PFISTER FAMILY

Merry Christmas!! We miss you!!!

2009-12-24T14:34:00.000-08:00

Favorite Christmas Picture

2009-12-22T14:07:00.000-08:00

Ever since I saw this picture in the San Diego temple, it is one of my favorites! And it is perfect for Christmas. Its called Journey to Bethlehem by Joseph Brickey.

Until March

2009-12-18T22:35:00.000-08:00

So Nathan's Mom, Sister Paula and my Niece Abby came to visit!! The were here about 12 days! Seriously, we went to the beach almost every day and we are all brown! Lots of fun memories! I don't think I even cooked one meal:). They toughed it out at our hot house with no AC! Girls had a great time with them and now Dallas can spell about 50 more words thanks to Abby. Dallas has a new custom made pink pad for her chin rest on her violin thanks to Kim! Paula and I adventured up to see the dolphins at the Hilton and we got to taste fresh coconut milk that the workers chopped down for us! Pretty yummy. It is great to be around family!! Sadie also is getting 2 more teeth on the bottom, poor girl. That means 4 new teeth in about a week! Did mention that we also bought a puppy about an hour before they came. Poor Roly only lasted about 3 days at our house. The little ones were not ready for her nibbling and scratching. Her owner let us give her back, but we miss that little cutie. We have been on vacation for about a month now! Back to reality I guess. But it sure has been nice. Hope everyone is having a nice December and ready for Christmas!

Roll Tide!!!

2009-12-07T00:47:00.000-08:00

I am now posting this picture with some big Bama Pride!! whoo hoo. My bro has been wanting them to win for years--I am can't believe they are going all the way! And playing in Pasadena!! Right when we leave...figures. I am sad about USC though. Sad they had a rough ending.

But Roll Tide. I hope they win Jan 4th!

ps. Do you like my candy necklace that the girls made for me??

1st Recital

2009-12-05T18:34:00.000-08:00

So Dallas starting taking violin lessons with a German teacher here in Kona named Ursela! She is really nice and Dallas is so excited to learn to play. She has had 3 lessons so far. But there was a recital today and she wanted Dallas to participate. So she had her play the first two lines that she learned and called it "The Pink Song" in A & D. Her teacher is the one playing the piano. It was so fun to see all the violinists! They were amazing. The first 6 lessons are just plucking, no bow yet:). Here is a little clip.

The BEST time with Nana & Grandpa!

2009-11-30T21:46:00.000-08:00

Well, Thanksgiving break was so fun. So much fun with my parents and so glad they came out. Sad as always to see them go. We did lots of stuff that we had been wanting to do since we moved here. We saw Akaka Falls, Steam Vents at the volcano, snorkeled at Honaunau, did our free glass bottom boat ride, ate fresh mahimahi that Nathan caught, lots of trips to costco & walmart, shopped at Macy's, & we got out on a date to see The Blind Side, which I really liked too. Nathan had most of the week off and we took Dallas out of school too! Sadie learned how to walk and dance! Lots of fun memories. We are always spoiled like crazy!!! I learned how to play the games FARKLE & SKIPBO! My parents got us Christmas tree so we are ready for the holidays now! Mahalo Dad & Mom!! Here are lots of pictures!

Birthdays & My Parents are HERE!

2009-11-22T00:38:00.000-08:00

So Dallas & Sadie both had great birthdays!! Dallas is now 5 and very happy to be 5. She had her birthday on Monday. She went to school, played with toys and then we went out to eat. Fun birthday but she had a big Fancy Nancy party yesterday. 10 little girls--three 8 year old helpers, lots of dress up, parfaits, makeup, photo-shoots, and a lifesaver friend that helped pull it off.

And then my parents flew in last night!!! It is so great to have them. Here are picts from the birthdays and I will have to upload the picts with my parents in them soon.

Brenna is now READY for her 3rd birthday in January. Although she was spoiled with gifts of her own even though it wasn't her bday.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY SADIE!!

2009-11-14T08:26:00.001-08:00

We are so lucky that she is in our family! Here are a few of my favorite picts that Nathan has taken of her. Nathan is on Oahu for most the day but we are going to have a birthday dinner for her tonight! I will post pictures later of her fun day!

Wings Recipe

2009-11-07T21:48:00.000-08:00

So here is the recipe for Nathan's wings. They are so good. We had some today--pretty yummy. We have been sick for the last few weeks with Roseola & the flu. We are crossing our fingers for more luck next week. 1 week from today Sadie will be 1 and then Dallas will be 5 shortly after! Then my parents come!

Nathan’s Deep Fried Chicken Wings

2 tbsp Garlic Powder

1 ½ tbsp Cayenne Pepper

1 tbsp Paprika

½ tsp Black Pepper

1 Cup Flour

1 Cup buttermilk (1 cup milk with 1 tsp. white vinegar. Sit 5 min)

Defrost Wings (we have been buying frozen). Mix paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper & flour together in bowl. Set aside. In separate bowl mix chicken with spices (to taste) and buttermilk. Put in fridge for 2 hours to marinate.After 2 hours, take out of fridge and cover each wing in flour mixture.Deep fry 1 layer of wings at 350 degrees(about 6 wings) for 10 minutes. If still frozen, add more minutes.

Wing Sauce

2/3 cup Frank’s Hot Sauce

1/3 cup melted butter

Melt butter and mix with hot sauce.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2009-10-31T16:27:00.000-07:00

Here are our little ones in their costumes. It's a good thing we took these a week or two ago because the girls have runny noses now! But we are adding some glitter tonight. Nathan is a pirate and I am a witch. I should have gotten a picture of him before he left for work. I guess more picts to come!

Wings

2009-10-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I think Nathan gets tired of my cooking and has to show me how it's done. And last night I was so glad he did. He made us deep fried french fries and hot wings. He even made the sauce to go with it. It was seriously the best wings and fries I have ever had. Even better than Things n Wings!

2009-10-25T22:40:00.000-07:00

I so wish I would have taken pictures yesterday b/c we had a primary activity at our church and they practiced for their program they had today, which they did AMAZING. And I have been working with the kids and they are so great. I was really proud of them today. Such good kids and such a fun place to be on Sundays in the primary with them.

So Brenna wants to wear a dress pretty much everyday because the girls love to make their dresses "spin"! It is a girl thing I guess. But this is what Brenna likes to do after we take Dallas to school and I am cleaning up breakfast. This is pre--hair done. And she put the beat on our keyboard herself.

Chocolate

2009-10-19T22:55:00.000-07:00

So right now this is my favorite chocolate bar: Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate with Raisins and Pecans. I just got TWO in the mail from my sister still in Trader Joe country. And now I am down to one! So good.

What is your favorite chocolate??

So I measured the girls waists today. All 3 girls had a 20 inch waist!! How funny is that.

Random Videos

2009-10-13T00:15:00.000-07:00

#1 Video: Sadie sees a dog.

#2. Video: Turtle

#3 Video: Brenna likes to jump on 1 foot. She also likes "Hair Braids" everyday in her hair.

Once Brenna has something on her mind, it becomes pretty obsessive.

#4 Video: Girls jumping

All Natural

2009-10-10T01:56:00.000-07:00

We had our first real babysitter watch the girls tonight! Whoo hoo. She was the cutest girl who brought a goodie basket with toys and treats for them. When I called her she said, "Thanks so much for letting me babysit!" The girls were so excited too. And we had a great time going out!

This week Dallas had fall break! But mostly we stayed home because Sadie was sick. But today we got out and went to the community pool. Pretty fun. The girls came home and napped and I didn't redo hair. But Nate still took these cute pictures of them.

A Nice Little Outing

2009-09-26T00:33:00.000-07:00

Oahu

2009-09-25T00:52:00.000-07:00

Nathan went last weekend to Oahu for a seminar. He stayed most the day so he went up to the North Shore and took these amazing pictures.

Yesterday, Dallas and I went to Honolulu for the day because she had a doctor's appointment. We had fun hanging out together but a day trip to Oahu was a little much for us. Honolulu reminds me of downtown Los Angeles! Next time we go we need to head up to the north shore. We went to the shops at Ala Moana but mostly we watched the fish and listened to an orchestra.

The doctor said Dallas's eyes are almost equal in both, so very minimal patching wearing from now on. Yay.

Nathan--the Artist

2009-09-21T13:33:00.000-07:00

Nathan took these pictures from his Mom's garden and he blew them up, printed them and mounted them!! We put them up in our living room. I just love it that he made these!

I love when the sky does this!

2009-09-16T23:48:00.000-07:00

Click on Sadie to see her new teeth!

2009-09-16T23:37:00.000-07:00

We have always had a gate at the top of the stairs but this little one learned how to crawl up the stairs!! Now I guess we need a gate for the bottom. Sadie was pretty excited to get to the top. I was right there watching to see if she could really do it.

Things Brenna loves lately: dogs and horses(she tells me that everyday), Dora, and doing homework like Dallas. She also learned officially how to ride her tricycle. Better late than never. She is one happy girl now that she can keep up with Dallas.

I love this picture of Dallas. She picked out these knee high socks to wear today. She wears tennis shoes ever Wednesday b/c it is P.E. day. And she likes long socks so the grass doesn't itch her legs:).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my DAD!!

2009-09-12T22:29:00.000-07:00

Beach Day

2009-09-08T00:06:00.000-07:00

We went to the beach and Nathan had the day off! It was fun to get out of Kona for a bit and hang out with some friends. It is always clear and pretty about 15 miles north.

Nathan caught this crab after it crawled over a ladies foot!

Then the nice lady was explaining to the girls that the crab wasn't scary.

Sadie cut her 1ST TOOTH!! It came in from the top. See if you can spot it.

She loved crawling in the sand and of course had to try it a few times to see what it tasted like.

Brenna loved making sand castles and jumping over waves.

Dallas got a fever today so she will be staying home from school tomorrow. Poor thing she fell asleep the second we got in the car. But she had a blast snorkeling with Nathan and floating on a tube.

Another day, Another beautiful sunset

2009-09-02T23:32:00.000-07:00

A NEW NIECE!

2009-09-02T11:39:00.000-07:00

I have a new niece as of yesterday morning!! Yay. So so missing the McCoys right now. And wished I could have been there. Baby Paisley Jo weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces. I can't wait to see pictures!!

Day to day

2009-08-25T21:27:00.000-07:00

So we are still getting used to taking Dallas to school every morning. How did our Mom ever do it? Especially when you have kids in multiple schools. But here is a picture. Brenna says Dallas is her best friend. Brenna also likes to be referred to by her full name B Charlotte P. She says her name is not Brenna boo (sometimes we call her that). Nathan had yesterday off work so we went to our new fav restaurant here--Big Island Grill. So good.

Dallas has this new obsession with picking Sadie up. It makes me nervous.