Mele Kalikimaka!

Sadie, Sophie and Sariah performed so well last Saturday in their December Dance Perfomances. I was amazed at how well they kept in sync with all the other dancers and smiled a majority of the time.

 Sadie and Sophie are in the far back, they are probably two of the younger dancers in the group, but are very talented Hula Dancers.

 Shaking their hips to Tahiti Tahiti, this is their favorite performance by far, they love the music and can perform this in their sleep. 

                      Beautiful Gilmore Girls. They are growing up so fast.

Sariah danced to "Let it Snow, Let it Snow", she did a wonderful job! As you can see she is very focused and knew exactly what she was doing the entire time! 

 She loves Ballet and Tap. I hope she continues because she is a natural when it comes to performing.

 Sariah with her dance group waiting for their turn to "hit the stage!"

Auntie LaLa applying a little stage makeup...lip gloss and blush. She was the one who helped me get the girls ready for their performances because she too dances Hula and competes in Pageants!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Wishing Dad a Happy Birthday in Iraq was probably one of the hardest things to do...we just wanted Daddy home to celebrate with! Fortunately, modern technology enables us to share such moments as these. The children enjoyed seeing their Dad via the web camera! Here we are gathered around the lap top getting ready to sing Happy Birthday to Dad.

 I am just as excited to see Dallas on the web camera, it's not everyday I get to see him and hear his voice, so this is a super big deal!

Ammon waits patiently for his turn to blow out the candles for Daddy! WE all blew! I think Ammon spit on the cake more than anything. Sariah lovingly picked out Daddy's cake and prepared it with the help of Mom. She added the ingredients, frosted the cake, added blue sprinkles and two candles! She was super excited and made sure I made it to the Commissary (Military Grocery Store) to buy what was needed.

 In addition, to chatting and singing with Dad on his Birthday we enjoyed sending him a Birthday package, which he recieved a day before his Birthday! I so wish we could of all jumped inside the package! That would be so wonderful!

The girls being silly as usual! They are super excited!

 Sophie enjoying her first bite of the Birthday cake and Ammon smiling in approval...I hope! We love you Dad and are So grateful for All that you do for our family and country! We look forward to your arrival home with much anticipation.

*Thanks Auntie LaLa for taking such wonderful pictures!