Olivia the Musician

Here is a little clip of our oh so talented Olivia playing multiple instruments. Olivia is in the midst of potty training hence the naked bottom musician look. She has now managed to pee on Julia's sling (Julia had an elbow sprain from falling off a slide), in her carseat, on the carpet, on the pool deck, and in the shopping aisle at Kmart. I am not sure how I survived potty training for 2 kids already. Sometimes Olivia sits on the toilet and says "it not workin" when she can't go. She keeps our whole family in stitches with her little antics. Even though age 2 is challenging, it is also full of surprises, fun, sweet, innocent, complete trust, and full of new discovery. Brian, Julia, Emma and I are having so much fun with our precious 2 year old little girl. She is quite unique (like our other 2 girls). We thank God for such wonderful daughters everyday.

Surfer Girls

What a great experience this has been so far for our girls. They are really loving the warm water ocean and what it has to offer.
Here is Emma surfing.. well at least jumping off the surfboard in midair. Of course the day I have the camera, Emma was having a hard time standing up. The day before this day, she was surfing the wave all by herself and doing great (no camera)..

Here is a clip of her surfing...





Julia started out a little scared and not motivated for surfing, but with a little encouragement and a lot of insistence, she got the hang of it pretty quickly, and actually enjoyed it (mommy and daddy know best!!)....


Here is a little clip of Julia surfing...







Olivia, I think, is going to be our little radical surfer girl. She loves to go out on the surfboard with daddy and seems to have no fear of the ocean. Every time she sees a surfer, wave, the ocean, she tells us that 'she needs to go surfin.' As soon as we get to the beach and pull out the surfboard, she says "my turn."

Macadamia Nut Fest

Well, they said you could only open a macadamia nut with a vice or backing it over with a car, but Brian found that a hammer works just as well. All the girls got a chance to break them open. Watch out for your fingers and toes, Olivia has the hammer!! We have a huge macadamia nut tree in our front yard. The girls decided to dress up for the occasion. I want to know where Brian's outfit is? Not into the Aloha spirit I guess...

Our first visitors, Grandma and Papa Eiseman

We all were so excited to have family come visit us. Coming to a new place can get a little lonely. The girls were eating it up and Brian and I were very excited to have a little break.


Here we are at our Hotel at the Westin Kaanapali for our little vacation over the labor day weekend. Here is Julia coming down the water slide at one of the many pools on the property.


Papa!!!
Our family, but I think Brian and Olivia are drowning under the falls.


Emma loving it!!










Well, we found an amazing deal through starwood membership Kama'aina (local) for the Westin Villas in Kanaapali for the weekend. Brian and I stayed at the hotel Friday night for our anniversary, yes 15 years of marital bliss, while the kids stayed with Grandma and Papa Eiseman. They then all came over to the hotel for Saturday and Sunday night. This hotel was wonderful. There was a pool with a great waterslide, a pool with a cool pirate ship play structure in the middle of the pool, and a pool with a volleyball net. We had live music every night and were able to take the shuttle into the whaler's village for a night of dinner decadence at the Hula Grill, one of our absolute favorites.
All the girls enjoyed the water slide, even Mom, Dad, and Papa. Olivia wasn't sure at first, considering the first time she had to come down all by herself, hotel rules. But once getting the hang of it, she went down the slide about ten more times. Our friends Bonnie and Ian (designer at Cabrinha Kitesurfing) and their two kids Eva (age 4) and Kai (age 7) came on Sunday to play at the pool. The kids had a great time.

Nice vacation, especially the 45 minute drive ( no airplane)....