I've mentioned before about our extremely large network of friends out here in Hawaii, but few can understand just how close of an Ohana we are. Most in the group are teachers or related to or associated with one somehow. That's how I met this fabulous bunch. I remember on my first day at Kapolei Middle the SPED teacher on my team, my dear friend Kristine Bonsack, talked about a group of 30 or more friends who get together for tailgating, beach BBQs, camping, etc. This was true, but the thing that makes this group so different is the fact that we live on an island without family close by so these people really become your family. Over the years, our wild nights of pub crawls and such have turned to milder house parties or kid's birthday parties (11 babies with two more on the way!) The girls started to get together for The Bachelor episodes which changed to dinners and watching Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy on Sundays. Grey's made the move to Thursdays, but we still kept our dinner and Desperate "Girls Nights". One person would host and cook dinner for everyone and we'd rotate houses each week. As our Ohana has grown and children and grad school take preference, we've cut back to Girl Nights every couple of weeks. Each year we have our Annual Christmas Party and go all out with Secret Santa gifts and a Pollyanna gift exchange. Below are some pictures to document the special night.
The Girls (and a few of the babies)...
Kailee and Mason...
Hailey and Kailee...
Hailey helping pass out the Pollyanna gifts...
10 empty bottles of wine and the night was oh so young...
Mason and Kailee changed into their comfy pjs...
Hailey upstairs watching The Little Mermaid...
Hanging out...
The Girls Night Dogs... :)
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