Is there more than one Santa Clause?

So...Santa did come. The cookies were half gone and the milk must have been quite refreshing. The house was filled with the smell of pine and the presents were neatly decorating the floor in the living room. Even the stockings were filled with little gifts for the girls to enjoy. We are so blessed.

Haley came down first and was pretty excited. The girls for some reason didn't want to come down. They sat at the top of the stairs and whined about coming down. I think it was because they just wanted Grandma Dixie to carry them down. When they finally made it down, they were pretty stoked to see all the fun gifts for them to play with. They especially loved the ponies and the baby dolls. That would have been enough for them. They didn't even want to bother with the ones that were wrapped under the tree.


Mommy got a new BCD for Christmas. SCORE!

"We love our ponies mommy."

"That was too much...I need a break."
Keeley, Haley and Kayla having a tea party!
"More PONIES!!!!"
They got a wagon and all of them seemed to love it. Haley took authority and decided to be the designated driver. It was harder than she thought going up the driveway though. She had to ask Brandy the neighbor for a little extra help.
The aftermath.....

Keeley says, "I'm pooped...leave me alone."
Haley showing off her new robe. Ballerinas with her name on it.
"Don't we look good?"

Christmas Eve with the Kochs

We had the Kochs over for Christmas Eve dinner. Aaron made yummy prime rib and potatoes and Molly brought over a delicious salad and chocolate cake. It was a fabulous meal. I love that my husband can cook if he wants to. We finished dinner and just hung out for a while. The kids got a hold of some fake candles I had and decided to have their own parade and caroling session at the neighbor's house. I am not sure they were impressed though. It was cute to me anyhow.

Later we had the girls open their ornaments that mommy had gotten them in Mexico on her vacation and then open one present. Haley was dying to open just one present. She had a little box picked out and thought she knew there was a harmonica inside. It was the right size for one, but she had just been watching Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas DVD and thought for sure she was going to get a golden echo harmonica like Alvin. She was disappointed to find out it was just a watch. However, now she loves the watch and never wants to take it off. Thanks Grandma Leslie.

Palehua Christmas party

We didn't look like we lived in the days of Christ...but we enjoyed the beautiful decorations and the delicious food we ate. Everyone else looked much better than we did. The kids even got to see Santa in the end, but the twins wouldn't go near him. I am sure it was because they were tired, not because Santa was wearing a pair of slippers and a white beard that was falling off his face.

My new babysitter

I was cooking dinner and the girls were outside playing.

I guess Haley was pushing them in the stroller and

pretending to be their babysitter. She made them a

sandwich and sat and watched them. It was pretty funny.

"Haley...our babysitter...AHHHH!"
"Sit down and eat your lunch girls."
"No...we won't do it!."
"Okay, okay, we'll do it."

Parent's day at dance class

There was a day at dance class where the parents could

come and watch the girls dance. Haley is in the black and

has such a fun time at this class. She always loves to go.

The girl on the left is Jade and the one on the right is Tiana.

The teacher is in the middle....That's Mrs. Natalia

Hawaiian Santa

Merry Christmas Everyone

I guess the secret is finally out...

Aaron is Santa Clause!

Why does Santa always look the best?

Puerta Vallarta Adventure

I went to spend a couple of days with two of my sisters

in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico at the begining of Dec.

We stayed at a place called Canto Del Sol...which might

I add, we saw mice in on the first night. YIKES.

Anyhow we had a good time together, but were overall

a little disappointed in Puerta Vallarta itself.

I wasn't happy that the scuba diving was out of the

question due to bad weather. I really wanted to see

some manta rays and sharks. It was good to get together

with sisters who understand me...we are so goofy together!

Every day there were guys building sand sculptures

on the beach down the boardwalk trying to earn a living

on tips, tips and more tips.

This is the dive company we went with. They had the

smallest boat on the water and lets just say their gear

had seen some better days. If you plan to go there and

dive with Chico's dive shop...bring your own gear!

Can you say goof balls?

This is how I know we are related...we all look the same!

RETARDED. This is where we tried to dive...Los Arcos.

The visibility was... ZERO and we had to come up

before we all got lost and washed away with the currentsI think they knew it was going to be bad, but wanted

to torture me by making me go into the cold water anyway!

Did I already mention that we are goof balls?

Looking sexy girls! This is where I did the canopy tour. It is a trip on a set

of zip lines. The place is called El Eden and is the same

place that "The Predator" was filmed. It was a great high!
We went to dinner one night and Ann paid the band

to play us a happy song. It was the highlight of the evening.

Notice that the guy just had to touch Ann...all the men down

there wanted her. Oh wait, they want her everywhere she goes.

How is that fair? The entire week we were there a parade occured

downtown. It was for a virgin I know nothing about?

Here is the Virgin I was talking about!
We went on a ATV tour up in the mountains. That was

a blast, but man did we get dirty. It was up a dirt trail the

entire way so the whole time we had dust in our faces.

Good times!

The last night we went on a pirate tour. It was on a

pirate ship with a pirate show. It was absolutely the

worst show I have ever seen. The worst part was that

you couldn't just get up and leave unless you felt like swimming.