very intent on opening their "santa" gifts!

her new soccer shoes!!!

his "woody" jammies!!!

all of her new soccer gear! she was so cute... and looked so old!!!

modeling new Christmas presents!

her excitement over her new "dorothy" (wizard of oz) quilt made by grammie!! she loved it!

his new veggie tales cape from grammie...

LOVING his new "cars" legos...

mele kalikimaka!! just before our canoe ride in ko olin a at our Christmas luau!

learning to hula!!

drinking his drink. and saying "I've got money in the bank... shorty what you drink..." thanks auntie byssa!!!

again, my super shy daughter... taking her stage. loving her audience!

so intent!

after this, she climbed on my friends' lap (who happened to be at the same luau, and a table over, and who is also gluten free, like nora, so nora is bff's with- it's so sweet!), and proceeded to pass out. she stayed asleep through the whole ride home, jammies being put on, and bed. jamey, on the other hand, didn't shut up the WHOLE. WAY. HOME. at 9:30 at night... he was quite wound up. and is now sleeping soundly!

this morning was so much fun. we opened presents, and the kids were so fun to watch. they asked santa for soccer gear (nora), and woody and bulls eye (james). santa came through. nora got clothes... in the next size. and james got some legos. they were a HIT! it was fun to watch (and now, jamey has a decent amount of "boy" toys!!)

then, church. have i mentioned how much i am LOVING our new church. fourth one. five months. but so worth the wait. we are loving the "family" there. then, i had a GREAT, LONG nap. and off to the luau. a GREAT way to spend Christmas!! hope yours was just as good!!!