1 Peach and 2 Pineapples

New Addition

2010-01-17T22:14:00.000-08:00

Well 4 months have gone by since my last post and I say I'm going to keep up and I need to make a better effort. We've passed through Halloween, thanksgiving, Christmas and my 9 months of pregnancy has been and gone. Its funny but alot of people tell me they didn't even know I was pregnant. I remember it especially the end. The outcome is always the best part. On January 8, 2010 at 14:33 we were blessed with the presence of Adyson Grace weighing 7lbs, 8.2ounces. 19 1/2 long. Another beautiful baby girl. Now we have 3 princesses to add to our castle :)Its always fun to see the girls through the holidays. They didn't much enjoy pumpkin carving. Hmm but they love finger painting. Olivia dressed up as Ariel. She was so into princesses because of our recent trip to Mickey mouses house. Kira dressed up as a horseback rider. I was so impressed how she rode that horse all night trick or treating around the development. Jay stayed home and passed out the candy. The Rademachers came over and celebrated our Thanksgiving dinner with us. We had ham, baked sweet potatoes, stuffed carrots and rolls along with some berry pie. Yum what a good excuse to eat good food with friends. Christmas with toddlers is always a whirlwind. Its amazing that it only takes them 5-10 minutes to tear open all the gifts that we wrapped. But our fun is watching the smiles on their faces as they do.Jay made a yummy Christmas prime rib. I don't recall us ever making one before but hope to do it again soon. Oh yea, Happy New Year. WOW I just have to say. I didn't think the fireworks would ever end and on that day while trying to sleep Jay turns to me and say now I know what it feels like to be inside of a popcorn popper. In between all of these holidays we have attended play mornings, a few beach outings and the typical daily family outings of grocery shopping along with mom's Dr's apts. I happy to say that my husband has had some time off while I recover from the birth of the baby and its been nice. Only 3 more days until he heads back to work.

2009-10-12T17:37:00.000-07:00

So obviously I've gotten really far behind on this blogging. Honestly because Jay had been gone for so long it was just easier to post on Face book. The deployment is over and its so nice to have him home. We just got back this week from a long vacation in Ohio about 38 days and 8 days in Orlando Florida. Home Sweet Home you cant beat it. We are still adjusting to the time change considering its a six hour difference. The girls have been getting up around 5:30-6 in the morning. Hopefully this shall pass and will start sleeping in in the morning. I need my coffee time. So if you have not heard we are having a 3rd girl come January 17Th if she follows the rules. Both my girls were early so we'll see what happens. I am excited. Unfortunately I gave most of my baby items to a lady at our church that had adopted a baby girl. The child was taken away from them by the original parents and I'm happy to say they've just recently gotten a new little girl that is 7 days old. So I guess I'll have to do a little shopping.
We wore the girls and us out at Disney and Sea World. Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios hot but fun. Olivia was excited to celebrate her birthday at Mickey Mouses house. We rented a very nice town home in Windsor Hills for the time we were there. Very nice 3/3 bath mickey themed child's room and bathroom, pool clubhouse also with pool game room and workout room. Highly recommended if you have the chance. We stayed at Windsor palms 2 years ago but I really liked this place much better
We took a mini day trip to Gainesville Florida so Jay can talk to the current residents and find out whats in his future come July 2010 as we will be heading back there while he completes his 3 yr surgery residency. I have been house hunting daily and getting excited to be back in Gator country.
So I hope to post some vacation pictures soon and will do my best to keep you all updated. Sorry for the lack of postings

2009-08-14T06:51:00.000-07:00

Well today is Aloha Friday, well it's always Aloha Friday here in Hawaii. I'm not sure what I am up for since its only 3:30 in the morning and I've been up since 3. Probably part of the reason is my ac needs adjusting. For some reason the thermometer reads 85..ugh anyway Yeah the weekend is here. Although its always more fun to enjoy it when Jay is around. No big plans until we see how the girls are feeling. Olivia spent the last week since Thursday under the weather. Fevers, uncomfortable belly earaches etc. Tylenol and Motrin are a must. Now Kira seems to be having fevers also. At least their not to cranky :)Although I so hope they start feeling better since we are flying to Ohio in 6 days. Yes a 13 hr flight is coming my way with 2 toddlers.. At least Grandma Jean will be with us and able to help.
Our 16week apt went well so far no problems and the little one seems to be very busy according to the Doppler. At least this last visit we were able to hear a heartbeat for more then 30 sec... With in the last 2 days I have really been able to feel the baby kick. Still more like a flutter. Mostly at night laying in bed relaxed. On Tuesday the 18Th we will have an U/S to hopefully tell if this will be a boy or girl. Looking forward to it. Hopefully its a ........very healthy baby
My mom and Kristen will be able to go. Unfortunately daddy will get the news over the phone. We are able to chat via the computer almost every night(pending no Internet issues) so his 4 month deployment has not been to bad. And also since Grandma Jean is here its made the time fly a bit faster.
I'm hoping I'll be tired enough to fall back asleep since the girls will be up in 2..hopefully 3 hrs. So I will update some more later. Goodnight.

Time is winding down

2009-07-27T00:08:00.000-07:00

There's not much time left before we head off to Ohio. So I have made a calendar of things to do and show gram before we leave. We did the water park and we had lots of fun. Earlier that week we had our Monday Gymnastics. Went o.k. For some reason she just doesn't feel comfortable doing the warm up. I think she just does not care about the small group with the male teacher.
Tuesday we drove up to Schofield to drive down Kolekole pass. Unfortunately we had to pass sometime as though because the hours have changed and the road is closed until noon which was OK because we had lunch before our 1 hour drive. Finished the end of the drive by beaching it at Kaena Point. Wednesday took a little break and washed the car. My goal was to hit the pool but Olivia had other plans for us. She was way cranky and needed sleep more.
Thursday we met some neighbors at Koolina Lagoons. We had to leave the house by 8:30 am in order to find a parking spot. Luckily we have that handicapped sticker so we got our spot.
Saturday Kira was tired and had a morning nap from about 930-1230. We were having lunch when she woke up. After lunch Olivia went to nap a little unwillingly by screaming all the way up the stairs. As soon as we got to her room we snuggled ab it and laid down. Everything was better once she had her mommy time. I had to lay with her about 10 Min's til she fell asleep then Kira and I hit the grocery store. Fun Fun I made my stuffed sirloin roast for dinner then we enjoyed Popsicles on the porch.
So today we made it to church and tried the girls at the bounce house but its just did not work. Within 5 Min's Olivia was ready to go. I'm tired she says. Well we did make it home to have some turkey wrap sandwiches and then she got her nap..
Our week will be busy riding the glass bottom boat and the polynesian cultural center. So we'll see how much we can push the girls.

Wet n Wild

2009-07-24T22:27:00.000-07:00

Today I had a blast at the water park with the girls. We got there when they opened at 1030 and it was the busiest since I have been to the park. Kira started of very quiet and slow and Olivia never has a problem getting in the water. But it didn't take Kira long, she followed in her sisters footsteps with out a problem. There are 2 water slides near the younger kids pool. Kira and I started off on together but after a few rides she was off on her own. I am also very excited to see Olivia in the water. She is doing really well at keeping her head under the water for at least 5 or more seconds. It seems like yesterday she would go under and come right up but not anymore. And she is also very proud of herself. Good job to both my girls :)

Slept in

2009-07-20T00:59:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe I woke up at 730 this morning. Gram sent the girls in my room because they were up before me. Yesterday they were both up around 8. Of course I was not home and hit the Aloha swap meet. Found my seat covers, yea and bought the girls and I luggage for traveling. Little did I know how excited Olivia would be. She has been carrying around her rolling backpack for 2 days. Ready to fly now. Its coming quickly.
Anyway we took the girls and met friends at the Scott pool on Pearl Harbor. We had a fun day there. I love to watch the girls progress in the water. They are getting braver and braver. Especially when they watch friends and want to do the same that they so. They have a nice water slide unfortunately the girls are to little to ride it. We stopped at the commissary on the way home. I made chicken fried rice for dinner so I needed to get some things for that. I turned out good but not wonderful. Cooking stresses me out!

friends and funto many jumps to count
ready or not

whoa wait for dil

The Mall

2009-07-16T18:26:00.000-07:00

Today we took the girls to the Pearl ridge mall. They have finished the insect exhibit. It really turned out nice. Its on display til the beginning of August. They have also put in a train for the Keiki. The girls did well.Last time Kira rode the train she was not a happy camper. O's on the other hand was a little concerned the whole time. We rode the monorail again over to the downtown side of the mall. Picked up Mc'Ds for the girls and Gram and I had "welcome to Moe's".I cant believe I ate the whole homewrecker. It was good:)We got home at 245 and put the girls to nap. I am here updating the blog for a few more mins then I hope to close my eyes to.

Yesterday the ice cream truck came by and I almost missed it. The girls were napping at the time so they got to enjoy their ice cream after they ate their dinner. Now I remamber why we eat ice cream outside.

animated praying mantis

enjoying the train ride

thank you forest city for the ice cream

I love when you smile my beautiful girl...

2009-07-14T17:02:00.000-07:00

I finally had a physical at the Dr's yesterday, ugh they almost cancelled my apt for another month. Everything went well. I did get to hear the baby's heartbeat for maybe 10 secs then it disappeared. We could not find it again due to all the kicking this little one was doing. Its real when you hear the heartbeat. Now I am getting excited again. Now if all the apts go smooth we'll be good to go. My find out the sex of the baby is near the end of Aug so stay up if you want to know what it is.
Monday was a good day of gymnastics for olivia. She does much better when my total attention is on her. Kira got to stay home and play with ama. (grandma)
Today we headed to the Dole Plantation. Its about time for grandma to catch in some tourist events. We'll take it slow. Alot of Hawaii is walking and hot. Maybe 1-2 events a week

We enjoyed some pineapple ice cream, took a ride on the train and toured through the gardens.
I really love these crown flowers. I'm gonna have to find me one
Crown flower

Yum, pineapple icecream

A baby pineapple

You want me to do what

2009-07-06T17:44:00.000-07:00

Swim lessons have finished with Kira and I. Now onto visiting more of Oahu with grandma. Today Monday Kira and I took Olivia to gymnastics. Not a good day for her. This was the first day in a new class with a new teacher. She pretty much melted the whole time. She really wanted moms help. I had to somehow contain Kira. I hope next week goes better. Kira will stay home with grandma next week while I pay more attention to Olivia. We had pizza for lunch and hit the commissary for a few groceries. Kira fell asleep on the way home and Olivia went to bed pretty quickly to. We did have a very busy 4Th of July. I decided to take the girls to Hickam for their show and we actually had a very good time. Left at 10 and stayed til 2:30. We had a BBQ at 4 down at the neighbors house. I not sure why I expect the girls to eat anything when they are near friends. All they want to do is play play play. And finally at 9:30 after fireworks now they are hungry. Go figure.

Juice and watermelon for dinner

no more fingers in the brownies

1st time cotton candy eater

All by myself

Mom if you dunk me again!

They do have this for toddlers only

Lei making

Should have taken my zofran anyway!

I could ride this slide all day
just b/c you like pigs mom

BE GENTLE

Very expensive pony rides but puts a smile on her face

Where do the weeks go

2009-07-02T19:07:00.000-07:00

Sometimes the days fly by and at least yes the faster they go the faster Jay comes home. My mom has been here almost a month and I sure she is really getting worn out by these girls. They can be a handful. They have been waking her up as early as 630-7 if Olivia is up at that time. We have been a little off schedule due to our swim lessons with Kira. Which means it really throws off bed time. Ugh 900pm. Kira is doing well. She has no problem hanging on to the noodle by herself. I support the back of it. Hopefully we will have some of those pictures up soon. This is the last week of the lessons so next week we should hopefully be showing grandma some of Oahu.

I happy to say that I have had no nausea the last 5 days. Yea. And that have not gained any weight yet. We should get to hear the heartbeat on the July 13Th apt. Hopefully all will be good.

Cannot wait for U/S pictures. Seems so far away.

2009-07-02T18:40:00.000-07:00

Well my husband has found facebook. Hes addicted. I have recently been on mostly to communicate with him and add some pictures. He is on day 2 in Samoa of 10 days. Ive gotten to talk with him on the phone this morning and he was able to call 2 nights ago. We also IM each other on yahoo quite a bit. Times of communication have changed. How wonderful for us in the military life. If you have not followed his facebook here is what he has been up to
1 July
Today was our first clinic day in Samoa. The day started with a incredible sunrise on transit from the ship. The town of Salani were the clinic was held is truly where the road ends. The nearby Salani Surf Resort owners were gracious hosts providing coordination, lunch and an ice cold after work beverage. 17 "desexings" were performed by the team under the careful scrutiny of the village children...
30 June
We're here! The USNS Byrd is anchored off the Island of Samoa and we are anxiously awaiting our small boat ride to the island, solid, beautiful land....Today we will meet with our local veterinary counterparts. They have done an amazing job preparing for our arrival--even our ships civilian crew has heard advertisements on the radio for our "free desexing (spay/ neuter clinics)."
27June
The last two days at sea have stretched a little longer...Yesterday we had our 2ND fire and abandon ship drills. Today we sorted supplies and packaged all our gear for Samoa. Tonite is pizza, must be Saturday! Only a couple more days till the mission starts....

Were in

2009-06-21T23:14:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I m so excited to be moving back to Gainesville, Florida next year as Jay will begin a 3 year surgery residency. Woo hooo!!!!Hawaii will be missed. At least we will still have the warmth:)
We have been able to skype a little bit with dad, but frequently get disconnected. Anything is better than nothing. He mentioned the weather has not been great so that doesn't help with the connection. He seems to be keeping busy and is still somewhere sailing the ocean.
The girls, grandma and I try to keep busy. We had church this morning along with some mall play time and not to mention the pretzel snacks. We didn't get home til after 2 which really throws off the nap schedule. So they had none. Neither did mom.
Yesterday attempted the swap meet. Not a great idea considering the heat was unbearable for all. The rest of our fun this week consisted of grocery shopping, gymnastics, making cookies and playing at the pool.

Rock Climbing?

Hanging out

Jays Suite

Sailing, Sailing

2009-06-16T23:41:00.000-07:00

This morning grandma and I took the girls to the Pearl Ridge Mall for the oogles and googles keiki show. They sang all about the 5 senses. The girls didn't much participate though maybe next time. We did get to ride the monorail downtown and enjoyed some dippin dots ice cream. MESSY!!!! They are setting up a very cool insect/bug exhibit with a train and the girls can't wait for it to be completed. Pizza hut and taco bell were on the lunch menu. Olivia was so tired she tried to fall asleep on the bench. Kira made it until she got buckled in the car. Up to bed when we got home but unfortunately Olivia would not take a nap. She woke Kira up by 3 and ended up going to the playground til 5:30. They found avocados and had fun rolling them up the slide like ski ball. I missed dads call unfortunately he'd messaged leave were getting ready to leave port. After getting the girls dinner, bath and bed at 8:30 Jay was able to skype me from the boat. They were sailing and out to sea. It was short, but glad we got to talk. He hopes to call in the morning and skype the girls.
We are looking forward to the board results in the morning so keep your fingers crossed.....:)

onboard the monorail

Kira watches the lime swallowtail caterpillar

In Guam

2009-06-15T17:59:00.000-07:00

Daddy made it to Guam safely. He called this morning around 7am and we skyped him for about 15minutes. Its about a 28 hr time change 1 day ahead of us. The boat will leave Guam Thursday for the mission. I am not sure when we will be able to talk after that. He will share a room with one other guy and they have a cot and a bed in a small room. Hopefully he will be able to send pictures.
Today we have caught up on some rearranging and cleaning. Sorting through some baby clothes to save in case they will be needed come January. Which means we are expecting our 3rd in mid January. Come August we will know if its a boy or girl.

He's Gone

2009-06-14T17:11:00.000-07:00

Today dad headed off on his Pacific Partnership 09 Humanitarian mission.

"This year we plan to head to Oceania and bring much needed supplies, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering aid to this region that has such a rich history with the United States," The mission will visit Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga.

Search the web for more information on Pacific Partnership 09

He will be traveling by boat on the USNS Richard E Byrd

We took him to hickam this morning @7am, and he left from there at 9am. The girls, grandma and I headed off to church. Olivia did not want to go. I think she was just upset dad had left. She is used to him bringing her because usually I am working the service.

The had hot dogs as the meal afterwards and that was great as Miss Kira LOVES them. They about fell asleep on the way home. They both had lunch and naps once we got home, and when O's woke up she wanted to play her jellys in the hot tub. Grandma treated us to chilis for dinner and because our food took so long we had a complimentary chocolate molton lave dessert. Bed when we got home and me to.

The Byrd

Our goodbyes packing
O's last story from daddy

Happy Memorial Day

2009-05-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

Almost 3 weeks have passed and chip is still wearing his e-collar. When he is free of it he goes totally bonkers running around like a nuckle headacting like he just wants to attack his tail. Just cannot be trusted alone..We recently celebrated Kiras 2nd birthday with our friends and neighbors. We enjoyed a lasagna dinner with salad, breadsticks and rolls. Topped off by icecream cone cupcakes and Jens famous skor cake. YUM-O. Grandma Jean is coming to visit June 2nd until the 20th of August to help me with the girls while dad will be gone the summer on a humanitarin mission for work.

Go Figure

2009-05-07T15:16:00.000-07:00

Is it not normal that when your veterinarian is out of town your animals get sick. This is typical us. Tuesday evening we had an animal emergency. O was trying to close the door as chip was leaving the bedroom. OUCH. I know that wasn't her screaming. Its a good thing she didn't lock the door behind him otherwise I don't think he'd have a tail left. The week of recovery wasn't the greatest. I know now why e-collars are a must, because 2 days later he attacked his tail in pain, and back to the vets for a day. Home on pain meds with a new tail wrap. One he couldn't get too. Now I have a new perspective for animal pain when they have trauma to their tail.

Duty Calls

2009-04-27T18:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday our friends moved away and many of us are sad. Someone is eventually going to move but are you really ever ready to say goodbye to good friends. Thats the military lifestyle. We will miss them very much hope to see them in the near future. Not only is it hard on us but I cannot imagine how the kids feel.
Daddy got called to an emergency yesterday afternoon around 3 and ended up coming home at 3 this afternoon and now having some much needed zzz's. We hope the dog continues to recover well from is GDV..
Not a whole lot to write but here are some recent photos......

pony rides :)
hanging out

friends

my baby girl

family photo

2009-04-16T00:40:00.001-07:00

Easter has passed a O's is still carrying around her purse full of eggs. These little eggs were a dime a dozen in Kauai and we bought at least 4 bags and on Oahu they were no where to be found. Little sis is also following in the footsteps of her big sis, she too loves to play with them taking them apart and putting them back together and if she can't do it she asks O's for help. Sat 3/11 the girls got to decorate their eggs, well K wanted nothing to do with it. Our friends came over to help out. We made use of the dye by also coloring shorts and T shirts as well. By request of the husband he wants cinnamon rolls every Easter so I also got them put together for the morning. Our afternoon was filled with a fun filled church event. We met in Kaneohe to get on the bus for a ride over to Thomas Square Park across from the Blaisdell center a church Ohana picnic. The weather was great we couldn't have asked for anything better. The had an Easter Egg hunt for the keiki, bingo, volleyball, horseshoes and music. One of the girls from children's church was there, and she loves playing with the girls and helped us chase them around that afternoon. We walked across to the Blaisdell Center for a 6pm Easter Service partnered with New Hope Oahu with Pastor Wayne. It was exciting to see Michael English perform at the service. The girls did well going someplace new for children's church. The set up with 8 craft tables helped a lot. Its O's favorite activity. By the time we got in it was 10pm.

Easter Sunday was more or less low key. The girls each got a basket and searched for eggs around the house. After the morning in the Hot tub we had our cinnamon rolls, and shared with the neighbors. I later ran to the grocery store and O's and dad worked on our chalkboard wall. Hopefully we will get that up soon. Our neighbor is moving :( so we had a going away gathering for her Sunday evening. She will really be missed. So Wednesday is here and the C family joined us for the morning at Hickam Beach. So quiet and peaceful... Except for the meltdown my girls had when the noon hour hit. Good naps thought today.

Now I am typing and watching Mission Impossible on the food network. I am so glad Robert Irvine is back. Strange combo recipes on tonights show... Lemon soup, p-nut butter chili, salmon cupcakes, pineapple cookies, apple sushi and more..Hmm

decorating and clean up with friends

the 9 pm hour Easter morning

Tub time while mom makes breakfast

playground fun

2009-04-11T11:56:00.000-07:00

3 Min's later mom couldn't resist

The kids check out their loot

fun at the playdough table

i love the bunny

friends

friend from valdosta

petting zoo

being cute

2009-04-11T08:31:00.000-07:00

The girls have gotten back into a napping routine, Yeah for me. I was hoping it wouldn't carry over from vacation. Although the last 2 weeks when K gets up she will scream for at least a half hour if I don't just sit and hold her. I hope this doesn't last much longer. Spring break carried over the week we got back and we tried to keep busy. Monday we visited the zoo with some friends that we meet while in Valdosta. We haven't been able to get together with them since before thanksgiving. Its hard to believe that their 2 years are up this summer. We went to check out a new playground round the corner on Tuesday before play morning. The girls would have been content to stay there all day. Its good we were there a little boy had gotten his leg stuck in one of the bars and was hanging upside down and was unable to get free by himself.
Sat early morning I volunteered at our MOPS garage sale. 6-9am. A little rough for me Thank you Friday night. After the garage sale we headed to the zoo with the neighbors and had lunch at Jimmy Buffets Beachcomber. Unfortunately they only let them know a 1/2 hour before he shows up. But really nicely decorated.
This last week O had school on Tues, but Thursday when I dropped her off she had a fever 0f 100.9 so we had to go back home and re plan our day. We visited the library. I like the library, don't get me wrong but 2 toddlers, and one little 22 month old that LOVES to clean off the library shelves is not my idea of fun. This is a one child at a time time kinda thing.
Friday was their highlight day at Barbers point stables. We dis play dough, played in the birdseed bin. At 10 the kids had their egg hunt. Their limit was six eggs. K went well but the other one a little out of sorts. Not enough eggs out for all the kids. In the end they all got six eggs but I dumped them out later for them to find. It's a good thing their 2-4. You could put them out over and over and they still have a blast. (chip on the other hand below my feet is playing hockey with half an egg.)
So our plans today include a low key morning of catch up(hopefully do our chalk board wall) prepare cinnamon rolls for the morning, and we are attend New Hopes Easter Service at the Blaisdell Center. We are excited. Pastor Wayne is great to listen to. http://www.newhope.com/
Probably 10 Min's left and Kira will be screaming ma me, ma me......

More Kauai Pictures

2009-03-31T00:39:00.000-07:00

Kauai Humane Society

Inside visiting the Kittys

The Beach outside the cottage

The Cottage

More beach

Spouting Horn

A visitor on Poipou beachBefore
After
Opaka Falls

Wailua Falls

Fern GrottoBlue Treasure 3months old. Cute!

Kilauea Lighthouse

Glass Beach

Scenic overlook at Waimea Cayon

One of those many days we needed a nap

The rest of the week in Kauai

2009-03-30T23:53:00.001-07:00

Monday we went to Kilohana and did the train ride with the girls. Its a ride on an old sugar plantation train the tells the story of Kauai plantation history. Its a 40min venture with a stop to visit and feed wild pigs. Along the way we saw taro, pineapple, banana trees, papaya, coffee and tropical flowers. After our train ride we had lunch at the Gaylord restaurant. Good food, not so friendly service. On our way home we visited Kauai's Humane society, Very impressive building. They also have an attached dog park which is very convenient.

Tuesday we drove up through Waimea Canyon(the grand canyon of the pacific)We packed our lunch and had a picnic. The girls were a little impatient on the drive up. Many stops with gorgeous veiws along the way. A must see. Pictures just do not do it justice.

We also cramed in alot more. Spoting horn, Poipu beach, Opaka Falls, Wailua Falls, A visit to Kauai Coffee, Lydgate park,Glass Beach, Kauai Shar-pei Kennels(almost) and A boat ride down wailua river to Fern Grotto.

Gaylord Plantation House

Zipping through Kauai

2009-03-25T23:37:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning we headed out early to grab breakfast at Country Kitchen in Kapa'a. We ended up splitting an omlet breakfast. Our zipline adventure was at 9. Its about an 1 1/2 hour from the cottage depending on traffic. Its called a zip-n-dip. We ziplined on 9 differant lines. Lunch was included and a swim by the waterfall. The water was a bit cold. I'm not sure if I was numb or adjusting to the temperature. It was a little scary at first, but after the first line it was smooth sailing. After 4.5 hours of ziplining we stopped in town to view the lighthouse. There is a fee to actually get up close but we just made a quick stop to grab a few photos. We needed to get back to get our sitter to the airport. We left the light house at 2, home by 4 and back on the road by 5 with a 45min drive to the airport. We made one quick stop at Glass Beach.

Where did the weekend go?

2009-03-24T00:47:00.000-07:00

We finally did some adventure activities.

Saturday morning we flew in a hughes 500 4 door minus the doors. I boarded the helicopter and thought what was I thinking. What a blast. A 60-65 Minute Tour is an excellent overview and introduction to all of Kauai's scenic wonders.

What did we see....
Nawiliwili Harbor and the Menehune Fishpond
Kipu Kai and the Tunnel of Trees
Manawaiopuna Falls in Hanapepe Valley
Olokele Canyon's pristine beauty
Waimea Canyon - the Grand Canyon of the Pacific
Na Pali's spectacular sea cliffs and valleys
The North Shore beaches from Ke'e to Hanalei
The Beautiful Bay and Valley of Hanalei
Mt. Waialeale - The heart of Kauai's ancient volcano
And finally, Wailua Falls
Is a good thing we brought Pants and a jacket. Brrrr plus a little rain.

An hour after our hilo ride we headed to a 4.5 hr ATV ride. I haven't been on one of those since high school. I could have one of those. I wish O was bigger. She would love this.

Sunday we took on another adventure ziplining on princeville ranch

Day TWO vacation

2009-03-24T00:24:00.000-07:00

The girls slept well last night. K slept in a big girl bed by herself for the first time. Dad had to work today so it was just us. In the morning I had some things to do and then the we tried to hit the grocery store and on the way had car issues. We decided to leave the car and grabbed lunch while we waited for a ride home. After J worked we finally did get to the store. Dinner was Burger King. O's wanted a chicken sandwich and noodles so we at least found the chicken. We got some groceries and headed home.

Vacation

2009-03-23T23:52:00.000-07:00

We are excited to be on vacation for a bit. We hopped on an interisland flight to Kauai for a littler R and R. Day one was exciting. We had a few kinks in our day but are making the best of it. Our flight was delayed and had to reboard a new plane. We ended up getting in an hour later then our original arrival time. The girls had an early morning and a long day. Dad had some work to do when we arrived and afterwards we were able to play and enjoy some beach. We hiked up just to the top of Kalalau trail. It was muddy and slippery, but the view was great. After our hike we enjoed about an hour of beach time and headed back to our cottage. By the time we checked in it was 6pm. Getting around the island from one side to the other takes about an 1 1/2 hours. There is also one road around the island. We were all exhausted. We ate dinner on base at Shenannigans. I had a taco bowl, the girls ate chicken. We then went home and put the girls to bed. overlooking Kauai poi fields

cute little church in Hanaleithe view at the top of the trailNa Pali coastline on the way down
finally the beach

Catch up

2009-03-04T23:29:00.000-08:00

Another month has just flown by again before my eyes. Lately I have been just to tired at night to get on the computer and type and patiently wait for this computer to upload photos. It was either goto bed at 8(like my husband) or hit the gym and find some energy.. so I chose the gym. Hubby has been going at 5am so that does't work for me, since the girls are up by 6:30 lately. We are heading to Kauai for our 5th anniversary so its a good excuse to get out and exercise.

Well the big headline news today (4th March) on Oahu as we now have 2 yes 2 new Target stores. (they carry surfboards)No I did not go. I don really care for that after christmas rush atmosphere. Maybe in a few weeks after they have restocked the shelves. (in the evening, NO KIDS). Our weeks are pretty much consistant with O going to Miss Lauras Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30-12:30 and Friday morning she goes to gymnaskits( as olivia puts it). We hit the libray for a change in our reading books. Kira loves to keep the librarian busy by taking all the books off the shelf so I have to make our visit quick, and its a good thing you can reserve books online. Thanks to the help of my neighbors watching the girls I was able to help J at the clinic on a Sx procedure day. We did canine spays and neuters and also feline spays and neuters, a total of about 12 that day. Its the first time since 2006 I have really done clinical work. It was fun, maybe someday part-time...

Saturday night was the highlight at the Jimmy Buffet concert. Evidently he comes here once a year from what I have heard, so hopefully we will do it again next year. We had a great time:)

So now that its 10 pm I should goto bed since no matter what the girls will have me going at 6:30 and hope to do this more than once a month.

singing at the neighbors karaoke

2009-02-02T16:02:00.000-08:00

Last night friends gathered for a first birthday with our lil man down the street. He is such a ham. And looked so cute in his birthday outfit. The girls had a fun good time eating cake, brownies and cookies. We are glad we were able to help celebrate with their family.

Sunday Sunday Sunday

2009-02-01T19:11:00.000-08:00

I was up early this morning to help with New Hope Services. We started to Financial Freedom Series today and we are looking forward to it. One of the couple from Church will meet at our house on Wed so we can continue with our small group. I am excited. After church dad took the girls to the play area. I finished at noon and we took took the girls to the Ho'omaluhia Botanical gardens to feed the ducks. Also to wear them out and it worked. The had fishing and we did alot of walking. The Koolau's are a sight to see in the Gardens. It was 2 when we left. We had McDs for lunch and the girls went home to bed.

2009-01-31T23:31:00.001-08:00

So for the last couple of days all I have heard O say is can we go to the Hale Koa? So today she got her wish. He headed over earlier then usual and had brunch and the girls ate tons of food. From fruit to eggs and mini Belgium waffles. After breakfast we headed to the pool. The weather was great. O did very well swimming with her swim jacket on from one end of the pool to the other. She was tiring me out just watching her. After the 2ND break we headed to the beach. She surprisingly did not want to stay very long. By this time it was around 11:30 and I think she was getting tired. We headed back to the pool for one last dip before they blew the whistle. We stayed til about 1:00. Had lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. The girls eat well off the salad bar. O was digging the chick peas. It was 4 by the time we got home and put them down for nap. We ended up waking O's up at 6:30. She was out. Although bedtime didn't end up being til 8:30 which normally is 7:30.

Friday has Crept up

2009-01-30T17:25:00.000-08:00

Aloha Friday is here already. It is super bowl weekend and I have no desire to watch it. The girls have played at playmorning this week. O has gone to Miss Lauras and talked about bugs and did some painting, stamping colored and sang the bumblebee song. We did well going there without being upset this week. We had a low key Wednesday and put the bounce house up in the family room and wore them out for a well deserved nap. Today is her favorite day. We spend 45Min's in the morning at Hickam gymnastics. She really enjoys it.

Oand K sit for story time

She loves when D comes to playmorning
What can you say about a toddler size bounce house that fits in the living roomo's artwork from schoolThe girls enjoy watching veggie tales

o does the side step on the beamk wants to be in class too

KOKO Crater Hike

2009-01-27T23:26:00.000-08:00

Its been awhile since I have done my update. This last weekend we decided to have a hike with friends up Koko Crater. It has an elevation of 1207 feet in height and let me tell you after 1100 un-even stairs/rail road ties up the side of Koko Head Crater my legs are still feeling it 3 days later. The tracks were built over 60 years ago to take supplies to the top of the Crater were there are military bunkers. And what a beautiful view once you get to the top. Breathtaking. The girls rode in the back packs and did very well considering how warm it was and stoping to catch our breaths. We enjoyed lunch in Hawaii Kai after we finished.

At the top

Hanauma Bay viewHawaii Kai to Diamond head viewGetting ready to head back downLiterally one step at a time

Yes this guy is running down this trail

O and D finish it with a sprint down the hill K needed exercise tooLunch

2008-12-10T16:26:00.000-08:00

Today our neighbor and I took the kids to the Pearl Ridge Mall to ride the train. No adults were aloud. They did better then had expected. K made it around 3 times but by the 4Th she had enough and was crying. D did great to. He and O enjoyed their ride. They took the kids around 5 times. Worth the 3 dollars we had spent. After the train we went shopping at price busters. It has a little of everything from party supplies to holiday decorations to baby stuff. You can always find something to buy there. We then had lunch at Farrell's Ice Cream parlor. Also a great place for kids and yes we had ice cream .

2008-12-05T13:38:00.000-08:00

We have had a rough week with O. She has been ill since Monday and I hope she is getting better. We visited Tripler yesterday for some IV fluids and IV zofran to help with her nausea. Today she seems still tired and complaining about her belly aches but has not done any vomiting. Hopefully I will get some pictures up later this weekend.

Weekend in Maui

2008-11-26T22:17:00.000-08:00

We just took a mini vacation to Maui. I was telling hubby as we were heading home how we had to goto Maui for a vacation. It was fun, I would highly reccommend it. We took the superferry out along with our car on board, which made it easy not having to tote car seats for the girls. The ride was a bit choppy and O and I did not fair well the ride over there. Loading the car at 5am didn't help that much either. We arrived on Maui after the 3 hr ferry ride. Breakfast on the boat

Nice play area for the Keiki

Cheese

Talking to grandma on the phone

Welcome to Maui breakfast at Ruby's dinerfeeding the goats (lucky goats what a view)the beach at our hotel in Keihi
these tide pools were all over and o and dad had lots of fun looking for shells

Playing in the sand

2008-11-05T01:13:00.001-08:00

The girls were occupied by the sandbox this evening while I made dinner. Hmm I forgot about this entertainer. They really kept themsevles busy for at least a good 45mins. We had porkchops with potatoes. They were good eaters tonight.

smile for mom, yeah right

2008-11-05T00:49:00.000-08:00

The first time Daddy really got to dive in Hawaii. He went with the neighbors during thier sons certification dive. They were supposed to go last week but some some problems with the boat. He had agood time and I think the dive bug bit him. We would really love to dive more often and will hopefully soon. We decided to take the girls to the Hickam carnival after daddy got home from his dive. I cost us about 30dollars but the girls had a fun time. More for O's, she is our little thrill seaker, which is good since mom gets dizzy very easy on these wild rides.

Fun on the big slide
The view from the top of the ferris wheel

K waits patiently for the next ride

Daddy and o's ride the helicopter

Speedway racing.

Trick or Treat

2008-11-02T23:54:00.000-08:00

Dad took the girls out trick or treating for the first part of the night then I went around to a few more houses with the girls. I could'nt believe all the energy O had and she didn't eat that much candy. Meet Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat. You can not forget the Lil' StingerWe met up with some of the neighborsAfterwards was fun to. I didn't think she would get any sleep that night.

Pumpkin Carving

mostly done by daddy

more like observing

with this long spoon I don't have to tough it...

Not just your ordinary day at the zoo

2008-11-02T22:39:00.000-08:00

We got to spend the day with daddy and some of his co-workers at the Honolulu Zoo for a behinds the scenes tour. The girls had a good time . They posed on top of the turtle sculptureThe elephants were out and very entertaining.Turtles were on the moveWe got to feed the rhinos apples The giraffes enjoyed thier carrots

The handlers fed the monkeys and we got a close up view
The girls played on the playground.

Happy Sunday

2008-10-19T16:12:00.000-07:00

We were up early this morning with the girls and headed near waikiki area to a 5K run for breast cancer. Talk about packed. I think people were still trying to park when the race began. We had to take a shuttle over to the race we parked so far away. We are not sure how they figured out the winners since we had know idea when they actually started the race. Needles to say we had fun anyway. We stayed til the end the ate lunch a place called Mac 24/7 Huge pancakes. The girls split cinnamon streusel panacakes. They were good. The IHOP pancake man, I don't think he ran

A beautiful cactus garden at the college Who knew they made cinnamon streusel pancakesKiras first visit to the pumpkin patch

The wagon not only pulls kids but pumpkins tooThe gang scope out the pumpkins
The gang scope out the pumpkins

ITS Going around the neighborhood

2008-10-17T01:24:00.000-07:00

We've been Booed! Its pretty cool. After you have been booed it is your turn to place 2 goodie bags at someone elses house and hopefully they will pass it on. Then you place a sign on your door so they know you have been targeted Sass and chip were pretty sure it was for them
I have planted some herbs so keep your fingers crossed they will continue to grow

So our housing develpoment had a little family fun day with bounce houses and an obsticle course and Olivia finally got into it, but it was super hot out. This was a few weeks ago.
Kira loves balloons as much as her big sister

Kira takes a ride on pumba after shopping at walmart

Most of our time has been low key. Since Olivias birthday the girls have been sick and both have gone to the Dr. O had her 2nd febrile seizure on the 2nd of October.

We have been busy with playmornings and afterwards the girls played in the sprinklers

Cinnamon rolls thanks to mysister inlaws recipe

3 Years Ago Today

2008-09-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

Well 3 years ago today we became a mom and a dad to this beautiful little girl. You can see has grown up to be a special little toddler. Yes 3 years has had its downs, but way more ups. Its fun to see my daughter grow up. Nothing could be more wonderful. My godmother(today is her birthday to) love you
numero uno
2 years old.

today I am 3

Mommy, Daddy and K love you Olivia!!

Just a few more of my favs

Happy 3rd Birthday Olivia

2008-09-29T18:12:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Olivias 3rd Birthday on Saturday at Hickam Beach. Although we forgot to univite the wind we overcame it and had fun. Without it it probably would have been hot. Thank you to dadddy for BBQ ribs, hotdogs and hamburgers. Kira had fun too. We brought along the inflatable pool and I think it was a great idea even though I told dad no.
Instead of cake and cupcakes I used brownies and frosted and decorated them with a little hint of Halloween. It was so windy there was no lighting of the candles, so I had her pretend to blow them out. We got home around 2 and the girls had great naps, not to mention so did mom and dad. Late night/early morning.

eating birthday brownie with the girlsenjoying the beach

the ribs were well recieved the pool before and afterwhat a mess, but she had a great time

2008-09-10T17:23:00.000-07:00

It is hard to believe the last post was August, Time is flying. We only have a year and a half left and I am sure that will fly too. J got home from his trip and it has been nice to have him here. This last weekend he took off so we could spend some time together. We spent alot of time at the beach. You can never get enough of these Hawaiian waters.
Friday we headed to Waimea Falls Park/ Waimea Vally Audubon Center. They have nice gardens you can stroll through and a paved pathway that makes it easy for us stroller people who don't want to carry the kids. Its only about 3/4 mile to the falls where you can swim in the pool below. Olivia and Daddy dipped their feet in. There were a few others swimming. We had lunch after we finished our walk in the park. The girls were excited to see the pecans(peacocks)
which is how Olivia pronounced it. Kira tried to share her cookie. After the park we stooped on the way home see some turtles. We got lucky because (Olivia) the sea turtle can up to say Hello. They are protected by volunteers on the beach and place a red rope around them so they can have their space. We didn't stay to long it was nap time and we were ready to go. That evening we had our Friday night gathering with a few neighbors and it turned in to a tempura evening with everything from shrimp to chicken and vegetables. YUM-O Grandma M was the hit with the kids they all wanted to be held by her

Saturday was a day of clean up and laundry,. Sunday I worked at church and we had lunch at ruby Tuesdays and bought O's a fun costume and Monday to the north shore with the neighbors. To our surprise there was a monk seal sunning himself on the beach. I was really a good beach. The sand reminded me of bird seed and it was easy to brush off. We did a little snorkeling and used my underwater camera cover to get a few pictures. The water was a little rough, but was fun-even Olivia was loving the waves.

Attempting a Hawaiian made toy/craft

wave recovery

having too much fun

By ourselves

2008-08-30T00:51:00.000-07:00

So we have had our share of ups and downs this past week being on our own. Mostly good but some definate calgon moments were highly needed. Today I took the girls to the outlets to ride the trolly and find some shorts. Olivia was not up on the shopping thing. She got to ride some rides if I got to shop. That only worked for so long. Today was not the best day for Olivia as you can see why in the video. Tired and hungary do not mix. We are counting the days till daddy gets home. Olivia says we can share him. Today she told me she wanted daddy not mommy anymore. Of course that only lasts the first few days he gets home.

growing up

Its a good thing chip tolerates so muchstory time
I started mops and brought Olivia home a treat
Kira is starting to enjoy books, finally
PlaymorningKira at the playdough table, if I could just get her to quit eating it! I think she is sorta mad I took it from her

Friday Night Pfun

2008-08-09T01:40:00.000-07:00

Our neighbor invited a bunch of us over for a BBQ on Sunday. The kids all had a good time. I know Olivia didn't want to leave and yes she is getting into that temper tantrum stage. At least one a day. Here are a few friendssilly girls

At the Hale Koa

At the beach outside the Hale Koa hotel
sign says Pool side Massage (maybe next time Kira) snack break

So we did'nt have a whole lot to do on a friday night (last week)except play with the kids toys. They just wern't that fun when we were kids. If you cannot tell that is me in the coupe car while Kira pushes. I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. The other kids probably thought we were crazy. We have been so busy doing who knows what. Play morning, kindermusic, hanging out, grocery store etc.. So here are some recent pictures from the last 2 weeks

Chip lovin

Ice cold milk and an OREO cookie

Yum-O

trying her hand at paintingcheesethey are cute when they play together kindermusicOlivia takes a break at musichickam playground

Fun on Oahu

2008-07-26T01:53:00.000-07:00

We spent the day at Waimea Bay Beach Park, home of the biggest surfing waves on the island of Oahu. During the winter, surfing waves can reach heights of up to 30-50 feet. During the summer it is great for swimming. This is the home of the largest, most dangerous and spectacular surf in the world.

Cliff Jumping

Olivia on her Hanu board. Hanu is Hawaiian for turtle and there are turtles all over her board
The waves rock Kira to sleep
We had lunch in Haleiwa Town at a place called Pizza Bob's. Unfortunately we didn't stop for their famous shaved ice. The kids were wiped out and the lines are super long. Maybe next time
Entertainment watching the fishes

I took the girls to Sea Life park on Friday. They had lots of fun. It was very hot. We tried to hit the shade as much as we could. By the 1:00 dolphin show Olivia was wiped out not to mention overheated. We went with the play morning group and the Aunties were so helpful with the girls. Mahalo to them.

The Hanu

The Aunties
Kira slowly inched her feet into the water
Touching the Hanu

This is cool because where ever you look you see the ocean.

The drive home

Manoa Falls

2008-07-20T00:34:00.000-07:00

This morning we got the girls up and went on a little hike to Manoa Falls. When we got there there was one other car in the parking lot, and he was on his way down as we were just starting. The girls did awesome in the back pack carriers. Since the falls are close to the mountains it was a little wet and muddy. The trail is not to long about 1 1/2 mile hike. There wasn't much water going down the falls but it sure is high up at about 150 feet and falls into a small pool at the bottom. It was a fun hike the only bad thing that went wrong is that I had given this cup to Kira to drink out of and half way to the end she drops it down the hill. I guess I will learn to tether her cups or she doesn't get one.

Manoa Falls

Kira and I take a picture break Shoe adjustment before the steps down After we finished up our hike we headed to brunch at The Oceanarium Resturant in the Pacific Beach Hotel. It has an aquarium in it that holds 280,000 gallons of water with about 400 fish. I was a little embarrassed because Jay forgot his tennis shoes and I forgot slippers to wear so our feet were a little muddy, but we were hungry. The food was yum-o. The brunch it self cost about 21 a person and the kiddos ate off our plates. As far as price goes you can easily spend that a person a Chilli's , but you have tons more food choices. I went straight to the prime rib carving station and omelet station. We enjoyed poke, crab legs with peel and shrimp. I tried the salmon and pork dish with pineapple. Lots of fresh fruits, cheeses and crackers-not to mention the array of desserts.

The view from our seatsThe BuffetFinishing up

2008-07-18T16:47:00.000-07:00

Its amazing how you can have a community pool or baby pool, but what they enjoy most is a tub of water with toys. The girls like playing out in the front with the rubbermaid tubs of water. Its shady and they can go inside wnever they want or I want. Kira is a climber. She tumbled trying to get in the chair, but finally was successful.

We rode the Ewa train this morning with dad. He got to take off the morning

Olivia was tired pretty quick

Since we were on that side of town we checked out Iroquois Point, and also had lunch

Olivia and Mommy day

2008-07-16T01:33:00.000-07:00

Friday July 11Th was spent a special day just for Olivia and Mom. Kira got to spend the day at the neighbor's(thank you :) )while Olivia and I had some quality fun time together. She was so excited walking into the park she was dancing, I thought she was going to pee in her pants when she saw what was waiting for her. There are 2 great areas that the little ones can play in. The toddler area has 2 slides that we went on about a dozen times each and this area is for the kids just a little bigger. The green slide was fast and wet. There is a pink slide just behind that that loops a few times and falls into a pool about 3 1/2 feet deep which is not that deep, but when your coming down a slide with a 2.5 yr old that is not that fond of getting her face wet yet that's a whole new game. Of course I really enjoyed the lazy tube ride and so did Olivia. She got hit at least twice with the splashing water fall.
Saturday Jay helped the neighbor fix her car. Olivia played with her kids. It was fun to watch her interact with her daughter since she is about 4 years older then Olivia. We had a date night that evening. Can you believe it? We went to dinner at a resturant called Top of Waikiki. It revolves 360 continually while you are enjoying dinner. We probably made it around 1 1/2 times by the time dinner was over. If you are really sensitive(like me) you can feel it. Dinner was good I had beef wellington and J had the Lamb. We walked downtown for a little bit and there are some sights to see. It is a happening place unlike are place where we goto bed at 9:30-10:00

Monday I dragged the girls to the outlets for some returns and shopping. They get to ride the toys as a thank you from mom for going and being good, most of the timeTonight Olivia had some fun with dad puting her fire truck together. This is one of her best toys. Everything on it comes apart with the screwdriver.

July 4th weekend

2008-07-10T00:28:00.000-07:00

We just got home from going out to eat at Camp Smith's Sunset Lanai. Can I just say the views are spectacular. The girls were good most of the time. Kira tried to throw her plate onto the floor but luckily mom was on her toes and caught it. We went with a few good friends over there and Olivia enjoyed dinner with her (and our) friends. Wednesday is mongolian bbq and we still have yet to portion our plates at 80 cents an ounce. That is key.
Our 4th weekend was nice. Jay was off Fri-Mon. We hung out at home most of the weekend and made it over to Bellows Beach on Monday. Jay had not been there since we first got on Island. Its is one of the best beaches on the Island. Sunday I spent the morning at Church and when I got home we took Olivia and Kira to the Community pool. We enjoyed BBQ on the grill at the neighbors house and later we watched a little bit of fireworks from the housing area. You can see them all the way to downtown, although you don't get the full effect. I started to rain so we came in and watched the rest on TV.

Kira being cute, actually she is really starting to get mad

Olivia riding her quad with our neighbor

Our backyard find.

Artists at work

Too cute

Maybe this will give us an excuse to exercise more

Daddy and Olivia make pretzels

A day at the beach

Dinner at Sunset Lanai

If you look just to the left of the bridge you can see the Arizona memorial We live just behind the 2 towers to the right.

O's and Kira Thursday morning

2008-07-03T11:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a little more video of Kira walking and Olivia being silly

Mastering the walk and stairs

2008-06-28T18:18:00.000-07:00

Well, I think pretty soon I will be chasing Kira more then ever before. She is really trying to walk alot more. I give it about 2 weeks and I think it will be second nature to her.

I took the girls to play morning and they always have fun. Olivia did some water and sand play while Kira played with beads and this cute little toy where the animals spin and they all circle on this platform . I tried to get her to dress up but was not to successful.

Aloha Friday with the neighbor's

The Girls
The GuysThe kids

We went to church at 9 on Sunday. After service was over we gathered our things and spent the afternoon at the beach. Olivia loves the beach. She asks to go about 2 times every day. We had lunch over there and played on the beach for about 2 hours. Kira still has not learned that sand does not taste to good. Diaper changes will be fun

The girls love bath time. They love to splash each other. One thing I can say is that Kira is not afraid of the water.

2008-06-26T00:23:00.000-07:00

Did I mention I love living in our new house and most of all enjoy all the new neighbors. The kids all have a great time playing together. Although we usually are out playing til 7:30/8:00 at night but we are having fun and making memories. Last night Kira was chasing the neighbors daughter trying to catch her, she took about 6 steps. Before to long I will be chasing her everywhere. The weekend went by fast as usual. Saturday we hit the Keiki swap meet and found lots of bookk, shorts, and wait til you see this

How could we resist, the price was right. The little girl selling it kept telling Olivia that if wanted to keep riding it you have to buy it. So we did. Kira will have to wait to ride it. That saturday evening we went to a friends deployment party. We had a good time. Olivia played on thier slide.

Sunday I worked at church all morning, but at the 9 service we had the girls in the baby dedication. I will add pictures for that later.

The rest of the week has just flown by. We have been to the playground. The swings were a hit with the girls

This morning while walking lady there was a beautiful rainbow, but it started to fade away when I went to get the camera. It went from one side of the street to the other.

hmm...I wonder what I can get into over there

2008-06-19T15:39:00.000-07:00

We had a rough monday, but we are doing better now. Dad had a nice Fathers day. We made these cute little footprint cards with a poem. Olivia has lots of fun doing crafts. She loves to cut and glue. (Everything)

Daddy hugs :)

We had breakfast at the neighbors and all of our friends were there. We all get a kick out of watching the toddlers play together. They are in the its MINE stage. Today is actually the first time I heard Olivia say her name correctly, usually its pronounced we-uh Too Cute

Hickam Beach

2008-06-14T18:45:00.000-07:00

O's has been wanting to goto the beach. Everyday she says maybe someday we can go to the beach? So we decided to take her up on her offer. It was a nice morning and we got there around 10:00am. Kira did not have her morning nap yet so it was not much fun for her when we first got there. She loves to put everything in her mouth even sand. While we were playing in the ocean and talking with friends she fell asleep to the moving of the water. Probably a good 15-20 mins. Olivia and dad spent most of the time sifting through the water and digging holes for the water to fill in. We ate lunch while at the grill by the beach. It was nice. We actually felt like we were on vacation.

The airport shares the runway so we got to watch planes take off.

2008-06-09T00:39:00.000-07:00

Its hard to believe another week has gone by. Kira is getting close to walking, maybe in about 1-2 more weeks and Olivia is just as busy as ever. We spent the day outside on Saturday and probably got a little to much sun for both the girls, but they had fun. They helped dad wash the car and we went to the neighbors to play on thier waterslide.

Sunday I worked at church all morning and when we got home I wanted to take some pictures,but Olivia kept running away and laughing. She was being silly.

Did I forget to mention how much they love to play with the rocks.

2008-06-02T00:45:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday we went out for breakfast and yes, you guessed it IHOP. It wasn't long after we ate and got back into the car the girls fell asleep, which was ok by us. What better time to take a drive. We ended up driving to KoleKole pass, and by the time we got to the end Olivia was up and got a little car sick. We stopped a few minutes so she could get some fresh air and she started to feel better so we drove up to Kaena Point State Park. There were really cool tide pools and we had a great time finding fish and shells

Breakfast at IHOP
The view at the lookout through Kolekole Pass
Wading in the tidepools

Kira says I can climb this rock

Wednesday was our catch up day around the house.

Thursday was spent at Ho'olmaluhia Botanical Gardens. We fed the ducks, posed for pictures, went down by the lake to see the fish and hiked the gardens for about an hour. The girls did well but it was hot.

2008-06-02T00:23:00.000-07:00

We have been quite busy this past week. Dad was able to take off so we were able to spend lots of family time together. We spent memorial day at the Hale Koa. The have a nice pool and beach access which makes things easier with Kira.

Have children will travel
Out of all sand on the beach she has the most fun transfering rocks from bucket to bucket
Thats a very big pool out there :)
After a long day at the pool

The big ONE

2008-05-25T19:35:00.000-07:00

Kira had her 1st Birthday party (Saturday May 24 ,2008)from 11:00am til about 13:00. We had about 13 toddlers and 20 adults over for food and celebration.
Olivia was so excited to have all the friends over. Kira on the other hand was a little stressed with so many people. She had a hard time trying to figure out where mom was in the crowd of people. Kira really enjoyed her cupcakes, and yes she ate 2 of them.

Among one of the many other things I had to do, I decided to carve the watermelon

Olivia helps to decorate the cupcakes

One of Kiras birthday gifts

Olivia reads to Kira from one of the books she got as a gift (sort a)