The girl's got some software...

Before Lightroom
After Lightroom

So I tried a 30 day trial for a photo editing program here is my first attempt. I still need to play with it. It is called Lightroom by Adobe.

He on the other hand...

is learning to pose for Mama!

Look at Mama!

Do you like how I have to take this.....
this.....
and finally this....
to get this!

Do I need to say more?

Fitness Matters

Ok I can't keep it quiet anymore. I have been thinking for quite sometime I want to start a fitness blog. So I did! It is in my sidebar. I was going to keep it private for awhile to see if I would keep it up, but I want you guys to be in on it from the beginning. I'm not sure exactly what I will be putting on it. My goal is to inspire others and to stay focused on my personal fitness goals. I will be sharing my knowledge of proper diet and exercise. I will share with you some of my favorite healthy recipes and other tid bits of info. I would also be glad to help you with any questions you might have about diet and exercise. If I don't know we will find out together.

Boogie Boardin' Fools

Avery is 4

She got this little party dress for her birthday and she didn't want to put it on. So Aunt Rebecca told her the person who wears the dress gets the presents. At first that wasn't enough to convince her to put it on. So Uncle Aaron stepped in and said "I want presents, I'll wear it"...we put it around Aaron's neck and that is all it took. She didn't want to take it off that night so we let her sleep in it.
Best Friends

Happy Birthday Avery Girl!

Rowdy, Maya, Malea, Katinia, Avery, Keiana and Aaron eating cake!

The Beach

The kids absolutely loved the water. We went in everyday. The beach was 100 paces from our house. We didn't have to get in the car or anything. We could literally walk through the back yard to the beach. Because of this the beach was totally private. The only people we saw on the beach were a handful of people taking walks on the beach and a few fishermen.
Avery took some time to warm up to the idea of getting in the water...
but she quickly adjusted and enjoyed jumping over the surf and the running away from the waves as they came in.
I even Boogie Boarded and body surfed a little bit. It was just paradise to be in the ocean with the kids and see them enjoy the water so much. The weather was perfect. It wasn't blazing hot or cold. The water wasn't warm, like it is in the summer time. But we could go swimming anytime without it being too hot.

One day it rained while we were playing in the water. It was coming down really hard and Rowdy started to run for the house...I said "where are you going buddy you are already wet from head to toe"...he said "I don't want to get more wet"

He also said to me on another day "Mama, did you know there is salt in that water"

Coconuts

Traveling with Roger and Maryanne to Hawaii was like having our own personal tour guides. They knew where to eat and showed us things that we would have missed out on if we weren't with them. Roger got some coconuts for us to try. We drank the milk right out of the coconut and ate the meat out of the coconut.

PCC - Polynesian Cultural Center

Warrior!
I absolutely love watching the differnt villages perform their native dances.
Learning how to play with the Rhythm sticks.

This is where we stayed...

Shave Ice

It was hard to decide with all the choices of flavors. Avery got Rainbow, Rowdy got Rootbeer and Ron and I got berries and melon flavors....YUMMO!

More Shave Ice

As if my hair isn't big enough to begin with...add a little bit of Hawaiin humidity and you get even bigger hair.

This was so funny because it reminded us all of the Sienfeld eposide with the Soup Nazi...They have specific instructions for you to follow when you order the Shave Ice.

Bodie Man!

Hang loose Mama!
Boogie Boardin' Bodie
Aloha!
Hang Ten!
He was so cute when I put his little feet in the water he would curl his toes and grab at the sand.