This past week was sooooo eventful. First our horse friends left, but they invited us to come and ride anytime on the weekend. SOOOO COOOL!!! Friday was King Kamehameha Day. So we went and watched hula and made some miniture kahili's. It was really neat learning the meaning behind the different feathers too. Kupuna dancing hula.
Afterwards we went to Queen Liliuokalani Garden to take pictures. The kids were more interested in the crabs.

They thought they found a lobster.

Ileana posing. She got the scratch in her sleep, and won't leave it alone, so it is still there.

Obsessed with looking for crabs!

Then this Saturday we of course went and rode horses. We also were able to watch him shoe the horse. Plus we scrubbed and brushed the horse. Mychaila even braided the horses hair. The kids LOVE Patches.

This boy was soooo giddy excited to ride! He rode with the owners daughter. Its her horse. The horse and her are a barrel winner at the rodeo. But he is sooo tender to the kids.

Yep, I rode too.

See, such a sweet horse. Ileana kept petting him.

My little climber...still....Pono was right there, just out of the pic.

Ani checking everything out.

Mychaila riding the horse all by herself. Yep, she was one happy girl. She did a great job. I was having a hard time with the camera, so isn't the best shot. I have more videos, but my computer is acting up, so I will post later.

Black Sand Beach

We went to Black Sand Beach today. The kids had a blast lookin and playing near the tidal pools.There were tons of turtles.
Boys looking in the tidal pools.

stopped to pose.

Black sand in the hands, crisp ocean wind in the hair

Mychaila's eagle eyes found wana.

So we got a little tooo close, we found the sign later to stay back ;)

The first video is of the older 3, and Napela being silly. The second video is of Ileana. She LOVES the water, and goes frantic in it, because she is sooo excited. The video of her is when we first put the floaties on her.

Pow Wow

This past week we went to a Pow Wow. There was beautiful flute music, and dancing, arts and stories for the kids. They made a pouch and a hacky sack. These 3 squeezing in at the table. There is a serpentine bridge at the park. The kids have been dying to go on it. Can you tell?
Mommy and her ducklings.
Some of the dancing.

All in a row.

More dancing.

One of the trees at the park.

Ileana is finally sitting to take pictures. She even says cheeze and smiles. It is sooo cute.

The kids inside the teepee.

Lately

These pictures are supposed to be at the bottom, but for some reason it didn't show up. These are the kids playing at the beach.

So, I thought I would post some current pictures. We have been sooo busy, and I don't know if it will ever slow down. But we really do love it here. Ani riding his bike.

The kids being soooo silly. kissing their muscles.
Ileana...soooo glad she has hair.

Ileana helping me make salmon patties.

We went to the zoo the other day. We actually were able to watch a tiger eat. He was only 3 ft away . It was crazy and totally gross.

The kids looking at the donkeys.

While there one of the peacocks started squaking at us. So Ileana put her hands over her mouth and tried to make the sound. It was pretty funny.

Her looking for the peacocks.

The tiger came all the way to the fence. It was crazy seeing him so close.

They loved the zoo!

We have new neighbors, they showed up a couple weeks ago. Patches and Lenny Boy. We are able to feed them carrots and pet them anytime. They are such good horses.

Lenny Boy smells Ileana everytime we go see them.

He even reaches his head down so the boys can reach and pet him.

Mychaila is totally excited.

We also go to the beach. It is really shallow. Ileana goes CRAZY while there because she can walk everywhere.. The problem was she kept falling, so today we put her in floaties and she did really well. Still dunked her head a few times, but she started kicking with them and could hold herself up. Whole lot less stress.

These two have a blast swimming and looking for fish.

This is the beach we go to. The state put in big rocks to block the waves and put in white sand. So it is really nice and calm.

Ileana excited to get floaties on.