Bald Eagle

John and I were going through a house that is unfinished down the street from ours, when he noticed a Bald Eagle, no more then 15ft from us, sitting in a tree. We booked it home to get my camera and ended up getting some pretty cool pictures. I was amazed (and a little frightened) by how big those things are. Leksie looked them up online and found out some pretty cool information, like there wing span can be up to 8ft long. It was defiantly an amazing sight. Every year he comes back to the same tree to hang out. One day on the way home from school we saw him catch a fish, AMAZING! We also like to watch him play in the snow. It is so beautiful to see. Hopefully we can get some more pictures of it. For now were just happy having these.

Aleksia's Chinese Play

Aleksia's class has been learning about the Chinese Dynasties, and pretty much the whole history of China, for the past few months. The last few weeks they have been putting together a play to show everyone what they have been learning. The kids did it all themselves and it was amazing. The walls were covered from floor to ceiling inside and out of the classroom (you couldn't even tell it was a classroom) of murals, maps and information that the kids had made. You walked through the classroom and there were different sections set up for each dynasty. The 6th graders were the leaders for the dynasty and told about the important facts that happened during that time period. The 5th and 4th graders were in the background acting the parts of important facts and not making a sound. I couldn't believe a room with 50 kids, let alone my daughter, and so much paper could be that quiet. I seriously think you could of heard a pin drop. They worked really hard and it truly paid off. The play was a SUCCESS!!

Enjoy the pictures.

Halloween 08

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Trunk-or-Treat

We had an amazing time at our wards Trunk-or-Treat. Our friends Won and Natalie came with their baby Kyler, Aleksia's friend Morgan came and so did Elaine. It was pretty crazy but I think all of the kids looked really cute, they all got alot of candy and they all went to bed as soon as we got home.