This is the largest bronze Buddha in the world! 300,000 tons! 10 people could stand in the palm of it's hand... Photos don't do it justice as the perspective from the camera lense and where you stand to take the photo makes it appear smaller. Trust me it's huge!

Buddha

The Big Bell, it uses a large tree trunk sized poll to ring it too. 

Todaji from afar. 

This photo needs to be published in some dog lovers book! 

This photo rivals the last one in cuteness! Look how happy Connor is holding his sister. And check out those blue eyes, Mallory you are going to be trouble I know it! 

The Incredibles! 

OK, I know it's out of focus, but it's a great photo. 

This only took 4 tries to get, Megan looks silly, Connor is squinting, and Mallory looks startled. 

Mr. McSmiles 

Crazy Megan 

Connor's team is The Sharks! Before they picked what the team name was, they gave us 5 different ones to choose from. When I asked Connor if he wanted his soccer team to be named one from the list he said, "No, I want it to be called SOCCER TEAM!" We are now working on our comprehension skills. 

If this photo had music playing along with it, you would be hearing The March of the Elephants in the back ground. At this point the ball is half way down the field going into our goal. Of course we don't keep track of points, but we got spanked! 

Megan's team is the Tigers. Check out the coach's Tiger claws! Yikes! 

Megan is getting ready to block the kick! She got to play as the goalie for part of their first game. We didn't realize how large of a field they will play on this year. It's more than 5 times larger! Megan was short of breath the entire game, but she said she had fun! 

Megan's first day of 1st grade!

Well it's official. Megan started 1st grade August 28th. I missed the first day as I was traveling for work. Megan made me feel special though, she remembered that last year I gave her a special blessing before she started school, and she asked me to make sure to give her a blessing when I came home.

First day of 1st grade! 

Have you ever seen a dog sleep with their feet up? 

The cousins went to the beach as well. Dad was at work :( 

More Happy baby! 

A while back we went to Sea World with all the cousins. The next photo half the kids are crying, because we are heading home... 

Connor aspiring to his first job as a School bus driver! 

Arrg - Tie the scurvy dog to the yard arm. 

Ever since the kids saw the movie Robots, they love stacking up blocks like Dominos. 

Megan got her hair cut.