Which One of These is Not Like the Other?!

Before I did haircuts today I had to take a picture of these Blondie's.  They've got some good highlights!  (Don't mind the messy hair we went to the beach today.)  Gini cut the boys hair right after we got here.  They were past due for one but before I cut it I had to get a pic of their hair.  Their hair has gotten so light I keep getting glimpses of them when they were toddlers.  Too cute!

The funny thing is that Caleb's hair isn't getting lighter.  We'll see if it does as time goes on.

Yep, That's a Shopping Cart Tree house-

On our side yard we noticed this tree house but the kids weren't interested in using it.  I think they were nervous to climb the rope and get in it. We decided to make a rope swing so they would play out there a bit more.   I guess this made them feel a bit more adventurous.  Jack surprisingly, climbed up first.  Conrad followed and then Hailey climbed up last.

The next day they played again.  Sadly, Jackson decided to sneak seven library books out and leave them.  It rained a lot.  I mean flash flood rained. Then, the kids decided to tell me about the books.  They were soaked.

Jack and I dreaded talking to the librarian.  The librarian was nice and said to bring them in once they dried and then we'll look over them.  Five days later and they are almost dry.  I'm sure some of them are ruined. But, I'm hoping a couple pass.  The standards are a bit lower here since books tend to get a little bit moldy sitting on the shelf.  These books shouldn't mold since I've been working on drying them all week...I guess we'll see what passes when I take them back in.

A Day at Sea Life Park

We went to Sea Life Park yesterday.  It was probably my favorite place we visited so far.  The kids had a great time too.  They had an aquarium on the way in, dolphin shows, Sea Turtles to feed, Penguins, and birds that would land and eat off of your hands.  Crazy!  There are a bunch of pictures on here but, I wanted them all for my blog book. :)

Surfin' on the dolphin

His tongue hanging out

Brayden loved feeding the birds.

Hailey didn't want anything landing on her. :)

The birds weren't shy.  See the one on my camera bag.  Two landed on Bo's head and another landed on Hailey.

Conrad's favorite part was feeding the birds.

Jack was happy to feed from a distance. :)

That is an island just off of oahu.  It's a good size, but it doesn't look like you can do much with it.

Our Sunday

I got set apart as the primary CTR 7 class yesterday.  They are a really fun group of kids and it should be fun time.  I just had to mention a funny conversation we had.  This will let you know how much of a minority we are in Hawaii.

I will preface this story with a word and it's definition.   Haole (pronounced as how'lee) is a Hawaiian derogatory term for white people. Now that you know that, here's the story.  We were introducing ourselves and we'd gone through a few people.  One of the girls was introducing herself and then she said, "blah, blah, blah...and I know you're a Haole".  I just started laughing and another boy in the class goes, "No, she's an American."  Trying to make it better.   But, I just had to laugh because the one boy knew she shouldn't have said it but the girls didn't see what the problem was.  I just explained that we are all American's and that I was white. HAHA!

Bo and I got asked to give a talk Sunday which I'm wishing a had a bit more time to think about.  But, oh well.  I'll get it done.  Bo, also got asked to be the Seminary teacher for the stake.  He will be teaching the Old Testament from 6-7 am.  That should be an interesting calling.  I'm REALLY feeling grateful for my calling now. :)

Hurricane Season in Full Swing

Last week we were in the center of three hurricanes!  I really think the Lord is watching over this island.  Hurricanes almost never hit here even though many pass.  There have been 10 so far this season.  None of these three are a threat to Hawaii but they do cause a high surf which is so awesome to watch! I have also seen the Coast Guard helicopter flying by everyday since last Wednesday.  Surfers love going out in these waves.  But it's super dangerous.

I knew the waves were huge and we have a rock out from our deck that I keep an eye on to see how big they actually get.  But, I've always thought I wonder what it would be like to have a person out there to see how big the waves actually are.  I didn't think anyone would be crazy enough to actually go in them.

But, last week we had to opportunity to watch some people out on wave runners.  As we watched, I just kept thinking to myself, "please don't drown!"  Here are some pictures from it they are pretty cool.  But I was relieved to see them go too.

Here they are riding out

Look for the black speck in front of the waves.  They would park in front of a wave and if it was big enough they'd take off in front and ride the wave out.

Here, one of the guys fell off the waves runner.  I can't imagine being in the waves as they crashed and he was in there for a few minutes getting crashed on.

This is one that the guy was in before he got back on the wave runner.