Christmas Makeover

This morning we (My SIL Claudine and I) did a mini bedroom makeover for my In Laws for Christmas. We decided to do 2 days before Christmas since we knew how busy we were going to be. We only started planning everything last week so not bad for a week plan. We painted their room, got a new bed sheet, new curtains, added a picture frame and some vinyl, VOILA...Claudine and I had so much fun doing it. W's parents had no clue we were redoing their bedroom. It was awesome! W's Mom had tears in her eyes as she saw her new bedroom. She loves her new room and we couldn't be happier for them. So Merry early Christmas Mom and Dad from W's family and the Brinkerhoffs...:)

Before

After

David Archuleta Christmas Concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

What a beautiful evening that was. Tonight I had the opportunity to go see David Archuleta with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert. I had tickets so I invited Alison, Erin, and Jessica to go see it. Since this concert was such a huge demand we were told we had to be there at least 2 hours before. In past events people who had tickets were turned away and missed the show. So we decided to be there at least 2 hrs early. We got our parking spot with no problem walked to the conference center and to our surprise huge lines were already forming yes 2 hours early, crazy! Plus they weren't letting people in yet so maybe that's why there were huge lines. There were about 200 people in front of us. We waited for about half and hour then went right in. We found good seats on the plaza and waited for the concert to start. We waited for at least an hour and a half. But it was so worth it. David is such a cute boy. His voice was amazing and the choir sang beautifully as always. I'm so glad that I was able to video a little bit at the end of the concert. Michael York did an amazing job narrating.

After the concert were hungry so we ate at "la gourmandise" wrong choice because so was everyone else...That place was packed. We waited for about half and hour and of course I couldn't wait any longer I went and talked to the waitress to speed things up. For dessert I had raisin pudding sooo good, to die for...We didn't get home till 11PM I know that's how much fun we had. Thank you ladies for a fun night!!

Jessica, Erin, Alison and I

Waiting in line

The stage

The end of the show

The orchestra

At the end of the concert

Yummy French Dessert!

From our Family to Yours Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011...

My dear friend Lynette took those beautiful pictures of my family and I made our Christmas Card. Not bad for a first time...

Friends and Neighbors Christmas Gift...

Hinarei and I were so excited to make our neighbors Christmas Gift. We wanted chocolate and that mix taste of sweet and sour so we came up with drizzled pretzel, so yummy! Hinarei had so much fun helping me make over 20 treats and I am still not done. She also helped deliver half of them. It's been very cold lately but that did not stop Hinarei to brave the cold and deliver cheers of treats to our neighbors and friends. We have received many treats and gifts from our dear friends and neighbors and we couldn't be more happy to live in a place where you feel loved. From our Family THANK YOU for being such great friends and neighbors.

What a great helper

Love that sweet and sour taste!

Got this free printable tag from one of the blogs that I follow. I just added a personal touch.

Box full of treats ready to be delivered

School Christmas Party...

I had the chance to go help out with Hinarei school Christmas Party. Hinarei was so happy to see me and that she got to sit next to me. I helped with the craft table. We made a reindeer and the kids loved it. They also had a story telling station, singing station and a game station. The kids said "Thank You" to all the Moms that came to help in different languages. That was pretty cool. When it was time to leave Hinarei gave her school teacher her Christmas gift. We loooove Mrs. Wells. She is so personable and so dedicated to the kids. So happy Hinarei is in her class. A lot of Moms asked me if I were Hinarei's Mom and told me what a sweet and kind girl I have. She's always on the look out to make others around her feel loved and safe. Hinarei has such a big heart and she's always willing to give a helping hand. Love you honey for a great example you are to me.

Love that smile

Cute

Hinarei and her school teacher

Hinarei Christmas Recital

Tonight Hinarei had her last dance recital of the year. Papa couldn't come he was on call and that night he was very busy but that did not stop Hinarei for having so much fun. She did amazingly. She was so excited to perform. Everyone did such a great job. At the end we watched a short video of Legacy Dance past performances. Miss Mo you thank you for being such a great dance teacher. Hinarei looks up to you so much. I am so glad that you are her dance teacher, you are definitely THE BEST!

Ready to perform

After the recital we went on a daughter mother dinner at our favorite place to eat "Rumbi".

After that we went to Target so Hinarei could pick out a gift for her little brother for Christmas and let me tell you he is going to loooooove it. Then I got a Gingerbread kit house for our family. Love this time of the year.

Day 3, 4, and 5

Wow I've been slow reporting our 12 days of Christmas countdown. So on Day 3 we got some Christmas cards so cute.

On Day 4 we had candy canes that we hang on our tree.

On Day 5 we had yummy hot chocolate with Hershey kisses love those. Our kids are having so much opening one package at a time.

Love that snow man container

The top one had Hershey kisses

The bottom had hot chocolate

Merry Christmas...

From our family to yours Merry Christmas. Enjoy the dance!! Now go make one for your family. Thanks Kristy for the link.

Day 2...

Tonight after dinner we opened the 2nd gift of our 12 days of Christmas gifts countdown. We got strips of scrapbook papers and glue to make our own family chain. The kids were so excited. We had so much fun making the chain. Raimana wanted to use the staple Hinarei wanted to use the glue instead. It turned out so cute. We hanged it in our kitchen on top our bay window. So cute! Thank you Claudine and Brian. Can't wait for tomorrow!! :)

Our cute paper chain...

Dentist Appointment...

Ok I have to write about this. This morning I got a call from my dentist office asking me if I wanted to go in today instead of Friday so it actually worked out fine for me since both of my kids were at school. So I got ready and went in. My top left tooth has been very sensitive for several months and I had a cavity there that my dentist took care of it last Summer. He checked my tooth and did xray he came to the conclusion that I had a root canal. He asked me if I wanted to do it this morning. At first I was like "What?" I never had one so it took me by surprise. After thinking for a minute I decided to go ahead and do it. To my surprised it was such a breeze. I did not feel anything. He really did an amazing job. If you live by me his office is right off Redwood Rd Dr. Mckay love him. I will really recommend his office. He shares the office with his brother in law and they are both very good. Plus it's very close by saving on gas!! :) I haven't had any pain at all and was able to eat on that side with no problem. I don't know if it was just me or the Dentist but root canal is really nothing. It might cost good thing we have good dental insurance. Today I used up my insurance for the whole year. I only had $10 left from my insurance for the rest of the year sweet!! Good thing there's only couple of weeks left in 2010...

Living Planet Aquarium...

I took the kids to the Living Planet Aquarium on Monday and they had tons of fun. On that day only it was Free for everyone so Kristin and I decided to go but Josh got sick so I took Ben with us. It was crowded but we only waited 10 minutes in line and we were in. They even served you some smoothies for the kids. Fun! I was so bummed because I forgot to take my camera with me I know how crazy is that? So I tried to take some pictures with my phone but of course there are not the same. Ben touched every fish he could but Hinarei and Raimana were too scared to touch a stingray even a star fish, seriously!! Those kids are definitely not Polynesians LOL :)...Of course their favorite spot were the Penguins. They entertained us for a long time. It was a lot of fun. Plus it was my first time going there with my kids. The membership fee is very affordable but it is so far away I guess we shall see, I might change my mind down the road :)

12 Days of Christmas

My dear sister in law Claudine gave us 12 days of gifts to open leading up to Christmas Eve where we would open the 12th gifts at our annual family Christmas Eve Dinner. She has our family for the gift exchange this year and she came up with the coolest idea. I loooove how she hand crafted the numbers so darling. So tonight we opened the first gift during FHE and it had lots of cute Christmas Tags and stickers soooo cute. I love them all. Plus how did you know I needed some Tags? :) Thank you so much Claudine you are awesome. I can't wait to share what we are getting tomorrow. :)

12 Days of Christmas

Love those tags, aren't they darling? My SIL made them she is so crafty!

Love those Christmas Tags

The Note

I love those tags that I decided to hang on our Christmas tree as an ornament.

Primary Nativity Scene

Hinarei was part of the Primary Nativity Scene for our Ward Christmas Party. We only practiced once and I thought the kids did an amazing job. Thanks to Emma's Mom we didn't have to worry about the costumes because she provided all. The primary children sang 2 Christmas songs and between the 2 songs they played the nativity scene. It was a beautiful act. Sorry my pictures are blurr.

Hinarei played Mary

So well behaved.

Lights Display

Last night we went to see some neighborhood lights display in the valley. One house definitely caught our attention. The whole house and its front yard was synchronized with music and lights. It was pretty fun to watch. Plus you could see Santa through the window walking and waving at people. Love this time of the year. The kids loved it.

Family Pictures...

I love how our family pictures turned out and I couldn't asked for better pictures. Thank you Lynette you are definitely the BEST! Here are a few of my favorites.

My Family

Love that cute smile

Beautiful

Brother and Sister

Love her eyes!

Cute