Ko'olina

We spent a day at the beach with Zui's good friend Gordon and his family. I love that my kids can play for hours there and never get bored. Good times.

Chris & Brittany's Visit

My brother Chris and his wife came to visit us for a week. We had a great time, it was so much fun staying up late, eating icecream and talking story.

Zui took them on a hike up Stairway to Heaven.



It's a hike right on the ridge that goes straight up to a WW2 communications tower.


Beautiful views
We took a trip up to the temple.

Then headed to Hukilau beach to meet up with Chris and Brit.


They had fun boogie boarding while the kids played on the sand.


Baby Jazz cruising with a sea turtle. Look how small she is compared to the turtle.

Ko'olina

My college roomate Melissa came into town with her husband. We took them to our favorite beach, Ko'olina.
Anjuli loves boogie boarding. Zui gives her a little push when the "wave" comes and she rides onto shore.
Zeya loves the beach. It's so nice to have everyone entertained (for free!)

It's pretty hard to get 3 kids to look at the same time when they're all enthralled with sand toys.

Beach days make me happy, because my family is happy :)

Happy Bday Zui!!

Happy 29th Birthday, Zui!! We celebrated by taking the fam to Ko'olina. We had fun relaxing while the kids played their hearts out.
Zeya sure loves his daddy :)
This is what Zion did almost the entire time we were there...
What a handsome little bugga...
Zeya had fun playing with sand...
and, unfortunately, eating it too.
That night Zui and I went out to Cattle Company to celebrate. Mmm...so nice to eat a good steak.
Zui got Starcraft 2 and Avatar. He was pretty stoked.
Happy Birthday Babes!
I'm so glad I married such a good man. He is such a hard worker, plays with the kids, and is sensitive to my needs. I sure love him!

Ali'i's

On MLK day a bunch of Kim ohana met at Ali'i's for some beach fun. It's been a while since we went to the beach so it was nice to see the waves again.I could not get Anjuli to smile for me until I said, "Anjuli, you want Mommy to put this picture on the blog??"

What a pretty girl!

Zion could play at the beach all day if we let him...

Future football player

I like this candid shot of Zui and Zeya.

On a side note, it looks like we have a thumb-sucker on our hands...we always put Zeya down with a binky but this is how we find him in the middle of the night....*sigh*

Fun with Jas and Becca

My brother Jason and his wife came to visit for a few days! It's so fun to have family visit. We had a great time with them. Jason wanted to try out surfing but the North Shore was double overhead, so we headed to Waikiki instead. He caught on real quick and even stood up on his first wave!This is the wave he caught--unfortunately in my excitement I zoomed in on the wrong person...sorry Jas!

Becca was smart enough to get us an umbrella so we didn't get fried. Sorry about the spread eagle shot, it's hard to sit up nowadays and Zion just plopped himself down in the middle.

Zui took Jas and Becca on a hike called Stairway to Heaven. It's 3992 stairs up to the top. I was gonna go, but decided I didn't feel like having my baby up there...jk.

Zui said it was pretty rainy but they still got some good views.

We went to the USS Arizona our last day together. Anjuli and Zion loved the boat ride out to the memorial.

Becca bought Anjuli these sunglasses--she just loves them! She has been wanting sunglasses for a while (and mine are getting permanently damaged from her borrowing them). Now she is always wearing her sparkly shades :)

Thanks Becca! A winner toy from Jas and Becca: this frog sprinkler has provided a ton of entertainment in the bathtub.

Zion loves to try to drink from it, too cute.