week.  He wanted a spaceship mask???  Well, I think he was very excited when Taro decided to help him make one.  Did I mention he is obsessed with Star Wars?  I wonder where that came from???  All day long, I hear "Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum!!!"  (Darth Vader music) and then repeat.  A few hundred times.  Then to change things up, he plays it on the piano.  Not kidding.

Nate's First Halloween

Nate slept through most of the Trunk or Treat, and he didn't go out on Halloween night.  So, how do we celebrate his inaugural Halloween?  Strip him down and stick him in a pumpkin.  HA. HA.  It was really cold, so we didn't have a lot of time to get him to laugh.  But AJ managed to get a few smiles from him.  What a good sport!