Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving weekend visiting family in Phoenix, AZ. Sloane got to see her cousin Taylor and this is one of the few shots in which they're both looking at the camera.

One of the reasons why we went to Phoenix was to give Sloane the chance to meet her great grandmother Gebby. Sloane wasn't very happy but she did her best to be a good girl, even if she didn't have a nap that day. It was also important for her to were her new purple onesie--thanks to Grandeur.

She spent a lot of time out in Gebby's front lawn (rock garden) with Grandeur.

We gave Sloane pigtails for the first time this weekend. Her hair has finally grown enough so that we can do more interesting things with it.

At the zoo they had a little petting area with a bunch of goats. Sloane's cousin Jacob showed her how to pet the goats.

Then she was brave enough to do it on her own.

Sloane and Taylor on the lookout tower over the Giraffe enclosure.

She started to smile at the end of the day. But for the most part the pictures all looked like this:

The Phoenix Zoo is not as good as other zoos, but they had this cool monkey area where we could get really close to the monkeys.

Beckham and Sloane

Sloane's first soccer game is LA Galaxy vs. Chivas USA.

The main reason we went was to check out #23 David Beckham.

We had pretty good seats so we had a nice vantage point to check out the goods.

It was a wild game. Both of these teams are based in LA and this was the last regular season game.
Beckham and the Galaxy won!!

Later he came up into the stands to take a few pictures with Sloane.

She was looking pretty cute that day, too.

It gets surprisingly cold in LA.

Sloane examining the pictures that our friend We took. Every shot has to be just right or Sloane won't stand for it. She demands to see each shot after it's taken to inspect the results.
I think this one turned out pretty good.

Halloween

Sloane's Halloween costume: angel. We went treat-or-tricking this year with our friends in our apartment complex. We went up to meet our friends, the Floods, to get ready for the event.

Sloane was eyeing some of the other dressed up kids; this was a pretty good batman.

Jaimie's son Gage made a good-looking UPS delivery man.

Thanks to mommy for a beautiful angel costume.

At first, she didn't understand what to do with the candy, so daddy taught her that she was to put it in the trick-or-treat bag. She picked it up pretty quickly, though.

Sloane and Bentley.

Sloane waiting in line behind Claire for her candy.

Sloane in glowing radiance with Braydon.

An angel and a devil.

Shea, Sloane, Claire, and Braydon. Auntie Kathy and Zi Zhen came and joined us.

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Cute Sloane making a monster face.
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They love her at the mall.
Our family in city lights.
A sexy dress of Sloane polaroids.

Sloane's new billboard.
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our summer fun

Lance finished his Master's this summer so we have to move from Boulder to LA, but before we moved to LA we spent time in UT and Taiwan visiting family and friends.

Sloane's first time in a Uhaul truck, she is really excited because she can sit in the front row with us.
Sloane is not really a good eater but she loves to sit in the high chair and eat with her cousin Taylor.
what a nice sharing moment.
Sloane and granduncle at Grace's grandmother's house.

The house is 100 years old. Grace's Dad grew up in this house.
Night market in Taiwan, the place where Grace missed a lot while living in the US.
Sloane and Grace's friend Sammi's daughter.
Grace's friend Sammi and her husband. We hung out at their cabin on the mountain.
There is a pond outside of the cabin, Sloane loved the fishes and kept feeding them.


Lance loved their cabin because it was much cooler on the mountain, Taiwan is really hot in the summer.
Family dinner, we went to visit Grace's aunt and their family. It was fun.
Daoist temple

Sloane and grandma.

Lance caught a small crab, Sloane was so scared to touch it but she was really interested in watching the crab run.

Grace and her little brother who is 10 years younger than her.

Summer in Taiwan

Here are some of the pics we took in Taiwan. Grace's family finally got the chance to meet Sloane this summer. We had so much fun together.

Sloane enjoyed playing with the toys at the library. Grace's Mom and Dad liked to take her over there.
Sloane and grandpa

Sloane and Auntie Lesley at Changhua city where the famous big Buddha is. You can see that in the back of this picture.

Sloane loves to walk outside with her little cute purse.

Sloane wore kimono at Japanese Sushi restaurant.

She loves the big Teddy Bear.

Sloane and Auntie Kathy are waiting for the High speed Train, it just only takes 50 mins from Taichung to Taipei.
Lance's friend Ammon came to visit us in Taiwan, we took him out to eat with Grace's family and friends.

I love this pic that Ammon took. We were in the famous place called Sun Moon Lake.
Riding the Scooter in Taiwan is really common but we all agree that once is enough.

Sloane's first visit to the zoo.
Sloane got a panda backpack from Auntie lesley, She loves it, thank you so much Auntie lesley.
Sloane saw some birds walk on the ground, she is making the bird face in the picture.

Panda Panda, it was a long line outside, everyone came to the zoo for the panda, I guess.

We spent the whole day at the zoo and had lots of fun.

Back in U.S. and A.

We made it back to America where after a brief sojourn at Mom and Pop's house in Provo we started our move out to L.A. We stayed at the Plaza in north Las Vegas.
It was near the Fremont Experience and one of the more ghetto places we've ever been to in our lives together.

Sloane found new enjoyment with the hose outside the Utah house. We sprayed her down with water several times. We had to let her try out her swimming suit before she out grew it.

It was a long drive to California and this was one of the rare occasions when Sloane was not crying on the road.
Farewell to Auntie Lesley at the airport in Taiwan.
We took a trip to Shan Lin Xi, which is one of Taiwan's national parks. There is this 3,000-year-old cyprus tree called Shen Mu.

Sloane enjoyed the Onigiri--it is one of her favorite foods.