Homecoming & Hang'n w/Dad

A few weeks ago we enjoyed an awesome football game. Tim Toone played an amazing game and Maiki got to cheer him on wearing her new outfit from Grandma Sherrie.

http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=39328&SPID=3468&temp_site=NO&DB_OEM_ID=8600&ATCLID=204817090 (The link feature wouldn't work; cut & paste this site if you want to read about Tim Toone.)
Slone & Maiki
Myah & Maiki
Chris is the best dad ever!

Monster Mash

Alek, Dylan, Maiki, Mikade, & Tatem starring
in the Monster Mash '09.

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Another Month Bites the Dust

I know I say this a lot, but I am still shocked at how fast time flies. Maiki will be three in just over a month!!!

I didn't take many pictures during September because we spent the beginning of the month preparing for Asia, the middle in Asia (taking zillions of pics), and the end enjoying jetlag.

Here are the few pics that were worth displaying:
After school one day Maiki came home starving, exhausted, and grouchy. I gave her a snack and she was mad that I wouldn't let her have more (didn't want to spoil her dinner). She started throwing a cute, little fit
and fell asleep in the middle of it.
Maiki and Josh enjoying her new "monster tricycle." Uncle Dave bought her the sweetest tricycle I have ever seen!
(It's so sturdy it can even support Josh's weight.)

Chris figured out how to make fried icecream. Mmmmm!
We started October with a 30 degree drop in temperature
and some of the most beautiful snow I have ever seen.

Circus

We went to the circus last weekend.
The best part of the show was watching Maiki. She started out a little scared (it was a bit loud, and we were pretty high up), then once she figured out what was going on she loved it! Her favorite part was when they shot two girls from cannons. I missed the picture, but she yelled the countdown and then when they flew out she sat there with her hands on her face. Maiki also loved the singing and dancing, and was creeped out by the scary, Gravity clown.





I had no idea elephants could even do headstands. . .
(Yes, I flat ironed Maiki's hair. I had to see what it would look like.)

Japan

Being two hours away from Tokyo was just too close, so we had an extended layover and a guided tour with a foreign exchange student (and great friend) I had in high school. I can't believe we actually made it! We've been talking about going to Japan since we first met Keiko (in 1996).

We spent September 13-17 in Tokyo. We accomplished a lot in a few short days, but we never made it to Kyoto. . . I guess we will have to plan another trip.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I didn't take many pictures because my camera battery was dying. I'll post more once I get pictures from Sohee, Beth and Keiko. :D

Korea

We just returned from one of the most amazing trips ever! We spent September 6-13 in Seoul, Korea. People thought we were crazy bringing our two year old on a 13 hour plan ride, but she did great and Jon and Sohee's wedding was spectacular (other than the freak flash flood, which luckily ended right before the ceremony).

Here are a few pics highlighting our trip. I'll post all of them on the kodak site. If you don't get invited to view them and want to know the secret login just send me an e-mail. :D

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Sohee and Jon (the pic in the slideshow is from a bad angle).

The End of Summer

It's amazing how fast the summer flies by. I think this summer felt even shorter because the weather was so cool in June (tons of rain in UT).

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures during our last week of freedom:
Maiki and Mikade chill'n @ the movies

Maiki and Mikade fighting
(for some reason these two always go at it)

Maiki hang'n w/all of the Poulsen boys

Relax'n @ Jemma's pool (the Star Wars floaty was Maiki's favorite)

Maiki is back at Syracuse High and loving every minute. My new work is great, but we are off to an interesting start. I'll post pics ASAP. Right now we are frantically getting ready for Korea and Japan.

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I just found these pics. They are from play dates in August.

Maiki and Elizabeth hanging out in her "house."

Maiki and her best friend from Syracuse High, Morgan.