Saggy branches

We got our tree right after Thanksgiving and it was a really

nice tree.  We picked it out and loved it because it was fresh,

full and tall.  By the time we left the tree lot the tree had lost its

luster.  The bottom was cut by about a foot and when we

started adding the ornaments the branches were so saggy

we couldn't get the ornaments to stay on.  They kept sliding

off the tree.  I watered it and gave it some sugar and after a

day or two the branches finally purked up.  I had to put all

the ornaments back on the tree and put it on a stand so that it

would have a little height.  It didn't turn out too bad but it is

already dried out.  I am just glad we got one because there

was a shortage of trees this year.  Two weeks before Christmas

there were no trees to be found.  I guess a shipment got sent

away due to bugs.  Half the island has to get a fake or go without.

Good job decorating girls, you even got the top!

First Family Photo Shoot

Nadig Fashion Show

Haley got invited to a birthday party on a Saturday.  It was

a tea party theme.  The girls all went over dressed in a Sunday

dress and came home with a pink tea cup, hats, gloves, fans,

purses, etc. etc.  It was crazy.  She had so much fun and the

twins even got an extra hat when they went to pick sister up.

The following day happened to be Sunday and the girls thought

that their hats would go perfect with their outfits.  I thought they

looked adorable but hillarious at the same time.  I can just imagine

what everyone in church was thinking when we walked in. 

"Those Nadig girls sure know how to make an entrance."

Thanksgiving Dinner

This Thanksgiving was a small and rather uneventful one.

We had some friends over to eat with us.  Stephanie and

her daughter Gabriella came over for their first American

Thanksgiving dinner.  They are originally from Panama and

spent the last four years in Spain.  They were excited to get

a real Thanksgiving dinner but I am not sure they were all

that impressed.  It was good though.  We spent the morning

cooking and watched a movie while the turkey finished up.

After dinner we played games and relaxed.  It was fun but

since there weren't that many adults eating we had a lot of

food left over.  I think we ate left overs for two weeks.

6am to 6pm

This morning I woke up to a gorgeous sunrise coming through

my bedroom window.  The colors were just lighting up my room.

I had to go get the camera.  If you look closely you can see

Diamond Head in the distance.  What a view!

The same day I was down at Kapolei Regional Park for

Haley's soccer practice and this is what I saw.  The library

is in the picture but I was on low ground so that was as good

as it was going to get.  It was just as colorful as my morning

picture. It was a day with a beautiful sunrise and sunset.

Goof Balls

Not a whole lot to say but what rascals.  They were playing

in my drawer with all my stuff.  Nice outfits girls!

Soccer is over for the season

This season Haley played for a team called the Pink Unicorns.

She was the one who came up with the name, so she was so

proud.  She was also number 6.  The last three seasons she

was number 3.  This was the first season she was on U8 division

and they were much more competative than before.  I just want

her to play and have fun and lets say the coaches were serious

this season.  Any mistakes by players or refs were noticed. 

We had some awesome players on our team and won every

game we played.  One game we even had to hang back and let

the other team make some points because we were so far ahead.

We are so proud of you for playing so hard Haley!

  

Total Slacker!

So it took me about two days but I finally caught up with all of my blogging.  I have been avoiding it for months.  To all of you who love us so much and got annoyed that I wasn't updating, I am sorry!  Now you have about an hour of reading and 18 blogs to go through.  Enjoy!

Knock Knock!

After the Trunk or Treat we went home to go Trick or Treating

with our new friend Gabriella.  She lives in our housing complex

and is the cutest thing.  She was a Pumpkin Witch and looked

adorable.  So we had two kittens and two witches.  We were

the cutest kids on the block!

As you can tell the people in the neighborhood had lots of candy to spare.

Because we live in a gated housing complex we don't get too many kids.

The girls only had to visit about 8 houses before they had full heavy

buckets of candy.  Each house just gave them handfulls. 

So now you can guess how much candy we have at our house.

  Anyone hungry for chocolate?

This house was fun because they probably didn't even get any

candy here.  As soon as the lady opened the door there was a

dog at her feet and the girls were completely focused on that.

They didn't want to go anywhere else, they just wanted to play

with the cute little puppy.  SOMEDAY I will get the girls a dog I swear!

Annual Lawn Chair Treating Cerimony

Every year the Trunk or Treat gets more and more pathetic.

This year I swear there weren't even any trunks with decorations.

Most of the people who participated brought their fold out chairs

and a bowl of candy.  It was truly sad.  I tried to convince them

to do a great big party for the kids and I would be in charge of

all the organizing but I got thrown to the curb.  I am really sad

about it because when I was a kid Halloween was a huge event

and super fun.  I feel sorry for my kids that they just run around

in circles three times picking up candy and running home to bed.

This may have been our last Trunk or Treat experience.  Next

year I am going to put on my own neighborhood bash for sure.

Haley wanted to paint her face green but I told her she was

supposed to be a cute witch, not an ugly one.  So we settled

for a couple of moles on her face.  She had been watching the

movie Halloween Town and thought she knew exactly what a

witch should look like.  Thanks for the costume Auntie Joy!

Below are two pictures...Can you guess who is first and who is second?

This year I chose to do a fortune teller theme in my trunk.  It actually

turned out much better than I thought it would.  I had everything;

a crystal ball, ouiji board, astrological charts, palm reading, potions

and of course gypsy music in the background.  My costume was great too!

I don't normally like putting scary pictures of myself on my blog

but Keeley looked so adorable in it I couldn't leave it out.

Adventures in Pumpkin Carving

Before I even got anything ready for the pumpkin carving

ordeal Haley and Kayla decided it was necessary to get a

marker and make sure there were designs all over their pumpkins.

They drew the most random pictures on the backs of their

pumpkins including pictures of themselves and of a toilet!

Don't ask???  Anyhow after they were finished drawing we

got out the bowls and knives and started on the tops.  Haley

was so insistant that she was old enough to do her own carving

this year.  I had a pumpkin knife and said okay.  She couldn't

even get the knife in before she needed help.  I just showed her

how to saw at it and then she got the hang of it.  By the time we

were finished she had bats and moon on one side, a carved face

on another side and yet another face out of plastic toys on the

other side of the pumpkin.  She was so proud of herself though.

She knew she could do it and she certainly accomplished getting

it carved, just not cleaned.  You can see in the pictures they were

all totally appauld by the stringy seedy insides.  Lucky Mommy

got that job of course.  Thanks for that kids!  Oh, did I mention

that after everything else they had to add glitter glue to them?

This is Kaylas drawing for her pumpkin.

This was probably the only scoop she took out of it!

One side of the finished project.

Yet another side.