We thought we would use our mad sand sculpting skills again this year.
And dinner all together with an ice cream run late that night to top off a perfect day!
We woke to the beautiful Hawaiian sun today...did some grocery shopping, sent Phil & Cais off to golf, and Alaina and I, with the kids, hit the pools all day! It was heaven!
Lunch at Kohole's...with a perfect view of the beach!
The boys decided to give us a dance show...it was lovely!
Oh the sno-cones...I could go on and on about those babies!! Sometimes 1 a day just wasn't enough...so we'd have more!! Blue Hawaii is the best flavor EVER...I could drink the syrup straight from the bottle! YUM!
As soon as we would get into the car...Jack was out!!
A nice easy meal at Wendy's...we were too tired to cook, but too lazy to go somewhere nice!
The Jenkins arrived tonight...they didn't have flight delays (lucky)!
And we were off...well kind of. After a 2 1/2 hour delay because of 'mechanical problems', the kids playing with everything packed for the plane in the airport, and an almost 8 hour flight due to head winds and having to fly a bit slower because of a broken door...we made it!
What an amazing vacation...couldn't have been any better (ok, mom and dad there would have been the BEST). Of course I have so many pictures, so I'm organizing, and will post a day or 2 at a time. For those of you who make fun of my fiddy thousand pictures...don't look.
This was before they announced the delay...so excited!
Our tradition of a Chili's dinner was our first stop...
Evan couldn't stay awake...slept on the table. Maybe because it was 11:30pm back in Utah.
Checking in... (don't ask what Ellie is doing, she's trouble, or according to her...sexy!)
Showered and ready for bed! And it was only 2am Utah time! What a day!
Kurt, Kara, and Ethan joined us the next day...
When I was a kid...I couldn't sleep Christmas Eve. I tossed and turned, I was so excited. I would make Phil stay up with me, and we would count the minutes until we thought mom and dad would let us wake them.
Not the case with our kids...we woke them at 8:45!
The wii was from us...little do they know, cais and I wanted it for ourselves!
And Santa was good to them...
My present to Cais...he thinks he's 'too old' to wear cool jeans, I beg to differ.
Check out that saweeet 'A'...definitely not 'too old'!!
My siblings came over with presents from each other, some good grub, & a crap-load of presents from grandma & grandpa (who supplied the money for the elves to shop for the kids)! Thanks mom and dad...we missed you!!
A perfect Christmas...
