Look Who's Getting the Hang of it........

August comes to an End

The time has come to drain the famous Intex pool. Wayne has been so excited to do the siphoning. He is running two hoses from the pool to the curb ( so it drains into the street drain). He has calculated how fast it takes to drain 1 gallon of the pool water and estimates that it will be done in 22 hours. I am trying to explain to him how geekish it is to even care.



Max was obsessed with coconuts while we were in Hawaii. Every time we saw a palm tree he was checking it out to see if it had coconuts. One day Wayne stopped at a road side stand and bought a coconut from a local. Everyone was excited to get it open. Wayne had to hit it with a hammer and use a pair of pillars to get the outer husk off. Bummer was when we finally got it open the coconut was over ripe and mushy and had to be tossed.
Today here in Tigard Wayne picked up a coconut at the grocery store for 95 cents.....the one in Maui was $5. The one here was perfect and yummy. We thought we were being all authentic getting one in Hawaii...and then the one here ended up being perfect and cheap....go figure.

Maui Coconut

Oregon Coconut

Nothing to really report today--so this is what Morgan and Max were doing Last Saturday

Cousin Dinner

Tonight we had a yummy dinner with the Raleighs. It had been a few weeks since we all had been together. Mahalo for a great time!

Last Official Day of Summer Vacation

I think Max is ready for the girls to go back to school....this concoction is compliments of Emily

More Maui

Geckos.....luckily all but ONE were out side




Emily taking it easy on the beach

Morgan riding the waves

Lunch on the Lani

EVERY night we were guaranteed a beautiful sunset

Maui 'Noi Ka Oi'

Max's first steps on Kaanapali Beach

Appetizers in the condo

The girls in their new dresses for the Luau

A beautiful day at the cemetery

Sunset in Lahaina

We spent hours in the pool as well

A highlight for all 3 kids was learning how to boogie board at Napili Beach

My favorite thing

The kids at sunset

Guess who got a tattoo??????

sorry Dad

Just like the tide......we will return (hopefully soon)

We Are Home From Paradise

Here is a view from our table at dinner one night........more pictures to come tomorrow

Here Today....Gone to Maui

Wayne has been on a mission to find an Aloha shirt to wear on the plane. This weekend they were having a Hawaiian festival at the Uwajimaya store so he was off to make a purchase. I told Emily she had to go along to help with the selection....I trust her taste more :-) His goal is for everyone to think he is a local!

From the tips of our toes

The laundry isn't done and the suit cases aren't packed yet....but our toes are READY!

Aloha

Emily was dressing up today to get in the mood for our trip

A Wonderful Summer Night

Tonight we had a pizza by the neighborhood pool with our friends the Lee's. It had been way too long since we had seen them. Thanks Nicole and Wally for inviting us....it was great to catch up!

Splish Splash!

We just got back from two days at The Great Wolf Lodge in Washington. Wayne played in a work golf tournament on Saturday and the kids and I played in the water. Wayne joined us that night for more excitement and, of course, we were back in the water this morning before we headed home. I think every one's favorite part was the crazy wave pool.

Wave Pool

This huge bucket of water would fill up and dump every 2-3 minutes




Max had a ball squirting anyone in his way

Max's favorite area

A few more random memories from MT

Max and Papa had fun flying the kites




A highlight for the girls always is spending time with Sojin

Lin Sue's favorite part of the "overlap"......all the shoes!

Happy 13th Anniversary to US

Montana Review-#4--probably more of our vacation that you really wanted to see

One more boat ride before we left

Grandma Great had a cocktail party for us at her "very fancy" (as the girls would say) home.

Aunt Penny had us all over for a yummy final Billings dinner

The End

Montana Review-#3

Morgan and Emily hiked to the Falls for their first time




The Falls

A big highlight of the trip was seeing a Moose. We saw it by the beaver pond on our way to the Falls and this one we saw right out the window of the cabin. It was eating one of our trees for breakfast.

Max and Wayne fishing by Shannon creek

Max and G'ma Sue had lots of wild card games