Easter Basket

It was nice to have Aho off today and to be able to spend Easter together. I planned to take pictures throughout the day, but that didn't quite work out. In fact I only got one, of Ola with his Easter basket, courtesy of Aunty Lohi. I was so out of it this past week, I didn't even do anything for my family for Easter. Luckily, we spent the day with the Ings, Tuiteles, and Albinos, and got to enjoy their great friendships, eat delicious food, and participate in the legendary Easter Egg Hunt. Congratulations Anthony on finally finding the golden egg. Sorry Cam and Lohi...maybe next year. ;) It'll be on like donkey kong.

Aunty Lohi, Ola (and by Ola I mean Mommy) loves the books, and the slippers, and the beanies, and food. Thank you so much for thinking of him!

Lunch

Lunch with the girls at CPK. (Kyra, Me, Ola, and Jo)
So...when's the next one???

Caught in the act

While we were home on Kauai, I noticed that when Ola woke up, either from a nap or during the night, he would head straight for his monitor. Normally, his monitor is out of reach and therefore, he doesn't really notice it. But for the four days we were home, whenever he would wake up, I wouldn't hear him fuss or cry (like normal), but instead, I would hear banging. Yesterday, we put him down for his morning nap on our bed, with the monitor next to him, and when we heard banging on the monitor, we walked upstairs to find this.

Yep, caught red handed trying to destroy his monitor.

Joint family vaca

It is a rare occasion when Aho gets weekends off. It actually only comes around every 2 or 3 months. Luckily, he and Cam are on pretty similar schedules which means that they both came up on their three day weekend schedules at the same time. So, we finally made our trip home to Kauai...all six of us. Me, Aho, Ola, Cam, Lohi, and Na'u. It was somewhat disappointing since it was overcast and raining most of the time we were home, but it was still nice to get away.

My two boys at the Waimea Canyon Lookout. I would've used a better picture of the canyon, but those shots had two grumpy faces in them.

Apparently we don't feed Ola enough. He was scrounging for food in Puna's dog dish.

It only took a few days at home, but Ola overcame his fear of grass. (This was taken the first day)

Ola's fearless companion, Na'ulei, totally wanted to jump into the fish pond and play with the water fountain.

Thank you Tuiteles for the company and all the fun! Can't wait to do Moloka'i this summer!!!

Fool's Holiday

I got this in my e-mail and thought it was awesome.

In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against the Christians and Jews and the observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days. The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, "Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood, objecting to the ruling, saying, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas and Easter. The Jews have Passover and Hanukkah. Yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays."

The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."

The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."

The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalms 14:1 states, "The fool says i his heart, there is no God." Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned."

You've gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!!

(I know this is fake, but I still love it. Wouldn't that be hilarious to witness?)

Not just another Wednesday

This morning we were up bright and early. Lately, every morning has been bright and early. But that means that Ola is down for a nap by about 8:30 or 9. This morning he was alseep by the time Aho came home, so we left him downstairs to nap. Ola has a habbit of not turning his head to the side when he rolls onto his tummy mid-sleep. He ends up sleeping with his face straight down on top of the back of both of his hands. If you don't understand, just see the picture. When I went down to get him up to leave, he was just waking up. He rolled over and this is what he looked like. Today was supposed to mark the start of our ward Young Women's camp. However, due to unstable weather conditions, we decided to postpone. Instead, we just met at the chapel and did some certification activities with our beehives.
While the girls and leaders worked on first aid training, the kids played. Ola got all the attention from Asia and Ender who made sure he had his teething toy (my grandma's spatula) and wiped his drool away when it got out of hand (Asia would say Ewww each time he would spit).


After our training we had lunch and relaxed. The Horitas brought down a little push car and the three kids took turns being pushed around by Josh. Ola LOVED it. I'm seriously thinking we need one of these for when we go and get the mail every afternoon. Or we could always just drive around in the parking lot during the day when its empty. You know, since we have so much to do.

Fish Lips

Half boy, half fish, half high pitched girl. I don't know how he turned out so strange. Must be from his Daddy.