OUR DAY TOGETHER

4th of July was different this year! My husband usually does this race (only 3.5 miles). This year, he wanted to do it ALL TOGETHER...AS A FAMILY!!! Tiki & Dad on one board, and me on my own...ON MY OWN...AHHHHH!!! when the flag went down, I started decent. about 2 miles in...I kept thinking "WHAT WAS I DOING THIS TO MYSELF FOR??!?!!" My friend be FORE the race was nervous ...blaming me..."HOW, did i let you talk me into this???" SHE FINISHED BEFORE I DID!!! AWESOME. Pregnant moms, doing great , little kids...about 400 contestants. My time??? 49:56 not great by any means....but I DID IT!!! I didn't realize that it is harder than it looks. worse part was , in the finishing stretch, the winds were blowing me back.. i wanted to paddle on my knees, but I could just hear Tiki , "MOM, KEEP TRYING!!!" so, i didn't. Alika was gracious enough to go along side me. Him & Tiki could of been done soooo fast, but he wanted to cross the finish line TOGETHER!!! Had a AWESOME DAY!!! Tiki took pictures , but i didn't give her my water camera, we bought a "old fashion" one that i actually have to turn in & get developed!!! HOW ODD!! :)

seesaw................

I'm not sure how to put this..but a friend of mine had introduced me to FaceBook, ( you know who u r.. :) ) and since then I have slacked on my blog...which i truly enjoyed. Facebook kinda took over and then we couldn't even communicate on it.... sooo for those of you who read my blog (past or present), i've thought about deactivating Facebook so I can go back to blogging.....just a thought... I guess i thought i could do both,...but i cant.....and besides, I find myself on the computer more than ever SINCE FB. My family probably wishes I never started..............

just another day in paradise

Saturday's waves were very big . Although she does well lately on "bigger" waves, it was beyond her experience. So she went in her heat ( with Daddy next to her) and did really goood. She was not able to advance because Daddy helped...but I didn't care....SAFETY FIRST. she could care a less which place she came in. she just loves the whole scene... (seeing her name on a heat sheet, them calling her name, then surfing...)

Then they had 12 tandem ( with your kid) teams and Tiki & Alika came in 2nd place..so fun for both of them, and was really fun for us to watch!!

kids day!!

This weekend is a contest that is put on every year for KIDS ONLY...ranging 5-14. It is a truly fun event, and besides all the surfing going on they have games giving away prices, and just sooo fun . (Last year she won the Wii...playing a balloon game) all the parents enjoy hanging out & the kids of course get to get a little competitive , but have FUN with it.....I hope all our gang does well, but most of all....that all the kids are SAFE!!!! will post pictures next week of the event.

This picture is my friends son Finn....he's 11 and as you can tell....he RIPS!!!!

FIRST TIME ON A HORSE!!!

She finally did something OTHER than go to the BEACH!!! they had a kiddie rodeo....it was small, but she had gigantic FUN!!! Weather was hot & muggy, as I looked at my husband and said "no wonder were always at the beach & in the water".

wasn't long before she was petting the horse, then waving as though she was in a parade...she was only mimicking when she HAS SEEN HORSES...in parades through town with beautiful Hawaiian ladies dressed so nicely as they wave...

after face painting, visiting the petting zoo!

Kid Humor

Tiki : "Mom, today I married Calvin".

Me:(engrossed in "Dateline") "Oh yeah..."

I look at her face...she is HOLDING BACK LAUGHTER...

Me:"What do you MEAN, you Married Calvin?!

Knowing the answer to my question..

Tiki: "We got married....(giggling uncontrollably)...and we kissed!"

I looked at her trying not to over-react....

Tiki: (serious now) "Mom! He has a "Wall-E BACKPACK!!!" as though that makes it all okay...I tried not to bust up laughing after that remark.

It sounds like me & my friends in our 20's describing our New loves...."But he has a TRUCK!!"

He will ALWAYS BE MY BABY!!!

My Baaaaaby Hakau..(Teri's middle boy). Here he is at prom. The pretty girl is a long time friend of his, she is beautiful. I don't have a "prom picture" YET...but hopefully he doesn't forget about me!! It just seems like yesterday he was 2 years old and following me everywhere. I used to pretend he was my SON!!! I took him to the store, beach, and people would say "Oh he's soo adorable!...is that your boy?" and proudly I would say "he SURE IS!"

I still try to get away with it...now he looks @ me and laughs like I'm the Auntie who "lost it"!