Happy Birthday!!

Just wanted to wish my man a happy Birthday.. The actual day was on Dec 27th..  I had planned the whole weekend out perfectly.... But as luck would have it, it was a disaster....

I called and booked the Hilton in town, and told them it was for a birthday and not to email the confirmation, but of course they did.. So Brandon got the email and just laughed..  I can never surprise him.  So we go to town and I had planned to take him to the Magic of Polynesia so after we ate we headed to the show and as we are paying for the tickets the power goes out.  Lightning hit the power plant and the entire island is now without power!!  So needless to say he would like a redo bday..  But after 19 hours of no power we were able to have cake and ice cream!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Christmas Day Kick Ball

Christmas Kick Ball(dont forget to see the whole album)

**Fay check out the album for some cute pics of your kids!!

So after opening presents and eating breakfast we met up with our friends behind the house at the park for a game of kick ball with the kids... 

Thanks Falatea Family for such a fun time!

Braydon Slides into first!! SAFE!!!

Braxdon

Branson checking out his knee after a fall. Ouch!

Finally Getting around to XMAS post!!

CHRISTMAS 2008(click for pic album)

Our family Tradition is to open one present on Christmas Eve.... New Holiday PJS...

On Christmas eve the boys got to set up the new trampoline for the kids. Thanks to Brandon, Lucus, and Everton it is safe and sound for the kids to jump.  Watching these three trying it out was the best part!!

The boys were so happy!!! We have jumped everyday since!!!

Thank you to everyone for such a wonderful Year.  We were so blessed to have Grandma Simmons and Aunty Solo with us. Also Lucas Alves and Everton Prado from Brazil were able to come and spend xmas eve with us.  

We are so excited for the Adventures 2009 has in store!!!!

Temple Lights

This is our first Christmas in Hawaii and so far we are loving it. The weather is a nice 75 degrees with the sun shinning and a slight ocean breeze.  On Sunday my friend Fay and I thought it would be so much fun to take the families to see the Temple Lights.  Well when we drove up Steven and Brandon (our supportive hubbies) could not stop laughing because there were no Temple lights. Who knew?? Both of us being raised in Utah figured the temples always put up lights. But not this one. hehe

So we took the kids inside and got to see the pretty trees.  

Hawaii Temple Visitor Center (Click for all the pics)

Simmons and Falatea Kids

My three Wise Men

After looking at all the trees inside we went back to the house for treats and Pictionary..

Thanks for such a fun family night out!! 

Tooth Fairy

Braxdon is keeping the tooth fairy very busy and broke this year.. 

4th TOOTH already this year.

Welcome home SOLO!

Solo has finally returned home safe and sound. We are so happy to have her sweet spirit back in our home!! Love you SISTER!!

Grandma has Come to Town

We are so excited to spend this Christmas holiday in Hawaii this year.  We are so blessed to have Grandma Simmons come and spend this holiday season with us.  The boys were so excited to see her and of course excited to see what she brought them..  Thanks Grandma for always being the best!!

Branson

Braxdon

Braydon

Home Made Root Beer

When we were in Ohio Brandon found Root beer extract to make home made root beer. He was like a kid in the candy store.  So as soon as we got home he was on the hunt for Dry Ice.  The only place that sells it is 50 min away. But so worth the drive!! Thanks babe for some great home made root beer!!

Branson

Branson is so excited for Christmas this year.  Everything that relates to Christmas is HO HO. He found Braydon's santa hat on the way out the door to church on Sunday and had to put it on! (after his hair was already done of course)  But we could not resist the cute pictures by the tree. He loves his picture taken can you tell!! 

Trip back East

This last week Brandon and I went to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey for Christmas dinners with Clients. 

Our first stop was Ohio where we stayed at a beautiful Amish Bed and Breakfast. The room was amazing! On site there was a beautiful gift shop, bakery and meat and cheese factory. So the first morning I got to sleep in and indulge in all it had to offer!!

The beautiful room with Fireplace and huge jetted tub!

Sorry no pictures of the other stops....

But we made it home safe and the boys had a great time with Ane... She was great with the boys, doing many activities and having so much fun! Thanks Ane for job well done!

Family night with Friends

We are so blessed to have such great friends.  The Falatea family came for dinner yesterday and we had a great time. Fay made the best Chicken, Salad, and meat loaf... All I made was bread.. hehe... 

Thanks for the fun night!!

Carmyn and Braydon eating a Scorpion Sucker.

All the Kids eating

There were 12 kids total!

Setting up the TREE!

So we gave into the Christmas Sprit and hung lights outside and put up the Tree!!!  

We had such a great time laughing and playing while trying to get the decorations above the bottom 2 inches of the tree!

All I wanted was a nice picture by the Tree with Brandon. And after each one of the kids took a turn trying to get a picture we were laughing so hard. And Believe it or not this is the BEST picture we got and it was taken By BRANSON! Good job buddy!

Cousin

I have the coolest cousin in the world... BIG BAD BRETT and his wife is even cooler LISA!!!!  Thanks for Visiting you guys are the best!!

8 Cavities

This trip back to Arizona was full of Expensive dentist trips. Brandon had a Cavity and Root Canal (sorry no pics) and Braydon had 8 new cavities filled!!  He did such a good job being tuff! 

Happy Thanksgiving

So much has happened in the last few weeks so here is my attempt to blog all the fun!!

Thanksgiving(click for album )

Each year for Thanksgiving we go to the Sand Dunes in Yuma with our good friends the Neeleys, this year we were lucky to have our friend Noble from Hawaii and my Cousin Brett. No major accidents and just minor injuries to the toys, so all in all a great trip. And we had a new TOY this year!!!

The RAIL!

Big Bad BRETT

Noble

Brandon and Branson

Camping in Style

Going Private....

You have one day and one day only to send me your email if you want access to our blog page. We are going Private...

Suzie Home Maker

When I went to Utah my friend Becky had the cutest baby burp clothes. They were the white ones with fabric and ribbon. So this week I was feeling crafty and wanted to make them for a friends baby shower. So here is my attempt, Not the best, I didn't even take them to the shower because they were not perfect..  So I will keep practicing.

Turtle Bay!

Today the boys did not have school because of Veterans day, so we packed up and went to Turtle Bay Beach. It was such a beautiful day and I was so happy to get a little sun and the boys loved playing in the water.  (can you see how clear and wonderful the water is?)

We took Conner with us to play and enjoy the day. 

He was so fun and great with the boys.

They loved to play and jump on him all day long.

We took plenty of time out for snacks!

Braydon and Branson thought they could dig to 

China to see Papa Terry and Grandma Julie. (no such luck)