Christmas is over... Here comes 2009!!

Okay, so Christmas is over and a very nice day was had by all. Especially the girls. Santa brought them a Wii and with it he brought them American Idol. As you can see, it gets used. The girls love to compete with each other. Kyndra usually wins, so it makes Shayli try harder and look even funnier. Shayli rules at bowling. Lynzee loves her superstar singing stage and I can only imagine her in the future with her sisters. Shane and I loved watching them all day. Lots of smiles and laughs. We are excited for the year ahead and look forward to visitors. (hint hint)

I Didn't Do This!!

I still got the blame, but I didn't do it. Shane said it was my fault because he was watching me drive away and didn't see the other car coming. So, even though I didn't do it, it still ended up being my fault. :) I'm just glad that no one got hurt. I was tired of this car anyway. Shane hit an off duty police officer. (OOPS!) But we are lucky that we live in a small town because it was his classmate who is married to Kaipo. If you know who Kaipo is, you'll know how funny this accident ended up being. Hopefully, the insurance will cover the damage to the other guys car, so we don't have to pay anything out of pocket. Shayli was so cute that night. She told us she didn't need anything for Christmas in case it cost too much to fix Sam's car. I hope Santa heard that.

I loved this picture. The girls were getting ready for bed and Shayli and Kyndra had Lynzee just giggling. It ended up being a very fun picture. We are so excited for the holidays this year!!

Kyndra's been Kiddie Tagged!

So Kyndra has been Kiddie Tagged and I get to write down five great things about her. Where to begin...... 1. She is definitely the funny bone that holds our family together. It will be a crazy or a tense moment and Kyndra will be the first one to break the ice with something funny to say. She is a real joker and the things that come out of her mouth literally take me by surprise sometimes and we wonder where she comes up with the stuff she says. My personal favorite is when she was starving on the way home from town and I wouldn't let her eat her Burger King kids meal and she told me, "Fine, I'll just drink my spit and eat my tongue." It's like that with her all the time.

2. She is a great big sister to Lynzee. Lynzee loves her!! She will walk in the room and Lynzee will grin ear to ear. She was the first one to get Lynzee to do a real giggle just by bouncing around the room. She is also a good little sister to Shayli. She will do anything so she can be like her. She even has started to like soccer. She is Shayli's biggest cheerleader. (Literally!!)

3. She is a great student at school. She works real hard every day and is really good at doing her homework. She gets so much homework for the 1st grade, but always gets it done. She is reading so well, and a big accomplishment for her is being able to take Accelerated Reader tests. She shocks me at how well she is doing. She is a motivated girl who will go far in life.

4. She loves her family. Not just us at our house, but everyone she is related to. It doesn't matter if they live in Japan, Utah, Kentucky, Idaho or next door, she loves them. She loves hearing stories about her Aunts & Uncles when they were younger. And when we have family come and visit, she cries the hardest when it's time for them to leave. She has a special place in her heart for her family.

5. Last but night least, she is the most amazing daughter. I am lucky to have three of them, but Kyndra holds a special place in my heart. I think because she is so much like me. She has a temper and she is so stubborn when she knows she is right about something, but she is always the first to say, "I'm sorry and I love you." She has to be the one to GIVE the most hugs and kisses goodbye in the morning or when it's time for bed. She will cuddle right up to you when your watching TV, just to be by you. She always says thank you when you've done something nice for her. And when she gave me the biggest hug and said thank you through lots of tears at the end of our winless soccer season, that was the best win of all. She is so amazing and I love her so much.

That was fun, so now I tag:
Lette Peterson
Deilen Westbroek
Joshua Carter
Daxton Osborne

It's That Time Of Year Again!

Well, with Thanksgiving behind us, we are now getting excited for Christmas at our house. We have the decorations all up and the tree is all decked out. We have even went to see Santa already. He was at Wal-mart, so we decided to go and say hi. After we finished getting pictures Kyndra informed me that it wasn't the real Santa. I asked her how she knew and she quickly replied, "Because they called him John." OOPS!! Lucky for us, the "real" Santa was at another market place in town. Thank goodness he took the time to come to Kona. Kyndra was very nervous about that. :)

Lynzee seemed to like Santa, especially his beard & Shayli thought Santa was boring this year. We are looking forward to the holiday season. It's always a fun time of year, even with the 80' weather and no snow. To the girls, that is a normal Christmas, so that makes the season just perfect.