It's been a while....

Ashley's room
Girls bathroom
Living room
Dining room
kitchen
family room
backyard
front of house


Hello everyone,

Sorry it's been so long since my last post...here is a rundown of what's been going on.

Ashley made her 1st Reconciliation and 1st Communion. Her Grandma and Grandpa came to visit in May for her Communion. My step sister and her two boys came for a 2wk visit in May. We had fun doing lots of touristy things! David and I celebrated our 8th Anniversary on May 25th! Yeah for us! Ashley's last day of school was June 4th....yeah for us both!! Since since the start of summer vacation we have moved into a new house. Still military housing but a brand new one level home....we love it! (Except the movers stole about $4k of DVDs and CDs from us....still trying to get that resolved) See pics posted. Other than that we have been going to the pool, or the beach...the kids love to swim and I work on my HI tan. David's been doing good in school, trucking along....he's 1/2 way done and we are so looking forward to Dec!! Pretty soon I will be getting the girls and me ready to go on vacation to FL...very excited to see family and friends. We are also spending a week at Disney - it's a surprise for the girls!!! Can't wait!!

Well that's about it in a nutshell!! Will post again probably after our FL vacation!! Aloha!!

New Do!!

Hey everyone, I was so sick of my hair...so I got a new do! Check it out...

Exciting Day!

Aloha,

Today Ashley made her 1st Reconciliation. Still not sure if she entirely knows what that means, but it's done. Hopefully it will help her be good, we'll see. Next month is her 1st Communion, it should be a great time, especially with my mother in law here visiting.

On the rainiest day since we've been here, we had to pick up the furniture that we bought Amber today. Oye! The hole thing was a challenge from start to finish but at least it's done. David found out when picking up the rental truck that insurance is mandatory. So we had to pay more than we wanted for a 1 day rental. They get you comin' and goin'!! It was pouring for most of the day today...very rare here! Thank goodness that the furniture needs to be refinished anyway!! We are very grateful to our wonderful neighbor that helped David carry the HEAVY furniture into the house and up 2 flights of stairs. Amber could wait to put her clothes in the drawers ...it was too cute! I will take before and after pics soon and post!

The day ended well, I left David home with the girls and went for a fill/pedicure! Very relaxing! Ahhhhh!

Til next time, Aloha

It's going good...

Aloha, Just wanted to update since I haven't written in a while. I guess that's a good thing...no news is good news. Let's see, we got David's car fixed. Now he has a nice new shiny bumper. He finished the psyche rotation and is now in the middle of the Ophthalmology rotation. I think he has been enjoying it so far. He comes home every day excited about what procedures he's done or seen. I like seeing that...the girls are doing fine. A challenge on some days but then what kids aren't? I have pretty much decided to homeschool Ashley and Amber for a while, at least while we are here in HI. The schools are not that good and I am not impressed with the private school Ashley's attending now. David was a little skeptical at first but I think he's warmed up to the idea. Amber scared us the other day when she had her eyeball scratched with a stick. We thought she was going to have to go to the ER, but she's a tiny and tough one! It turned out to be fine and she didn't complain about it at all. Thank goodness. I've been good, going to PT for my foot and it's a little better. Still hurts if I do a lot of walking but I'm not letting that stop me.

The weather's been a little chilly lately and VERY windy. Actually wearing a sweatshirt in the morning! Still too cold to go to the beach. A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Dole Pineapple Plantation. Ashley and Amber got to learn about planting pineapples and got to plant one in their grove. We rode the train and did the maze. Then had lunch (their pork was way too salty) and ate their famous pineapple whip, which is like pineapple ice cream. It was okay, not something I could eat a lot of ... too sweet, if you can believe I just said that! The girls had fun...after that we took a ride to North Shore. The waves are really cool and it's great to watch the surfers out there. Ashley and David walked the beach and saw a turtle on shore. Very cool. This weekend I would like to hike to a lighthouse that has a lookout and we can see the migrating humpback whales, if the weather permits.

Guess that's about it for now...have to get to PT soon. So until next time....ALOHA!

Aloha

So far so good here on the island...I've posted some pictures and hope you all enjoy. Lately we've gotten back into our routine. Work and school during the week and sightseeing on the weekends. So far it's been too cold to go to the beach. I know David's been dying to go surfing but it's been way too cold, plus he still needs to buy a surf board. We'll get there....speaking of David, he's in the middle of his psych rotation. FUN! Ashley and Amber are doing fine. I've been battling pain with my feet and wrist. I start physical therapy in another week. David got rear-ended last week and it was a hit and run. So now we have to pay for the Mini to be fixed. The adjuster comes Monday. Never a dull moment. That's about it in a nutshell! Will post more later when I get more photos downloaded. Our love to everyone!

Pics of our home...

master
master, with dog jumping off bed
spare room
Amber's room (w/old furniture)
Ashley's room
Dining room....1/2
dining room...other 1/2
living room
kitchen
entryway


Here are some pics of our house on the inside... all our stuff fits, thank goodness!! We still have to get Amber some bedroom furniture though.

Bishop Museum

Us in front of the 'wind wall'....I wish I could have one in the house, very cool.
Man-made volcano, there are buttons that you can push to increase the gas and create an eruption...Ashley did this one!
Man-made lava...very cool, well actually hot - 2500 degrees, same as the real stuff!



Bird made out of cassette tape and the branch is made out of the cassette....knew they'd get put to use some day:)
Amber and Daddy in front of 'tiki'

We had fun at this museum. It has science, art and history all in one!