SUPERman

I am one lucky women, I have married a super hero. He is known as the hulk, a modern day Nephi, Goliath... the list is endless. Others give him these nicknames because of his massive size and dedication to working out and keeping a healthy body, but he is a super hero in my eyes, because of ALL he is able to do. He is still working full time, going to school full time, which is enough for one single man to deal with, but Aaron also is an AMAZING husband and father. In the few hours he has to himself, if his homework is done, he is spending time with the family and helping me with the house and the kids. A few weeks ago, he could tell I really needed some help so he decided to take Kali to the mall with him to the new bounce house place. Then he decided Kali would have much more fun if all of her friends went with her. She was sure he could handle them all himself. I am sure he would have done just fine, however, I suggested he take Derek with him, "just in case." Thanks Derek for being so willing so go spend time with Aaron and let the girls have fun, while giving us moms a break :) The girls had a blast and keep talking about their next outing with Uncle Aaron and Uncle Derek to the bounce house place.

Aaron took all of these pictures. I know what you are thinking he is better than me and he hasn't even taken any photography classes. He is a natural, he is the creative, artsy one in the family.

Happy Birthday Joy

Aaron's Dad David and step mom Joy came out to Hawaii to visit us and to celebrate Joy's birthday!! It was so nice to spend time with them. This was their first time seeing Krew, and Krew absolutely loved them :)

Joy and I went horseback riding along the beach, which was the one thing she really wanted to do. We all ate at Ted's bakery, played at the beach in Waikiki, went to the PCC laua and night show, with out the kids (thanks Kim and Hillary). We were able to just hang out and enjoy visiting with each other. It was so nice to get to see them. Thanks for coming out to visit.

Kahana Valley fish pond

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day :) We spent our day at the fish pond. Lili and Kali had a good time floating around in the water. Lili thought is was pretty cool that should could touch even when she went really far out. Kali was a little skeptical and was afraid a fish was going to bite her. While Aaron walked around in the water with the girls, Krew and I hung out on the beach and he played in the sand. Kali had fun running and jumping onto her floaty. It took her a couple tries before she actually landed it. I liked to see her not give up and keep trying.

CHA CHA CHA CHIA

Jocelyn before

Some cultures believe if you shave your head
then your hair will grow back thicker, healthier, stronger, etc.
I have always been so interested to try it out and see,
but too scared to try it on myself or Kali.
We have already shaved Krew's hair once
but it doesn't seem to be making a HUGE difference.
Well, Hillary was tired of seeing all these little babies
with full heads of hair and poor Jocelyn's hair
just was not growing at the rate she would like,
so we put it to the test.
Last night we shaved all of Jocelyn's hair and
when she woke up this morning this is what we found.

Jocelyn after

Disclaimer:
For those of you who do not understand
my sense of humor.
This did NOT in fact happen.
This is just Hillary, putting her hair over
Jocelyn's head to see what she would look like :)
Just had to clarify.
I don't want to be held accountable
when you all decide to rush into the bathroom and
shave your head.

ART

We had a nice sunny day yesterday with no rain. YAY! So Kali and I painted while Krew took a nap. The other day while we were at the beach we found these brushes that we had learned about in her school class. I can not remember what they are called, I will find out from Auntie Keahe, but they fall from a tree and they break open and fan out into bristles and they work perfectly for painting. (Liko just informed me it comes from the pandanus tree, Thanks Liko :)
After Kali honed her painting skills we were off to the beach with the whole family and sadly I did not bring my camera. Shame on me, but next time I will, it was such a fun spot with tons of cool places for pictures, we had never been there before, but we will definitley be going back:) (it's in Haula, across from sacred falls trail head)