Halloween fun

 

Pinewood derby

 

One year

September 5th marked one year since cael started his missionary service. He seems to be doing really good in Cambodia- having lots of adventures, struggles, and figuring out what it means to love and serve 

Brecon worked really hard and passed his road test to earn his drivers license. It is so nice that he is able to drive himself to early morning seminary and home from school! I know I am glad I don’t have to be his mom- Uber 

It sure is nice to see so many rainbows — even when it rains when we want to play pickle ball.

Connor got a new haircut to commemorate Caels 1 year missionary mark. Some people could not even recognize him! He does look different— in a good way!

Brecon Gabe and Noah at the ward Labor Day lunch party 

We even had a dunk tank and Brielle didn’t mind jumping in the water with her clothes on! I think everyone had a great time!

Working on the pinewood derby cars - the big races are next Saturday . I hope everyone has fun!

We are sure proud of Elder Platt- he has really grown a lot since he’s been away— we sure miss him but we know he is doing well and working hard at being a good missionary- also doing silly things that make us laugh- he marches to the beat of his own drum 😂😂

Mermaid cave

We had such a fun day at the beach. The kids did not have school and so we made plans to go to one of our favorite places and show some friends the mermaid cave. We got there about 9 o’clock in the morning and some more friends came after we went and explored the tide pools and jumping off into the ocean we just went and played at the beach. Most of the friends left around lunchtime. They had other things to do but we decided to just stay until we ran out of snacks or water Which ended up being until 5 o’clock! A full beach day!

Some of our new friends are hosting  high school exchange students from Germany and Spain, and they seemed to have a fun time soaking in the Hawaiian son and enjoying the Ocean as well. A few games of Uno and scum… we finally convinced them to come under the shade after Brecons shoulders started looking bright red. He needs to remember his heritage— does not do well in sunshine 😂

Cannon started to have fun, jumping off and doing some cool twists off of the ledge

Brielle and Connor are not afraid to go through the cave. Sometimes he bumped into the coral rocks and come out with some scrapes on your knees and they did pretty good

When Cannon was little, he used to call these hot tubs. They’re just fun to get in and the tide is low.

Such a pretty spot so glad that we got out and enjoyed some sunshine today!

 

First Day of school

Summer just flew by and before you know it the kids are heading off to school. Brecon at Leilehua High School for 10th grade Connor eighth grade a Wheeler middle school Brielle six grade at Wheeler middle school and Cannon third grade at Daniel K Inouye elementary.

I am sure it is going to be a great year of learning for these kids. We are excited for them all.

 

 

Last week of SUMMER

Monday 

School supply shopping 

Bowling for lunch 

6:00 evening Soccer with family/friends 

Tuesday

Leave at 8:00 am

Paddle board Mokulii island

6:00-7:00 pickle ball 

Wednesday 

6:00 am leave for Koko crater stairs bring flashlight for the “cave”

Shave ice at Ululani’s— so good!!

11:00 Dave and Busters 

2:50 Connor Ortho

6:00 Game night with friends 

Thursday 

8-11 Connor at wheeler

6:00-7:00 Pickle ball 

Friday

8-1 meet and greet teacher middle school Connor Brielle 

1-2 meet and greet teacher Cannon 

7:00- Game night at our house with the Wynns and Maygren’s 

Saturday 

Early Waimea Bay for gabe birthday 

 It was a super fun last week of summer. I think the kids felt like we played hard enough and so they were ready to go back to school by the end of the week with all the beach time and hikes and fun we felt like we had a really made our time count, and part of that was actually planning what we were going to do :) weird that actually works 😂😂

High adventure

 

The first week in June, the young men from Wahiawa 1st Ward went on a hike to Haleakala national Park on Maui, Ben, Brecon, and Connor went. The top of Haleakala is almost 10,000 feet. They started at the top and hiked down into the crater. The first night they camped on the west side of the crater and had to deal with sleeping in the clouds. They started the hike above the clouds and hiked down into them.  The second night they hiked to the east side of the crater. And then the third day they hiked out of the crater and down to the ocean where they slept on the lawn of a local church. The boys all had a great time and no one got seriously hurt.