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Friday, April 10, 2009

Coloring Eggs

It's time to dye some eggs and decorate them tonight!  Easter seems to be quite a busy holiday for us now that we have kids.  It kind of feels almost like Christmas with all the stuff we do beforehand to prepare for Easter Day!  All so much fun though with all the traditions we're creating for our family!  Today was another special occasion on top of that.  We get to meet Som's mom all the way from Thailand!  It's going to be so exciting and nice to finally meet her!

Makayla helped me make some cupcakes today and now she's decorating them.  She loves to do this and is such a big help!

Click on the play button again. She's got something to tell you while she's decorating.  She told me to tape her.

Here's Marcy, Som's mom!  She is such a nice lady!  She reminded me a lot of my mom.  We're so happy that we finally get to meet her and that Alan & Som's big wedding day is next week!  It's approaching sooooo quickly!  She was so sweet to bring everyone a little something all the way from Thailand.  The guys all got really nice silk ties.  She got all the moms a nice handmade purse that was woven by what I think is bamboo.  Whatever it was it was super nice and I can't believe it was handmade.  She got my girls each a very pretty gold bracelet that had a lotus leaves on them.  Makayla loves it and is wearing it already!  Thank you so much Marcy, it was too much but we all appreciated it!  So glad you're here with us!
The Dad's having dinner and some beers together.  I got some take out from a few Vietnamese restaurants so Marcy could try some of it.  I even think I got some things that the Arakaki's haven't even tried yet and they live here!  Everyone enjoyed it!
All the Moms at dinner!  Jennie, my mom and Marcy.

Now that we're done with dinner, it's time to color the eggs!  The girls are soooo excited!  Rachee, Makayla's friend came over to do this with her.  Her cousins were also coming but not sure what happened but their plans changed and they couldn't anymore.  Oh well, they still had lots of fun!  Look at my hands, they're all green!

Rachee is over the whole decorating eggs and is now onto dessert and being a fireman!

The girls!  Stace, Som and me! We had fun decorating with the girls too!  Easter is almost here!  Thank goodness since I'm sure you're all tired of seeing Easter events in our blog! haha!

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