Our 2nd Annual Go Downtown After Christmas Trip with the Family

The week after Christmas the Hale's and the Naluai's joined together at the fancy Grand America Hotel to see the Christmas windows and get a free cookie at their fancy French bakery. I think this will be a regular tradition. Maybe one day we will be rich enough to eat at their fancy restaurant too!

The cute toy store inside the Grand America...

Eating our cookies after a fun scavenger hunt...

The Hale's departed and the Naluai's stayed to enjoy a pleasant evening downtown amidst the lights at Temple Square..it was so much warmer than my previous visit!

Pictures taken in the courtyard of the Grand America..

The cookie making machine at Deseret Book..

Uncle Jonny reading everyone a story at Deseret Book while we waited for Keawe to join us from work..

Temple Square...

It has truly been a great year for our family.  Many blessings poured down upon us. We thank our Heavenly Father for every one of them.

Christmas Night with the Naluai's

Christmas evening was spent at Grandma and Grandpa Naluai's house where we opened gifts, ate dinner, and played our traditional games for prizes. It couldn't have been a better day!

Here we are playing Tiare and Jonny's game where we had to wrap a present using only one hand each. Team work was key! Fastest time won.

This is definitely Keawe's best game which we won! Starting with the cookie on your forehead, you maneuver your face muscles to get it to your mouth:) skills are required...

The opening of gifts from our cousin exchange and from grandparents..

Ring Out the Bells, It's Christmas Day!!

Oh, the eagerness, the excitement, the anticipation, the "CAN WE COME OUT NOW??!!" I love this moment...Keawe and I have never had so much control:)

Alakai's stash just the way Santa left it...

Kekoa's loot...

Kanani's loot...

The Christmas tree with Santa's cookie plate wiped clean...

Anela's stocking..Santa still fills teenagers stockings...of course!

The presents have been opened...

And what to my surprise?!?! Look what my dear, sweet, incredible husband bought for me with his Christmas bonus....I do not deserve him.

Are our kids spoiled? Yes, yes they are.  And so was I!