Spring Sports

We are well into spring sports around here.  Grandpa got some great shots of the boys in action and Grandma got Caroline in action.

Will LOVES football!  So when they were going to start a spring flag football league and play against other branches of the military and it be a little more competitive, then Will was all for it!  I texted his coach from last fall and asked if he was going to be coaching again and if Will could be on his team.  He was but he was moving up a division but really wanted Will on his team.  I signed Will up and he is playing with kids that are 2 years older than him.  He gets down sometimes because he's not as fast as the others but otherwise he is hanging in there and you can't tell a difference.  His coach is fantastic and is a great motivator for Will and has him figured out!  

 He doesn't let Will get away with being a slacker or doing things the wrong way!  As evidenced below, Will was doing push-ups for some infraction!  His coach has high praise for him and really thinks he's ready for tackle and has some serious potential.  We'll see what happens.  And I'm not so sure about tackle yet!

 Eric started t-ball a couple weeks ago.  He thinks he's hot stuff now that he has to go to ball practice like his big brother has all these years!

 Eric has never hit the ball off a T.  Someone has always pitched to him and he can really hit that ball.  He has a great natural swing and can watch the ball well.  He hasn't complained once about not being pitched to and has reminded me several times in the last 2 days that he has a scrimmage on Tuesday!

 Caroline is still doing swim team.  She is ready for it to be over and isn't giving her best effort at practice as a way to show that she's done!  But she swims 3 days a week and has for over 2 years now.  She is a very strong swimmer and can confidently swim all 4 strokes.  Back stroke is her favorite and the one she has her best times in.

 She swims in the 50m lanes and that's a long way!

We stay pretty busy will Will having practice 4 nights a week from 5:30-7, Eric having practice 2 nights a week, and Caroline swimming 3 days.  Caroline and Eric are still doing gymnastics as well.  Right now Will has games Saturday afternoons down at Pearl Harbor and soon Eric will have games Saturday mornings.  Caroline has a swim meet coming up on a Saturday as well.

Did I mention that we have 56 days left on the island and the packers come in just a few weeks!?

Art and App night

Friday night Grandma, Caroline, and I went to an event at the middle school.  Art and Appetizer night.  They had a local artist come in and give us instruction on how to paint the hibiscus flower.  It was a fun night and we laughed a lot.  

I bet you can't tell which one is mine and which is the artists', huh?  Mine is very obviously the one on the right.  There was no way I was going to even attempt to free hand the island chain so I modified it (in more ways than 1!).

Busy working on our masterpieces.

 In progress.

 She had such a great time!

 There were quite a few others there as well.

And I think we did a great job and had a blast!  What a fun girls night!

Lagoon 1

Friday morning after the big kids headed off to school the rest of us headed over to Ko'Olina to go to the first lagoon.  This is a beautiful spot that we have recently discovered and love going.  There have been turtles swimming there each time we have been and it is fun to snorkel and swim with them!  The weather was just perfect that morning too.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Eric watching a turtle.

 My sweet happy boy!

 Eric really enjoyed having Justin there to play with!  He got tossed all over that lagoon.

 One of our turtle friends.  The water is absolutely beautiful and so very clear.

 Hanging out just above the water!

 Hugs with dad after playing around!

 He even got some Grandpa cuddles!

After playing at the lagoon we changed and enjoyed lunch at Monkey Pod Kitchen.  A great restaurant.  Another fun morning!

Visitors

Grandma and Grandpa are here!!  We are having a great time so far.  We've been to the Bishop museum and Waimea Valley.  Grandpa has lots of good pictures on his fancy camera so I'll add those later.

Eric ad I walking at the museum.

 Waimea falls.

 Grandpa entertaining the kids while Justin and I do some yoga.

 Caroline asked Grandpa to dance, so he did while humming a tune.  She loves watching Dancing with the Stars and was wanting to tie it a try.

 A giant snail at the museum.

We are looking forward to spending several more days with you guys!!

Easter weekend

We spent Easter weekend in a cabin looking out at Poikii Bay with friends.  It was a grew weekend and we had a blast!  

 Sunset the first night was full of beautiful colors.

 The second night Justin and several others saw the green flash!!  I was on the phone ordering 8 xl pizzas.

 The kids had fun dying eggs before we left for the weekend.

 It was serious work!

 Ken had lots of helpers getting the fire ready to cook dinner.

 This was my view sitting on my front porch!

 We even organized an egg hunt for the kids!  The chocolate melted but it was fun.

 Ahh, what a life!!

It was a great weekend and we had a great time!

Way behind!

 It has been way to long since I posted!!  So sorry.  I'm currently multitasking (listening to a work training call while typing) and it might not work.  If I start typing about Rodan+Fields please forgive me.

While Justin was gone I went through all our closets and got things set aside for a yard sale.  We were able to make over $500!!  And the kids now say our house looks empty.  We got a huge pile of stuff out and it didn't come back in.

 I was really sick last week.  Fever, chills, and not getting out of bed or the sofa for many days.  It was not fun at all!  The kids did well cleaning and still getting things done.  Caroline even made dinner a few nights!!
Below is a neighbor girl that loves Miles and you could say Miles doesn't mind the love!

 Will has also started spring flag football.  He is loving playing it again and has the same coach as he did in the fall.  He forgot his mouth guard one day.  He has forgotten it again!!

 And Will's reading has much improved over the last few months and he will now read to his brother.