PCC

Kali, Krew and I spent a fun day at the PCC. I went there this morning to get some tickets not even planning on hanging out today, but Kali insisted, and I am glad she did, it was really fun and made me realize we need to do this a lot more. Might as well use our season passes since we have them. We chose to do the island of Aotearoa (New Zealand) today. I figure each time we go we can learn a different island, so today was Aotearoa. Here is a little on the island and their culture that we learned today. I pulled this from the PCC website:

Kia Ora...and welcome to — the Polynesian Cultural Center's islands of Aotearoa, or the "Land of the Long White Cloud" as the New Zealand Maori call their homeland of the past 1,000 years. Aotearoa forms the southwestern apex of the Polynesian Triangle and is the only part of Polynesia to experience four seasons. Consequently, you'll notice the Maori — whose name means the "true people" — created significantly different housing and lifestyles than their Polynesian cousins in the tropical islands. Oh, and yes, the appropriate response to a Maori greeting, which means "good health," is also Kia Ora.

The activities they offer here are twirling poi balls which Kali had a fun time doing and learning a Maori stick game called tititorea, it is designed to help develop hand-eye coordination. You toss the sticks back and forth between two people. Kali did a good job! They also do tattoos here. There was a long line, so I told Kali next time we would let her get tatted up and show her daddy:)

We watched the IMAX movie Coral Reef Adventure and then had some ice cream where we ran into Sara Duffin. She works at the Ko'Olina Resort time share kiosk, so we talked to her for a while then we decided to take the canoe ride which Kali was sooooo excited about, she wanted to see the fishes and touch all the tunnels that we went through.

Kali was so helpful and pushed Krew all around which was nice because by the time we were ready to go home she crashed in the stroller and I had a peaceful walk home:)

James Birthday Celebration

We went to Castle Beach for James' birthday party. James took Brylie wave jumping and she loved it:) She did a really good job. Aaron took Kali out and you can see she was having a blast as well:) They both did have fun, I just got bad pictures where they both look like they were terrified. Drew, Brylie, and Kali were little girlfriends running around playing, surfing, throwing the football and playing in the water. They were so fun to watch playing together! It was such a fun day with lots of good friends. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!

Happy Father's Day

I want to say Happy Father's Day to my Father and to the Father of my children, my husband. Both of these men are amazing and have blessed my life in so many ways. They are my hero's. I am so grateful to have such amazing men in my life. I am so glad we have a special day to honor them.

To my dad, thank you for always listening to me and for counseling me through out my life, you have helped me through so much and continue to be a huge support. Thank you for the wonderful example you are to me and my family. I appreciate all you have done and continue to do for me and my family. Thank you for your example in the gospel, you have an amazing testimony and I am grateful for you always being an honorable priesthood holder. You have given me many blessings that have helped give me comfort and guidance. I have always looked up to you. I love you!

To my husband, you are my best friend. I am so glad I have you in my life to help me through the good and the bad. I could not have picked a better man to spend eternities with. Thank you for honoring your priesthood and blessing our home with a worthy priesthood holder. I love watching you with our children, they just adore you and they watch your every move, literally! Especially little Kali she loves to do everything that daddy does! I love you so much!
Happy Father's Day!

Phil and Ted's VIBE

Here is my new stroller. Aaron got it for me and I have to say, "I LOVE IT!" Kali wasn't really a stroller baby, we just carried her everywhere, so Aaron nor I understood the importance of a stroller when you have TWO children. I had mentioned it too him several times after having Krew that it was just to stressful trying to go places and juggle the kids without a stroller and it was just not working. He still didn't understand until we went on a family outing and it only took one stop and he REALIZED we need a stroller, so I found the perfect one for me. I take the kids jogging in the mornings and they are both comfortable and happy, well Krew just sleeps and Kali usually does pretty good, but it is nice, it just has so many options, the kids can be laying all the way down, or reclined, etc. and it fits in the back of the car, through door ways, in bathrooms, IT IS AWESOME! Thank you Aaron for understanding and getting me this new piece of heaven, now I can go anywhere and not have to juggle two kids in my arms!

Does it ever end?

LAUNDRY!!!

I never had this problem with Kali, she NEVER spit up, seriously. OK maybe ONCE she did, but Krew is a spit up machine. No matter how well I burp him or try to keep him on his back, or whatever advice I have gotten and tried, it never faileth, he spits up every where. Kristy Southwick got a little taste of it last night, sorry Kristy. She is awesome and always wants to hold him, but I am sure last night she was wishing she hadn't. She left the baby shower smelling like Krew's throw up. I felt so bad. When I was at church last week he managed to miss the burp rag and get some on my shirt and skirt and I knew I had to smell. It helped me remember why I don't got shopping for really cute expensive clothes anymore it would just stress me getting spit up on all of them. So I pretty much have had to do laundry every other day. I really should do it every day but that never seems to get done. Thank you Aaron for taking care of the laundry for me today! I was freaking out, not only did Krew have tons of blankets and burp clothes that were soaked with his internal liquids, but he managed to blow out of his diaper all over his crib and clothes, it was the biggest explosion yet. And to top it all off, I forgot Kali took her pull-up off because she went for a night ride in the car with dad last night and she did NOT want her pull-ups on when she left the house, so I let her put on her underwear and forgot when she got home to have her put them back on so now I also have all of her bedding that needs to be done! AAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH! It never ends!

Kali's Movies

Kali has never been a huge movie watcher, I have the hardest time getting her to sit and watch a movie all the way through, but we finally found a few that she really enjoy. The first movie she ever sat through (this was about 4 months ago) was Barbie the Island Princess, and she would want to watch it at least twice a day, this lasted for about a month until her friend Lilli introduced her to Barbie's Princess and the Pauper, then that was her favorite for a while, lately her choice is the Bee Movie, which her Grandma Wood gave to her and for nap times and sometimes before bed she likes to watch Veggie Tales, which she got from her Auntie Hillary! It is nice to have a few movies she will sit through when I need to try and accomplish something in the house, because most of the time she just wants to get Brylie from down stairs and go to the playground.

My Twin!

Brylie is one of Kali's best friends and she is my friend too! Today she saw my hair in pigtails and asked if I could do her hair just like mine. I was like, "of course." I had to get a picture, she looked so cute!