Father/Son Camp Out and a Hen Party

Here are the men folk in the district at the service project following the camp out.

Alexander and Logan at the camp out.



The ladies just waiting for the men to come home.

Look at all these adorable little girls. No more being sad they got left behind. I am going to plan a party every time. It was a blast

The moms playing a quick game of split second

Joanna celebrates her lead.

The girls Karaoke.

Kathryn and Nicole Join the girls.

Miranda and Charlotte play tap tap

ooooops! I did help them after I took a picture.
This was a fun filled night full of Music and food. I was a little worried the MP's might show up we were being so loud.

Logan turns 10

Logan turned ten in May and is super excited to be a I.D. carrier.

This birthday puts him in the double digits and is one more giant step in his life long quest to be a man.

Branch Variety Show

So just to recap the 3rd week in April almost killed me. Let's start with saying. Harold was gone. He was trapped in Alaska with mechanical,and weather problems. Miranda because we didn't get a dress before Hawaii, had 4 days to get a prom dress, and since are choices to buy included slutty and sluttier, whatever we bought would need to be altered.(those sleeves were not there)
Caleb had a birthday and an eagle project that was totally stressing us both out. Plus as activities leader I was in charge of a ward variety show that just happened to end up on the same day as the eagle project.
Anyone who knows me can understand how crazy this was for me. I don't handle stress well and I do even worse when Harold is not here(he mellows me out). I lost 7 pounds that week but I survived and all in all things turned out pretty well I think.

-side note- I want to publicly thank any past, and future activities leaders who have ever,or will ever entertain me and my family thank you truly.

Here are some picture of our branches variety show.


we don't have a stage so we did this picnic style.

The Branch presidency skit about Sam I Am

Lehi, Nephi,Sam & Lamen and Lemuel
"That Sam I am, That Sam I am. I do not like that Sam I am." It was really cute.


The singles K pop dance. I love the singles.

The Young Mens There was titled "the best skit ever". It was a crowd pleaser.

Young women do a synchronized swim.

Me on my trumpet. Scary.
There were a bunch of other great acts. It was a good night. Especially when it was finally over.

Up with the Birds

For Calebs Eagle Project he counted Birds. Every year this needs to be done on Yongson Post and this year they were looking for someone to take it on. Caleb scoutmaster asked around and Caleb accepted the challenge. We are not really bird people but this was a great experience.


Volunteers had to be up with the birds and an amazing amount of them showed up at 5:30 a.m. to help look for birds. This was no small sacrifice for a Saturday and we were truly grateful. Everyone was given a tally sheet,binoculars, a spot on the map and some pictures of birds common in the area. It was actually kind of fun.
It was a lot of work. In a world where the bar seems to be set a little low for our boys, scouts can truly help make a difference.

Caleb turns 14 and Miranda goes to Prom

Caleb turns 14. And is now as tall as me.



Miranda goes to Prom with one of her best friends Sam.


What is prom with out cosmic Bowling.

Hawaii

So for spring break we went to Hawaii. Harold had to travel to the states anyway to pick up an airplane. There is some pilot rule that says for every time zone you cross you need a certain amount rest time. So long story short he would have to just sit in the states for 5 days before he could fly back home. So instead of him just sitting alone we all went to Hawaii to sit with him. It was a blast. Juliana even met us there. It was so much fun. I can see why people go back to Hawaii over and over again.


The boys swimming in the ocean.


Logan building a sand castle

Ana on the beach

Miranda on the beach.

We love this place.


Caleb just chillin'

Building a sand castle.

Emma

Everyone told us we needed to drive the north shore and get some shaved ice. We looked up witch place to go and drove til we saw the line. Here we are waiting in line.



Logan with his shaved Ice.

The Dole Pineapple Plantation


I love this quote.


This is how pineapples are grow. Look at the baby one.

Pointing to home.

The Polynesian Cultural Center

Hottie in the tree. Miranda made me take this picture. She said she was in love.


Trying to start fire before the other guy.

He totally won. It was awesome. I Love that man of mine.

Harold with the Samoan fire dancer. I love how he is on his tippy toes.

Snorkeling

We went snorkeling. It was our favorite thing on the whole trip. I really want to do it again.


Harold snorkeling.

The boys after snorkeling.


Me and the girls after snorkeling

The end

Juliana took my camera and I found this little surprise picture when I go home. I Love it. Looks like that speedo is comfy. I do have to say I saw a lot of over baked people there.