Thanksgiving Weekend Part Two!

With my sister's family (the Fuhrimans) moving to Idaho, everyone was "picture crazy" and tried to make every moment a picture moment.  You can clearly see from the teenagers in the back that the "picture thing" was getting old really fast!  ha ha

L to R - (back row)  Maya La Duke, McKenna F., Sydne F., Kelsey
L to R (front row) Eden La Duke, Olivia and baby Noel Davis, Rylie F., and Hailey

My sweet mom and dad with their four daughters!

 Dad bought us these really cute wood decor pieces that say, "Sisters make the best friends."  That's so true!!

 I absolutely LOVE and adore my sisters.  There isn't anything I wouldn't do for any of them.  They mean the world to me and I have always felt so lucky to have them in my life!!

 OK - so this is at 6 a.m. the next morning - Black Friday!  The mall required that our shop be open at 6 a.m. so Kelsey and I headed down there at 5:45 a.m. and took a picture so show that we were really there.  Of course, nobody bought anything until almost 8 a.m. but Kelsey had fun meeting her cousins there who showed up at 6:30 a.m. to do some shopping!

 They used Kea Lani as their home base and would come back and show me what cool things they bought!  They were having a blast!

 Of course, they also stopped in to get some free Hawaiian Hot Chocolate---yummy!!!

 McKenna wanted a shave ice and drenched it "McKenna style" with the sweetened condensed milk snow cap!!

 Oh yeah - look at their spoils!!  They got matching sweatshirts from V.S. (PINK) which were really fun.  I treated them each to a $5 Build a Bear snowman that was SUPER cute!!  I'm glad they are still little girls at heart!

That night we all went to see the musical, "Annie."  It was a GIRLS NIGHT OUT since the boys went golfing earlier in the day.  We got all dressed up and ready to hit the town!

 Here are the little girls posing with "Sandy" from the play.  He looked SO much like our dog, Rider, only bigger.  He was Giant Rider!  Really, he stole the show.  That dog was so well trained and melted everyone's heart.

 Actually, I take that back---"Annie" stole the show.  She outsang and out performed the adults in the show.  She was amazing - and only in 6th grade!!  The girls felt famous when they got to meet her!  (the woman in the back with the blond hair is Janna Hanson and she was in Suessical with Kelsey and Spencer :)

 Here are the Girls---My mom was in HEAVEN!!!!

 Saturday, was a lounge around the house, get packed up day.  We didn't want anyone to leave.  Actually, I think we were all recovering from saying goodbye to the Fuhrimans last night.  It was super hard.  (I cried myself to sleep actually-----I'm really going to miss them!!)

 But before the Davis' left, we went out to eat at In and Out Burger!

 I also promised the kids we would take them over to see Kea Lani since they had never seen it before.  My dad hadn't seen it either.  They loved it---my dad is IN LOVE with the shave ice too!!!

Tony and Luke

Suzanne and Kelsey enjoying a yummy treat in front of our shop!

This is my most favorite picture of the entire weekend . . . two little tikes, chewing on their green toys, and neither one willing to let go!  ha ha

What a blessing it was for me to be surrounded by the people I love.  I have always been fortunate to have family around me during the holidays.  Family means the world to me and I just can't imagine my life without them.