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Well, Heather got all excited (as she should) and put the gingham border around 2 squares to see what they would look like. Isn't it cute? I'm so excited for her.

March 2010 - What's New with Us!

Well, Neal and my sister say we need to start putting more posts on here since it's been a few months - it might end up being once a month. (I think the novelty of blogs wore off). So here goes...

What's going on with us? Hmmm -
N is loving preschool, L is enjoying school and reading.
O is walking around furniture and happy as can be.
I've loved staying at home since August - About January it hit me though that I needed an outlet - and in a major way - still trying to figure out what that is. I try to go to the library at least once a week. Heather and I try to get together a couple times a month.
I volunteered once a month to teach an art class in L's class. It was weird to go from teacher to parent where I taught.

I've done quilting in the past and thought about trying that again. I finished a table runner my mom started and now I'm helping my sister do a YW quilt for her daughter (in May).
We finished all the 9-patch squares on Monday. Heather had already done the white, gold and red ones. She finished the light blue and yellow. I did the green, orange, and purple. Since the blocks end up doubling or having a reverse - she is saving those for her younger daughter in a couple of years. It was fun. I have a hand full of unfinished projects and trying to figure out which ones I want to do and when.


Neal is still the financial clerk at church and I'm the Advancement Chair for Cub Scouts - it's been a nice introduction to scouting. I get to go to the Scout Shop and buy all the badges and pins, etc. for the boys.
I know about Girl Scouts but NOTHING about Boy Scouts - I mean Cub Scouts - yes I have been corrected by others. :) I didn't realize they were different groups. The things you learn. I can't wait for L to go into it.
I'm still the webmaster for the school's website - I wish it were busier though. :)

THE END

Well, the trip came to an end on Friday. We took a flight to Kauai Friday morning. Since the one and only flight out is at night we spent the day driving around. Last time we were here we hurriedly looked at Waimea Canyon. So this time we were able to spend a little more time to see the beautiful sights.
The canyon was foggy and overcast but you could still see some beautiful sights, water and colors.
We got on the plane that night and flew until we landed the next morning at 10:00 am. It was a great time, but are sure happy to be home.
Thank you so much to all the family that helped us out.

Thursday

Today was nice to sleep in til almost 8 am. We decided to go for a walk along the beach and as we were this lady very excitedly asked if we snorkeled. She was heading out with her camera because of how wonderful it was and how many fish she saw just by our resort. We decided to try it out and get our snorkel stuff too. We saw so many more fish. They say the further out you go the more you can see but I didn't have a noodle to hold onto and got a little too nervous for that. It was very cool though.
Afterward a swim in the pool and hot tub. I went and stood in the ocean a little reminiscing about when I was a kid and dad and mom would take us to Myrtle Beach each summer. I loved remembering playing in the waves, pool and sand. Great memories! Can't wait someday to take ours and do the same.
Now off to shop! Hope everyone is doing well.

Wednesday

Today we went snorkeling at Molokini Crater and Turtle Town. Unfortunately my camera wasn't working so I have no pictures. The underwater camera was fine and we took pictures of fish and turtles and are excited to get them developed.
Molokini is a half moon shaped island. We got up at 5:30 and met at the harbor at 6:15 and gone by 7:00. This picture I just got off the internet. We were the only large boat out there, only 2 other little dive boats were to the side of us. It was beautiful calm water and sunny. We saw the reef and fish.
Next we went to a place they call Turtle Town or Turtle Arches for the sea turtles seen there. The water was rougher and you had to swim out further. I only made it 1/2 way and got too tired. I decided to turn back and hang out on the boat. Neal said he saw a turtle or two and that the water was definitely harder to swim in this time. I'm so glad that I turned back. We had a nice BBQ lunch - burgers and chicken and hot dogs. At noon we headed back and ended up seeing a bunch of sea turtles swimming in front of us - it was so cool. They were so big. So we took pics with the underwater camera. Can't wait to see how it turned out. Next we drove south to Kihei to see what was down there since that was the only coastline we hadn't seen yet. We found the other Worldmark while there and it was just like we anticipated. Thank goodness.
I was so tired after all this that we headed to the room so I could nap, again. I feel like I sleep a lot, but the sun and activities is just so draining on me. Neal went swimming or something while I rested and then we went to dinner. Good day.

Tuesday

Today we woke up to go on the famous "Drive to Hana," a city on the east side of Maui. We left at 8 am and got breakfast at Charley's in Pai'a. Check out this blueberry pancake. (yes it had blueberries inside too and no he didn't finish it.) I had biscuits and gravy.
We headed out and saw some wonderful sights. I love seeing the beach and water. I was surprised though about how much of the drive was in the greenery. I was expecting to be on the edge of the water - we weren't. There were though, a lot of pull outs. There are just too many pics to put on so I will choose a couple.




At the end we had lunch at Maui Ranch Restaurant. After lunch we saw things falling out of the palm trees and realized that they were actually trimming the trees. Who would have thought. I'm just glad we moved our car. The stuff falling was really heavy and they didn't seem to care. The first video is a guy climbing up and stopped 1/2 way to fix his belt and just sat there so I moved onto the other guy chopping with his machete. That is the 2nd clip.