CHRISTMAS EVE!

Ok so we're up to Christmas Eve! 

Every year on Christmas Eve mommy and daddy always give the kids new pj's.  And this year Jeff decided to give his brothers and sisters their gifts on Christmas Eve as well.  So the girls got to open their very first Christmas gifts (that they are aware of) and they really enjoyed it!  Took them no time at all to get the hang of it!  Before long they were stealing everyone's gifts to open!  LOL!

Jeff got the girls Elefun (which they LOVE), a couple movies and a magnadoodle (love).  He got Marcelo, Brittani and Cody video games.

Here are a "few" pictures of our evening.  Notice all the kids playing Elefun.

   

Kalia reading to Sofiya.  Awe!!       

BAKING WITH MOMMY

For the first time Kalia & Sofiya got to help mommy bake Christmas cookies.  It was so fun to see them try to cut out the shapes (they did really well actually) and roll the dough out.  :)  (In the one picture it looks like Sofiya was trying to hit Kalia with the rolling pin but I assure you, she wasn't.  LOL)

Marcelo put on the sprinkles and in the oven they went.  This went on for about 10 minutes then mommy was left to finish the rest.  ;) 

They turned out so yummy too!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I would just like to wish you all a Happy New Year from ours to yours!!! 

Hope you have a good one!

DECORATING THE TREE

Again, I know this is late but as I said we have been so very busy.  So please bear with me as I post all of December's posts late.  :)

Here are a few pictures of the kids (sans Jeff) decorating the Christmas tree.  The babies enjoyed decorating the tree but REALLY enjoyed taking all the ornaments off the bottom of the tree!  We now have NO ornaments on the bottom of the tree!  LOL!

SUPER TWIN POWERS - ACTIVATE!!

Here is Super Kalia, in her best Supergirl pose, sending all her super powers to Super Tuesday!!

 

(Grandma and Pappy gave this outfit to Kalia for Christmas and Kalia knew just what to do with it!)

GO TUESDAY!!

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A FAMILY VISIT

I know this is a bit late but we have been really busy around here.  My BIL, SIL and their family came to visit the weekend after Thanksgiving.  We had such a great time with them.  We climbed a mountain, picked a Christmas tree, ate like pigs and laughed and talked for hours.  The girls had so much fun with their Uncle Nando (he's such a goofball!  lol) and warmed up to him almost immediately.  (Sooo not like them).  The kids all had a great time with their cousins and we were all so sad to see them go.   The only cousins my kids have are the ones that live so far away in Toronto.  It was so great to see them all getting along and playing so good together and Matias and Aolani were so so good with the babies too!  I only wish we could get together more often.

Aolani with Sofiya and Uncle Fernando and Matias, Aolani, Sofiya & Kalia

PLEASE PRAY FOR TUESDAY!

A little over a week ago we were all celebrating Tuesday's no evidence of disease clearance. And now, as quick as lightening, she has another tumor. She had a 2cm by 2 cm calcified spot in her abdomen after all chemo and the scans. Everything came back clear. But then something wasn't right. Tuesday started having horrible pain in her abdomen. On Christmas Eve they took her to the ER and they thought maybe she had a bowel obstruction. They did xrays and nothing was there. Then they decided it was her bowels telescoping which is common after major abdominal surgery in little ones. But JK knew it was something else. Yesterday they did a CT Scan. the 2x2 "calicified" spot was now a 9x7 mass. It is growing rapidly. It is cancer. The drs are all stunned. How could this happen? For a cancer to grow so quickly after 5 rounds of chemo is unheard of. They currently have no clear treament plan. They sent her home yesterday with a bunch of pain meds and are taking the weekend to confer with drs around the country on the matter and create a game plan. Monday she will have a PET Scan and a consult and hopefully they will come up with a plan on how to beat this. There will be no stem cell transplant at this time. We were all gearing up for that endeavor but I guess God has another battle in mind first. I am not going to lie, the odds are highly stacked against her. This is why it is so important that you pray. Let God be flooded with all of our voices asking for him to help Tuesday. Tuesday has been such an inspiration for so many. She has brought God back into many lives who had pushed him away. Her family needs strength and she needs to beat this. For all of us.

Please pray for Tuesday!