Amazing Friends

I have needed to post this for months now but have dragged my feet because I knew it was take some time and thought. I guess I just wanted it to be perfect since these to girls have done so much for me and I wanted to thank them properly. This post could go on forever, but I will attempt to just list a few of the things that these girls have done for me while here in Hawaii. Both of these fabulous women put on Krew's baby shower and my 28th birthday party. They both have been there for me when I needed a shoulder to cry on or some one to laugh with, shop with, hit the beach, go on a walk, babysit my kids, watch a movie, go out to dinner, or just stay up and talk till wee hours in the morning etc. etc. the list goes on. Anytime I need to turn to someone, I know I can count on them! Thank you so much, and for that I will be forever grateful. These two women live right next to each other in K building apartments, Erin lives right above Hillary. They are both pregnant with their first child!! YEAH and congratulations. Hillary is due in 14 days and Erin is due in 31 weeks.

Sadly Erin is moving away and leaving this beautiful island on Monday to Arizona to start a new life. I just want her to know she will be missed and that I am so thankful for her friendship.

Hillary and Derek have made me endless Sunday dinners all of which have been FABULOUS. I am so excited because they are going to move in right below us in our apartment complex!! So now she will be closer!!! I am excited to get to see her experience her first child and am glad I will be so close to help if needed!! Maybe I can give back a little, since she has done SOOOOO MUCH for me!

I love both of you and THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Basketball and friends

I finally got to play basketball again after over a year!! It was fun. The school had a girls three on three tournament and so Crystal, Ashley, Kaitlin (not pictured, she sprained her ankle in the second game):) and I played on a team. Kali enjoyed playing around with the basketball and her and Brylie bounced the ball to each other and cheered us on! Thanks to Crystals wonderful sister Paige and husband Brandon who watched Krew for me while I was playing and thanks to Mike for watching Kali!

Fruit and Yogurt Parfait

This is Kali's favorite thing EVER!!!! Most kids see those golden arches and scream for french fries or a hamburger or what ever else they scream for there.:) Not Kali she wants a fruit and yogurt parfait!

A few other things about Kali, she thinks it is funny to ask me what kind of animals she can ride. It all started about a month ago when we went to the zoo and she wanted to ride the elephants, I told her they wouldn't let her do that at the Honolulu Zoo, but when we visit grandma Tami in California we can ride elephants. Then it was on to, "can I ride, zebras, monkeys, bears, hippos, giraffes?" any animal we see, she wants to know if she can ride it. When we were watching little mermaid the other day, "can I ride mermaids? Flounder? Sebastian?" It is the never ending question!

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!