Eventful Week

What a fun week we had. It started with Lexi's dance performance.

Wow, can she shake it. She must have got her moves from her Dad.

She really loves her dance class and adores her teacher Mrs. Kim.

(coming soon a video clip of her dancing)
CHEESE!!!!

"Oh no, I hope I don't mess up" Stretch it girl, stretch it!
I love Santa

After the dance recital we decided to go have some fun in the snow. Lexi loved it but Halle wasn't loving it so much. I think she was too cold. We made snow angels and tried to build a snow man but the snow wasn't packed enough. That was a no go. Then in we go for some hot cocoa.

Thursday was Lexi's school program. All the little kids we're santa's elfs. I was amazed. Lexi new every word to every song and I never even heard her pratcie them to much around the house. She looked so cute up there. She even had a part that she memorized and said it without no fear. After, we we're able to meet up with my high school friends for some lunch at Kneaders. I love, love, love, it!!!! The turkey ranch sandwhich with tomato bisque soup is amazing. You gotta try it...Heaven sent. It was so good to see them all.

That night was our enrichment relief society night. We had an amzing dinner and a wonderful christmas program. Then off to see TWILIGHT. It was ok for me. I heard all the rattin and ravin about it but I didn't think it was the best show on the face of the earth. It's ok to all of you who do worship it. I liked the book better. All and all it was a fun night.

Where have we been???

Hey, we are ALIVE! We have been very busy, and just haven't gotten around to post. I will have you know that we have had some camera catastrophes as well, so couldn't really post any pics. (I have no excuse why I haven't just journal ed or popped in to give an update). Our camera actually broke so that led us to purchase a new camera of course. we get the camera and played around with it and come to a conclusion that we don't like the new camera, so we return it. Low and behold, I go to turn on the old camera, hoping for a Christmas miracle or something and it totally worked like new. So now I will be back to posting. I know this is old news, but I haven't had the opportunity to post about it yet. We we're able to go to the Carrie Underwood concert and boy was it fab-ooose! We went with our good friends, the Keisel's. It was so much fun.

The Countdown until CU came out

Beware!! Her attire was a bit Riskea

ALOHA

We went to Hawaii with Craig's whole family October 10th thru the 16th. It was an amazing vacation and totally worth it. The only one's who weren't able to make it were Jana's husband Brad due to Medical school and Tyler because he is working with the BYU football team this season. We even had Craig's grandparents come with us.

Friday October 10th

We spent most of Friday traveling and arrived in Honolulu at 6:00 pm. We went straight to the Marriott resort called Ko Olina and checked in, relaxed for the evening and got settled in.

Saturday October 11th

Saturday morning we all woke up super early because of the time change. Craig was probably the earliest waking up at 4:30 am and enjoyed watching the Texas-Oklahoma game with a 6:00 am kickoff. Texas won which made Craig an extra happy person that day. After the game we went to the swap meet where we picked up some nice gifts at a cheap price. We then went to Costco to get food for the week, and finished the day just chilling at the resort in the private laguna and pools they had on site.

Sunday October 12th

Sunday we woke up and went to church in Makakilo and came back to the condo and just relaxed, swam and celebrated Craig's dads birthday. It was a relaxing day and was needed once the jet lag finally hit us.

Monday October 13th

We explored the North Shore most of the day. We started out at Waimea Bay where the waves were incredible!!! We then went to eat a local bakery that serves some of the best food. It is called Ted's Bakery and it was delicious. We then went over to Laie and saw the temple and the BYU-Hawaii campus. On our way back we stopped and watched surfers at pipeline and then went to one of our favorite places on the North Shore called Matsumoto grocery store but they serve the best shaved ice in Hawaii (at least Craig thinks so). We went back to the condo to eat dinner and relax in the hot tubs for the evening.

Tuesday October 14th

We started the day at Pearl Harbor and exploring the cool history they have on site. We also toured a submarine that is still in operation. The military took this submarine to Iraq. After touring Pearl Harbor and this submarine we all gained greater respect for our military and the things they go through. Thank you to all who serve!!! We then went to Waikiki and had a early dinner at Cheesecake Factory, delicious food as always. We started the evening off by renting mo-peds for $20. The place was closing down so they told us we could keep them for as long as we wanted as long as we returned them by 9:00 am the following morning. We got our money's worth, they were a blast. We concluded the evening by walking the famous street on Waikiki with all the street vendors and all the other guys who try and make a quick buck on the sidewalks. See pictures attached for more details.

Wednesday October 15th

We ate breakfast at a place called the Hukilau Cafe, Craig's brother Andy lived over in Laie for a semester and knew of all the good places to eat and tour which made things extra fun. They had Hawaiian stuff and normal stuff. Craig was courageous and got the Macadamia Nut Pancakes. I stayed safe with good 'ole french toast but this wasn't your mama's french toast it was on sweet bread. We then went to the temple and did a session. We had 13 people in the session, 10 of which were Craig's family. It was nice to do a session over there. We ended the day at the Polynesian Cultural Center where we were provided great Polynesian culture and food. The guy from Samoa is hilarious and is definitely worth the price of admission.

Thursday October 16th

This was our last full day in Hawaii so we were going to take full advantage of it. We went on a hike in the morning called the Maunawili Falls Hike. It was adventurous. We had a few things go wrong like Craig falling in the river with our camera and broke it. Becky getting knocked down a hill, spraining her ankle and hitting her head and Andy breaking his and Beka's camera by accidentally dropping it. We then went and ate lunch and went to a gorgeous beach called Kailua. We then went back to the condo to get showered up and eat dinner because we had a red eye to catch that evening. The only thing to put a dent in the whole trip was when we got back to the condo to hear that BYU had gotten manhandled by TCU and the BCS hopes were pretty much gone.

MAHALO TO THE ONE'S THAT MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE!!!