Sunday, October 13, 2013

Surfing

Since a few of you have wanted to see me surf, Jared took the camera to the beach yesterday to video me. Just proof that at any age you can learn a new sport. :) Notice though that the wave isn't very big. I don't want to die, just have fun and get exercise. He also got a great shot of Grant's surfing as well. It was such a beautiful day.
Surfing is a lot of work and you get to see the success pictures but I thought you might enjoy our failure pictures as well.


Sunday, March 24, 2013

Catch up

Just a little note to catch you up with us. We now live in a new house (provided at a cheaper rent by BYU-H) that fits our needs much better. With four bedrooms, room for a kitchen table, TV, and trampoline we have really been feeling like we are living a good life. We also live right across from the temple. Jared walks there every Thursday night when he has his shift and for date last Friday we walked together through the beautiful grounds to the front door. Alison has gotten up early Tues. and Wed. of spring break to do baptisms. She just walked over on her own. Over the spring break the kids sleep on the tramp a couple of time. Jared even built some grow boxes yesterday.


Hanging out with the kids at BYU-H after my class. They had spring break but I still had to go to class.  They hung out at the library during my class one day and then we ate lunch at the Seasider. 

Sariah at Activity Days in our new ward. She went from 4 girls in activity days to about 15. Much more youth in this ward. We made modest dresses out of newspaper. By the way, I just got called to be the YWs 2nd Counselor. Alison was so excited and so am I. I have never served in YWs before.



Alison going in.
Oreo faces after swinging on the rope swing.

Wet N'Wild Hawaii. We got season passes for Christmas. The present that keep on giving fun. Can you see they are talking about who won the race. It was hard to tell. You decide. :-)

Sunday, October 21, 2012

My 12yr old

Alison is now 12. She got braces, ears pierced, was the youth speaker in Sunday today, and gets to do baptisms for the dead next week (with family names she found herself). Welcome to the beginning of the teen years. So many changes all at once. She is still a kid at heart and was so excited to play with her microscope that she got for her birthday. But true to a preteen girl, the ant was gross (but cool) under the microscope. She had her party at the beach and we had a great time running in the waves and digging for money (coins I pre-planted. Thanks for the idea Janene). I am so proud of the wonderful girls she is becoming.


Sunday, September 16, 2012

Camping in Hawaii

Our kids have been wanting to go camping for some time. We finally found a campground that wasn't at the beach but was nestled at the base of Pali Lookout. It was beautiful to be in those mountains. It rained all night and the next morning. As we walked that morning there were huge waterfalls on the face of the mountain. So cool. They had catch and release fishing at a pond in the campground. The kids had so much fun with their bamboo fishing poles.
Isaac had no problem catching fish. Pretty much every time he threw in his line with bread, a fish would come out. It must come from his grandparents since it doesn't come from Jared or I.

Grant was getting frustrated since he wasn't catching as much as his siblings. Finally, he brought out a fish. It looked more like bait for that duck there.

Isaac with another one. Sariah caught a few but she had more fun helping Isaac get his out and off the hook than fishing. My little mother. She is happiest when she is nurturing others.

Finally Grant caught a big one. He is so happy he is kissing it.

Alison caught a bunch too. She even made her own fishing pole from bamboo she found and it caught a ton of fish.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Lost Teeth and some feet

Isaac has been asking when he would lose a tooth. All his siblings had lost at least a couple in or before kindergarten. Well, two weeks ago his two bottom teeth were lose. He has been asking most days if it is ready to pull out. He just wanted Dad to yank them out with pliers. He came home from school on Friday with a very happy face. Grant pulled it out for him after school. When Dad come home he asked him to pull out the other one. Well, Jared yanked with pliers and voila, both teeth gone in one day. He couldn't wait to go to bed so the tooth fairy could come.
I got to teach my first Hawaii Footzoning class this weekend. With four brave students and a new curriculum I forged through. It was great. I really love teaching this tool so that others can be empowered with their health.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Videos

Since I haven't been able to post videos here lately I posted some on my face book page.  I know some of you wanted to see the kids dance at May Day, so I posted all three that danced on facebook. Hope you are having a great Sunday. We are so excited to visit Utah in a month.

Friday, May 11, 2012

USS Missouri

I tried to get some videos loaded but I couldn't. It kept erroring on me. Sorry I will figure out the May Day videos but I thought you might enjoy these pictures from Alison's field trip. We started out at the submarine Bowfin and toured that. Then on to the flight museum and hanger 6. Then were ended at the USS Missouri battleship (by the way, the new movie Battleship was filmed on it). We slept there and left in the morning to tour the Arizona. It was a great trip. We learned so much. They told lots of stories I have never heard. Our tour guide took us through the maze of the ship and then turned off the lights. She asked the kids if they could find the way out. Then she told of the men who swam down through the maze with the ship upside down and out to escape. 12 of the made it. It became more real as you were able to see it.
Alison learning to fly a plane.

This is our berth. Alison slept on the bottom and I slept on the middle bunk. Another girl slept above me.

Here is the boat we sleep on. It was such a wonderful field trip.