From Kiapoko Place to Kiapoko Street

67-323 Kiapoko Place goodies to remember

*Fun and magical welcome to Hawaii house

*Hear the waves and just walk down a path in the backyard to the beach

*See whales and tow in surfers from back lanai

*Go to sleep and see shooting stars from our bed

*Wake up to birds of all kinds chirping loudly away

We are thankful for the time that we had there but are excited for a new adventure and a new home just down the street!

Moving the tramp with just a roll down the road was helpful (& having a strong man in a high vis shirt always helps!)  Looks like the boys are right at home already!

And this guy we found as a little hood ornament

Down and Derby

This was Oshyn's 2nd year of the Pinewood Derby.  He designed his car and even got to cut it out with me at scouts.  He painted it with Beau with hot green flames.  It was a speed demon and was one of the fastest cars in the whole pack.  Cruz joined in the fun and worked with Orin on his car.  What a fun night!

Weekday Warriors: Diamond Head

After a tortuous trip to the Apple Store (which the boys all hate as you can tell)

we decided to hike Diamond Head!

After a fun hike, followed by about a million stairs, we made it to the top!  The boys were champs and we all enjoyed the beautiful views of the city and beyond.  A successful hike!

Smoothie 1 Kai-boy 0

The Joy of Playschool

A group of moms and I decided to start up a Joy School/playschool/preschool for our kiddos.  It has been super fun.  We study the "Joy of…" different things each week and take turns as moms hosting.  This week was our turn!  We talked about the Joy of Sharing.  We made cookies and shared them with our friends and took some home to our families.  Yum!

Field Day & Fun Run

May 12, 2014  I took my little sidekick to watch Oshyn at field day.  He NEEDED to wear his rain boots.

What an amazing day for field day!

We could use a little work in the stretching department, but

Oshyn lasted the longest in the run! Beep Beep Beep

and did a ton of push ups.

He was a little disappointed that it wasn't more competitive, but he still busted his butt and killed it in the majority of events.  I was happy that we were able to make it out to the high school to watch him.

May 14, 2013  Cruz was pumped to do the Fun Run for the first time this year.  He and his friend Kona kept having me take their pictures with each other.  Good buddies from basketball & school.

Ms. Vega and Ms. Loebig's first grade class.  Before the race, I witnessed Cruz tying his classmates shoe at the fun run--so glad to see him serving others on his own.

Ready-Set-Go!  He was off!  

 and kept going and going and going and going like an energizer bunny.  Never stopping until they blew the horn.  Cruz pushed it and ran more laps than anyone else in the first grade!  Tyce said, "Cruz ran so fast 84 wow!!" (??)

At the end of the fun run the school invited everyone that wanted to to join in and run some laps.  Tyce wanted to jump all over that, so we hopped in and started running.  When we finished he told me, "I was going so fast and the world was going in slow motion BABY!"  Then he proceeded to tell me that he wanted a lei like Cruz got.  That was one of those moments when I realized we lived in Hawaii.  Our four year old thought that anything that went around your neck qualified for a lei.  Although it was a medal that he wanted, I never corrected him. :)

Papa Herzog

March 14, 2014

Talked to my cousin Tanya and then Papa

Probably best short conversation I ever had with him. He asked how the boys were and I told him they were Crazy--how did you do 4 boys?? He said I joined them! Then he went on to sweetly tell me that they'll grow up fast and be fine men. Some of his speech slurred but it was so nice to go from him just telling me he was ready to go (and die) to having his memory drift back to the time when he too had 4 little boys also. It might have been one of the first times I truly felt connected to him. Very awesome because that is something I always wanted to feel. I hope for his sake that he gets to pass on soon. I am thankful for the prompting I had to call him in the quiet hours of this Friday morning. 

PAL Basketball

A little bro that wants to look just like his big bro

Cruz's team: The Sharks

Oshyn's team

Snack.  How can I compete with after game "snack" in Hawaii??  Two bags full of McDonald's burgers and a cooler full of more goodies.  Full on meals--only in Hawaii.

Love or a Headlock??

Haleiwa Tri

How could I pass up a Tri in my own backyard??  I swam near 'Chocolates', biked around Haleiwa town 3 times and then ran police beach--with more than half of the 3 mi. in sand!  Whew!  So so much fun.  I love triathlons.

Crazy Hats and a few -isms

for some crazy brothers!

Kai: Where are you?

He love to tackles Tyce when he's waking up

Kai also jumps off of everything--even the bed with pillows to land on.  I've caught him walking on the table more than once.

When he wants to give you something: "Here go!"

He's very independent and if he wants a drink he will get a cup fill it up for himself and then he spills it as he walks around.

When you ask him what his name is he says, "NOA!" (We rarely call him Kainoa, let alone Noa)

(I forgot to blog about words he knew back a few months ago…October he was saying: football, gecko, uh oh, baby and he signed hot, more and food)

Tyce: What island in heaven does Jesus live on?

Tyce lives in the moment and I've caught him sticking his tounge out riding in the rain.  He talks about ripping it on his skateboard or surfing.  Once after brushing his hair he told me he had a 'barrel in [his] hair'

When in doubt Kai says: COCONUT and Tyce says: SEXY

These two are a crack up and great buddies

Kite Kindness

So we got this great kite for Christmas from Grammie and Grandad.  We had the perfect windy day and got out the kite to give it a whirl.

It went up smoothly.

Everyone took turns so nicely as they were all excited to have a chance.

The kite went higher and higher and higher!

Mr. Cheese loved it and so did his brothers.  As they were passing it from one person to another (no names mentioned), the kite got loose and flew up in the air without anyone holding on anymore.  We watched it sadly float over the house and thought it was gone for good.  Much to our surprise and delight, it got caught on a palm tree and the third floor of our friends house.  

We have the sweetest neighbors.  With a lot of kind help from multiple neighbors, our kite was rescued!      Good people surround us!