Up to Christmas

Where have I been? ...I am in Vancouver. I was stuck in a meeting, which I couldn't get out of it, and there was no phone.The electricity went out in the building and we were trapped on the 18th floor and the telephone system blew too. Amazingly enough.

lol. I guess since tomorrow is Christmas I should do a pre-Christmas December post since I've been doing so dreadful this month.

This is our front tree Alex decorated.

alex stealing princess before Chio finds out.

Chio is getting so big. In her had is the doll she got for her friends birthday that she keeps unwrapping and stealing (we got her friend a different one now). It makes me wonder if she likes it so much because she isn't supposed to be playing with it.

Ouch. I really didn't want to go to the ward party this year because I wasn't feeling too good; but Alex was already at the church so I went anyway. We let alex run around with the other kids while every one was visiting and that is when alex tripped and hit his head on a chair... We went home early.

The funny part (if any part can be funny) is I took this picture after he had calmed down. I said "Do you want me to take a picture of it?"
He very composedly said,"Yes."
So I got out the camera and said, "Ready?"
"Yes," he said, and then he started screaming his head off.
As soon as the flash went off he was completely normal again and asked, "Can I see it?"
So I showed him and he wanted to take another picture and we did the whole thing again, and again right when the flash went off he was fine again. I guess he wanted you to get the feeling of the evening. Did it come across?

Pre bump.

Chio's Smiles:
When I was growing up every time my parents would ask me to smile I would make a face similar to this; my parents would never say the customary "smile" and would in detail warn photographers that they should think of something else to say. How can this possibly be hereditary? I think that my parents taught Rocio this as pay back.

alex wouldn't let me post this without putting this picture on too.