Just me and my 'Ohana: March 2007

Thursday, March 8, 2007

Hawaii, again...

Sorry about all the separate posts but, I have no clue how to post a bunch of

smaller pictures in one post. I am still a blog novice.

Kaua'i

I miss you beautiful Hawaiian sands and ocean!!!

Laura and I with our twin rash guards!

Um, should someone tell her

that's not how you wear the lei?

My first time surfing in Maui. It was awesome!

I wish I could do it more often. I think I could get addicted.

The only bad part was that it was really crowded.

(notice Don in the background)

Kaua'i
Don getting ready to jump off a cliff on Kaua'i.

We hiked down to these pools of water and as I am walking towards the top of this cliff, I hear a loud splat and Don is missing. I freaked out for a second and then saw him come up. I had no clue he was going to jump and I guess the splat was his shoes hitting the water. So, he goes up to do it again. This time I had the camera ready.

We all rented jeeps or convertibles on Kaua'i. It was super fun!
View from the Naapali coast hike
We ended our hike with this beach. We watched the waves crash into each other. But they didn't crash like they normally do, they were perpendicular to each other. I have never seen waves crashing like that but I guess that is normal in the winter. You can't really tell from the picture but, the large wave in this picture is breaking sideways. It was really cool to see. I guess our friends actually played and swam at this beach during the summer. It's amazing how different it is in the winter. The water is so much more intense and scary.
More views from the hike.

Formal night on the ship.

Thanks to my friend Tamra for lending me her dress, you rock!!!

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Hanalei Bay

Here's Don surfing on Hanalei Bay. He went back alone the next day and the tide was so high, he had to go down further. Only professionals were surfing there at that time. We were lucky to have had the awesome day before to play.

Scenic Kauai. It's so awesome!

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Queensbath

I guess in the summer people swim in this but this was February. One stupid guy jumped in a little further to the left. I guess he survived. We didn't stick around to find out.

Fantasy Island waterfalls

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Naapali coastline - view from the ship

Don and I.

My hair did not like the Hawaiian humidity. Ugh!

Sunset on Oahu

I am not sure where we stopped to rest but, we watched a great sunset. I tried to take a great sunset picture and these were the best I could get. They don't nearly capture how beautiful it was. It was so relaxing and just peaceful. It's not often that I get a moment to stop and really take in the sunset. This was my moment of heaven on earth. Okay enough of the cheesy stuff!

Last Day in Hawaii

We were definitely in some serious mourning this day. I just didn't want to leave. Hawaii is so beautiful. These were taken in Oahu on the last day. We spent the day waiting for our 11:30 pm flight. Just rested and watched the sunset. Our other friends were on another flight so we were alone at this point. We had to do the usual vacation pictures. You take me and I'll take you. We then raced to Waikiki to get some Lava Flows before racing back to the airport. We got to the restaurant and just went to the bar. Don told the hostess that we just wanted to get some Lava Lava's. She looked at him very strangely and said "do you mean Lava Flows? Lava Lava is a dress!" Don was a little embarrassed but the Lava Flows were worth the rush!

This is Don with a cool break in the background

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Hawaii Rocks!!!

Here are a few pictures from our Hawaii cruise. I have so much to say and so little space. It was a blast. It was not, however, relaxing in any way. The third to the last day we actually laid on the beach and caught some rays and much needed rest but, all the rest of the days were go, go, go. (However Don was not with me that day. He spent the day Snorkeling Molokini and surfing in Lahaina while I snorkeled at Black Rock and went on a whale watching tour. We flew to Oahu and stayed for three days doing the Oahu thang. Then caught the ship on Sunday and set sail to Kauai. We spent Monday and Tuesday there. We did the Napaoli coast hike, Queensbath, and Hanalei Bay surfing for Don and boogie boardin for me. I must say that Hanalei Bay was by far the best boogie boarding ever! It is now my favorite beach for boogie boarding. California isn't nearly as good (both Nor Cal and So Cal). Sorry to all the Californians. We had to rush back to the ship every day to set sail for the next port. On Wednesday we spent the day in Hilo then Thursday we spent the day in Kona. On Friday and Saturday we spent time in Maui and then disembarked Sunday back in Oahu. I will post more pictures as I get them downloaded and give you more details on the activities. This is just a taste of the excitement yet to come.

Don and I onboard the ship right before leaving Oahu

Don getting sprayed at Queensbath on Kauai

Don and a coconut. Don is on the right.
(Hanalei Bay)

A great picture with perfect lighting of Don and I at Queensbath

Quotes that are totally worth remembering

8/7/11: We were visiting my cousin's ranch for a big family dinner and Dalton saw two dogs in the "mating kennel." He kept asking everyone what they were doing. Summer told him they were playing "leap frog" and I said it was actually "leap dog" but he said he didn't believe it. Then, he just kept asking and told us to watch and then even demonstrated. Jake told him the one was giving the other a back massage. Finally, I told him it was a mating kennel and he said, "oh!" I asked him if he knew what it meant and he said, "like a boyfriend and girlfriend?" I said, "well, they're supposed to be husband and wife but dogs don't have weddings. We'll talk more about this later."

6/11: I walked into the house after saying goodbye to my boyfriend and Dalton said to me, "mom, I saw you guys through the window." I said, "oh ya, what did you see?" and he replied, "well, first there was talking...and then there was romance!"

6/28/10: Dalton asked me if I knew grandpa was trying to make a movie. I said yes and he said, "I can't wait to see it cuz grandpa has an imagination."

4/23/10: I overheard Dalton telling Hudson, "I am a 7 year old! There's no way I can have a bunch of upgrades that I can keep track of!" (You know upgrades on the DS..trust me, it was funny.)

2-27-10: Suzanne's wedding photographer was Summer's ex boyfriend Mike. He was in one of the rooms uploading photos to his laptop and Dalton sat down beside him and said, "so, are you having a good time at work?"

2-26-10: Grandpa offered me something to eat and we both knew it had meat in it. I asked him if it had meat in it and he said yes and I said, "um...no thank you!" Then Dalton said, "she's not a fan of meat."

2-26-10: We were trying Dalton's tux on him for Suzanne's wedding. It was too big so we were trying to figure out what we were going to do to fix it. Dalton said, "I don't know why adults get so obsessed with nice clothes. They're all like, oh it doesn't fit, it's too big."

12-30-09: Hudson was making Mii's on the Wii and asked how tall grandpa was. Dani said he was 6 foot and is the tallest in our family and Hudson replied..."not for long!" (He was told by a Dr. when he was 2 that he might be 6' 1" and he is holding on to that one!)

12-19-09: I asked all the kids if they liked the movie "The Princess and the Frog" that they had seen the night before with grandpa and the cousins and they all liked it except Dalton. I asked if he liked the movie and he said, "I didn't really like it." I said, "Why?" and he said, "because it was too lovey."

12-7-09: We were making gingerbread houses with the cousins and I overhear Hudson tell Dalton who just sat on his lap, "dude, that probably hurt your nuts." Dalton said, "it didn't hurt my nuts." So I said, "Dalton do you know what nuts are?" and he said, "balls" and then I said, "do you know what balls are?" and he pointed down towards his lap with a smile. And this whole time I still thought my baby was innocent. {sniff, sniff}

8-20-09: Cham asked Dalton how school was going so far. He said, "ok" and she asked how his teacher was and he said, "she's ok...she's kinda strict." Cham asked, "isn't it easy for you because you're such a rule follower?" Dalton said, "No, I've had a lot of hard stuff in my life!" (So, I'm wondering what he's going to say, right?) He continues, "Like laps...I have to run laps without stopping and it's really hard!"

7-10-09: We were getting in my car and Hudson says to me, "how's your tire pressure, mom?" I asked him how he knows about tire pressure and he said, "scouts." I love my little man.

5-20-09: Dalton made some comment about two people making out. I asked him if he knew what making out meant. He said, "isn't it just kissing a lot?" I said, "well, yes but you can't do that till you're like 45!" Dalton said, "45! My dad's not even 45...you mean dad hasn't made out?!?"

5-11-09: Hudson was having a coughing fit and Dalton says, "Hudson, you've gotta lay off the hot sauce!"

5-4-09: Dalton said, "Mom, I know that no one likes a back seat driver...but the speed limit is 40!"

1-20-09: Dalton said, "I don't know why but Mikaela wears bras! Not to be rude but...she's only 12!"

1-17-09: The kids were eating lunch and Dalton was the last one to finish. We were in a hurry so I said, "Dalton, hurry up. We need to go. Eat faster." He replied, "I'm enjoying my food...that's what I do!"

12-20-08: We went to Hudson's basketball game and when we got to the car he was goofing off and I said "get in...hurry...I'm freezing! And, you should be cold too since you're in shorts!" Hudson replies, "I can handle it cause I'm a man and you're not!"

12-18-08: We went to Ari's first dance recital. She used Mikaela's curly hairpiece to fit over her bun and give her a ponytail of curls. So, cute. Afterwards we took pictures and Cham says to Dalton "you didn't have your picture taken with Ari. She is the star tonight, you know?" Dalton says, "well I don't know about that, but she has the biggest hair!"

12-8-08: We have one humidifier that we are all trying to share right now. I had it in Mikaela's room and was planning to move it to the boys room when I went to bed that night. I didn't move it and in the morning Hudson came in my room and said, "mom, you forgot to put the fumigator in our room!" Fumigator is right! Two boys in one room. Maybe he's onto something...

12-5-08: Everyone was getting haircuts and it was Dalton's turn. He's talking to the lady and she's laughing at him. She says, "you're cute!" He says, "yep!" She later says, "you're funny!" He says, "yep!" Then she says, "How old are you?" He says, "six!" She says, "Are you sure you're not 16?" He replies, "nope...not even six and a half!" She replies, "you're just so well-spoken."

11-30-08: Dalton needed to go to the bathroom and we were at a public place so I made him go in the womens bathroom with me. (I worry about him going into a public bathroom alone and without Hudson!) So, we head in and Dalton says "mom, when it's just you and me and we go to the girls' bathroom...it's kinda embarassing!" Poor kid...what to do?

11-13-08: Dalton was eating Total cereal and he said "this cereal doesn't have any taste. It's kinda boring to eat."

Dalton came out of the bathroom and told Summer..."I wouldn't go in there for like 2 days!"

Hudson and I were making ziploc omelets which he learned how to do in scouts. It was taking a while and D-rock jokingly says "eggs take 10 years to cook." Hudson jokingly responds "no they don't because I've had eggs and I'm nine." He's such a smart alec but he put D-rock in his place.

I had reminded Dalton that this was his last day of kindegarten and he would never be a kindegartner again. I went to pick him up from school and he comes out saying "mom, it's my last day of kindegarten and I still can't read!" I guess he assumed it would all pop into his head suddenly on the last day!

We were at the pool and Dalton said something about needing to do something for our aunt Alicia. Mikaela said "Dalton, you know she's not our real aunt, don't you?" Dalton exclaimed "Why didn't anyone tell me that my whole life!"

Mikaela was telling about a situation with a "mean girl" at school and she was going on and on about the nastiness of it all and Hudson said "too bad you're not a boy, Mikaela, we don't have that stuff!" How true!

Summer asked Dalton to stop growing up and he said "Not gonna happen!" Then, she later said it again and he replied "I can't, it's impossible!"

We were trying to find something for Dalton to take to "show and tell" and he was turning everything down. Finally he says "show and tell is just disappointing." So, we quit and he went to school without anything.

Dalton was telling us that he thought this girl in his class named Kylee was cute. Later that evening, as we were eating dinner, someone said to Dalton "Dalton, you're cute!" Then he replies "so's Kylee."

Dalton made a craft project. He said, "I can't wait for Hudson to come home, he'll just criticize it." Looks like I need to educate Hudsy bear so he's not so critical. He comes by it genetically, this won't be easy.

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Hawaii, again...

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