Birthday Lu'au

What an incredible time we had last night at the Pardaise Cove Lu'au. Amanda invited 3 of her classmates to the Lu'au, and we all had a really good time. What a nice picture Another nice picture of the kids

Kids with all thier lei's

all the girls in a canoe

Jake and his new girl friend

Jake and Leah doing the hula dance up front

Climbing the cocunut tree

Jake giving his girlfried a flower he got

all the girls enjoying some shaved ice

lets eat

Amanda's puppy birthday cake

The drive to the lu'au was too funny, here they are singing to Hannah Montana

oops wrong one

Due to all the activities planned for this weekend we decided to have Lynn's early Mother's day edible fruit arrangement delivered this afternoon. The guy called as planned and said he was 2 mins out. Perfect I said. Amanda and I met him at the road to get Lynn's basket. The driver quickly realized he didn't have Lynn's basket but instead had someone else's (minus the mothers day balloon). He offered a even swap if we would take the one with chocolate dipped pineapple and chocolate/cinnamon dipped apples instead of the balloon. I said sure no big deal.
We brought the beautiful arrangement in the house, took a few pictures and started sampling the treats, yummy! Then the phone rings not 10 mins after the driver left. I answered the phone and the driver informs me the other person wants they one we have instead of the balloon one. I said, we'll we are already eating this one. He said ok, thanks. The phone rang again from the main store and they apologized for the mix up and said another one would be coming shortly as we originally ordered. This is the one with pineapple and apples.

This is the one with the balloon

They both were very tasted and a nice mother's day surprise. Pineapple hearts were a very nice touch.

Life is good

This morning started out with a nice 45 mile bike ride followed by lunch with the kids at the pasta bar. As you can tell Jake loves pasta Here is Ben in his Hele riding kit with Barber's Point beach in the background. Perfect day for a ride.

Ben and Casey leading the way

Overall it was a good easy spin ride.

45miles, 2 hrs - 43 mins

Avg HR 140 - Max 170

Avg speed 17 mph max speed 35 mph

calories burned 2561

Nice route we took, going against the traffic most of the way. There were a lot of cars on the road this morning and I'm sure we made better time than most cars.

On the way back I had another wheel spoke break and then while disassembling the wheel to take to the bike shop another spoke snapped. That's 4 total. I hope Easton realizes the wheel is defective and replaces the entire wheel.

Amanda's 8th Birthday

Today was Amanda's 8th Birthday and it was a really good one. Here is a pic of Amanda and Jake after school by Pearl Harbor Here is Amanda getting ready to have a lunch with me. Instead of having lunch at school I brought us some lunch to have by Pearl Harbor. Amanda loved her Lei' for her birthday

15 mins before school finished Jake and I brought the whole class a few treats for Amanda's birthday. All the kids just love Jake.

Here we are at Farrah's Ice cream parlor for dinner. Lynn had both cameras going for tonight's special occasion.

Of course the kids took full advantage of ganging up on me

Here is the link to the Amanda's birthday slide show and all the pictures from today's events. All in all it was a very good birthday for Amanda and she felt very special all day long. Tomorrow we are off for a field trip to the Honolulu Zoo and Waikiki Aquarium

This is the birthday song from the Farrah's crew.

tomorrow is my "little girl's" 8th birthday

Where is my little girl? She is growing up way too fast, how can I slow life down to ensure I enjoy each and everyday with her. What a beautiful girl she's becoming!

Happy Birthday