Girl's Trip!

McKenzie and I got to go on a girls trip to Hawaii for 2 weeks this past month. We were going to go out to visit Amanda and help with the kids while David was supposed to be on a sub for 6 months. Turns out, he had to come home early, so we got to see him which was an added bonus...especially when he watched all the kids including McKenzie so that Amanda and I could go out shopping and to dinner. We had so much fun. The plane rides were worth it. (Of course that is the worst part but McKenzie did great...better than me!)

Some things we did in Hawaii:

Fun at the Dole Plantation...eating pineapple ice cream, riding the train, and feeding the fish.

Driving the Escalade around the block and pretending they were taking each other to school

BBQ chicken at the Hale Koa in Waikiki, then play at the beach until dark, grab a piece of cheesecake from cheescake factory and watching the fireworks at the beach....it was a great day!

We had lots of chances to swim in the ocean

At the Zoo

Shave ice from Matsumotos....where Dawson had the worst day of his life when Amanda ...trying to be sneaky...dumped some of his shave ice on the ground because it was too big. He ran to the other side of the van and saw what she did. He was not happy!

Became mermaids in the sand - with water wings just in case the mermaids can't swim very well!

Play at the beach and watched the waves at the North ShoreI know it's a bad picture, but this is whale watching at the Makapu'u light house. It was really cool. We saw a lot of whales...or a few very active ones!

Merry Christmas...LATE!!!!

Christmas Morning ready to go to Grandma's

Presents with the cousins

Hitting the pinata

Christmas morning with the pet pillow

I know this is super late, but I am finally getting Christmas pictures up. We had a great Christmas...Santa was very good to us. McKenzie got her purple hippo pet pillow that she asked for, and a cupcake maker that we all love (okay it is one of those toys that is fun for kids, but really annoying for parents). She also got some clothes...that she won't wear because she didn't pick them out and I guess I didn't do a good job. I did make two major mistakes though...I bought her pants, and they are a size 4, not 4T. Who knew there was such a big difference in size. They drown her. Oh well! My favorite present she got was a V-smile pocket thing. It is the kid video game system that you can take in the car. It is heaven!

We had so much fun at the Dangerfield family Christmas Eve party which, as always, consisted of ice skating with Grandpa, Mexican food at my parent's house with a pinata and gift exchanges with the cousins. It is always a fun time.

Because Christmas was on a Friday, it made it easy for us to go to Monroe to visit Bodie's parents. We left Christmas day after breakfast and presents and drove down for the weekend. We had a fun weekend playing with cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. McKenzie even got to stay a couple extra days with Grandma Topham. Thanks Grandma for keeping her. There are so many times that we are in the car and she demands that I take her to see Grandma Topham.

We had a great Christmas and feel very blessed to be part of such great families!