Thursday, January 15, 2009
I love these guys!
Not the best pic because I didn't want them to move, but this is how our movie watching nights often go! Click on the pic to make it bigger!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Carpet on the wall...
it happens! So for those of you have not been to our house and were slightly confused with the previous comments on the last post..sad to say our basement bathroom came with carpet on the wall!
I affectionately call this room the sh*#&er. The thing is, its the 3rd bathroom, located in the basement..it is what it is! I can only imagine the conversation that would lead to asking someone to install carpet on the wall!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Good morning!
This morning in Leavenworth..the parking lot was the hardest part!
Our basement bedroom..yep thats the carpet in the middle of the room..it not going back!
Our basement bedroom..yep thats the carpet in the middle of the room..it not going back!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Back to the Mainland..
and back to reality! We got back late Monday night, the kiddos went to school the next day, Lars to work, and I stayed home to unpack...but not before I went skate skiing!
It was a winter wonderland here Tuesday, but that was soon to change, the pineapple express came through with those warm winds, and knocked a few too many shingles off our roof. Turned up the temperature and melted all the snow. Now our basement bedroom is flooded. I'm not too sad about that, lets just say the carpet down there was a little "retro" anyways!
As much as a I love Hawaii its good to be home, natural disasters and all. Lars and I are back to spinning several nights a week, I've made it up to skate 3 times in the last 5 days and we have a sitter lined up for tomorrow so we can head up again.
We also started our New Years resolution...yoga! Its been about 9 years since I went to yoga on a regular basis...starting over! We're starting slow, one night a week at the WRAC, but this morning in spin class Lars and I were both wishing we had another day of yoga in the week!
It was a winter wonderland here Tuesday, but that was soon to change, the pineapple express came through with those warm winds, and knocked a few too many shingles off our roof. Turned up the temperature and melted all the snow. Now our basement bedroom is flooded. I'm not too sad about that, lets just say the carpet down there was a little "retro" anyways!
As much as a I love Hawaii its good to be home, natural disasters and all. Lars and I are back to spinning several nights a week, I've made it up to skate 3 times in the last 5 days and we have a sitter lined up for tomorrow so we can head up again.
We also started our New Years resolution...yoga! Its been about 9 years since I went to yoga on a regular basis...starting over! We're starting slow, one night a week at the WRAC, but this morning in spin class Lars and I were both wishing we had another day of yoga in the week!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Wow!
On our way to the beach this morning, about a block from our condo this is who we ran into! He had just stopped and Lars asked if he would take a pic with the kids, and again he was so gracious!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
enjoying the last few days!
So this happens every time we go to Hawaii, the days before we leave I am so bummed that we have to leave, this time I saw an add for a 5 acre coffee farm and thought..why not! Oh yea the price and the fact that I know nothing about farming brought me back to reality.
I can't say how much I love this time with my family. Having the business at home, Lars work and kids school and activities I crave time to spend with just them. I feel we get so wrapped up in day to day activities the time flies, it's in these 2 weeks a year we get to stop and enjoy each other, no stresses, no having to be anywhere, and no schedule!
So last few days we have been enjoying all the great things this island has to offer. Before we left our friend Chad gave us a book The Big Island Revealed ( a must), but even more valuable he wrote notes in it, so we have felt so at home on this island from the time we got off the plane and knew where Costco was...thanks Chad!
Lets see on the 31st we went to Hapuna again and yes saw Lance Armstrong again! This time I didn't bother with a picture ( I just took in the great view), but Luke got his flip out and got a little video of him when we drove back by him.
The 1st we drove on a rugged lava road ( that maybe was paved once), then parked when you couldn't go any further and hike about 20 minutes through lava and a'a fields to the most amazing beach I have ever seen (thats where we are in the pic above). The sand was powdery fine, hardly anyone there. Here we were hot and sweaty hiking in this rugged stuff and all of a sudden palm trees and Makalawena beach!
Friday we did nothing but hit the pool.
Today we rented kayaks and kayaked out to Captain Cook Memorial to snorkel. The whole thing seemed like a shady operation at first, you paid people cash for a kayak and off you went no instruction, warning, or what to do's, but we did it and it was great. It did get a little choppy on the way back and Lars got a little motion sick. I am much more of an ocean girl than a river girl!
I can't say how much I love this time with my family. Having the business at home, Lars work and kids school and activities I crave time to spend with just them. I feel we get so wrapped up in day to day activities the time flies, it's in these 2 weeks a year we get to stop and enjoy each other, no stresses, no having to be anywhere, and no schedule!
So last few days we have been enjoying all the great things this island has to offer. Before we left our friend Chad gave us a book The Big Island Revealed ( a must), but even more valuable he wrote notes in it, so we have felt so at home on this island from the time we got off the plane and knew where Costco was...thanks Chad!
Lets see on the 31st we went to Hapuna again and yes saw Lance Armstrong again! This time I didn't bother with a picture ( I just took in the great view), but Luke got his flip out and got a little video of him when we drove back by him.
The 1st we drove on a rugged lava road ( that maybe was paved once), then parked when you couldn't go any further and hike about 20 minutes through lava and a'a fields to the most amazing beach I have ever seen (thats where we are in the pic above). The sand was powdery fine, hardly anyone there. Here we were hot and sweaty hiking in this rugged stuff and all of a sudden palm trees and Makalawena beach!
Friday we did nothing but hit the pool.
Today we rented kayaks and kayaked out to Captain Cook Memorial to snorkel. The whole thing seemed like a shady operation at first, you paid people cash for a kayak and off you went no instruction, warning, or what to do's, but we did it and it was great. It did get a little choppy on the way back and Lars got a little motion sick. I am much more of an ocean girl than a river girl!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Here's to 2009!
Good morning and Happy New Year! Wishing all our friends and family the best for 2009!
From the lanai this morning
From the lanai this morning
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