Quick update

In case anyone is wondering...we are all alive and doing well, we have just been traveling around LOTS since my last post in Hawaii.  After we moved out on April 15th, we stayed in a vacation rental with Taylor's parents, and sisters for a week on the beach in Hawaii.  Then we flew directly to California for a little trip to Disneyland with my family, then we flew to Calgary, stayed one night then drove to Fairmont British Columbia.  After spending one week there with all of Taylor's family, we finally made the drive back to Lacombe Alberta to spend the last few weeks with Taylor's parents. And we have made lots of trips going into Edmonton to sell and get rid of all our stuff in storage back there(which was TONS, and a lot of work).   It was a very busy few weeks, but the girls adjusted well to all the traveling and lack of sleep, so I am very grateful, we had a good time.  But I will be honest...I am so ready to be settled.  We have been living out of suitcases for a month and a half now, enough said.  Taylor leaves June 3rd, to drive the 26 hours, and on June 5th me and the girls fly to Arizona, and then you can expect lots of posts and updates because I will have my computer again, and will be able to upload all these pictures I have had over the last month and a half.  So here is to catching up in a week!

Laie Point

I should be packing...but I can't resist posting some beautiful pictures.

Pretty much the entire time we talked about how much we are going to miss this beautiful island. This place is a 15 min walk from our house....and its incredible, I don't know if we will ever be able to live somewhere again that we can walk 15 mins and see this kind of amazing beauty. I guess it will be a different kind of beauty. AHHH Hawaii, you will be missed, but we will be back!!!!

Shark attack!

So yesterday is seriously like the first time I have really pushed or encouraged Taylor to go surfing. I mean, I am always fine with him going, but he had lots of school work to do...but I told him that he would probably regret not surfing "more" before we fly out in two weeks. So anyway, Taylor and his friend went surfing at Turtle Bay, and it was not too good, so they decided to go try another spot called Beachpark aka where the famous Pipeline is. So they get to the beach and no one is out in the water...and they think, great! But what they failed to notice is the signs up on the beach. Shortly after they finish surfing they find out there has been a tiger shark attack about 5-10 mins away, and they posted shark sightings at all the north shore beaches to tell everyone to stay out of the water. So he was most definitely surfing during the attack at Turtle Bay, and then they got way closer by going to beach park and had no idea there was a shark swimming around!!! AHHH thats the LAST time I encourage him to go surfing. Thank goodness the guy that was attacked on his surfboard none the less, was only bit on the leg and then after punching the shark it swam away. But apparently they have had tiger shark sightings for the past week, and Taylor never even bothers to look at the posted signs of warning. Anyway, just grateful that nothing happened, and kinda glad he only has two more weeks to surf, and there is NO way I am letting him go for the rest of the week, not that he can anyway with all his school work he has to do!

http://www.alohaupdate.com/2012/04/03/north-shore-oahu-shark-bite-shuts-down-beaches/

Our everyday..pretty much...

While this little girl was mad because she got wet, and went everywhere to avoid me with the camera...

This other little girl splashed and played with the hose and loved it...

We pretty much play in the pool or with the hose every single day, as long as we don't have rain. i am going to miss these beautiful Hawaiian days, I guess instead we will go to scorching hot Arizona days.

Kite Flying

So this past saturday we finally had a little bit of sunshine?? well it was more like, we a had a few hours of no rain. So we decided to get out the kite. The kids LOVED it. It was actually a little too windy and started ripping apart the kite. And yes it was totally like stepping on a sponge the whole time, but we had fun!

This was after flying kites for awhile. now the are "feeding" the fishies...also known as putting in leaves for the other leaves to eat.

Helping to get the kite in the air.

Eliza took a fall onto the street the other day, and was left with the little beauty next to her eye.

Madilyn was laughing hysterically while she held the string.

She loved it!

Pouring Rain

Well, the floods have gotten worse. This one is a picture of the field in front of BYU. It is normally all grass, its now a lake...no joke. This happened really fast too. I mean its been pouring for a couple weeks now, but it started coming down HARD this morning.

In Front of our house, notice how the sidewalk is completely gone? Pictures just don't do it justice with how fast the river was rushing.

Again, another picture of the field in front of BYU and our house. The water extends across the entire field. IT really does look just like a lake.

That is our house in the background, the second on the left side of pic.

NO sidewalk or road anymore.

Shows someone trying to cross the road.

Puddles

Well we have officially entered rainy season...Sunday we got 9 inches of rain, and let me tell you it was raining long before that, and its still raining. But today we got about an hour of some sun, so we went out and enjoyed the puddles. I wish I would have taken some pics from the other day when the drains were backed up. The girls were up to their knees playing in the water between parking lots. So anyway, here is a few pics of them splashing! I did have clothes on them before, but I removed them so I could cause myself perhaps a little less laundry.