tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300411042024-03-07T18:55:01.768-06:00Raye Family UpdatesLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.comBlogger375125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-35256531914689957042013-08-25T13:34:00.001-05:002013-08-25T13:34:05.811-05:00Our StellAs promised...Stella's first day of "school". She loves it when we set up the bed into the couch and tables and then get out her "learning tools". <br />
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She was all set to go with her abacus and tea:) We actually have a lot of fun and spend a couple hours each day learning new material and review previous material. It's fun to watch her grasp math concepts, learn phonics, and creatively draw. <br />
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There was a rainbow around the full moon the other night. <br />
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Stella in her Red Hot Cowgirl boots and cute outfit. She loves to play by herself. Reeve took these pics of her when he saw her having fun riding the Solarayetor.<br />
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She loves to be goofy!<br />
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She was so excited when I surprised her with a trip to one of her favorite beaches, Onekahakaha.<br />
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There was hardly anyone there on this Thursday afternoon! <br />
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Afterward we dropped Kyle off at Tae Kwon Do and walked up to the skateboard park to play at the playground and watch Reeve catch some air.<br />
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She's a no slippah kine of wahine :) (Translation: The girl does not like shoes) <br />
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Reeve in green helmet and green shirt.<br />
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The picture does not capture the beauty here. We are at the highest point in Pahoa town...looking toward the east and the Akebono Theatre. Our home is just a mile down the road. Kyle's Tae Kwon Do Class is in the white building. <br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-63842049652622012352013-08-05T13:30:00.002-05:002013-08-05T13:30:55.475-05:00Skatepark & 1st Day of SchoolView from our downstairs office... a lovely morning rainbow. We are lucky :)<br />
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Ahhhh the days of summer, where the boys spent nearly 3 days a week at the skatepark that is 1mile from our house. The other days of the week they were recovering...mostly from the sun exposure :) <br />
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Above...Kyle is ready with his white helmet and knee pads. Very proud of him because it looks like he is the only one with a helmet on this day! Below, Reeve...he's got the knee pads, but no helmet. <br />
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Kyle re-adjusting after coming up the hill. <br />
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Our pineapple garden :) So far I've turned this rock wall into a huge pineapple garden with no less than 17 pineapples planted...now to wait 2 years for the fruit :)<br />
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One day after going to Maku'u Farmer's Market, Tommy brought home 3 banana plants. They need mulch and fertilizer, but they are doing well.<br />
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Okay, can you tell I am proud of those pineapples? <br />
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Today is the First Day of School!!!!! Yippee!!!!! Kyle woke up at 4am (so excited!) They were bouncing off the walls at 6am when they wanted to walk to school. I told them they had to wait until 6:50am before they could leave (school starts at 8am and is a short mile walk). <br />
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Sorry about the sideways picture...when I find time I will change it :)<br />
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I wanted to take a pic of the boys walking to school, but I missed it. They left at 6:45am while I was in the middle of my Shiva Rea Yoga DVD. However, Kyle came running back to get his skateboard.<br />
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Bye Kyle, Have a Great Day in 7th Grade!!! <br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-61250248229491543522013-07-01T15:17:00.002-05:002013-07-01T15:28:11.628-05:00A GlimpseStella loving her new fancy dresses. This one she wears everyday!<br />
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Stella helping to paint the wheel covers for the Solarayetor (the solar generator that Tom built with help from a welding friend).<br />
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Reeve decided that he wanted his head shaved by me.<br />
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Tommy & Stella in front of our house.<br />
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Me giving "off-grid" laundry demonstrations at the Maku'u Farmers Market.<br />
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Stella likes to help with the wringer.<br />
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Stella (age 4) riding a two-wheeled bike with no worries. Thanks to her grandparents who gave her a no-pedal bike at age 2! She learned to balance and be comfortable on the bike to ride a real bike with a couple hours of coaching from Reeve. Reeve has now helped 3 girls learn how to ride a bike :)<br />
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The Solarayetor at a free concert in Poho'iki to kick off the summer!<br />
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Tommy operating the shave ice maker...why are we always so drawn to the good ole fashioned hand machines?<br />
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Kyle has been dedicated to taking <a href="http://www.malamamartialarts.com/" target="_blank">Taekwondo classes </a>3 days a week from 3:15-5:15pm! There are about 10-15 kids in his class and six of them "tested" for their uniforms. <br />
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Kyle tested and passed. His teacher, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002290/" target="_blank">Master Loren Avedon</a>, presenting Kyle with his new uniform.<br />
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So far our summer has been awesome. I started to do yoga twice a day. I find it much easier to practice daily when I do it twice a day. I'm not so sore when I practice morning yoga if I have a good stretch at night before supper. Reeve has been very helpful around the house and with Stella. Both boys have been sweeping, cleaning the bathrooms, and doing dishes on a regular basis, which gives me time to focus on bookeeping for our business and squeeze in some gardening and "me" time. Tom has been steadily working for our business and has been able to take days off to build shelves and work at home. <br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-8220854267911954412013-05-29T16:33:00.001-05:002013-05-29T16:33:19.630-05:00Rainy HolidayLiving on this island it can be easy to think..."oh it's only raining here, but if we go out I bet we can find some sun." Well we tried that on Monday and we were not as successful as we had hoped :) <br />
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It's easy for us to get caught up in the everyday and not remember to set aside time for family adventures and exploring. Since we've moved here we have yet to take the kids to see the beautiful waterfalls. It was raining at our place, so we thought it would be a good day to see the falls really flowing. It was a crazy downpour! The blue blob above is Tom checking out to see how far the hike to the falls was and if it was going to clear up. The kids and I stayed in the car. <br />
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We stayed long enough to roll down the window and take two pictures. The falls were raging, but no one wanted to go on a rainy, slippery hike to get a closer look. <br />
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Below...Tom has been making a couch and tables for Kyle's room that will convert to a full size bed. It is the same pattern that he used to make our queen size bed...the most comfortable bed that I have ever slept on!<br />
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Hopefully the sun will stay out long enough for the clear finish to dry.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-1152510362313939552013-05-20T23:48:00.000-05:002013-05-20T23:48:13.704-05:00Getting in the Groove AgainYes, it's been a long time between posts. Since moving to Hawaii we have had extremely limited internet capabilities. Now we have new service and it is unlimited and about 10 times faster. No longer do I have to wait 10 hours to upload pictures :)<br />
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Early in April I made Stella a crown for her then upcoming 4th birthday.<br />
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She loves to wear crowns and dresses, but she also loves to skateboard and ride her pedal-free bike.<br />
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Well we mis-placed her flower crown for her birthday. She requested that I make another crown for her and her friend. She wanted rainbows and dolphins on it this time. <br />
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Kyle's Hula class and all the Hula classes at his school put on a Ho'olau'lea. Kyle was in the Royal Court as a Pu Blower.<br />
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For Mother's Day, Stella and I went into the woods and picked anthuriums.<br />
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Fast forward to today. I love doing laundry first thing in the morning. My wringer fits perfectly on this concrete wash sink. I wash the clothes in a big purple bucket in our large walk-in shower. It's easier to dump the bucket in there, and then I bring the clothes over to the wringer.<br />
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Well this morning as I was hanging them on the line there was all this steam rising from them. I had never seen anything like it before. I couldn't really capture it in the photo. <br />
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A good friend gave us some palm trees and I have now planted two of them in the front yard. <br />
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A peek into our forest...home to many, many anthuriums.<br />
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And avocados...can you spot them all in the photo below? Yum!!<br />
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Part of the jungle...<br />
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Looking up into the mango trees...I sure hope they can produce some mangoes!<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-25726754353642703942013-03-14T17:13:00.001-05:002013-03-14T17:16:44.887-05:00New Couch & Tables & FutonWe were really missing having a couch. We have been pricing futons and futon couches...ouch very expensive! About a grand just to have some comfort, so I went to the library. I found this book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Furniture-Indoors-Outdoors/dp/0385241496/ref=pd_sim_b_6" target="_blank"><i>How To Make 2x4 Furniture for Indoors" </i></a>It had an awesome (IMHO) design for a couch with two tables that could convert to a queen size bed. It even had directions for making your own futon! <br />
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I *cheated* and did not attempt to sew the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VS4GU2/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">futon cover</a>. The price of the wood was just under $170 and the price of the denim futon cover was $65. For the futon, I bought a huge roll (108" x 25yds) of 100% wool quilt batting from <a href="http://www.heartbeatquilting.com/hobbs-batting.html" target="_blank">Heartbeat Quilting in Washington</a>. I used 10 layers that I cut to queen size dimensions (60" x 80") and I estimate the price to be $153 plus enough left over wool to make some very comfy pillows. The whole set was less than $400! Once the layers were cut I tied them together using my doll making needle and some sturdy string. I just tied it off in a quilt tying fashion. Then I sprinkled some lavender essential oil here and there over the wool before I zipped it up in the futon cover. <br />
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Not only is it economical, it is also the comfiest bed I have ever slept on! We did need to place a small foam pad on the bottom. I'm sure I will miss the hammock, but right now I'm loving having a **real** bed again AND a comfy couch.<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-90362393299656950002013-02-23T12:24:00.002-06:002013-02-23T12:24:28.774-06:00Crafts and FloodsIt's been awhile, but here goes :)<br />
I hand sewed this purse design last year. This year I actually got out my iron and sewing machine. The main fabric was left over from the skirt I made when my folks visited over the summer. I love it, it's a soft green denim.<br />
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It has two small pockets inside <br />
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It pretty much has been raining non-stop since Valentine's day. Pouring rain. Our bananas are in the middle of their own lake.<br />
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We don't let the rain stop our projects. I found this design for a couch and two tables that converts to a queen size futon bed. Total cost for the lumber (at Hawaii prices) was $167.50...not bad for a queen size bed! I'm also making a wool futon. I have the denim futon cover, but I'm waiting on the wool batting...they shipped it parcel post which can take 5-6 weeks to get here :( <br />
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More pics from our epic flood...still looks like this now, and the rain is still coming down. <br />
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Our ducks actually get to be **real** ducks and swim in a puddle-like lake.<br />
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The duck in the center is new to the flock...a gift from a neighbor. She's a different kind of duck and she makes a lot of noise...very talkative. Her name is Mrs. Dash. The neighbor was afraid she would come back to his place, but she really loves it here. <br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-83270318192463984692012-12-21T11:54:00.000-06:002012-12-21T11:54:07.846-06:00O'ahu TripWe took a vacation to O'ahu. The last plane Stella was on was in 2011 when we moved here and she cried the whole flight.<br />
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She was much happier this flight!<br />
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We stayed at a condo in Waikiki area that I stayed at with my family when I was around Reeve's age.<br />
The lobby...<br />
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Waikiki beach...Reeve in the water.<br />
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Reeve and Stella in the water...<br />
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Surf movies are always a family favorite and we just saw Chasing Mavericks. Stella had fun paddle, paddle, paddling to catch the mild waves.<br />
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The kids and I had fun walking around Waikiki...Diamond Head is in the background.<br />
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We took a trip to the North Shore...Ehukai Beach Park, aka Banzai Pipeline. Stella is running away from the huge surf. The boys are getting a closer look.<br />
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It was a windy day.<br />
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We saw at least two rainbows each day in Honolulu. It was very windy there and always a nice passing rain shower. This is the view from our condo. They were painting, and that's what those wires are about. <br />
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A Wyland Mural...on our way to the airport. <br />
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We went over Friday after school and got a room at the Kona Reef. <br />
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The kids loved the pool.<br />
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After check-out the kids and I hoped the brick wall to the beach to wait for Tom. <br />
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Then we headed to Magic Sands Beach...at Reeve and Kyle's request. Stella playing in the sand.<br />
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Cute guy sitting on the rocks at the beach :)<br />
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The boys are in this picture (below) somewhere...Kyle is wearing a blue rash guard shirt and Reeve is wearing a tri-color (black, red, and white) rash guard shirt. <br />
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Kyle had fun boogie boarding and body surfing. <br />
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Reeve is heading out. It looks calm in these pics, but some of the waves were huge!<br />
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Kyle...getting out of the way.<br />
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Reeve catching a way into shore.<br />
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Me and Stella :) I had so much fun just watching her and then Tom watched her while I went swimming in the warm, crystal clear ocean.<br />
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Tommy talking solar story<br />
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We've converted two used electric golf cars into solar powered golf cars.<br />
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I get an extra resistance work-out when Stella helps me do the laundry.<br />
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Stella is the only one who dares to pick up a duck.<br />
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She is holding Meg.<br />
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I bought some Hawaiian themed fabric for the golf car seats.<br />
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Tommy and Reeve building a battery box to house 4 renewable energy L-16 batteries.<br />
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One of our pineapple patches.<br />
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Meyer lemon tree<br />
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Papaya tree<br />
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Two papaya trees<br />
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Grapefruit tree <br />
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Soapberry tree. This tree will someday produce soap "nuts" or berries that we can dry and use for laundry soap, dishwashing soap, and shampoo. <br />
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Going in a counter clockwise circle starting with the soapberry tree in front, then two edible hibiscus (aka Bele plant) along the log, a Mamaki tree (related to stinging nettle), and a soapberry tree behind it and another one off to the side. <br />
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Reeve taking care of the bananas. He weeded and mulched them. <br />
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Two edible hibiscus plants...the leaves are great in salad and taste like spinach. Very nutritious. In the center is a lilikoi (passion fruit) vine.<br />
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Up close of the edible hibiscus.<br />
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New pineapple plant and papaya patch. <br />
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New used truck and topper for the business :)<br />
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Reeve has a job :) He takes the golf car 4 miles to do yard work for our good friends.<br />
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Our one surviving duckling...Star! Stella named him :)<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-7225646004869822332012-11-29T10:35:00.000-06:002012-11-29T10:35:02.877-06:00Hammock FunAloha, I have not forgotten about this place :) I'll be posting again and updating from August...geesh! Where does the time go?<br />
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To save space in our little cabin we all sleep in comfy hammocks. The boys got in our big hammock with Stella one morning. <br />
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Above...Stella hiding under the blanket...below, pic-a-boo! There she is!<br />
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I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Hilo Marine Mammal Response Network (HMMR). This is a monk seal. Most of the monk seals they identify by their tag number, but Lighthouse Mom is special. She is the monk seal that formed the HMMR. She is the Big Island's birthing Mom and she has been birthing one pup a year for about the last decade.<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-15195534006899906072012-08-05T12:43:00.002-05:002012-08-05T12:43:26.522-05:00Kilauea Iki TrailLast Saturday we went up to Volcanoes National Park with some friends and we hiked the 4.3mile <b><a href="http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/hike_day_kilaueaiki.htm" target="_blank">Kilauea Iki Trail</a></b>. Stella did surprisingly well on this moderate to difficult trail. We had a lot of fun, made plenty of stops, had lunch on top of the 1959 lava lake, and marveled at the power of <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele_%28deity%29" target="_blank">Pele</a></b>.<br />
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See the faint white trail in the picture below? That's the trail we hiked down to and walked on...what you see below was a bubbling lava lake in 1959. There are still plenty of steam vents to remind us what lies below.<br />
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The little white dots on the trail below are people.<br />
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Fearless Stella running down the trail in her slippahs! <br />
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Meanwhile, back at our house...Mrs. Drake hatched out her 5 ducklings. She's a wonderful Mama and is teaching them how to forage for mosquitoes and bugs in the yard.<br />
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We've named them...there is Picaboo, Whitey, Picatwo, and Star in the picture below.<br />
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Our other adult female, Megatron...Meg's not so sure what to make of the ducklings. We're not so sure what to make of Meg...she has yet to lay an egg! Two of our other adult ducks, Jemima (our Drake) and Alice have flown away and not returned.<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-35065661859588254962012-08-05T11:45:00.000-05:002012-08-05T11:45:48.339-05:00Night Manta ViewingManta Rays swimming at night. The lights attract the plankton and the mantas feed on the plankton. They were beautiful to watch...so graceful and elegant!<br />
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I had some videos that turned out nicely, but I cannot find them now :( <br />
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The restaurant near "Manta Point", where they shine the spotlight on the water to attract plankton for the hungry mantas. <br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-14191547995502728702012-07-29T11:15:00.001-05:002012-07-29T12:46:53.842-05:00Sewing on VacationStella loves clothes and new outfits, especially hand-me-downs from little girls she knows. She will change her clothes 3 to 4 times a day. I have certain types of clothes that I like to wear and I hate to shop! So I decided it was high time I learned to sew. My Mom knows how to sew. She's sewed some very nice clothes that I love that are durable and long lasting. I knew we would be spending 2 weeks together so I bought some material and patterns for a skirt and top. I'm so glad I did! It was a great way to spend the days when we wanted to stay out of the sun. I learned a lot of tips and tricks from my Mom and Dad! Some of those patterns and instructions need an engineer's eyes! I learned a lot about my sewing machine too...changing needles, tension, length, feet...when I got stuck it was nice to have both my Mom and Dad there to help figure it out.<br />
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Above...the front of the hawaiian print top and denim green skirt. When we were looking at my measurements for the skirt we thought there was no way a size 12 would fit. We added 4 inches to the whole thing. It was a good lesson in changing the pattern, but in the end I had exactly 4 inches too much in the waist! Even though I kindly asked that Stella wait for me to get in the water with her, she did not! She thinks she can swim beautifully, but she sinks to the bottom with a big smile on her face until I scoop her up. I love that she's not afraid of the water and calls herself either a mermaid or a dolphin, but it also means constant vigilance on my part to help her back up to the surface for air.<br />
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Above the back view of Stella the mermaid and my freshly finished top and skirt.<br />
Below: Shaka Sisters<br />
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Okay time to grab the board and boogie in the perfect Stella size waves. <br />
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Dad in the blue shirt, and Stella hopping on her board to catch another set. At one point when Reeve was with her (he was on his board and she was on hers) I noticed they were heading out into deeper water. She was kicking and paddling with her arms and it came so naturally for her. Reeve was impressed. I swam out to them to reel them in and Reeve said that Stella wanted to paddle out to see Nana (my Mom) snorkeling. Stella has so much energy and love for the water she probably could have/would have paddled out to Maui!<br />
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Here is a short video of Stella boogie boarding. The first wave is the best wave. I wanted to edit this so that you see the first wave last, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it with the software that I have. I also wanted it to be set to music. My song of choice is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtn04jmuGv8" target="_blank">"Wade in Your Water" by the Common Kings</a>.<br />
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The second day we were at the condo we spotted a family from Reeve's class. It was their last day and they had just won an hour free hydra bike rental which they kindly passed on to Reeve. <br />
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You can see him above peddling on the yellow hydra bike. He had a ton of fun, and he was especially enamored with watching the 8 kite boarders that were out just beyond and in the bay.<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-37421758872709424772012-07-28T11:50:00.002-05:002012-07-28T11:50:44.620-05:00Vacation on the Other SideMy parents came for a visit and we stayed with them on the other side of the island for 2 fun-filled weeks. I have not posted much lately due to frustration with technology. Our internet connection here is just a tad faster than dial-up and there is a cap set at how much we can use each month. There is some cute videos we took, and I wanted desperately to figure out (or have the kids figure out) how to edit them and set them to music. Alas, when they appear here they will likely be raw footage. Time has also been a factor...2 wks vacation = 4 weeks of work to catch up!!<br />
There were a lot of fairly tame turkeys at the condo!<br />
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Forgive the sunny shot...we were on a boat, heading to Kealakekua Bay for some snorkeling.<br />
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The white monument is the <a href="http://www.hale-hoola.com/Captain-Cook-Monument.htm" target="_blank">Captain Cook Monument</a>. This is where Captain Cook was killed when it was realized he wasn't a god and wasn't so great after all. The bay is a marine sanctuary. The water was crystal clear and deep and we saw lots of fish and coral.<br />
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Stella and Kyle asleep on the boat ride home. <br />
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Volcanoes National Park...one day we ventured back to our side of the island. <br />
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Trail to the Thurston Lava Tube<br />
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Punalu'u Black sand beach. The beach sand was so fine and so black and so beautiful!<br />
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A resting honu<br />
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More pics to come, as I snap out of my techno frustration and just work with what I have.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-4525109680780539062012-06-15T11:33:00.000-05:002012-06-15T11:33:07.274-05:00~Random~Epic~Awesome~~Random~Epic~Awesome~...my kids "it" words for the week.<br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #38761d;">~Random~</b></span></i><br />
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<b style="color: #38761d;">Reeve: Random.</b> Spoken at least once a day.<br />
Example:<br />
Me: Reeve would you like to help me weed ulu'he?<br />
Reeve: <i style="color: #38761d;">That was random.</i><br />
Me: (<i>Serving a huge bowl of guacomole to hungry, random, epic, awesome kids</i>)<br />
Reeve: <i style="color: #38761d;">That was random.</i> <br />
Kyle: (<i>Jumps out of a tree and rolls on the ground.</i>)<br />
Reeve: <i><span style="color: #38761d;">That was random</span></i>.<br />
Stella: (<i>Breaks out into a crazy dance.</i>)<br />
Reeve: <i style="color: #38761d;">That was random.</i><br />
You get the idea.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">~Epic~<span><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></span></b></i></div>
<b style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue;">Kyle: Epic.</b> Spoken at least once a day.<br />
Example:<br />
Kyle: (<i>Jumps out of a tree and rolls on the ground)</i>...<i style="color: blue;">"Whoa Reeve! Did you see that? That was Epic!"</i><br />
Kyle: (Reading James Rollins <i>Amazonia</i>)..."<i style="color: blue;">Mom! This is an Epic Novel</i>" No kidding he really said "novel."<br />
Me: (<i>Serving a huge bowl of guacomole to hungry, random, epic, awesome kids</i>) <br />
Kyle: <i style="color: blue;">Whoa! That bowl of guacomole is Epic</i><br />
You get the idea.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">~Awesome~</span></b></i></div>
<i style="color: magenta;"><b>Stella: Awesome</b></i>.<br />
Spoken at least once a day.<br />
Example:<br />
Kyle: (<i>Jumps out of a tree and rolls on the ground</i>).<br />
Stella: <i style="color: magenta;">That was Awesome!</i><br />
Stella: (<i>Breaks out into a crazy dance, then giggles</i>) "<i style="color: magenta;">Did you see my dance? It was Awesome!</i>"<br />
Me: (<i>Serving a huge bowl of guacomole to hungry, random, epic, awesome kids</i>) <br />
Stella: <i style="color: magenta;">That was Awesome!</i><br />
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This post is definitely random, epic and awesome. The pictures and videos in this post were taken at random, epic and awesome moments by my kiddos on the ipad. I asked Reeve the other day to help me put them on the computer because I could not figure it out. The ipad has no usb port and I was dumfounded. Reeve, however, was not and easily performed this simple random task for me. <br />
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Below...Reeve took two pictures of me weed whacking the yard with our wheeled string trimmer. <br />
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I hope everyone will have a <i style="color: #38761d;">random</i>, <i><span style="color: blue;">epic</span></i>, and <i style="color: magenta;">awesome</i> weekend!!!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-19289957522871936382012-06-06T23:39:00.000-05:002012-06-07T11:41:50.119-05:00Venus and the SunWe had the idea a couple of weeks ago...we would rent a cabin at Hapuna Beach State Park on July 5th to watch the planet Venus move between the earth and the sun. I was amazed to find one cabin left, so I quickly made our reservation and we had our first fun trip of the summer booked!<br />
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This is Hapuna Beach...it's about 90 miles from our house, on the other side of the island.<br />
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The lone boy in the ocean is Kyle...<br />
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Our bella Stella<br />
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Our cabin....look! we found one of the boy's friends from school!! He and his Dad had come to watch the celestial event as well. Later that afternoon we were joined by another friend from school and his family. It was a super fun day at the ocean playing with friends, boogy boarding, and watching Venus slowly inch it's way across the sun. We had special eclipse sun viewing glasses and we shared them with other peeps on the beach. Many had brought telescopes with sun filters. We watched the transit on a UH telescope that broadcast the image on a computer screen.<br />
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I was pleased with the cabins. The were clean and simple and had a breathtaking view of the ocean.<br />
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Sungazers in the distance...and then I tried to get a picture of Mauna Kea's Observatories in this picture (below), but I can't see them now.<br />
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Venus has passed. Yes, it just <i>looked</i> like a black dot, but I found it really surreal to see a whole planet between earth and the sun. The distance and size of it all is hard to fathom, but seeing that black dot helped to put it all into perspective.<br />
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Below...my little <i>venus</i> between me and the sun. <br />
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Stella, their friend, and Kyle...the last in our party to leave the beach.<br />
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Good night sun...<br />
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Good morning sun...next day...looking left...<br />
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looking center...see those rocks? It's low tide in this picture, but the day before when the tide was higher we snorkeled there and saw some honu (hawaiian green sea turtles). We also saw honu just swimming by us when we were just swimming/walking around in the water.<br />
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looking right...there were lots of swimmers that swam from the left point (above) to the right point (below) and then back for a mile swim.<br />
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We've found that going left from our driveway is a nice walk...not a lot of barking dogs or car traffic. <br />
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Stella loves these walks! She doesn't let us forget. It's really great for the kids to run and get out a lot of energy before we have our evening meal and wind down for the day. The boys told me that they were very happy we're walking again. <br />
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It's hard to see in this picture, but this is actually a very steep hill...right over an old lava tube. <br />
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The halfway point for the 1.5mile walk is a huge <a href="http://island-trust.com/albizia-the-tree-that-ate-puna.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Albizia</b></i></a> tree. At the base of the tree is what you see below. Incredible, viney, lushness.<br />
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Some exotic flowers along the way...<br />
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The Albizia tree, a non-native invasive...could the same be said for our family...are we non-native invasives?<br />
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The walk back. If we're up for another 1/2 mile then we walk to the next street and head back. The boys walk on ahead.<br />
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Our epic bike journey. We have not been riding our bikes lately and the boys were itching to go on a bike ride. Reeve's goal was to ride his 10 speed on a "real" road, with no gravel, exposed lava, or cinder. They have a friend that lives 5.3 miles from our house and they begged for me to call and see if it was okay for them to ride their bikes to his house. Not wanting them to feel like caged animals we said okay. We made sure they had helmets, water, and their safety vests. They went on ahead and we decided to follow them with Stella in the Burley (her coach ride). We are <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mauka" target="_blank"><i><b>mauka</b></i></a> (up mountain) of their friend's house. It was a lovely 5.3mile ride downhill to get there...lovely...beautiful vistas, bright blue ocean in the distance, wind blowing to cool us off as we glided <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/makai?s=t" target="_blank"><i><b>makai</b></i></a> (toward the sea). It took us 30 minutes to get there. We hung out and played at the park, and talked with their friend's mom.<br />
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They were watching a cute little 14yr old dog that was the perfect size for Stella to walk<br />
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After the playground we went back to their house to refill our water bottles and enjoyed eating some frozen blueberries. Then we decided we'd better head home. For me, it was grueling! All up, up,
up...no nice gentle down at all. It took 1hr and 5minutes for me to
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at how energized I felt. The whole way I was dreading and thinking I would not have the energy to make dinner...not so! I felt great and had tons of energy to make a great meal. Exercise is good for me :)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-1563826655429171942012-05-27T13:03:00.001-05:002012-05-27T13:03:35.635-05:00Turkeys and Weeds<i>GobbleGobbleGobble</i>...we were shocked to hear the sound of a Tom Turkey in our backyard. We knew there were turkeys on the island, but we've only seen them up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy" target="_blank"><b><i>paniolo</i></b></a> country up in <a href="http://www.kamuela.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>Kamuela</b></i></a>.<br />
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We had no idea they were in our neck of the woods. He's pretty well hidden in the bush...can you see him? He was huge!<br />
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Must be our week for wondering birds. In addition to the large Tom we had a stray black chicken walking up the driveway to our house. Mrs. Drake (one of our ducks) was staring her down while I tried to coax her to stay by throwing her some organic feed. She was chicken and ran into the woods. Mrs. Drake just stood, stupefied, and then our lovely red cardinal couple swooped down and had a feast. <br />
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Remember that <a href="http://hawaiianforest.com/uluhe-ferns-of-hawaii" target="_blank"><i><b>ulu'he</b></i></a> fern I said the boys and I are going to tackle this summer? Well here is a couple of pictures of it. It's great in some areas because it chokes out all other weeds, but right now it is choking out some food and plants that were previously planted. <br />
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It is very easy to weed. It is a short lived fern and fairly brittle. It takes a looooonnnng time to decompose, so we will pile it up and break it down to use for mulch. <br />
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Above: Our drake Jemima (named before we knew his sex)...<i>um Jemima you better move before we start a fire :)</i><br />
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Above: The boys helped me find these pineapple plants which were completely buried in ulu'he. Below: Reeve weeded and found this coconut palm. <br />
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I do not have a before picture for the <i>after</i> picture below. I went to town with our weed wacker, now decked out with wire whips vs. the plastic ones. The plastic ones broke too easily. I went through 10ft of wire ones the other day...it was well worth it! Before the weeds were right up to the cabin...now there is a nice clearing. This is the cabin we lived in when we arrived last year. We lovingly call it the <i>Aloha Cabin</i>...the one we are living in now we call the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohana" target="_blank"><b><i>Ohana Cabin</i></b></a>. The overturned blue 600 gallon water tank in the background was our catchment. We're working on this cabin...needs a catchment and electric.<br />
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There are some nice banana trees around the Aloha Cabin. <br />
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Nice park in Honolulu<br />
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This guy was exercising with this heavy log of driftwood...<br />
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Where Tom had dinner...<br />
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He was happy with the prices and the fresh food...<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-41767191842529622922012-05-25T12:35:00.001-05:002012-05-25T12:40:22.838-05:00School is Out and Our Daily Duck EggDo you see me doing my happy dance? School is OUT! Hooooo-Raye!!! I'm celebrating the freedom, the days where the kids can sleep in, the boys playing and engaging with Stella, the suppers I can make without having to think if they will be good for lunch leftovers at school, the added help we'll have around the yard (<b><i>hello <a href="http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?Plants.uluhe" target="_blank">ulu'he </a>you will be pulled up and put to good use as a mulch</i></b>), and the adventures we will take!<br />
(<i><b>Stella and the Egg Photos taken by Reeve</b></i>) <br />
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We have been gathering one duck egg a day fairly consistently now for the past couple of weeks. In the morning there is usually one egg right at the edge of "<i>duck lake</i>" on our driveway. One egg. That's it. We have three laying hens, and I am wondering where the other two eggs are hidden?!? Or, could it be that they are taking turns and rotating who will be laying the egg each day? <br />
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It is a mystery!<br />
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The eggs are large with large yolks. <br />
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Just two pics that Tom took while he was in Honolulu this week. I'll post more later, but they haven't all uploaded. Our connection speed is very, very, very slow. These were both taken from his street-view hotel room. He said the lines at the restaurants were so long!<br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-56721254074687324712012-05-23T13:01:00.001-05:002012-05-23T13:01:18.359-05:00Wrapping up at School, Hula Show, & Night VolcanoLast night we went to Reeve and Kyle's "Closed" House in their classrooms. It was a potluck and most of the families were there. The students produced their yearbooks and they were distributed. Each class had an Awards Ceremony. Kyle's Award was titled: "Oh My Gauss, that was Rayediant." Kyle's teacher explained how he and Reeve's teacher were very impressed when Kyle re-worked mathematician <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss%E2%80%93Codazzi_equations" target="_blank">Carl F. Gauss's (1828) Equation</a> and Kyle simplified it for the class. Kyle's teacher said that Kyle likes to rework all the math equations, he was a budding entrepreneur (Reeve & Kyle's Juggling stick business is called Rayediant Fun) and that he was a fun guy to have around. Below Kyle is working on his last school project (a presentation on juggling sticks) and Reeve is studying for his final exams on our way to a Hula show at Volcanoes National Park. <br />
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Reeve's award was titled: "Unbridled Pencil and Cognition Sharpener" I think the first part was an inside joke. Reeve was in the most "Top 5" categories for best scores in all his subjects. We also watched video interviews of each of the students. It was a great way for the kids to wrap up the school year. Today they wind down by cleaning up, putting the finishing touches on a video yearbook, and time to autograph yearbooks. Tomorrow is a Fun Day at the Main Campus for their last day of school. Then they have 9 wonderful weeks off before it all starts again (all too soon imho!) on July 30th!!!<br />
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It was a fairly clear night when the Volcanoes National Park had a free Hula Show, so we had our dinner and traveled the 24 miles up to the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/kvc.htm" target="_blank">Kilauea Visitors Center.</a> <br />
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It was an interesting show.<br />
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Then we went over to the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/craterrimtour_jaggar.htm" target="_blank">Jagger Museum </a>to look at the awesome glow of the <a href="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/" target="_blank">Halema'uma'u Crater</a><span style="font-size: x-small;">. <span style="font-size: small;">It is completely amazing that we live so close to the world's most active volcano! How often do you find yourself saying, "Oh it looks like it's going to be a clear night tonight, let's go up and see the Volcano!!". </span></span><br />
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Reeve took the above and below picture of the glowing lava lake.<br />
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The following pictures were taken by me. I had put the camera on the rock wall to stabilize it. <br />
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The little white dots in the pic above are stars. It was a crystal clear night and about 57F at the Crater, which was 10 degrees cooler than our place 24 miles and 3200ft below the crater. <br />
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It is difficult to see in these pictures, but on the one lane road we take to the ocean we were behind 3 skateboarders cruising there way down to the sea. Right before we get to the beach it switches back to 2 lanes.<br />
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The boys and Tom went boogie boarding.<br />
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Below...Kyle, Reeve, Stella<br />
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Stella and I explored tide pools. Then we went in the ocean. Then into a large tide pool that was very warm and shallow. She was able to put her head under water and had fun <strike>pretending to hear</strike> <i>listening to</i> the mermaids. <br />
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It felt great to cool off in the warm waters. The boys had a great time on their boards and when we came home we had decided we had enough family exercise to skip our evening mile walk.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-37025998418444754512012-05-21T10:47:00.001-05:002012-05-21T10:47:04.035-05:00Pana`ewa Rainforest Zoo & GardensNearly a month ago Stella and I went to the zoo with our friends. I used Reeve's camera and he likes the date stamp on the photos. <a href="http://www.hilozoo.com/" target="_blank">The Pana'ewa Zoo in Hilo</a> has lots of peacocks roaming the grounds. This guy was especially majestic.<br />
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Stella (purple skirt) and her friend looking at Namaste', a white Bengal Tiger.<br />
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The zoo has a nice play area for the keiki.<br />
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A fun time spent with good friends!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041104.post-56653509943932876042012-05-19T13:01:00.001-05:002012-05-19T13:01:11.706-05:00Knitting a Juggling Ball<br />
Reeve and Kyle have been having a lot of fun with their juggling sticks lately. They are also wanting to learn how to play with a hackey sack. I thought it would be another fun thing for them to learn how to knit and sell at our market booth on Sundays. I found <a href="http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/catch/catch.html" target="_blank">an easy pattern</a> through <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/account/login" target="_blank">Ravelry</a>. I didn't have the sock yarn that the pattern called for (haven't attempted to knit socks yet, though I really want to!), so I improvised with what I had in my yarn stash. Stella is holding my first attempt below... <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The ball is knit using four double pointed needles. My Mom gave me my first knitting lessons about 4 years ago, and I've been winging it since then. I knew something was not quite right when I finished the "top" of the ball...it was inside out. I just went with it and picked up my cast on stitches to knit the center section with the new yarn color. No matter how I knitted or purled or a silly combination of the two my center section ended up purled on both sides! I knit several more balls in frustration and for whatever reason I could not figure out how to do it correctly.<br />
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I also did not like the color change in the middle. For me it created another loose end to work into the ball. On my first attempts, after the kids had really played with the balls my worked in ends started to come out.<br />
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Enough was enough and I set out to adjust the pattern. I wanted it to be one yarn throughout. I didn't want to have to pick up any stitches for the center. I wrote down my steps and took a few pictures along the way. Stella has a necklace around her eyes...she's such a goofy girl!<br />
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Reeve trying out my new pattern. The old pattern calls for filling the ball with lentils. I actually did that, but then got to wondering what will happen when the hackey sack gets wet?!! We live in a rainforest after all!!<br />
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Rice doesn't work for filling because it is too small. I think I might try popcorn, but I really want to find something I can use that is local. I should think that volcanic cinder (we have this in abundance!) would break down and turn to dust after a lot of use. I know of a beach that has smallish rocks and if I ever make the trek down that way again I will gather a few pails full to test out in the balls.<br />
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You can see my adapted pattern by <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EIEAoPALSsjx_IgonIpq1AZ3vFoyWK7h126Yn4MccNA/edit" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. The hardest part is the beginning when you have 7 stitches separated on 3 needles.<br />
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I'm all for patterns that start out difficult, but then get easier. Makes them more fun to finish. <br />
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Recently Reeve and Kyle have been entertaining Stella by secretly going out into the yard and constructing fairy houses for her to find.<br />
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Tom caught her first find on camera...<br />
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The fairies used moss, a coconut shell, and some items from inside our house. Stella is now on the lookout for fairies flying in the house...they are so sneaky! See the black in the picture below? That's not mud, it's not soil, it's hard lava! We have very little soil here. The most I've seen is about 6" in some low spots in the yard.<br />
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Stella can fully dress herself these days. She wakes up, goes to her clothes and picks out what she wants to wear. Then finds a necklace to match and gathers her hair bands and clips. She nicely asks me to "do" her hair. She's very patient while I brush her hair and put it in a pony tail, or pig tails, or both and some braiding too! She did not get this from me! Reeve and Kyle never picked out their own clothes until they were much older (like 5 or 6) and they always wore what I picked out for them. Not Stella. I've picked out things for her to wear and she flatly tells me that they will not make her look pretty. I tell her that she is pretty in anything if she smiles and is happy because being pretty is not about what you wear, but about how you are inside. She then sweetly smiles and asks to wear something else that she picks out. <br />
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On Mother's Day I took the day off from going to the market and went to town on the yard. I started out with our string trimmer...you can't use a lawn mower here because of all the lava rocks and puka (lava holes). I busted all the strings fairly quickly...my inventive partner is in the process of testing out different strengths of wire vs. the plastic "strings" I've been busting. Hopefully it will be dry enough for me today to test out the wire strings.<br />
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The white sticks you see in the picture above are some citrus trees that the previous owners had planted. On Mother's day I wanted to celebrate mother earth so I spent the whole day working in the yard. It was lovely! I fertilized all the fruit trees in the yard. I never fertilized before, but it is essential here because we get so much rain. <br />
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Above...bananas forming. Below... another citrus tree I found and put a protective white guard about it's trunk...so we know where the skinny fruit trees are. The guard also helps protect the trees from the ducks and the string trimmer. The boys helped me wee around some pineapples the previous owners had planted and we fertilized them as well.<br />
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They are difficult to see, but there are a good dozen pineapple planted by the boys in this patch. I think they take about two years to develop into fruit. Every time we eat one we plant the top in the "pineapple" patch.<br />
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Below is a Myer's Lemon and we're not sure what the other tree is called. I think I will remove it. It's too close to the lemon and it doesn't appear to be a type of citrus...I'm thinking it's an avocado???<br />
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I also planted three citrus trees that the previous owners had never planted. That was a task! I had to use a special metal bar to break up the lava as best as I could. They say if you can find a good puka (hole) that you can just plant them there, but there were no puka where I wanted to plant them.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515581618483686489noreply@blogger.com0