Kali got to meet some new friends and visit old friends and some of her relatives while we were in Utah. I also got to see some of my friends!! It was fun! When we first flew in to Utah we stayed with Susan and Chris Petersen and Kali and I got to meet their little one Hattie. She was so cute. They had good times together, well I hope Hattie had fun, I know Kali had fun bossing her around. Kali also got to spend lots of time with her cousin Michael. Michael is my older brother Brandon's son. Kali and her cousin Calee got to spend some time together playing and taking a bath together. Bath time is always more fun with a friend! Kali was so excited when we went and visited her friends Fiona and James. They use to be our neighbors in Hawaii but they have moved on now and are living in Utah while their dad Jared finishes his Masters program. As for me I was able to visit with Corissa and Susan one night for dinner which was so fun and I also got to see (not pictured) Jeff and Tay Faulkner and Hauni Crocket and her son Max. It was so fun to see so many people we haven't seen in a while. Vacation was fun, but Kali and I are glad to be home with Daddy again. We need to make sure he comes next time, it was too hard to be gone that long with out him. We love you DADDY!!
The day after Christmas Kali and I flew to Utah to spend some time with the family. Kali got to play in the snow which she calls messy, she had me wipe her shoes off when we got into the car because they had gotten dirty from the snow. We got to watch Auntie Cori play basketball for the BYU Cougars, she did an awesome job! Kali was cheering her on, saying, "go Cougs, go BYU, go Tori." (Kali calls her Tori, because she can't make the "Cu" sound yet, it is so cute) For everyone who wanted a shot of me with my belly and my new hair here is one with our fam on the way to Coriann's game we stopped at Cabella's for a look around, it is a pretty cool store, Kali enjoyed it! Talk about an outdoors men's dream! We got to visit temple square and see all the pretty lights, it was so cold but Kali was a trooper. While we were in Utah Kali never went to bed before 10:30 pm and we got to sleep in until 10:00 or 11:00 every morning, by the end of the week Kali was exhausted.
This birthday was my spa birthday!! Aaron sent me to get a manicure and a pedicure which was soooo relaxing. He also got me this spa package so that I can treat myself daily to a relaxing spa experience. He also got me these beautiful flowers and Kali got me some cute pajama bottoms and my mom sent me a dress and some modbe $ and Mary Kay microderm abrasion and body scrub. After we had a little family party my friends surprised me with a party and the spa gifts continued, they spoiled me with a back massage, facial and getting my hair cut and colored. My parents also sent me a gift card to PF Chang's that Aaron and I will use sometime this week for a little birthday date and dinner. Thanks everyone it was a nice relaxing perfect day!
We finally got all the camping gear that we need to go camping, thanks to our friends Wade and Charlene Hill, they are moving to Utah in a week, so we bought all of their camping stuff. We are excited to start going on many fun camping trips all over the island. We made a camp fire and cooked hobo dinners and made smores, which Kali loved then we stayed up till about 11:00 pm watching the fire and the stars. It was beautiful. Kali just hung out with us and she loved it. She slept through the night, lucky girl. Aaron and I didn't sleep so peacefully, we were right on the beach and the waves were crashing loudly all night long. We decided next time ear plugs would solve that problem. Over all it was an amazing experience and Kali loved it, that is what matters. The two pictures of Kali are at 6:00 in the morning from our tent door it was beautiful!!
Kali was so excited when we saw this gingerbread choo choo train kit so we had to buy it and let her put it together and decorate it. It was a daddy and daughter project. Aaron helped her assemble it and frost it and then she got to decorate it. She had so much fun! She loves doing things with her daddy.
