Some Firsts...

Riley lost her FIRST tooth!!! After many tears and a few screams, Ryan pulled the loose tooth free!!!

We had some friends over for dinner and games and they got to be a part of all the action!!

The next morning, Riley found $2 under her pillow!! She was so thrilled! Kept saying, "The tooth fairy is ALIVE!!"

Jordyn (our babysitter) brought over dress up clothes for the kids to play with. Lucas really got into it!!

Riley & Alexis at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt (our church's non-profit charity).

The 3 kiddos love hanging around with Daddy!

Christmas

After our Christmas Eve Service, we took some family pictures.

Here's Grandpa & Grandma with all the grandkids.

Our family is grrrrrowing so fast!! Can't believe how many of us there are! So blessed to have a tight knit crew. All the little babies think they're brothers and sisters.

They fight like it too!

We had a fun Christmas Day!! We started off the morning by Skyping with our Husted Family in Michigan! Got to see all the snow and presents the kids got.

Auntie April started working on the Gingerbread House with the girls and we finished the project the next morning.

We had our church staff, Asato clan and great grandma over for brunch. 12 adults and 8 kiddos. Only 8 kids??? Seemed like we had a lot more!!

Grandpa with Alexis and Riley (ready for naptime)

We hid the kids gifts all over the house and did a scavenger hunt with them. I forgot that I hid one of the gifts in the oven until I smelt something burning. I was warming the oven for our french toast and instead cooked a box of Polly Pockets!!

So grateful for our family and friends! 8 weeks til baby #4 arrives. Can't wait!!

Christmas Party - Grace Bible Church Staff

Today, our church staff team met at Dragon Dragon for lunch to celebrate all that God has done this past year!!

It was a fun time of sharing life, celebrating and looking ahead to the future. Here's our staff team (missing Susan Asato, Julie Hoover, Jean Oyama & Tedynne Sokugawa).

We played "Winking Santa" where Pastor & Sue (our eldest staff) were Santas & Ryan (our youngest staff) was the Scrooge. Pastor (dad) took the pot and won the game!

Here's our youth staff team...

Sue had "fun" wrapping all the gifts!!

It's a blessing to work with a talented and dedicated team who love God and His church!

December in Hawaii

We celebrated Ryan's 35th birthday with our friends & family!!

Two little girls were extremely happy to "eat cake!!"

Ryan and I took the kids to the beach on Saturday and thought it was so neat to be running through the waves in the middle of December!! We're used to plowing through the snow and doing everything we can to stay warm. He said, "This has been the longest summer of my life!"

Celebrated great grandma's 90th birthday!! She's vibrant and still funny as ever!

Grandma & Grandpa brought home toys for all the grandkids from their trip to Okinawa and Japan!

Rootbeer floats & gingerbread men ornaments after church on Sunday!