Christmas at Ko' Olina

Adison, is a jolly ole sole. Drinking a Coke and giving the shaka!

That's our Blake!

Tonight Blake was sitting at the computer, playing a game. When we heard a very LOUD burp. Now we have told him that he can't just let them out. He needs to try to either hold them in or cover his mouth. When we heard this burp, just having watched Elf the movie, I said "did you hear that?" Jarod yelled "BLAKE." Blake said "sorry, I tried to cover it up with my shirt, but it almost blew my shirt off!"

Ouch!

Yesterday was our 12 Anniversary, so we spent the day at  Paradise Cove at the Ko Olina Resort. The Nowickis came with us. They have 3 kids;  Madelyn, Alex, and Ella. The kids had the best time. They crawled on rocks, caught hermit crabs, picked seaweed and fed it to the Sea Turtles. There were 4 turtles swimming in the lagoon with them. We were there for about 5 hours when Davis was climbing a tree above the water and rocks. I didn't see it happen, he just came up to me holding his right side in a lot of pain and said "mom I hurt myself".  I am so glad that he only got scrapes and bruises. He is so lucky that he didn't hurt his head. He ruined his board shorts, they were shredded on the butt. After he got hurt we packed up and went home.

It was the best Anniversary (except for Davis getting hurt), the beach was perfect. It was a warm day here in paradise. Being together as a family is what it is all about!

Thanksgiving at the beach!

Thanksgiving

Cache
Madaline and Davis
Clay
kids at the beach

Cache and Clay love the sand at the beach!

Thanksgiving Day
we went to our friends house The Nowicki's. After dinner we went to the beach for some pictures, then back for a late night of playing cards! We had a great time and are so thankful for such great friends here in Hawaii.

Two can fit!

I was making dinner the other day. The twins are always under my feet pulling out everything that they can and throwing it around. They had emptied the cupboard and climbed right in side.

Pictures from our hike!

Lighthouse HIke

The beginning our our hike.
Scott and Jarods good sides... lol

All the kiddos. Alex, Blake, Clay, Cache, Davis, Madaline, and Ella.


looking down at the Lighthouse.

Veterans Day

We went on a hike to the Lighthouse on the Windward side of the Island today. We had a 40% chance of rain... but, 60% of our bodies got wet. When we pulled into the parking lot, Blake took one look up the paved trail and said "this isn't a hike, I am not going." We went with out friends Scott, Sharron, Madaline, Alex and Ella. The kids had so much fun. About half way up the trail it started to poor on us and the wind blew so hard. We kept going, and made it to the top. The view was amazing, and after a couple minutes it cleared up.

Blake and Davis after the game!

Blake had so much fun in soccer this year. He had his bes friend on his team Eric Evans. Matt, Jarod, and Scott coached the team. Blake played very well, he is aggressive and really gets into the game. When he is sitting out, he chases the team up and down the field cheering them on!