First Grade Awards Program

Today we went to Cooper's first grade awards program at Lewis Vincent Elementary.

Walking in and excited to see Mommy, Daddy, Kyleigh, PawPaw and Nana...

Waiting his turn...

Getting his awards...

With his teacher Mrs. Miller...

Mrs. Miller's class...

His excited, slightly embarassed, I know everyone is looking at me face...

Crying because brother was leaving...

Charlie and Cooper...

Brother and sister...

SO proud of you Cooper, great job in first grade, we love you!!!

Spilled snowball

The boys went to practice baseball at the park. Kyleigh and I decided to enjoy a snowball outside in the courtyard tonight. Well, she spilled it all over her and her chair. Instead of going straight to the bathtub to clean her up, I decided to turn on the sprinklers and let her have some fun! Sticky snoball gone and one happy girl and mom!

Love her face...

Our Hula Girl and Ukulele Boy

Enjoying the gifts we brought them from Hawaii...

Goodbye Paradise!

On our way to the airport...

Missing my babies!

Paradise is beautiful but not as much as these 2 smiles! Missing you bunches C&K! Ready for some hugs and kisses!

 

Hawaii: Day 6

We started out our day with another adventure: Ziplining! Neither of us have been ziplining before so we did not know what to expect but were very excited. 

Ready to go...

Entering the private property where the ziplines were. This property has been used to shoot several movies...

Gear on, are we ready for this?..

Here I go... 

And I am off...

There goes Ben...

Kamapuaa Falls...

Us at the Falls...

Top of our second zip line...

Ben was awesome at trusting the line...

Never held on with his hands...

 

Even went upside down... 

On the bridge...

Spider that was on Ben's helmet, yikes!...

Could never trust the rope, had to use my hands to hold on...

 

Creek we ziplined over...

After ziplining, we headed back to Old Koloa Town to do some shopping. Ben and I shopped and ate here several times. Wonderful little "local" place with unique shops.

Hawaii: Day 5

We spent the morning by the pool then headed to the southwest part of the island for a sunset dinner cruise to the Na Pali coast. The cruise was not exactly what we had in mind. When we checked in, they asked us if we brought towels, a change of clothes and had something for motion sickness. Really? Turns out that the seas were very rough that day. Let's just say it was more of an adventure than a cruise.

Cruising with his cigar...

Beautiful landscape on the way to the harbor...

Aboard the catamaran for our cruise...

Leaving the harbor...

Came upon a school of dolphins...

The seas didn't stay this calm...

After 2 hours of "sailing", we were both soaking wet. I spent most of that time standing up, holding onto a pole and watching the horizon praying that I didn't get sick. Ben spent most of the time coaching and worrying about me :)

Finally made it to the Na Pali coast and although I was exhausted, I have to say it was breathtaking....

Naval ship getting ready for an exercise, with the Forbidden Island in the background...

Sunset on the water...