goodbyes

Our last Sunday at church was so lovely. The tradition is for the congregation to sing "Aloha Oe" to the families that leave. Then close friends bring up leis for the family. It is so sweet. The kids were really excited about the candy leis especially. We really had a great ward family in Ewa Beach and we miss them all so much.

We had to get a family picture with most of the leis (the kids had already eaten quite a few). I love this adventurous family of mine.

goodbye friends

We took a break from packing to play with the Dance family at the pool one last time. We love them so much. 

critters

While packing we found lots of critters.  Thankfully we had Matix to save the rest of us. A couple lizards IN the house, and a LARGE toad hiding in the backyard (then he hopped into the back shed). Yikes!

Hawk

Hawk has such a unique personality. There is just no one like him. When given the chance to eat anything he wanted at Costco for lunch. ALL of the kids picked hot dogs, except him. He chose a caesar salad, because, you know, "it's probably the healthiest choice" and "healthy foods give us the most energy". An easy choice for this 7 year old. 

cute

These selfies make me so happy. Look at those curls! So cute.

telescope

Our friend gave us a telescope and it's awesome! It's quite bulky and gets in the way a lot, but so cool.  We brought it out to look at the moon one night and this is a picture of the moon through the telescope using my iPhone. Pretty cool, huh?!

art wall

Packing was challenging with 4 tiny helpers, but we got it all done. Paul worked right up until the day  before we moved, so although he did a bulk of the work loading and unloading the truck, he wasn't there to pack. When I took down the art wall, the kids were only okay with it if I took pictures of their favorites first. So here it is, the art wall, the favorites, and the cute kiddies.

friend party

Lullaby's bestie, (well, one of them, Holland) turned 6 just before we moved. I was so happy that she got to go to the party and say some more goodbyes. Happy birthday Holland, Lullaby loved your princess party!

Lullaby got to wear makeup, and have fancy hair for the party. She was so excited.

4th of July

We got the kids some poppers and they ran around in the cul-de-sac that day and every day afterward until they were gone. Of course, we had a friend join in too. So fun.

We bought some donuts on the side of the road, yes please!

We went to Ewa Beach Park and hung out with some friends. We played in the waves and on the little playset and had fun while we waited for it to get dark.

Some very friendly people on the beach shared their sparklers with the kids. Like several each! It was very nice and the kids loved it.

We watched the fireworks show over the water in Honolulu. It was very far away, but no loud booms, which was nice.  As soon as that show ended, the same people with all the sparklers put on a big show for us right on our beach. It was really fun, and not too scary for the little kids. Happy 4th of July!