Random shots of the girls - January

These are just some random pics of the girls that we took this month:


Macie loves tacos from Taco Bell (And yes, those are 2 more teeth on top! And, there are all 4 molars in the back! Yeah! When did she get these you ask? All in the same week! What fun for Mommy and Daddy!)


Here's our little Kama' aina Baby (not really, but she's as close as we've got so far!). That means "local". Isn't she pretty with her lei?

Here are the girls enjoying a picnic lunch at Ala Moana Beach Park when Nana & Grandpa came to visit.

Apparently, blonde kids are something for Japanese tourists to check off of their things to see list when they come to Hawaii.....I have never seen so many people stop and look and touch and take pictures of kids (who are really, really, REALLY cute) doing nothing! It's quite strange, but it happens almost every time we have them out in Waikiki (where the majority of the Japanese tourists are).

Christmas Morning - Part 2

Here's how everything looked before we tore into the presents.....
Again, don't you think we need more presents next year?

Macie getting to tear into one of her presents

And this is the lovely snow queen, Emerson, modeling one of her newest
dress-up outfits
(As cute as she is in it, she can only wear it for a few minutes at a time....
it's quite warm!)

Macie is checking out her Jack in the Box from the Germany gang. Once she figured out
where he was popping up from, she would try to bite him when he popped up!
Very cute!

Taking a break from all the festivities and enjoying some sausage balls
and marshmallow puffs!

And here is Emerson again, modeling some more of her new presents: a lovely Little Mermaid gown from Mommy and Daddy, and several princess accessories from Nana & Grandpa!

Yes, I think both of our children have inherited their father's gene for cleanliness!

And, of course, there are many many more pics, but in order to see them , you'll just have to come visit and we'll bore you to death with all the Christmas pics, if you like! We had a great morning at home, and then went and enjoyed Christmas dinner at Holly & Ashley's house! A very good day overall!

Santa Claus does come to Hawaii....Christmas Morning part 1

Emerson was delighted to see that Santa ate some of her cookies and drank all of the Chocolate milk she left out for him (he better drink all of that milk....it's EXPENSIVE here!). But she was a little disappointed that he didn't eat ALL of the cookies. Better try harder next year, Santa!


Emerson was excited to receive Pat Pat Rocket from Santa, thanks to much behind the scenes work from one of Santa's special helper elves!

Macie is ready to go for a ride on her new musical/sound making/loud/obnoxious ( i know, we bought it, or, santa bought it, so I can't complain can I?) bike with 1 of 2 identical purses she received.....who knew Santa liked to shop at lillian vernon as much as Aunt Abby?

Santa brought a new super-cool wagon for both girls to ride in.
They love it!

FINALLY......Christmas Eve photos!

Okay, so it has taken me MORE than a little while to get these posted..... I finally have a Saturday off, and I am trying to get caught up on everything I need to get done!

Emerson cutting out Christmas Cookies for Santa

Macie getting her first taste of Cookie dough! Yum!!!

You've got to have LOTS of sprinkles on the cookies!

And, what would Christmas Eve be without a picture in front of the tree?
I think we need some more presents next year, don't you?

Santa's cookies are all ready for him to come down the chimney and leave us presents!
Oh wait, we don't have a chimney.....he came through the back door this year!

Sprinkling the ground with reindeer food for all the reindeer.....it's a long way
to Hawaii, so they need lots of snacks!

Now, it's off to bed for sweet dreams and visions of sugarplums, and a long night of waiting
for some little girls to go to sleep so Santa can come and make a deposit at
our house!