We had often dreamed of cutting down our own Christmas tree. Something about the prospect seemed magical. It seemed as good a way as any to welcome in the Christmas season. On the other hand, my husband is no woodsman, he has trimmed our honeysuckle bush and our palm trees that are near the ground, but he has never taken ax in hand to cut down a tree. Now that I think about it though, he has had lots of experience splitting logs into fire wood, ax in hand and all.
At any rate, trapezing through a snow covered forest was definitely a new and exciting experience. Our resident woodsman, and Kai's other true love besides me and my brother, Chris, Cameron and his wife Brittiany (whom I love:)) invited us along with them to Pine Valley on what they hope will be the first of a new yearly tradition.
The first stop on out trip was, Denny's. It had been more than a decade since I had eaten at this restaurant, but I am glad we did. Kai's breakfast slam was on the house due to his birthday.
After nursing our babies (Brittiany and I that is) and a none too brief stop at Target, we finally made it up the mountain. To our children's' delight snow was found in abundance.
I stayed in the car with little Raia for part of the time because of the cold weather, but Cambria made me feel like I was still a part of the snowball fight:) She threw a rather large snowball right at our car window. She was quite pleased with herself
Believe it or not, it really is hard to find the right tree smack dab in the middle of the forest.
We got another big tree this year. Next year we plan to bring a tape measure. I guess we didn't pay enough heed to the note on our permit that says: "warning: trees look much smaller in the forest than they do in your living room."
On our way home, in the true spirit of celebrating Kai's birthday we stopped at the Honolulu Grill in St. George. When you walk through the doors of this establishment you really do feel like you were transported to the islands. If you don't feel that way, then you haven't spent enough time in Laie. While dining, Malachi shot every single employee and patron with his spider web as he is now living a dual life as Spiderman/Peter Parker. I think most people didn't know what hit them. We did however apologize to the family who was parked nest to us. As the Father walked in to get his meal (leaving his son and teenage daughter in the car) Malachi ran to the car and attacked it with his web and perhaps his fist as it must have momentarily turned into an evil villain's hover craft. The father graciously accepted our apology. Seems his son went through a similar phase.
Though the order may deceive you we actually stopped for dessert first. We hit Veyo pies as soon as we came down from the mountain. It was Kai's birthday after all. All I can say is, mmmm, banana cream. I could taste the difference.
It was a happy birthday for all of us!
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I wish I could've been there to see Malachi and his Spider Man attack on the car, that is just too funny! The more stories I hear about him, the more I think Justus is just like him! Probably because he spent a lot of time with him, huh?! We love and miss you guys! Hope your Christmas was wonderful and have a happy new year!
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