A Walk in the Park

Captions later :)

A Visit from Nana

We  had a wonderful visit from the Naihe family.  Nana came and stayed for a week, and we thoroughly enjoyed her visit.    Here are the kids on the trampoline trying to cool off from the heat with water.

Obviously having toooo much fun!

We even went to the Aquarium!!  The kids are still going on and on about it.  In fact, Ani's vocabulary this past week was enthusiastic and eager.  His discription was, "He was enthusiastic to go to the Aquarium."    Here the kids are touching the sting ray.

Napela touching the crabs.

On the train ride.  We rode it twice, and got scared by the great white both times :)

Nana and Ileana on the carousel.   So excited to have her here.

Happy Happy kids!

AAAHHHH the Ferris Wheel!!!  My two little dorks.

And of course we to cool off in the water afterwards.

We miss you all soooooo much!  Our kids were distraught for at least a week after Nana left.  Nana and Papa you are sorely missed!

My Elf

My Little Elf turned 3 almost 2 weeks ago.  (Yep, running behind)  So here is my mommy elf.  She loves playing with babies.

 I used fondant for her birthday cake this time, and LOVE working with it.  So my Uncle James joined in and did a couple flowers too.  I still have a few kinks to figure out.  But I really enjoyed working with it.  This year for Ileana's birthday everytime I asked her what kind of anything she wanted for her birthday she would reply, "Pink"....ok.  So she got a cake with pink flowers.  It worked, she was stoked!

 My happy elf :)  She was sooo excited that for her presents.  Here she got some pajamas.  As soon as she finished the picture she ran upstairs to go put them away.  She was so excited over everything.  It was so fun to watch.

 I had to sneak this in.  Napela put his bandana on Ikaia.  The boys were all laughing hysterically.  It was sooo cute.

 My ballerina Elf

 Winding up for her turn....

And my helper elf.....See the help me look in Ikaia's eyes.  Thank heavens he just rolls with it.  Ileana wants to be involved in everything I do, including feeding her brother.  This was the last time she was allowed to even hold the spoon to feed him though.  Poor kid.

Accomplished

Mychaila had an appendectomy this past weekend.  We were very fortunate and truly blessed that it was caught early.  So early that her blood work came back with no infection. BUT while waiting for the bloodwork she got a fever.  So even though the bloodwork came back clean, she was sent for a CTscan due to the fever and belly pain.  The CT scan caught that she had appendicitis.  Ironically, after receiving tylenol the fever never came back even after it had the tylenol had wore off.  So grateful for our angels watching over her this past weekend.

She has 3 little cuts.  That will be unnoticable once healed.   As she was coming out of her anesthesia she said, "I feel.....accomplished."  She was sooo terrified of this surgery.  I am sure if she could have run away she would have. So yes, huge accomplishment and mountain that she faced and climbed over.  She was such a trooper, and despite her fears stayed respectful to all that came in.  Even barely aware after surgery she said, "Yes Ma'm" to all the nurses.
 The nurses were all so kind as to help her and talk to her about what was going to be happening during surgery.  They were so patient.  She even got 2 stuffed animals, from the NURSES.  One was an automatic, just for getting surgery she got a giraffe.  The other was from a very thoughtful nurse that saw she was struggling, and even showed Mychaila her own scar from her appendectomy.  She is recovering well, and we are excited for when she will be all better.

Statue of Liberty

She cracks us up!

Fearless

Ileana jumping off the diving board.

And Another

Ikaia playing in the water.