Big ol Turkey Day

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, this year we had the wonderful opportunity of having the whole family on my Mom's side here. This was the first time in along time we have been together.

 Grandpa with his best helper cooking the turkey in the inferred cooker.

 Alessandra met my cousins daughter Julia for the 1st time, they hit it off.

 4 generations on the Hinman side

 Working off some calories hitting the pinata.

 Joal wanted to do it all by himself this year

 Trying to get all 8 kids to sit still and look at the camera  IMPOSSIBLE!

 Alessandras first Smore, she loved it!

 Nate and Alessandra are best buds

Road trip Tucson

We took a little trip down South for a few days. We headed to Tucson to see the sights. We drove thru the Saguaro National park, awesome views of all the saguaros growing. We visited the Sonora Desert Museum, awesome place, we got to get so close to the animals. The kids loves it!!!

 We drove up to Sentinal Peak, which is where the University of Arizona has their big A on the mountain. Great view of Tucson.

 We took the kids to the Childrens Museum, the kids love being able to climb, touch and play with all the fun things they have there.

 No trip to Tucson is complete without a trip to Old Tucson Studios. We had a blast, it was not busy so we got to ride the rides a bunch of times. Alessandra loved the cars we got to drive.

 Rode the little train around the park

Desert Botanical Garden

Family outing to the Desert Botanical Garden. The kids had a blast running around seeing the plants and just being kids. It was a good way to wear them out!!

Alessandra and Grandpa at the top of the mountain.

Trunk or Treat 2014

Alessandra loves the Ninja Turtles so we decided to be the Ninja Turtles for halloween this year. I had so much fun making the costumes. I let Alessandra pick which turtle we would all be, she was very particular who was who. Alessandra is Rapheal, Joal is Michelagelo, I am Donitello and Jr is Leonardo.

 Jonathan(aniken skywalker) and Charlie(Darth Vader) joined us for trunk or treating. Alessandra was so excited to have her cousin trunk or treat with her.

Phoenix Temple open house

We had the wonderful opportunity of being able to attend the Phoenix Temple open house. This temple like all the others is so beautiful, they really did a wonderful job of capturing the beauty of Arizona in    the the colors and paintings they chose.                  

Its fun to hear what the kids have to say about the experience, Alessandra liked riding the big green bus that took us from the parking lot to the temple, she also liked wearing the white booties over her shoes and she really liked the chandaliers in the celestial room. It was so awesome to be there with the kids and share the temple with them.

Arizona Cardinal Fans

We took our annual Cardinals fan shirt picture at the beginning of the season. The kids love wearing the football shirts on game days.                                                

 The cutest little Cardinal fans!!!!