Back on It

Sorry about the LONG delay in keeping up with us....unlike the Kardashians, who can afford to hire people to keep you up to date on their lives, I'm working on my own here. :-)

Here comes the onslaught of photos and tidbits to catch you up.  I was going to divide it into several posts, but I'm all about taking the easy way out....when it comes to blogging, anyway.

Starting with last Friday night (the 20th, not 27th....yes that far back!)...with our summer coming to a close we decided to make the most of the remainder of our time.  We headed out to dinner, just the five of us to Cattle Company Steakhouse in Pearl City, very uncharacteristic of our seldom eating red meat family.  And we indulged!  Bread, drinks, pupus, steak, POTATOES (garlic mashed, fries, loaded baked, sweet, you name it), dessert.  It was on.

 Saturday morning, the boys had a kool-aid stand in our neighborhood, as our community was having several garage sales.  Sales were slow at first and Eric and I had to approach a few people and offer them money to buy from the stand. Haha.

 A little later that morning, we decided it was time for Baby Jonah's first real hair cut.  I have cut his hair previously, as he had several randoms that were crazy, but had waited on the first big boy haircut.  The back curled a bit, but the front is so straight, thin, and stringy.  Just like my hair.  Poor guy.  So big boy cut it is!

He did very good with the clippers, and sat patiently through the entire cut.

 And now he is even more handsome, if that is possible!

Later that afternoon, our visitors arrived and we were stoked!  From then on, our week was JAM PACKED with fun! And lots of cousin love!

Sunday morning the boys had their final basketball games for the summer season.

 And yes, they were showered with medals, and trophies, and goodies galore!

 I missed out on a shot of Caleb's team, but grabbed a few of Noah's...

 And with Eric being a coach, we even got some professional buddy photos and a team magnet as a bonus!

After the games, we headed to Kalama beach park in Kailua where I failed to take photos.  Cameras and phones and sand and water just don't mix.  I'm prone to slack on the ocean photos lately.  Dinner at the Shack Sunday night rounded out our weekend.

Monday it was off to Diamond Head for a hike and a picnic, then Waikiki for more swimming!

Tuesday we laid low while our visitors headed back to the beach.  The boys had their first cavities filled at the dentist that day and were so brave!  The dentist was very impressed, even referring to Caleb as "the perfect patient."  We headed out to Blue Water Grill for dinner...so good, and obviously so fun!

Love this picture below.  She just could not get enough of "the baby!"

 We were even treated to a post dinner show and parade!

Wednesday morning Eric and I took Caleb to school for a family orientation.  He is the ginormous kindergartner!  He is going to LOVE school.  On this day, he was always first to get in line and follow the teacher, so obedient to her every command.  Very unlike his behavior when I ask him to do something. ;-)

We later headed to Hanauma Bay for some gorgeous weather and amazing snorkeling.  Caleb and Eric even saw a green sea turtle while snorkeling here that day.

Afterwards, we headed home for some afternoon naps in preparation for our big luau that night!

To be continued.....