We are back:). It is so overwhelming to me to post pictures from the 800 we took in CA. So I will eventually. But here are a few cute ones since we have been back. We had the best time with family there. Hard to leave them! Plus I gained a solid 5 pounds while there:). We ate lots of yummy food.

We have a lot coming up this month... I can't believe it is May. Dallas will finish her 1st year of kindergarden. They want her to go up to 1st grade, even though it was really a junior kindergarden--we are still debating about that.

Dallas has a violin recital. We have a lots of church activities and birthdays this month. And sad to say our good friends are moving at the end of the month too.

I found a lady that teaching horseback riding and Brenna might start taking lessons since she is obsessed. We will see.

Getting ready

Here are some picts from the girls from Sunday. Brenna and Sadie stayed home from church with colds. We are praying that they get better before our trip...tomorrow night!

Spring Break

My camera is fixed! Yay! Here are the girls at Kukio--a great beach to take the kids when Nate is working b/c there are no waves! We found the biggest "sea cucumber" ever this day. All the kids there were soo excited! There are lots of little fish in this beach too. Dallas is on Spring Break and I love it. I really wished she would have gone to a preschool instead of kindergarten his year. Oh well.

Nathan turned 30!!

Last Friday, Nathan had his birthday!! We went with him snorkeling in the morning--really only he and Dallas actually snorkeled that day. Then we came home, ate some lunch and pie, and he took off with some friends to the summit of Mauna Kea for sunset, then down to the visitor's center there to see a stargazing tour. The summit is at over 14,000 feet so no one under 16 is supposed to go there due to the lack of oxygen. What is neat is that you can drive all the way to the top! No hiking needed:). They have hot chocolate for you at the top because it was freezing. And he didn't have gloves or a hat! But had a great time. He got lots of pictures--and was so busy taking them that he missed seeing the nudest colony up there! I guess they were on vacation from a nudest colony but wanted to bear all at the top of Mauna Kea!

Anyways, I love these picts of him.

DALLAS'S ARTWORK

So I thought these pictures were great--being her mom and all:). Everyday Dallas brings about 3 pictures she drew home from school. But this one cracked me up the most. If you can't read it, it is supposed to say"Mom, I love you and I wish I was here at my house." She is starting to sound words out to spell them. I miss that girl while she is at school. But it is also fun to play with Brenna and Sadie too. Sadie now can climb up the slide in the playroom and go down by herself! My girls are getting big!

Also, I wanted to post the recipe that saved my rocker stool this morning. Courtney my sister gave it to me and it got out all the marker on the yellow fabric! I stepped out for 2 seconds and Sadie started coloring on the stool and Brenna joined in on the fun I guess. But I was really relieved. And I need to find all the markers in the house and hide them.

The recipe is: 1 cup Ammonia, 1 cup Dawn dishwashing soap, 1 cup water. Mix and miracle wash:)!

This was the girls this morning. We haven't taken pictures in about a month so it was about time:). Sadie is now 15 months. Brenna has stickers on her face Nana gave her. And Dallas is showing her new stretching she learned from her Dad. These hair pom poms I made while watching the Olympics, which I have been loving.

Lots of videos

I finally sent my camera in to be fixed. But in the mean time I am having so much fun doing video with my ipod. These are just random videos from lately of the girls. Sadie has had the worst runny nose ever and so we have been staying in a lot. All four molars are coming in at the same time. Other than that, things are good here and we are counting down till March to visit family in CA! Can't wait to see everyone, esp. 2 new babies!!

This is Sadie chasing me. If she is upset, this always snaps her out of it.

Brenna turned 3!!

For Brenna's birthday, she has been asking for months if she could ride a horse. Begging is more like it. So, she and I went up to Kamuela to Dahana Ranch and rode for 2 hours the day before her birthday! Her horse's name was Dusty. Mine was Skippy. Brenna did great on Dusty but was quite tired by the end. So on her actual birthday, we just hung out at the house and the girls played all day. That was Dallas's last day home before school started. The horse thing was kind of spur of the moment because we couldn't find any where for her to ride a horse until an hour before we actually went. So we have her a little puppy themed beach party on Sat. Brenna's favorite things right now are dogs, horses, her hair in braids (she wants them everyday), flip flops, her hands to be clean, and she loves to sing songs and tell her own made up stories. She is very happy to be 3!