Aislin's Face

Day 1, 2, and 3.

These pictures don't do it justice at all. You could see the swelling and black eye from a mile away. It was encredible and jaw dropping. We stopped people in their tracks walking in the store.

She face planted into the corner of the coffee table. It swelled so fast and furious, I really thought we were going to the ER.

It's been 8 days now and there is still bruising, a bit of swelling, and there is some hard tissue under the scrape. I am a little concerned about the hard stuff because I don't want her to be disfigured or lopsided. My hope is that it will go down, dissolve, whatever.

We'll see.

My poor injured baby.

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First Day of School

Eliza started the 1st grade and Aislin started Kindergarten.

Eliza had to have Skechers because she saw them on a commercial.

What is this world coming to?

Oliver's First Birthday

Thanks Grandma Theresa for throwing a party for Oliver!

Catch up Posts Part 1

A beauty day at Waimanalo Bay to celebrate the wedding of Caleb and Chloe


Eliza was the flower girl. She was so grown up and did such a good job.



Even standing up there through the whole ceremony.




Aislin drumming. Music is in her soul. She can't help it.







Daddy and Oliver. Jeremie was an usher, but really a groomsman. He had the same clothes as the groomsman, walked the groom's mom down the aisle, and stood in the pics with all the groomsman. Yes, a rose by any other name is still a groomsman.

It was a beautiful day and a wonderful way to spend one of our last days in Hawaii.

Waterfalls

We drove all the way around Big Island in search of a waterfall we could swim in. Never found it. This is Waimea Falls back on our home island of Oahu. We have lived here a year and finally made it to Waimea Falls. The life guard swam out at one point to check on Jeremie and Oliver. That was a little embarrassing, but comforting at the same time.

Akaaka Falls. 400 ft drop. Big Island. No Swimming.

This was part of a botanical gardens tour....can't remember the name of the falls.
I'll get back to you on that.

Rainbow Falls. The signs said no swimming, but later we were told that locals swim here all the time. Drat.

Volcano

Hopped over to Big Island with Aunt Deanna. What an amazing trip!


Not sure how well you can see in this picture, but the Vog coming off the volcano was very red.



We went through a Lava tube. It was alot bigger and longer than we thought.

The entrance to the tube was in a gorgeous rain forest. Everything looked oversized, like we were in a cartoon or fairy tale.




Inside the tube.

Example of the ripples, as the lava slowly rolled and cooled.


Mass Devastation. Half of the island looks like this. Just massive destruction on a scale I have never seen before. We walked on lava flows from the 1800's to 2007.

The Plume. Very intimidating. It just felt crazy to be driving closer and closer. Who drives TOWARDS a volcano! Pure exilleration. We could have gone closer, but the gates didn't open until 5 pm and we had a LONG drive to make to the other side of the island. That just gives us a reason to go back!