what a different Christmas this was for us! but, it was a wonderful one. we had lots of fun activities that we did throughout the month that got the girls very excited about Christmas.
BYUH had a tree lighting ceremony and some fun crafts and things that we went to, and even more fun that our neighbors were there as well! the girls loved meeting and getting pictures with Anna and Elsa (what they have to do with Christmas is beyond me).
I decided this year to attempt gingerbread houses. I have avoided because it is so messy. but, we invited our friends over to make them with us. I don't even want to know how much candy was consumed making these, but the girls had a blast.
we went into town to see the Honolulu city lights. it was lots of fun, my favorite was all the different Christmas trees, each was decorated differently. we all loved the harry potter tree, but we didn't get a picture of it!
mae's favorite was santa and mrs clause. they were ginormous. the whole time cody and I kept asking each other 'where do they store this stuff?'
we tried multiple times to get the girls to sit on santa's lap, but they were having none of that. wherever we saw him, they steered clear of him. but, we were at the PCC one evening with our friends, and Cameron got them to sit with santa. (I think Cameron has magic powers or something).
we took a canoe ride around the lagoon, and watched the Nativity story performed. I think this was my favorite thing we did. It was so incredibly beautiful. and our other neighbor was the angel! the girls were SO excited to see him.
we've had some rainy gloomy days here, but whenever the sun is out, we've tried to make it to the beach! the girls saw their friends making snow angles, and improvised with sand angels instead.
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