Tuesday, December 14, 2010

This Past Thanksgiving we went to my Grandma's House and visited Grandma High (Dad's Mom) and Aunt Mary (My Dad's Sister). We had a fun time and of course stuffed ourselves silly. They are doing very well, and it was wonderful to see them.

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And Of course, this blog wouldn't be complete with out a few Helaman pictures!!

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Helaman found his toes, and now loves to play with them. He also has grown in his two bottom teeth but is shy about showing them.

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Dad loves to take advantage of Helaman's cuddle moods.

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Our greatest present under the tree.

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Adam, Eve and the Devil!

Friday the 29th the 78th ward had a ghoulish-pumpkin Halloween party, and of course prizes the the best dressed. I found a Halloween costume at a garage sale for Helaman ( the devil ) and then started to searching for something to match him. I found the following below. I had to do some sewing and dying, but it was all worth it. It was a big hit at the party and to our surprise ended up winning first prize, movie tickets. We were pretty excited, to say the least it made our night!

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We got pictures next to a few of our favorites too!

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On Sunday (after Gnanam finally woke up, thanks to Helaman)...

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We went to church and then took off to Pocatello to a good friend's ( Liz and Dru Taylor) Baby blessing little baby Jay is a sweet cute little boy and was born just a week previous! He had a wonderful blessing by his Dad Dru. we got some pictures!

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Choo Choo!

Today I took my boy and my adopted boy Skyler whom I watch in the mornings, to a play group that meets on Thursdays. This week it was a train ride on a kid sized train, which went on a real track, and stopped at sights to see animals. It was so much fun and both boys were perfect angels.
I got mostly pictures of Skyler because I was holding Helaman and taking pictures at the same time. Skyler's the one on the left.

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BURP!

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Family!

Cousins! Jared and David with Helaman

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Nikhil with Helaman

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Gnanam after the Helaman's blessing

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Proud Grandma and Grandpa!

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Vinna and Nikhil

Last week Vinna (Gnanam's Sister) came to visit for about a week, we captured some memories while she was here.

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More cute pictures!!!

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Monday, September 27, 2010

More Pictures!!!
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Jared Benjamin High

My Brother Jared's Birthday is today and He would be 25. Some times when I'm at home we'll mention something funny about the past and we'll start out "remember when..." Well, here are few "remember when..." stories about Jared.
Remember when...
...Jared and I used to get 25 cent pops from Costco and put a straw in it and napkin around it, it was so important to do it just that way.
...Jared and I used to fight over the bent pillow in the big blue van.
...Jared and I built a tree house and slept in it the night Dad was gone out of town 'cause he said we couldn't (it wasn't safe. )
...Jared and I would sneak Dad's four-wheeler out and ride it. he he he :)
...Jared wore holes in his jeans faster then humanly possible.
...sat on his sandwich because we convinced him it would taste better.
...used to pick his hair so much that he got a bald spot.
...Befriended Brian and was his friend till he died.
...used to play T-ball and was pretty good.
...Opened up the back of the van door and played super man as Dad drove home from Church. (scared the crap out of every one)
...loved his cats.
...used to say, "Katrin did it" for everything that went wrong.
...used to say, "back cak" instead of "back pack"
...used to say, "happy donald" instead of "McDonalds"
...Jared and I dug a fort in the desert across the street, and then our mean nieghbors broke it.
...Jared and I had our first kiss (to different people of course) on the same night in the same place. (spin the bottle)
...used to like gymnastics, even as a little boy on the side of the door.

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Above (left to right) Dad, Sonja, Mom, Jared (above), Jake, And I

Happy Birthday little brother. We still miss you.

SHOTS

Helaman got his first shots today and I'd say he handled it pretty well. He was sucking his pasi and they they poked him all at once in the legs. He froze, went red, opened his mouth and for almost 3 seconds held his mouth open and didn't cry and then screamed like no tomorrow. I had tears in my eyes, knowing that I brought that pain to him, but after I picked him up, he calmed down and by they time I got him to the car he was smiling again. So I guess he forgave me. What a good little boy I have.

Helaman was Blessed with a name on August 22, 2010 and the name by which he shall be known through out his life and in the record of the church is Helaman Gnanapragassen Chowriamah. My sister Sonja as a gift gave Helaman his blessing outfit and took some picture of him in it. He is a doll.
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Here are a few of the pictures from the photo shoot.

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More to come as I have more time.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Zoo Day!

My work sponsored a "Zoo Day" for all their employees so I grabbed extra tickets and took some friends and of course my husband to the zoo. Here we can see Gnanam in dangers way trying to grab a drink on a hot day.

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Here from Left to right is Drew (white shirt in sun) and his wife Liz right behind him (purple) and me taking a breather then Jason and Audrianna wishing they had some sun block. This Group of people are extra cool because they are our neighbors and they come for "Avatar, the last air bender" night with us every Thursday and some times Saturdays, in prep for the Movie coming out soon.
(The cartoons are really funny.)

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A few of the many animals we saw... this one was really active, quite a crowd pleaser.

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