Sunday, October 24, 2010

Spring Break and so Much More...

Well a lot has been going on lately and I got behind on the posts. So this will combine several weeks of activities. But first the temple is finally finished. Just a few months after we moved here the temple was closed for some major renovations. We got to go just a few times before they closed it. 18 months later it will be re-opening. We got to take our kids through the open house. It was such a neat experience and so fun to take the family through, especially Gracie and show her the bride room and the ceiling rooms. She thought it was pretty neat.
The kids outside the temple, waiting for our time to go through. We caught Gracie picking the flowers.

Before the open house Gracie had a hula performance at the Dole Pineapple Plantation for Keiki Days. She did a great job as always and enjoyed a few of the festivities.
Gracie really wanted her "BFF" to come and watch her. Thanks Amanda for letting her come, it made Gracie's day.
Gracie before the performance.
We got the chance to go to the pumpkin patch with Gracie's girl scout group. That was a lot of fun. It was hot and dusty, but the kids got to go on a hay ride, and pick a pumpkin. They also go to learn about pumpkins. They thought it was really neat.



Gracie had another hula performance at Wahiawa General Hospital. It was community event and once again she loved performing.
We got to meet Deven down in Waikiki over spring break. He was giving a lecture at a P.A. convention so we went down to support him and he had a little time in between, we decided to take the kids to the Aquarium.
They got to touch starfish, and sea urchents. We had to keep Dylan from splashing in the water.

My friends Tricia, Kaylani, and I our training for our first marathon. Tric and I got the chance to run a marathon readiness race over in Kailua. It was a 25K and we finished right at the beach. We took some pictures and then jumped in the ocean to cool off. It was a good experience for us.

We of course went to the beach over spring break. I feel like we haven't been in a long time. The kids loved it!

We got to have a mini Halloween Party... kind of sorta... I was watching my friends kids and Gracie had wanted to have a Halloween Party, I thought this was a perfect opportunity to let them have some fun. We decorated cookies and made Halloween cards. The kids had fun and so did I.

This is our new little stinker. He may look innocent here, but his personality is starting to really come out and he "naughty" We love him though. This is after he just spit all of his watermelon on the ground. He would put it in his mouth and then spit it on the floor. He thought he was so funny. I was trying to capture his smile right after he did it. He knew he was being a stinker and he would look at Gracie and I and laugh.... What do we do with Dylan?

3 comments:

Shayla D. said...

What do you do with Dylan? Squeeze and kiss the heck out of him! He's so cute! And Gracie's precious. What a cutie! As always you look gorgeous. The pictures at the Temple were so pretty. The pre-Halloween party looked like fun!

berry family said...

Way to start off Halloween. I have to admit I like Halloween more now that I have kids. I wish I could be there to run with you but it looks like you have a great running partner. I don't know what to say about Dylan because Mark is just has crazy, but we wouldn't trade these monements for anything.
Rashelle

Jan said...

Good luck with your first marathon. You'll love it. It would be fun to run in Hawaii. Maybe one day I can come do the marathon there.