Life

Erica had a science project due in her science class, it was so funny, all us home school parents were like, "what??? due??? a project???, are you kidding?!!" It was actually fun and it did get done and turned in on time,

I am usually pretty late putting our tree up. Back in September, for Evan's birthday he asked to put the tree up as his present. I took the hint and promised we'd get it up right after Thanksgiving. I did but it took a few days to finish,

Erica wanted to put the angel on,
mosaics in Kapolei,

Fairy Cakes?? It is like the ice cream truck that used to come around when I was a kid but this van comes around with cup cakes,
the zoo was having a special night to celebrate Christmas,
Erica brought her friends, there was a llama-he was super soft,

they decorated cookies,

we had two Japanese boys for a home stay,
I took them up to see the honu,
then for some shaved ice at the famous Matsumoto general store,

the large ones are really huge,
Mr. Motsumoto happened to be there, he's fluent in Japanese so he helped translate some, his fingers are stained with coloring because, he said, he was mixing flavors. They make all their own flavors,
we stopped for pictures at the pineapple fields,
they grow out the top like artichokes.