A Card For CJ...

Last weekend was our Keiki Hula Competition. DD2 was the only one in our family to participate since DD1 is now too old and DD3 is too young. The halau did a great job and made us all proud! They had a great time and that is the best part!

Here is the gift card holder that I made for CJ, our halau's soloist in the Master Keiki Competition. The inside has a pocket to hold the gift card in, but I forgot to take a picture of it. The boy in the front was created using my Cricut cartridge Simpy Charmed. He was actually supposed to be a groom, but I changed it up and made him into a hula dancer. I added a Hau skirt and some kukui nuts to make the transformation. Congrats to the girls and to CJ for a job well done!

This Is How We Spent Christmas Eve...

Here is a picture of how we spent our Christmas Eve! My 3 older girls performed the hula in the half-time show for the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl with Nohelani Cypriano. Although it was a very long day, the memories that were created will be treasured forever! The girls had lots of fun being around their hula sisters and the excitement could be felt by all! Thank you to their wonderful Kumu for always providing our girls with great opportunities.

Hula Treat Bags...

After a very LONG and busy week, I am back... again, and hopefully for good! Last week was a very emotional week for me.

My Grandma's funeral was held on Tuesday and then on Thursday was the start of my daughters' Keiki Hula Competition. This year, my oldest daughter was chosen as the female soloist to represent her halau. After many hours of practice (which of course I teared up each time watching her), it was finally her time to shine on stage. Although she didn't win, she did an amazing job and we are all so very proud of her! On Friday night, both DD1 & DD2 performed their Kahiko chant with their hula sisters. I was so nervous for DD2, but she pulled it off like a pro. That night they announced the winners of the Kawena'ula Keiki Hula Scholarship winners and my DD1 was awarded one of the scholarships! Woohoo! This award was based on a nomination from their halau, a written essay, and academics! We were once again very proud of her! On Saturday morning, DD1 & DD2 once again performed with their hula sisters the Auana portion of the competition! It was a tough competition and our halau did an outstanding job (yes, I'm a little biased... hehehe) and we are very proud of them all!

Okay, enough rambling for me. I just wanted to share a little about why I was MIA... again. Back to my post. This is the treat bag that I made for the girls' hula sisters on Kahiko night. Luckily I only had to make 14 of these and of course I had some help from my little elves. I will be back tomorrow with some more projects to share! Hope you all have a good week!