Sharing more pictures of Maui, Hawaii

Here are some more pics of Hawaii. There were so many pictures I loved I had to share some more with you. I forgot my camera when we went to the Luau so when Joe sends me his pictures I will share those with you. I hope you enjoy the sights of Hawaii.

Hawaii Pictures

Here are some of my favorite pictures from my trip to Maui, Hawaii. While in Hawaii I experienced an authentic Hawaiian Luau, humpback whale watching, and survived the long and winding road to Hana. I had a wonderful time and saw the most beautiful scenery. The weather was perfect the entire trip and I can't wait to go back again this time with James and the kids. If you get the chance to go on vacation you should go and visit this beautiful island.

Anne Mari's Cheerleading Team takes 2nd Place!

Anne Mari's Young Champions Cheerleader team took second place during a competition on January 17th. We were thrilled that they received second place against teams that had six more weeks practice time. Our girls were unable to practice as a team since the facility they used was damaged during the flood in September and the coach had to find other facility for our girls to use-which took six weeks to find. They will compete again in the Spring. If they do well they will go to Nationals which will take place in July in Michigan. Anne Mari is the one in front and it preparing to move to the next level where see will be a flyer!

Welcome Home Uncle Joe and Big Brother Andrew

Uncle Joe and big brother Andrew were able to spend Christmas with us. Uncle Joe flew in from Texas and Andrew flew in from Los Angeles, California. Uncle Joe surprised Janet (Grandma Dogs) for Christmas. She had no idea that he was flying in. Boy was she surprised when she saw him. I think that I can finally hear out of both of my ears. Andrew had some down time in between filming TV "stuff" to come back to the "Region" to spend time with his family including his dad,step-mom, little sisters, and brother. We got to spend Christmas day with him and eat dinner as well as breakfast with him. The kids sure enjoyed seeing their big brother. Josh took a shining to his big brother. We hope his siblings didn't drive him too crazy and ruin any chances of him having children. Jamee even got her big bro's autograph. They think Andrew is the coolest because their big bro is on TV. We can't wait to see him in the show "Greek". He already has five people at this house in his fan club. We are very proud of him and what he is doing with his life. As you can tell by the pictures James was happy to see his brother and his oldest boy. Priceless. Their visit made our holiday. It was nice to spend time with them since they live so far away. We hope they enjoyed their visit as much as we did and hope that they can visit us again soon. Who knows maybe we will visit them.

Christmas Day at the West House

Well, Santa once again visited the West house. The girls got the one thing they asked for a Nintendo DS and Josh got his Black and Decker Power Tool Workshop. After opening all the gifts we attended Christmas mass at St. Bridget and then off to Grammy and Grampy's house.

Next, we went to spend Christmas with the West family at John and Dee Dee's house and finally we reached our last stop Aunt Elaine's and Uncle Doug's to spend Christmas with the Malyj/Evon family. It was an exhausting day, but we enjoyed spending time with our families. The kids were showered with gifts and we stuffed ourselves with great food. We can't wait until we get to do it all over again next year!

Céline Dion Concert

I along with my parents and Aunt Elaine got to see Celine Dion in concert @ Conseco Field House in Indy on Dec. 21st. We didn't think we were going to be able to go since my parents were without electricity the day before and the weather was unfavorable. Fortunately, my parents did get their electricity back and the snow held off. The wind and freezing temperatures were another story. The drive to Indy was rough. We were being tossed everywhere along I-65 by the gusts of powerful winds. Thank God we made it to the hotel with enough time to grab a bite to eat in the food court @ Circle City Mall and then off to Conseco Field House. We took a cab because it was bitter cold and walking would have been out of the question. We had excellent seats as you can tell my pictures. Celine looked beautiful and put on what I must say is one of the best concerts I ever attended. The concert was a Christmas present from my parents and I must say a day without cooking , cleaning , and relaxing with the kids yelling "MOM!" was the best present I could ask for. Thanks mom and dad.

The West Family Christmas Tree

The West family Christmas tree is finally up. The kids have been begging us to put the Christmas decorations out. We are always hesitant because Josh can't keep from playing with the the decorations including the giant talking Santa and the dancing Rudolph. This year we added another White House ornament James's Uncle Dan and Aunt Lovonne sent us. James is hanging that ornament in the picture. The kids decorated the tree all by themselves. They did a wonderful job didn't they? They are pictured in front of their masterpiece. HO HO HO Merry Christmas everyone!