CASEYSOWN: GRADUATION & GINGERBREAD HOUSE

SATURDAY DECEMBER 20. ERIN GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII W/ HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY. CONGRATULATIONS!

9AM

2 HOURS LATER

ERIN W/ HER FAMILY

ERIN W/ HER GRANDMA (HER MOM'S MOM), HER GRANDPA (HER DAD'S DAD), & HER GRANDPA (HER MOM'S DAD)

ERIN W/ HER FAVORITE

ERIN W/ THE ALLIE, JAN, DUSTIN, ALICIA, KANOE & JOSIAH FLEXING IN THE BACK

ERIN W/ KRYSTAL YOUNG. CONGRATULATIONS!

ERIN W/ HER FRIENDS

ERIN W/ HER FRIEND

ERIN W/ HER OTHER FRIEND

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY TOMODACHI AYU ALSO

AFTER THE GRADUATION, LUNCH WAS SERVED @ A KOREAN YAKINIKU BUFFET W/ ERIN'S FAMILY. GOOD STUFF. THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE OTHER EVENT OF THE DAY. THE 2ND ANNUAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE MAKING @ MITCH'S. DUE TO THE POPULARITY GROWTH FROM LAST YEAR, THE EVENT WAS MOVED DOWN THE STREET FROM MITCH'S TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SPECIAL THANKS TO MITCH & RUDY FOR HOSTING THE EVENT (& NEARLY EVERY OTHER EVENT). & THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED MAKE THE 100-ISH GINGERBREAD HOUSES...YEAH 100-ISH! THERE WAS SOME TO SPARE BUT WAS WORTH IT. (EASY FOR ME TO SAY, I HELPED LITTLE BIT). OKAY, JUST ENJOY THE PICTURES:

BIGGER VENUE, MORE KIDS. JUMPERS KEEP THEM OUTTA THE WAY

SURPRISINGLY THERE WERE NO INJURIES

THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO HAD A THEATRE ROOM

VERY MTV CRIBS-ESQUE

THERE WAS ANOTHER ROOM FOR THE PALAUAN MAFIA TO KICK IT

THE COURTYARD W/ COMFY CHAIRS WAS THE DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA

THE LIVING ROOM WAS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE MAIN EVENT

BEFORE

THE KIDS WERE FIRST

VERY SERIOUS

ELLE'S NEIGHBOR, ELLE'S TEACHER LEILANI & ELLE'S TEACHER'S BROTHER

JULIA WORKING ON HER STRIPE ROOF

DADDY JOHN W/ MORAL SUPPORT FOR JESSICA

KALEA HAD HER GAME-FACE ON

MOMMY EILEEN TAUGHT KOA HOW TO USE THE ICING AS GLUE

KOA ENDED UP USING THE ICING AS A ROOF

MOMMY LENA & LEILA GOT CREATIVE

MOMMY RIA & TAEYA HAD A BLAST ALSO

MOMMY JANIE WAS TEACHING REYLI HOW TO PUT THE CANDIES ON THE HOUSE

REYLI WAS TEACHING MOMMY JANIE HOW TO PUT THE CANDIES IN HER MOUTH

MOMMY JANIE TAUGHT REYLI HOW TO PUT THE SPRINKLES ON THE ROOF

REYLI TAUGHT MOMMY JANIE HOW TO PUT THE SPRINKLES IN HER MOUTH

ELLE WAS A PRO @ THIS

SKYE WORKING ON HIS HOUSE, WHEN HE WASNT DISTRACTED BY THE POOL TABLE

ELLE WON MY VOTE FOR BEST KIDDIE HOUSE. WATCH OUT FOR THIS KID ON THE FOOD NETWORK

NOW THE ADULTS GOT TO PLAY

SOME ADULTS TOOK 3 HOURS MAKING THEIR HOUSES

CODI & DANE PLAYED TOO. DANE ARRIVED THAT SAME DAY FROM HOUSTON

EILEEN BUILT HER HOUSE IN MINUTES

EILEEN'S HOUSE W/ TWIZZLER + GREEN POPCORN TREE

MITCH WAS BUSY RUNNING AROUND THE WHOLE TIME BUT WAS THE DESIGNATED BEAUTIFUL TREE MAKER

BRAND NEW BABY KAEDYN COULDNT MAKE IT TO THE EVENT B/C SHE'S STILL CHILLIN' IN THE HOSPITAL BUT MOMMY JANIE BROUGHT A PICTURE OF HER W/ SANTA

JANIE DROPPED HER BABIES' NAME ON THE ROOF

JANIE'S HOUSE (THE OTHER SIDE)

JEN WORKING W/ HER CHOCOLATE ROOF

JEN'S HOUSE W/ SLED, GIFTS, & BEAUTIFUL TREE

PETER & HIS STRIPED ROOF HOUSE

PETER'S HOUSE

SANFORD & HIS HOUSE

SANFORD'S HOUSE W/ ANIMALS

ELLA + SAM, DENNIS + KENNETH WORKING ON THEIR HOUSES

ELLA + SAM'S HOUSE W/ SOLAR PANEL ROOF

DENNIS + KENNETH'S HOUSE W/ BASKETBALL COURT & SWIMMING POOL

RUDY & LOLA PLAYED TOO

RUDY'S HOUSE W/ TREE MADE BY MITCH

LOLA'S HOUSE W/ LAWN DETAILS

WILLIE + GINA WORKING ON THEIR HOUSE

WILLIE + GINA'S HOUSE W/ PEPPERMINT ROOF

LENA & MARK WENT ALL OUT W/ EXACTO BLADES. ACE OF CAKES STYLE. SORRY NO CLOSE UP PICTURES OF YOUR HOUSES B/C YOU CHEAT! JUST JOKE, JUST DIDNT HAVE ANY PICTURES OF YOURS'