summer mainland trip

It's hard to believe we spent 2 weeks in Las Vegas and Utah and these pictures are all I have to prove it. Despite that, we had a splendid time and got to see lots of family and friends. The cousin time was the best!

We got to see my rockstar nephew Liam compete in a swim meet. He killed it in the backstroke and won his heat. The girls wanted pictures with him like he was a celebrity! Go Liam!

story time

Brawk!

Last day of preschool

After months of anticipation and counting down of days my brother and his family came to visit.

The girls were bribed with ice cream for breakfast if they slept in until 8:30. Not the best parenting approach, but at least we got some sleep.

You can't have a house full of girls without a spa day.
A night out for us thanks to our friends M and B for staying with the kids.
I love this guy. Thanks for coming!!

May Day 2010

One of the things I've come to love most about living in Hawaii is the May Day celebration each Spring. In Hawaii May Day is a celebration and display of native Hawaiian culture. The school kids work and rehearse for months to prepare and perform dances, chants, songs, and Hula for this event. Parents, Aunties, Uncles, grandparents come early in the morning to save a seat and watch this event.

This is Veda's second May Day performance. All the first graders made their own Ipu - a gourd Hula drum. They did a dance and chant while drumming on their Ipu.

My kid was the cutest one. :)



Veda's fabulous 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Kakinami

Next year we'll have both of our girls performing in May Day! I can't wait.

There's not much that can make the stomach flu tolerable. But puppy snuggles come close.