We went to the pumpkin patch today and this year we visited one we hadn’t been to before. We drove out to Waimanalo Farms to check out the pumpkiny goodness. Google navigation got us there and the man at the gate said, “drive up this dirt road and park in the back…” There was free [...]
Entries Tagged as 'hawaii beauty'
Family Fun: the Pumpkin Patch edition
October 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Holidays
Tags:adventure·Family·Family Fun·Hawaii·hawaii beauty·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·Photography·Troy
Airshow at Kaneohe Bay
September 27th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Family, Hawaii, navy life, Photography
We spent Saturday at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii enjoying the airshow featuring the Blue Angels courtesy of KHON2 and MCCS. We were lucky enough to win box seats, a souvenir program and hat via a twitter contest. It was a beautiful blue sky sun shiny day out there. There were a lot of people [...]
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Family Fun: The Hiking Edition
August 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Photography
Friday we joined up with 3 lovely high school classmates that I haven’t seen since high school. We met at the Makapu’u Lighthouse trail and walked a beautiful paved uphill route. I am not sure exactly how long it was, but it was a good workout and I am quite thrilled the boys were able [...]
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Two Peas Tuesday v8.17
August 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · DT, scrapbook, Two Peas in a Bucket
Last week I had the pleasure of working with two cute Digi Kits from Two Peas and I forgot to share them before we left on vacation, sorry! So here they are ;) treasure island day journaling: After reading the book Treasure Island, Jalen’s 4th grade class painted a treasure island set. This included a [...]
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Tomorrow is D Day…
January 4th, 2010 · 6 Comments · DT, Family, Food, Hawaii, scrapbook, Tattered Angels
We got word earlier this morning that the ship might delay the departure by a few days due to rough weather in the forecast. We waited anxiously today, hoping that we might eek out another day or so, but then the word came back this afternoon that tomorrow is the day. Troy will have to [...]
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family of four once again
October 28th, 2009 · 17 Comments · Family, Food, Hawaii, house, navy life, sewing
Sunday was a very busy day, we took a little trip down to China town to buy lei for Troy’s homecoming and a little snack too. Our favorite Lei Store was called sweethearts back in the day and then re-emerged as Po’ohala a few years ago, same family, new name. I always go there to [...]
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We’re back! :)
July 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Holidays, Photography
first a quick note, if you are reading this in a feeder, you’ll have to click over for the whole post/pictures. thanks! now back to the regularly scheduled post! Oh.my.goodness. What a crazy week we had last week! I had been so busy with the boys and procrastinated going to the grocery store for such [...]
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POTD catchup, finally!
July 19th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Photography, tutorial
I put the music player back up————> but did not turn on auto play because I’ve heard that people don’t like auto play… go ahead and hit play… enjoy the sounds of the islands! Today was another beautiful day in paradise! It was my nephew Ivan’s 14th birthday, so we joined him for a day [...]
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The days are quickly slipping away…
May 28th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Uncategorized
I can’t believe it’s Wednesday Morning. only three more days of school this year. I feel an urgency to plan our entire summer’s worth of activities. why is it that I am such a control freak that needs a list, itinerary or something before I can do it? I don’t know. Jeanne asked why Jalen [...]
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Our Second Grade graduate… and waaay too many pictures.
May 23rd, 2008 · 13 Comments · Uncategorized
We went downtown this morning to buy lei for Jalen’s Graduation…I got this haku lei, Jalen and Jordan got crownflower lei, and we got lei for his teachers too… Jalen’s class had their “graduation” ceremony today although they still have another week of school. The class sang and danced to a super cute song “Local [...]






































