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...I'm in...officially...Seattle Rock & Roll...June 26!

I'm officially freaking out...

I promised...here's the proof...

The proof! Parasailing with my Mom in 2010 in Oahu!

Aloha!

We had an AMAZING vacation! Everything went so smoothly and the kids were incredible! They are at a super age and while I had my doubts about the plane ride, they surprised me!

We had tons of beach time, some pool time, shopping, and spending time together! The highlight was parasailing for me! If you know me well, you know that is massively out of my comfort zone! I LOVED it and would do it again! I don't have any pictures of it just yet (I do have proof coming!), because I didn't want to take my camera on the boat! Another highlight was celebrating my Mom's 60th Birthday! It was a super day filled with the spa, sun and great food!

I apologize for all the pictures, but I couldn't narrow it down any more! = ) Parasailing photos to come, I promise!!

Plane ride...SO EXCITED! This was Colden's 2nd time on a plane, but he was a baby for the first one!

Brindley's 1st plane ride! Where we stayed...Hilton Hawaiian Village!

Getting our sunblock on and ready to play!

Hut, hut...hike...that's our girl!Totally exhausted!

Out for an EARLY morning stroll!

Beach time!

There can't be a better way to take a nap...on the beach with Mom's sunglasses!

Colden and Aunt Cindy...a great playmate!

Doing the hula!

Pool time!

More beach time...and our water toy that we named, Rosie!

Visting the penguins at our hotel!

Family shot!Happy 60th Birthday Mom!

Our hotel did amazing fireworks on Friday night! We ended our trip with a "bang!"

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Friends and Family! We wish you the best in 2010!

We are SO ready for Hawaii! We leave on the 4th for Oahu for 5 nights! We are celebrating my Mom's 60th Birthday & are super excited for a family vacation!

This is how we get to start 2010...

Happy New Year!

Christmas

We made our trek to Spokane for Christmas! This was an interesting one to say the least! All was fine, Christmas morning was a blast and then the stomach flu hit! Brindley was the first one in my family of four to get it on Christmas evening (Brindley and I had to miss Xmas dinner)! However there were a total of 16 family members together and we are now to a count of 14/16 getting this awful stomach flu. Luckily, Brian and I got it when we got back home and Colden is suffering through it now.

The good news is that we don't have to worry about "when" we are all going to get it since we are going to Hawaii on Monday! We will be more than ready for this vacation! = )

I hope your holiday was wonderful! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Christmas Eve (Grandma & Baby Jett, Danny & the girls, Colden & Gigi, Colden, Judith & Brindley)

Prepping for Christmas Day (dessert, setting out cookies & milk for Santa, and Santa delivers!)

Brindley spotting what Santa brought her!

An Easel!Colden playing with his new GeoTrax!

Great Grandma and Brindley

All dressed up and ready!

Daddy playing with the kids!

Christmas dinner minus a few!

Atkins Family Christmas Party!

Today I hosted a brunch for Brian's family! It was great fun to get together with everyone! We enjoyed good food, laughs, gift exchanging and great company! We are so thankful everyone could get together and celebrate the season!

Gingerbread Extravaganza!

We've been busy building gingerbread houses and trains! Brindley got to make her own gingerbread house with some other friends while Colden was at school! And last night, Colden got to make his gingerbread train!

They weren't as awful to do as I thought...my expectations were very low! = ) They weren't too hard to put together and the kids did a great job decorating them! I will say, I was hoping they would look a certain way, so maybe I'll get my own next year!

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