Easter pictures

A popular dress this year!




The girls watching one of the hula performances.




The boy.




The boy and his basket.




Funny balloon hats.




My baby girl. Not so much a baby anymore.




On top of everything else that went on during Easter, Princess Trouble lost a tooth!




And the boy split open his knee running around outside.


All in all, a wonderful Easter!

Spring Break fun!

Amazingly it's only taken me a few days to get these up!































Stopping off to see Daddy at work.



New clothes :)




And here are a few pictures from Little Man's tonsillectomy:


Right after he left recovery - he was still quite groggy.



Feeling better.



Itching to go home.

Lego birthday

Little Man turned 5 the other day. Hard to believe he's lived that long! (or that we let him) He chose to have a Lego/Bionicle party. Based on some recommendations, I hired the Lego Man to be the entertainment. Let me tell you, that money was well-spent! I only hired him for an hour but he arrived an hour early to set up and allowed the kids to help him which allowed me to finish decorating. He has an entire city including hotels, stores, car wash, airport, boats, etc.

He even had a Starbucks! He laid his city out on 4 big tables and the kids (and adults) were free to PLAY! He also brought 3 games - hockey, basketball, and soccer (think Foosball).

When the hour was up, he brought out a bin full of random Legos and had the kids create their own sculptures while he began breaking down the City. It took him almost an hour to do so which meant that the kids got to play for another hour. So I paid for one hour and essentially had three hours of the Lego Man! He was worth every single penny!

The kids had a good time as did the adults (I think). Because the Lego Man was there, I really didn't have to do anything other than decorate and supervise (and dish out food but I had lots of help). All in all, it was the least stressful birthday I've ever been involved in!



Matthew finally got his Millennium Falcon! He was beyond thrilled!



Lego City.


Lego City.


Allah Akhbar!


"I keeel you!"


Birthday Boy.



The Coast Guard was there!


More Lego City.


Basketball.


Soccer.


Hockey.


Biplane.


STARBUCKS!!!


The level of detail was amazing!


More Birthday Boy.


Even empty pinatas can be fun!


Silly boy.

Birthday party, go kart, and beach pictures!

Bitterly clinging to our guns. And our Bibles.



Birthday girl!



Happy birthday to you!



Good friends.



Go karting - yet another hobby for us all.



Fun at Ali'i Beach.



My handsome man.



Beautiful end to the day.

The next Danica Patrick?

MacGyver has been bitten by the go-karting bug. We currently have 3.5 karts and he also laid hands on a racing suit for Princess Trouble. Add to it my motorcycle helmet and there you have it!

Disney World pictures

We cut the kids loose (well, kind of) with the camera on this trip.




In between Africa and Asia, there were drums to play on.








The kids had a blast on the Indy Driving Course.










Random pictures of the boy...

























Waiting in line for Big Thunder Mountain...

May pictures

Princess Trouble was part of her school's May Day performance. All of the songs that the children performed were of Hawaiian heritage. PT's song was Ulapalakua. "The composer visited Ulupalakua, in up-country Maui on the southwestern slopes of Haleakala. He was so impressed by the cold mountain air, the scent of ginger and the cowboys, he composed this mele in 1947, to honor the district."









The kids have a "Harry Potter closet" in their room which was originally a toy storage area. They also have a TON of books. So we decided to turn their "Harry Potter closet" into a "Reading Room", complete with art from "local" artists (i.e. PT and Little Man). They take art classes in town and their artwork will be featured in their "Reading Room" just as art from local artists is featured at the public libraries. They love it!


PT's ceramic fish - "Dori".



Her starfish.



And the "Reading Room" sign made by Auntie 'Lor.




Pau.




- hfs