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February flew by
Eden’s strawberry shortcake valentines treat Valentine’s Day surfing Coco is now laying eggs of various sizes Eden ready for her dance! Bike Ed class at school – biking around the neighborhood Elle & Tess kept the kids for a night so we got away to Waikiki! -
Family is here!
Poppop and Bev escaped the snowstorm in PA and arrived in Hawaii! Enjoyed time with them and Phil & Laurel – some Shaka tours, walks, hikes, beaches, Iolani Palace and good food!
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PA visitors!
The first of several – Darla and Mark! Despite our busy schedule we enjoyed the beach and hikes and Mark & Aaron got out on a boat for some fishing
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Winter in Hawaii
Filling our free time with the beach, baseball, paddling, track and hikes
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Back in Hawaii
Despite a brief stomach bug we are settling back in to the Hawaii winter. Surfing, beach, paddling regattas, track and baseball filling our days.
Found a seahorse in the canal by the beach! 
Eden still dreaming of winter at the ice rink 
Twin islands on her hat and in the water 
First race! 
Walked to the beach with 4th grade to select and clean their ipus (dried gourd used as a percussion instrument) 
The kids each choose their own 
They’ll use these for some performances throughout the year 
Seahorse! Olivia’s team is all beginners but they’re working hard! -
Winter Break
We had a few days after school ended before we headed to the east coast for Christmas. 1 week in PA and 1 in Virginia Beach, we got to spend time in the chilly winter to see lots of family and squeeze in some time with friends.
One front tooth down right before we left 
Red eye flights…always rough 
Balmer Cousin Christmas party 
Cousin Nailed It challenge 
Christmas cookie baking crew 
Mommom’s cinnamon buns with aunt Callie 
Lots of puzzles in Virginia Beach! 
Murder mystery dinner 
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Winter is coming!
Winter means waves for surf and lots of days with clear skies and sunshine!! We are so grateful to spend our days here right now and love the start of the advent season.
Boys are wrapping up flag football, Eden continues to do track at school, and Olivia just started paddling season.
We got our Hawaiian Christmas tree! Brooks also lost another tooth on the way which he was excited about.
I went on a field trip with Graham to the fish pond – learned lots about the historical purpose and preservation of this tradition.
Graham’s class chanting their Oli to be welcomed in at the historic Hawaiian site. HIC Haleiwa Surf Pro competition Brooks with a TD! Graham with a TD! -
Happy Thanksgiving!
Started off by helping with the Imu at school Wednesday night and Thursday morning (over 80 pans of meat cooked!). Aikahi 5k turkey trot in our neighborhood and then dinner at a friend/neighbors who hosted 80 people! Lots to be thankful for here in Hawaii 💕
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Eden’s first band concert
Eden’s school symphonic band had their first concert last weekend with a few other local schools. They sounded great and she had a fun time! Next up: Christmas concert.
This song was called Pacific March 
Eden and her good friend Jasmine, who plays Baritone Saxiphone 
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Happy Halloween 🎃
Carved pumpkins 
Pumpkins after 2 days 🫠 
Trunk or treat at school 
K-Pop DH house was a hit! Our street on Halloween – constant traffic from 6-8
A local house turned into a Harry Potter set! Donations went toward the Maui/Lahaina rebuild. They had 3D printed galleons to spend around the place – wands at Ollivanders, candy at Honeydukes, potions, butter beer…it was all so impressive!
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Fall things
Graham got a Q1 award! 
Mountains showing off 
Brooks graduated to yellow belt 
North shore day trip – crepes to start 
Pipeline 
Field trip with Eden’s class to the Bowfin submarine at Pearl Harbor 
A chicken showed up limping so Olivia took it in and now it lives in our flower bed 🤣 
Coffee tour and tasting – something we got at the school auction. Super informative and fun! 
Laser tag 
Flag football has begun! 
The girls did a youth group campout at Kualoa Beach park – more pics to come 
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Elle & Micah visit!
We all were excited to have more family visitors! Enjoyed beach, hiking, swimming, snorkeling, surfing, fishing, puzzling, biking, and playing together. Aaron, Micah and our friend John caught some fresh Mahi for us!
Shave ice after the beach! 
Snorkel day 
Monk seal came up to say hi at the end of the day 
Elle wanted to try all the Kailua coffee shops! 
The three peaks from a distance – we just hiked the first, on the right. 
This is why we only hiked the first… 
Coffee reward 🤩 
The kids wanted to take them out to hibachi! 
Hawaii Vogelzangs 