papas at work

After the big haircut we had short visits with both of our Papas at their works. They work literally two minutes from each other now. The purpose of this trip to Sumner was to give my dad his Thank You snack for babysitting and whale watching binoculars back (we forgot them both). Heidi was very impressed with the big fish...Kyla wasn't so sure.

new do

YaYa treated us to mini doughnuts and a cute new haircut for Heidi this morning. She went short with bangs. She looks super cute and loves her new do.

Enjoying the Weather

It's so nice to get outside and play. We even ate lunch outside today. The jeep driving is still extremly crazy! Off-roading, running over my feet, and crashing into garbage cans. Why do we always pick garbage day to ride bikes or now drive the Jeep? Heidi is in charge of the radio...she kept changing the station but settled on Rihanna for the ride down the sidewalk.

Baby Skate

Heidi and went to stroller skate this morning while Kyla was in preschool with Taryn, Enzo, and some of her friends. We started out like this...whirling around the rink with our pink umbrella stroller to some of our favorite Disney songs.

But by the end Heidi was trying it herself in her mini size 7 velcro rollerskates. It was about the cutest thing I've ever seen. She liked it...didn't love it but I think we'll go again, next time with Kyla.

HoME

Last week was wonderful but its so good to be home. Back to silly little girls, massive laundry, 24/7 Yo Gabba Gabba, bills to pay, dinners to make, birthday parties, and unfinished projects. Even though it was such a nice break I'm happy to be home.

coming home soon

FUN FUN days in the sun but I'm ready to see my girls! I miss them...tomorrow.

More pictures....

There she blows!

The Captain (as his friends like to call him) felt right at home aboard our whale watching vessel. Today is his 30th birthday you know! Happy Birthday Case.

I will say one thing there is no shortage of humpback whales here, even though they are an endangered species. I can see some spouting their blow holes as I type. They are everywhere. And quite amazing. 45 feet long and 45 tons large! Really spectacular that they can get their entire huge bodies all the way up in the air.

The purpose of our whale watching exersion: I was hopeful that one would breach right in front of our boat so I could get up close to the action. No such luck. They were closer but all we got were some tails. Still very cool.

I miss Snow White & Belle

...and Ariel too!

Surfs Up

The waves here have been crazy big and the surfers are out in full force. Yesterday we drove up to a high peek where we could watch the action....along with tons of other people and professional photography types. It was pretty cool, like watching surfing in the movies. There were tons of surfers. The waves are so big that we even saw one guy break his surf board in half (he was fine).

coconut heaven

...and I just got done putting coconut syrup on my pancakes. Coconut is so good.

The Champions Tour

This morning since I woke up at the crack of dawn (the time difference) we decided to go watch the Champions Tour Players practice before the actual game began. For those of you who do not watch Golf Channel on a daily basis like I do you probably won't know any of the players besides the greatest whoever was...no not Tiger (Boo)...Jack Nicklaus. It was actually pretty exciting. I recognized Tom Watson, Jack, and Fred Couples who is Casey's favorite of the Champions. We were even brave enough to ask Freddy if we could take a picture with him. Casey is calling him his BFF "Best Friend Freddy". Once the practice was over we watched the 10th hole. It was pretty much like watching golf on TV....so exciting!!! (That was sarcastic.) It will be on TV in February. I'm hoping you see me on the 10th hole, being extra quiet of course.

PS...Krista, I'm supposed to tell you to have Bart read this post because he will appreciate it.

This is Jack Nicklaus!

a true blogger

This is how I'm blogging this right now! I have already taken over a hundred pictures (most of which I won't keep because they are just of scenery and I like people (mostly Kyla and Heidi) shots). They take a really long time to upload on this tiny computer!! But then again, I have all the time in the world.

island style

23

That is the exact number of photos I took last time I visted the islands... 23. We'll see how many I get this time. Aloha!