Hawaii

 Hangin' loose waiting for the air shuttle to Molokai.

 Coolest trees ever! They seem to sprout from the branches and then reach toward the ground to plant roots. 

 The Cookhouse Guava BBQ Baby Back Ribs. Voted "by us" best ribs on Hawaii! If you don't mind waiting an hour after you order for food :) Bring Monopoly deal card game and the wait flies by!

 Hawaii's longest beach and we were the sole occupants!

 Our first beach visit once we got to Molokai.

 View from our lanai (porch).

 Air shuttle back to Oahu. 9 seater airplane.....Ry was in heaven :)

 A view from the flight.

 Waikiki Beach at night

Parrot fish

Mermaid Tails

 I am quite proud of my latest sewing project.....inspired by Paige. She was begging for a mermaid tail to play in because she currently loves pretending to be a mermaid who turns back into a girl. So after a few internet searches I came upon this site: 

http://www.ikatbag.com/2012/03/listen-to-children-mermaid-tale-er-tail.html 

and voila mermaid tails that morph into legs!

Portland for Christmas and Dance

 Santa made a surprise appearance at Paige's preschool program. The kids were very excited to see him and get an early present. Our Christmas this year pretty much consisted of opening a few presents every few days. Christmas seemed to last FOREVER!

 We had a great time hanging out with family in Oregon! Grandma Suze, Jayda, and Aunt Heather made sugar cookies for all of the kids (and adults) to decorate. Everyone loved them!

 Uncle Brian took us on a tour of the fire station. Cam was in heaven. He is really into fire fighters lately. 

 Snuggled up with my "not so baby" babies.

 Everyone seemed to pair off when we got together. Lola and Ali were seriously inseparable. 

 Paige loves hanging out with cousins. She was particularly fond of Rachel and Jayda this time around. 

 The reenactment of the Nativity was very entertaining :) Thanks Jayda for your production work!

 Ali's other favorite cousin.....Stella....too bad Stella did not feel the same :)

 I loved this picture of Ali and Grandpa Terry. The kids always love Grandpa Terry (the treat drawer doesn't hurt either!)

 The CRAZY CREW! Paige is trying to show off her eye make up. Ali is giving her "i'm so innocent" smile and  I have no idea what Rachel is up to!

 What a great role model these two little girls have in Jayda :)

Paige had her first halftime dance performance on Thursday. She was seriously the start of the show. The only sad thing was by mechanical malfunction I missed the whole thing on video :( Thankfully she will perform at another game soon :)