Santa came with ONE disappointment!

So, Santa made it to our house with quite a load.

The girls were in no want for presents after

Christmas morning. They came downstairs and

found that Santa had come to our house even though

we didn't have a fireplace. Haley asked, "Mom,

does Santa come through the door when you don't

have a fireplace?" Of course he does! Where else

would he come in at? They got a lot of presents.

There were barbies, barbies and more barbies.

Then there were dogs and clothes and all sorts of fun

toys. They played with every single one before the

day was through. They were really enjoying themselves.

Even Mommy got spoiled by Santa. He brought her

a big kid toy of her own. There was this awesome

purple dyson vaccum waiting for me to use it, and let

me tell you I did...more than once that day. I also

got some new Maui Jim sunglass'. The two things I

wanted were wrapped up for me to open on Christmas

morning. SCORE! It was a fantastic morning even

if I felt like I was opening boxes all day long. There was

one disappointment however. Haley had asked Santa

for a pink Nintendo DS and it wasn't there. She said,

"I got everything I wanted...except a Nintendo DS."

I said, "Sometimes Santa runs out. Everyone wanted

that this year." So to make up for it, we took back

half of the barbies and a few other random items and

had enough to get her a DS and some games. It was

okay this year, but next year Santa better get it right!

Thanks everyone for all the wonderful gifts and love!

Most amazing doll house ever! I wanted to play with it.

In fact....I did!

Keeley named her dog LaLa and Kayla's is Junior.

Haley showing off her Hannah Montana CD

with mini pink MP3 player! Sweet!

What a mess! How many presents did you guys get?

Christmas Eve at the Koch's

Christmas Eve was a big hit this year. We went

over to some friend's house and had dinner. The

Kochs had us over at their house and then the

Standage family joined us as well. It was a well

planned out enjoyable evening. We got there at 5:30

and ate dinner right away. Then the kids had a pinata

to break down from the Standage family tradition.

The thing was so tough we couldn't get it to break

even after Aaron took some swings. Troy eventually

went and got some serious equipment and we all

held our breath that none of the babies got in the way.

It finally broke at the neck and I had to dump the

candy onto the floor for them to get any. After

the pinata we decorated cookies for Santa. That was

a big hit and a big mess. Actually it was a lot of fun.

I am sure Santa got a good sugar high that night.

We ate dessert, cheesecake, sundays, and cookies...

whatever your heart desired. It was a great evening.

Thanks for the fun gang! When we got home we had

the girls hang their ornaments and open one present,

pajamas of course. Then we had to get them to bed.

Amazingly Haley was the first to fall asleep.

Easy on the sprinkles guys!

Beach before Presents

On Tuesday before Christmas we decided to head to

the North Shore and spend some time with friends up

there. We went to three tables and then got lunch at

Costco. I know it sounds odd since Costco was about

25 minutes away from the North Shore but both

families had to go there anyway. It was just a little

relaxing day at the beach with the girls. I tried to

read while they played in the water. Good fun before

all the chaos of presents at Christmas.

Christmas Hula

Haley had her first hula performance at her school

the Friday before school got out for Christmas break.

They did a little number to the song I'm Dreaming

of a White Christmas. It was really cute and Haley

did a good job. She liked getting up there and

performing in front of all her friends at school. I

have to tell you that she was the whitest girl up there.

I was so proud of my little hula girl. I got better pictures

on a different camera which wasn't mine. I will

post them when they get emailed to me.

Playgroup at the mall

So we had playgroup at the train before Christmas.

Almost everyone made it out and it was good fun.

All the kids had a blast and the mothers even had a

little time to enjoy themselves. We rode the train and

then rounded everyone up for some lunch in the food

court. After that we all parted ways, but the twins and

I went shopping for Daddy. Let me tell you it was a

waste of time. Every gift I got him got returned. I still

had a great day with the girls.

Keeley wouldn't let me do her hair pretty.

Aren't they adorable though?

How Lucky We Are!

The Palehua Ward is the luckiest ward on the island.

We always get good company when BYUH graduation

rolls around. A couple of years ago we had the Prophet

himself, Gordon B. Hinckley and a couple of weeks ago

we had a visit from President Henry Eyring. He came to

our sacrament meeting and at the end got up and gave

his testimony. Wait long enough and we might get

President Monson next. It just happens that we have

the 10am slot when these great men of God

come into town, that and the fact that the Marriott

is down the street. Lucky us!

Santa, Santa, More Santa!

The rest of the weekend was filled with more Santa Clause.

I forced Kelly to join in the festivities. We went to Haley's

school Saturday morning for a breakfast with Santa. We

had pancakes and played games all while making oranaments

and waiting for Santa to come. We got pictures with him, which

the girls were more happy to do than on Friday and then went

home for a real breakfast. Later that night we went to the ward

Christmas party. It was themed as a cruise ship party and went

really well. They even had a nice band come and play live music.

I had fun, but Kelly and Aaron were ready to go as soon as

we were done eating. It was a long day I guess. Seeing Santa

twice in one day can really take it out of you.

Sunday we went to church and Kelly had to leave. We were

sad to see her go so soon. The girls loved having her so much

that they even call Grandma's room Auntie Kelly's room now.

Miss you already Auntie!

No to Santa...

This is the Christmas Train at Pearlridge Mall.

The girls loved the train, but as you can see from

the picture below, they didn't like Santa that much.

They didn't even want to go near him. Maybe next

year they will actually sit on his lap. What was

even worse is that he was really grumpy. He didn't

seem like he wanted any kids around him when we were

there. Doesn't he know Santa is supposed to be jolly? We went

with Auntie Kelly while she was here for four days.

It was really sad because when she got here on

Wednesday afternoon I was totally sick and then we

had the biggest storm in years. It rained and flooded

the entire weekend. We never got to even visit the

beach. Everything was flooded and the water was

crazy. Poor Kelly had a really bad vacation in Hawaii.

We sure enjoyed having her here though! Love you Kelly!

Beautiful Christmas Performance!

So the performance came out really good even though

I had my doubts. The rehersals were so out of control

I thought we were never going to get the girls to do what

they were supposed to do. It turned out great though,

despite the fact that I couldn't get any pictures because

there wasn't a stage. Haley did a great job and the twins

well....were just really cute. Haley had three dances which

included a ballet of faries, a tap dance of penguins and of

course a part in the snowflake dance. What fun times.

This is a picture of the girls with their teacher,

Mrs. Nateliya. She did her own special performance

during the show too. It was really pretty.

Dress Rehersal or Chaos?

Before the recital there was a dress rehersal and

picture taking day. The girls were so cute. The

mothers put together the costumes and I have to

say they turned out so adorable. All that hard work

and practice for just a few minutes on stage. What

we do for our children. It wasn't really a practice

day though. It ended up just being a big chaotic mess.

We did get pictures taken though. Below is the twins

class...or the baby snowflakes.

Kayla and Keeley are in the middle.
What a cheesy smile Kayla

This is the entire dance company. All of them

were in one big snowflake dance for the final show.

This is Haley's fairy dance costume. She is

on the far right.

What cute sisters

This picture below is my favorite. These little

three year olds are having such a serious

conversation. Kayla Keeley and their best

friend, Madison. What sweet hearts.