DIsneyland 2011 - Hana's 5th Birthday!

Happy 5th Birthday Hana!! We were due for a family vacation and decided to go to Disneyland to celebrate Hana's birthday.
Of course, the girls had a ton of fun! Alaina definitely enjoyed meeting the characters way more than the rides. It was so sweet to see how excited she was to meet Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Snow White and more!

Our first day there (Hana's actual birthday), our boat was coming out of It's a Small World as soon as the fireworks started. Hana says "How does Disneyland know it's my birthday?" because she thought the fireworks were just for her.

Christmas Day

December 2010

As usual, December was a busy month filled with a lot of fun! We went to Sonoma for a quiet getaway before Christmas. It was too rainy to visit Traintown, which was right across the street from our hotel but at least the girls were allowed to drive this cute train that was set up in the lobby. For the Christmas program at church, Hana's role was to march down the aisle holding the star of Bethelehem way up high. She definitely was the 'star' of the show!!
Alaina's playgroup had a little holiday party and gift exchange. Below are some of the Lovebugs -Aisling, Jack, Alaina, William, Reese and Brynn.

As a special daddy/daughter date, I bought Kevin and Hana tickets to see the Nutcracker at Zeum in San Francisco. I had been reading Hana the Nutcracker story almost everyday so it was very exciting for her to see it performed....and to meet the performers after the show!

Early in the month, we were lucky to have Auntie Chero (as the girls call her) visit. She had to come to San Francisco for work and extended her trip to spend time with us.

November 2010

November brought a lot of sunshine and warm days which meant more fun days at the beach for us! On one of the sunny days, we headed to the zoo with our friends Ava & Travis. I love this picture of the three happy girls.
An amateur photographer friend of mine came over to take our Christmas card photos at the beach. He got a lot of great shots but this one below is one of my favorites. Of course, it wasn't chosen for the Christmas card but is still pretty funny!

Here the girls are dressed up for Thanksgiving dinner.

Halloween