Early Birthday FUN...Disney On Ice

Ash is very into Disney, epecially Mickey Mouse, so

I thought it would be fun to take the kids to

Disney On Ice (since we can't afford the REAL thing).

Ash was sooo excited, kept asking

what day it was, because he knew

we were going on Friday.

Ame and Kaipo really had fun too!

Kaipo kept saying AWESOME

and Ame enjoyed dancin' to the music with me :)

And it was fun most of all to watch

Ash's excitement through the whole thing.

He leaned over a few times and hugged

me, saying I LOVE THIS MOM!!

the simple pleasures are what make life wonderful!

we didn't have the greatest seats, but there was no complaining

some of our favorites included:

-Lilo and Stitch-

-Princess and the Frog-
Toy Story (didn't get a good picture of it)

-the Christmas finale-

afterwards, Quinn and Nalu met us for dinner

@ Tucano's. A rare treat!

Our kids are huge meat and shrimp eaters,

so they were in HEAVEN!!

Kaipo's eyes were definitely bigger than his stomach.

He kept asking me why do they keep bringing us

more meat? so they can get more money??

(pretty much)
What a FUN evening for our little family.

And a memorable EARLY birthday gift for Ash!

One week ago...

Almost one week ago Ame and I took

Grandma and Grandpa to the airport

at 5:3o Friday morning, to catch their flight to Germany.

We were soo sad to say our goodbyes (again),

but are very proud of them and their committment to the Lord.

I took a picture that morning of mom and dad

(all dressed in their missionary attire) with Ame.

I am soo mad somehow that picture is gone from my

camera (darn kids playing with the camera).

We had them over earlier that week for dinner and everyone said

their sad good bye. Ame definitely had the hardest time

saying good bye to grandma and grandpa. Several tears fell

down those cheeks, as she hugged and kissed them. She

is definitely the closest to her grandparents, as they

in turn have a soft spot for their OLDEST grand-daughter.

We decided that night, that Ame would secretly come

with mom to take them to the airport

and get to say one last good bye!

The were of course pleasantly surprised to see her again.

And now just as before, we will anxiously look forward to our

weekly phone call and getting to see each other via Skype.

So together we begin a new adventure

WITH Elder and Sister Asplund....in Germany!

These are two are THE MOST AMAZING people I know!

I LOVE YOU more than I could ever express

and am proud of you just the same.