Spring!

 This spring, Ethan and Rachel received 3 different Flat Stanley projects in the mail to complete. So we had lots of fun gallivanting around the island taking pictures.  Rachel got to be a flag bearer at her school's morning ceremony.  Deryck graduated from his 6 month school in DC.  His Dad and I made it for his graduation.  While in DC, the kids stayed in Hawaii with my  parents and we got to go see the sights which included Arlington.  It was a wonderful time away and DC was beautiful!

Christmas 2011

 We spent Christmas on the mainland.  The kids and I made a trip to Chicago to see my grandmother and Aunt.  We also spent good time in Arkansas with all of our family.  We were freezing to death, but we had a wonderful time.

Thanksgiving 2011

We spent Thanksgiving at Bellows (our favorite beach).  We rented a cabin for a few days and had wonderful time with our Daddy who had been in DC for over a month at school.  It is tradition for the kids to all take a sunrise swim in their jammies!  It might have been one of the BEST Thanksgivings ever.

Yikes! It's been forever!

 Well, where to start?  My last post was Rachel's birthday back in September!  So sorry!  Since then we have spent a wonderful Thanksgiving at Bellows, Christmas on the mainland, Ethan turned 8, and lots (LOTS) of visitors!  I will be posting a few new posts with pics.  For those of you who do not know, we are moving this summer to Travis AFB in northern California.  It will definitely be bittersweet because of our love for Hawaii.

Rachie Roo turns 5!

All the kiddos over for Aloha Friday It was also our friend Kimberly's birthday

The birthday girl choppin' down on some dinner.

Our latest Update!

Hello everyone!

School has started and the kids are loving their teachers. I have also returned to working full time. Wow! Going from 7 years as a stay-at-home mom to full time teaching is wearing me out. :) The kids have worked hard and have been real troopers while I have transitioned. Deryck has done a wonderful job of picking up some of the household chores to help out. He has also applied for a new position at work. Deryck is heading to the mainland in October for some training. We will meet up with him in Arkansas at Christmas time. He will go back to the northeast to continue training and then return in March to Hawaii. I have posted quite a few posts tonight, so please scroll through and enjoy!

Shan

More Summer Pics

The Parks and Richardsons


E, Rae, and Sela being super silly!

The Richardson family visited us in July for a month and the Orr family just left this past Friday. We got 9 days with them in Aug/Sept. It is always a joy to have friends and family from the mainland.