Sarah's Birthday and Farewell to Derick

We enjoyed a wonderfully put together (thank you Serene) Tongan Party where we celebrated many things but among them was Sarah's birthday and Derick leaving us for a while.  Man those Tongans really know how to party!  It was a lot of fun!!

Family Trip 2

We went and enjoyed the day at the Zoo.  It was a bit breezy, and we took the kids out of school so the zoo was dead...surprisingly.  It was the perfect day at the zoo!  We saw tons of animals that we usually do not get to, and just laughed a lot!!  Here some top pictures from our trip.

Family Trip 1

The kids got to pick a few of the favorite places to go for extra special family trips!  The first one was SEA WORLD....which is always my favorite as well.  It was a fantastic day, a little over cast perfect for Sea World because then everyone stays away.  It wasn't crowded, the animals were out, and we were all very very happy!!  I put labels under ones that might need extra explanation.

Feeding grubs to some bird.

Walrus

Beluga Whale

My little penguins

Kurtis so excited he was leaping all over!

The only two performing pilot whales in the WORLD...oh yeah and we got to see them perform!

only photo taken with mommy in the photo....and lily is spitting up!  lovely!

So happy, and having so much fun!

The lizard was sleeping so Kurtis decided to as well!

School Started

Here are the cute kids on the first day of school!!  They are loving every minute of it and Lily is loving time with just mommy!!

Besides school we have been spending lots of time with Daddy!!

Happenings Around Here

As our summer was coming to a close we went to the aquarium a few more times, we kept cool by eating ice cream and popscicles and swimming in the kiddie pool and we played lots of fun games around the house.  We have enjoyed our summer but its time to get back to school and normal routines!!