Ho'olaule'a

The kids just had their Ho'olaule'a on friday. They did an amazing job. Clay was not able to make it so I did record their performances but you all know how good I am with computers. I don't know how to change my .mov to something compatible with this site. So maybe after my IT person calls I can get it up here. Kailee had her own little camera and was helping me take pictures all day. Until Breana got a hold of the camera. T.J. is rockin the mohawk again. A friend of ours made a comment about his shirt. She said, "leave it to T.J. to wear a shark shirt". Their song was about surfing. Baby Chels in the hot hot sun. It was a long program but a good one. It was just super hard to handle 2 kids by myself and take pictures and record for Clay. We made it and I gave myself a pat on the back for not loosing it until we got home. :)

Its a New Year!

I had to post some halloween pictures to show my cute little sushi roll!




A couple of Christmas card pics.





Breebs and Teej's goals for the New Year!

Goals for 2012:
Breana
1)Get good grades
2)Get a dog
3)Be a good Student

T.J.
1)Control my reactions
2)To not lie
3)To not make a fit when I have to clean

Kailee
1)Try not to hit
2)Learn to use the toilet
3)Lose the Binky!!

Mom
1) Update the blog for our friends and families viewing pleasure!

Pretty good goals, I think. We'll work on it and see how it goes. Either way I think you'll know how I'm doing with mine. HA!

Longest post EVER!

Okay (sigh) So I am constantly checking my sisters and friends blogs looking for cute pictures and updates. I love it when they post cute pictures I can awww over. So I am going to try and post more often in a hopes that you guys( hint hint) will do it as well!!!
So Breana and I took my Mom to San Diego this March during spring break. It was an amazing trip and a much needed break from the buzz and activity of our crazy life! We did Sea World, the Zoo, and the wild animal park. We had so much fun and T.J. can't wait for his special vacation with out Breana.


This is part of the reason I was so busy at the end of the school year. The kids did basketball this year and (insert sing songy voice here)LOVED IT! However, they were also playing 8 on 8 and 6 on 6 soccer. So, we had basketball 2-3 times a week and soccer 2-3 times a week. Practice for one or the other everyday and 2 games a piece on sats. Thats 4 games for me people. Oh, and basketball games on weds as well. Man I am exhausted just thinking about it. Don't forget the regular day to day stuff and extra church activities and achievement days! Whew, glad it's over! I know I have said never again but you know I'm a sucker and if the kids really wanted to I'd do it again in a heart beat. I love a good basketball game! Breana is a monster on the court, I love it!




This was my nephews 1st birthday party!!! We were so excited to make it to Declan's first birthday. This is our cute youngest Utah cousin!(for now:)) He had a rocky start coming early and spending time in the NICU. So this party was that much more sweet. Seeing how much he has grown and blessed all of our lives. He's a miracle and we love him!



After our quick trip to Utah for the birthday party we came back and had 2 and 1/2 weeks left of school. The craziness that is the end of the year including spirit week and Ohana day! T.J. danced the Hawaiian superman and Breana did Ho'okipa.



So, I am currently in the process of organizing what little pictures I took this summer. As soon as I can get them up I will and you won't wanna miss the pictures of Logan's 4th birthday! All I can say is I come from a family of freaks and am dang proud of it!

How to keep a 14 month old busy

How do you keep a baby occupied? Give her a cup of pudding and a spoon!!




Most people are probably cringing right now. She was in a diaper and went straight to the tub. But, she was happy long enough for me to finish the dishes and pack home lunches for field trips. I'll take it! FYI yogurt works too. :)

Happy Birthday T.J.

Here are some pictures of T.J.'s pirate birthday party. We celebrated at the beach with a friend that has a birthday the day before Teej. We had an awesome time. We dug for coins in the sand, scavenger hunted for treasure and broke open 2 pinatas. We are so lucky to live in Hawaii where T.J. can go to the beach for his February birthday. This would not be an option in Montana!!

Breana and friends

Dad and Kailee

Birthday cakes

Kailee wiped from being awake so long. I got up at 530 to try and get our favorite spot at the beach park. We got there just before 7 and it was gone. We did get a nice spot in the shade but it was a long day.

T.J. on the beach

Pirate cookie favors. Beards compliments of Breana and T.J.
We wish family could have been here to help us celebrate but we have some awesome friends that feel like family and the day was definitely a success!

Portland

Another Post! Crazy right? Clayton took a different position at his work that requires more time from him. (Is that possible?) I have found posting at night fulfills my daily requirement of adult contact on those day when I don't work and find my life consumed with dishes, laundry, homework, doctors apts, soccer, judo, fighting, teasing, screaming, laughing(at mostly BAD jokes) and all of the other duties that come with motherhood. I'm not complaining just looking for that link to the outside world!

These are some pictures from our tenth anniversary spent in Portland. The city where we met. I love this town and it is definitely in the running to be the permanent residence of this family some day. We only stayed for 1 night but we had so much fun. We stopped at 2 kitchen stores and were in heaven. Maui doesn't even have a Williams Sonoma, sad right?
We lost track of time in Powells books and emerged 2 hrs latter feeling like kids that had just had their run of the candy store! We're nerds I know but anyone that has been to Powells would agree. We took a tram ride up to the hospital to see the view and take a picture of the hospital. I was given explicit instructions from Breana to take a picture of where she was born. My favorite thing of course was diner. There were so many places to choose from we split it up. We had an amazing experience at Paley's place. The sweetbreads were awesome and the P.B.J. dessert was so good. We also ate at another place. I don't remember the name but it called it's self a dineraunt and was a throw back to 1950's era diners. It was pretty good and I really liked my fried cheese curds with green tomato jam.
We had so much fun I can't wait to do it again. We decided 1 night at a time might be a good way for us to travel. We didn't have enough time to spend too much money!

Christmas break at the beach.

When we first started visiting Hawaii I would get so mad at Clay. We would stay for a week or more and sometimes never make it to the beach. I always told him if I lived in Hawaii I would go to the beach all the time, at least once a week. Now that we live here I am often ashamed to admit how long we go with out making it to the beach. Obladee Oblada people. This Christmas break I am proud to announce we made it twice!!

The first day we went to Lahaina and stayed about 6 hrs. The kids did awesome for how long we stayed and learned the valuable lesson of, " the grass isn't always greener on the other side" after we walked back and forth in search of smaller waves.






The second beach day we drove home to this. We love Maui!

(Yes I took this picture while driving. I got mad skills!)