06JAN15

We couln't let Christmas vacation go by without a McGrewe Zoo date!!!  These kids love the zoo and it was a BEAUTIFUL day for the zoo! 

 

The best part of the zoo trip was when they sat here just like this for at lease 15 minutes watching the ADORABLE fennec fox.  They are usually sleeping  but they were awak and playing and the kids LOVED them!  If they could have they would have taken at least one home!!

Sweet little thing!

03JAN15

December was a FUN month!!  We were busy and that is always a good thing while Trav is gone!  Here are some random December pictures!

 

 

 

They called this poolside yoga!

Taken from my driveway.  I love the rainbow state!!

Ryans snowman she made at school!

Does anyone else's kids HAVE to sit on the this everytime they go to Target?!

This sweet boy has become as obsessed with poke as his mom!  Smart boy!

My end of the year running stats.  655 miles and 10 races!  Goal this year is 12 races! :)  I did 3 5k's, 3 fun run 5k's, 1 8k, 1 10k, 1 8 miler (the great aloha run!) and one half marathon!  Good year!

02JAN15

My dad and Ruth wanted to hit up the PCC while they were here and the kids really enjoyed it when we went with Dave in Kerry so we decided to tag along for the day and then we left before the Luau part.  It was a fun afternoon!

 

 

 

Surfin Santa!

Canoe Ride (David yelled he was all done halfway through and the whole boat thought that was pretty funny!)

This sweet girl!

The girls specifically asked that we made sure to try the poi balls again.

They were invaded by tourists!HAHA!

The temple is right next to the PCC so it's kind of sad that I haven't taken them yet.  The kids really enjoyed walking around.

Loved the sun setting in the background.

01JAN15

The other hike we did with Grandpa and Nanny Ruth was on New Year's Day and this time the Holtgrewe's joined us at Monoa Falls!  The weather was perfect and we had quite the group!  It was a lot of fun and David ended up walking the majority of it himself!  It was SUPER crowded but we got their early enough that it wasn't too bad until we were on our way down!

 

Their are always chickens and roosters in this area and Nate had a stare down with one! HAHA!

Friends!

The whole group!

I did carry him for about the first quarter of the hike but he was not happy so I think he will be walking a lot more of the hikes now!

The treees!

These sweet girls love to pose together!

Buddies!

We're not normal...

She loves her Dave and he loves her!

The poses from Ryan and David... I have no words.

Lex found this cool feather or plant or something...

LOVE THIS!  He wanted Uncle NayNay to hold his hand not mama.  Then he had to get his own walking stick just like him!

Followed up with some Shave Ice and the bottom of course!

31DEC14

 

New Year's Eve Day my dad and Ruth had a Whale watching tour AND parasailing so they wanted an chill New Years and I'm all about chill New Year's so we had Nate and Cristine come over after dinner and we just hang out and played games.  My dad and Ruth didn't quite make it up till midnight (seriously my dad went to bed at 11:45! HAHA!  But the kids did of course!  We had some poppers and confetti fireworks plus a great view of some fireworks.  It was a fun easy night!  2015 is going to be great because Travis will be home this year!!!  Plus it's just going to be great because I say so! ;)

 

Fun group of kids right here!  (Oh David went down at 8.  No one wants to deal with a crabby toddler!)

This girl!! :)

Throwing their poppers.

This picture made me laugh.  The "clean up crew."

30DEC14

We did 2 hikes while my dad and Ruth were here.  Makapu'u is a great hike because it's more of an uphill walk on asphalt.  David does well plus I can take the stroller in case he needs a break (which he rarely does...) It's also beautiful ocean view through the entire thing!  I don't even know how many times I've done this one but it's beautiful and I enjoy it everytime!

 

 

David really did have a good time but he did NOT want to smile for the nice lady that offered to take the picture.

At the top!

The girls and the baby!

This is a random pic but David often asks for my phone and takes some random pictures.  I feel like it's like the view from where he sits.  And this time it looks like he's in jail...

29DEC14

Christmas time!!  Christmas Eve we had the Holtgrewe's over along with my dad and Ruth.  We had my traditional appetizers for dinner and then we just hung out and enjoyed the night.  Since we gave all the kids Christmas presents early it was adorable when they all broke out with homemade gifts for each other.  They love each other so much!!  We also got our Christmas Eve pajamas and the kiddos looked adorable!!!

 

Showing off their gifts!

Christmas Eve pajamas!

I got some new jammies too! ;) Love these 3!
 

Christmas Day was seriously PERFECT!!!  The kids woke up about 7.  We went downstairs and opened stockings.  Then I put the Breakfast casserole into the oven that I had made the night before and we unwrapped all of our presents.  After that we seriously did NOTHING!  We stayed in pajamas, went outside and played for a little bit, took naps, watched movies, ate leftovers, and played games. Obviously the ONLY thing that could have made it a better day was if Travis was home...  I love Christmas!  Here are a few shots.  I didn't take a whole lot of pics but to those who got us gifts THANK YOU!

This cutie with his stocking stuff.

Ryan got a new, to her, kindle!

Grandpa helping David with his new tool table.  ADORABLE!

Love this picture but I didn't take it David loves my camera!

My dad and Ruth got me this tree ornament gnome!  LOVE!!!

Grandma Kerry made Lex these awesome letters cut out of books!  They say I love to Read!  She loved them! (After she got over the fact that she couldn't read them because they were cut! HAHA!  My little bookworm!)

Ryan set up her gifts including her shirt in the piano. So cute!

Happy girl.

He really got it this Christmas and unwrapped all his gifts and got impatient waiting for everyone else's turn! :)

Playing with Tuckers present!

At the end of the night coloring in their new coloring books!!