Opening Presents on x-mas

Dad handing out presents to the kids

The after math of opening presents. Who wants to help clean. Not me.

Opening Grandma & Grandpa's Collins Presents

At Abuela's house opening presents

Christmas Eve Party at our house

We acted out the Nativity:

Mary & Joseph Delivered their 1st born
The Angel appeared

And the they were scared and followed the star to the new born king.

Working hard to keep the houses standing.

Alana's & Amanda's gingerbread house before it fell apart.

Alana's 6th Birthday in Flagstaff

For Alana's Birthday we decied to go to Flagstaff to play in the snow. So after we picked her up from school for Dan's graduation we came home packed the van and took off for Flag.
At the hotel opening presents and then enjoyed her birthday cake.

now 6

Dan's Graduation from ASU

Graduation Starting by the boring long walk to the seats
Dan's thinking, keep moving people

Calling Daniel's Name

The Shake of someone no one knows.

Finally, school is done

Future Graduate

A Visit from Santa

Dan's squad had a x-mas party and well Santa came to visit all the kids & give them special treats & of course Ian cut in front of every kid that was waiting & went first. Oh well he's 2. Wow look at the wild hair.

Ok so we got in on the fun to were young we can do that.

Alana's Playing Soccer

We had cousins on our team

Team Picture

Alana Playing Goaly (She never let any ball go past her)

Alana's class Pictures 08

This class picture is from the 1st semester only because last year a bill passed that if you spoke spanish you were excluded and transfered to a seperate class from those non-speaking spanish kids, so Alana along with 90% of the kindergarten class and the rest of the grades has changed teachers. We hate this idea along with many other parents but the law passed to discrimate against those who speak spanish as a second language, funny because its the parents who only speak spanish only, the kids speak both english and spanish but if at the first of the year they marked English as a second language then they have to be in a class only with ESL kids for the rest of Kindergarten through High School with standards different from the other students and much much lower. Its sad that they have to be discriminated against because of their first language.

2008 Family Pictures

Iand did not want to be there
This was the only good picture of him

At least he sat down at least for a little while

2008 Halloween, mmmm what to werar?

Alana decided long ago she wanted to be Dorothy but Ian, went from Lion to

Elmo to

finally deciding on Spiderman