Road to Hana

Today we took the road to Hana. It was so beautiful. I took a lot of pictures here are a few. There were waterfalls all along the way. We played on the black sand beach and ate lunch there. We went beyond Hana to the Haleakala State Park. Here we went to the Oheo Gulch. There are pools all along the gulch that you can swim in on calm days. (Today was not a calm day, they have had a lot of rain there the last few days which made it very dangerous to swim in.) It was so tropical and gorgeous I just don't even know how to describe it.
Well love you all.

Maui day 2 (Hula Girl)

Well today we decided to play on the beach all morning. We had our first Whale sighting which was amazing. We spent the afternoon at the Maui Ocean Aquarium. After the Aquarium we went into Old Liahana and did some shopping. Ashley finally found a Hula skirt and could not wait to get back and wear it.

Maui

Well they call Maui the "Island of the sun" and guess what? We have not seen the sun since we got here this morning. It has rained all day. We took a drive around the western side of the Island it was a curvy narrow road in some spots but it had awesome views and even though it was raining it was still 70 degrees outside. When we got to our condo I had to take this picture of the girls room. I thought the hula girl pillows were adorable. We took a late night stroll on the beach and washed some clothes. It is 9:00pm here and all the kids have crashed. I think we have completely worn them out the last couple of days. I think tomorrow we will sleep in!! Love you all.

Aloha

Aloha everyone,

We arrived in Hawaii on Monday. Upon Ashley's request, we went to the beach and watched the sunset. We spend Tuesday at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was a lot of fun. We learned to Hula, weave and went to a Luau.

Today we went to Pearl Harbor and visited the USS Arizona Memorial. We also expolored the USS Missouri which was a lot of fun. Mike wanted to see more, of course, and made sure we saw everything possible. Tomorrow we are flying to Maui. Love you and will keep you posted.

Dance Competition

Ashley's dance team just competed last saturday and took first place in their division. We are so proud of them. Great job girls!!

This is Ashley's first year competing and she is loving it. They have another competition this saturday and we hope that they do their best.

Tests

I passed my tests!

I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I took the test this morning. It took about 3 hours. When I was finished I was sooo nervous. (I just couldn't stand the thought of not passing.) I was so glad when she told me that I had passed. So now I am jumping for joy and letting everyone know.
I am so thankful for my family who was so supportive during all of this. They really pitched in and helped out.
Thanks guys I love you so much!!

Done with School

Hi everyone,
I have been taking a real estate class for the last four weeks, which has taken up any spare time I may have had. It has been so much fun. My teacher, Mr. Holt, at the OWATC has taught me so much. I still need to take my tests and then after that I will have my real estate license. I am so excited.

Happy New Year

I don't even know what I have been doing the last couple of months. I just woke up and it was already 2009. I hope you had a Merry Christmas. We have had a fun Christmas break. I love to have the kids at home and just hang out playing games and watching movies. We had our annual Harry Potter day which took us from 8:30 in the morning until approx 8:45 at night. I don't know what we will do when the 6th movie comes out. It will be sad to send the kids back to school on Monday. I wish all my friends and family a Happy New year. I will also apolagize for not sending out Christmas cards this year. I honestly don't know where the time went.

Pumpkin Carving

Every year my mom and dad have a "Pumpkin Carving Party". All of the kids love to bring their pumpkins and carve them with their cousins. I go for the food. Mom and dad made homemade chicken noodle soup and Taco soup. It was sooo good and the homemade breadsticks were awesome. Thanks mom and dad.

Plans for new house

Mike and Travis tearing all of the tiles off the sides of the old house. Thanks Travis for the help.












This is Mike's grandparent's old house that sits on the property. It will have to be torn down before building can begin.

This the land next to the house where we will build.