Beatty's

A couple of weeks after the Dellamas's we had Mark, Shannan & kids come and visit. We had a great time with them as well. They even found a fun excursion for all of us to go on. We all went swimming with the wild Dolphins. It was so fun and we even had the Dolphins swimming along side our boat playing with the kids and splashing them. It was so much fun.

All the girls boogie boarding

This is how the kids got to travel and watch the Dolphins swimming under them. One would even turn over on it's back and the splash the kids with it's tail. They said that they had never seen them do it to the boat before. We all had good energy!

Dolphins swimming right next to the boat.

Mark and Shannan also made it here for the Laie Hawaii Temple open house. It was a lot fun and a great experience being able to take them and also our kids through the Temple. It is SO Beautiful!

Swimming at Waimea Falls the water was cold but the kids had a great time.

Dellamas's

I decided that it would be easiest to just go back to the last few weeks and put in a few highlights of our visitors. First we had Sarah, Miah and the boys come to visit. They came in October and we had a fun time showing them around the island. And they loved all of the new beaches that we have found that were less crowded. The kids had a blast and we are always sad to see our guests have to go home.

Boogie Boarding

Surfing

Throwing spears at the PCC (Mason was the champion at Hawaiian Bowling 12-0)

A hike that over looks Kaneohe Bay.

It's a dark picture but this is all of us at the Haunted Lagoon at the PCC.

Countdown created by Brock

This countdown is created by Brock. The date is not set but at least to this date i hope. Mom doesn't talk about me on this blog much but i am doing terrific, I am in the 7th grade if you guys didn't know and I am the first child, I am also a boy. I was Lutheran League MVP for my school Saint Mark Lutheran. This is my greatest accomplishment ever (Sarcasm). It was fun playing volleyball and I had fun playing all-stars. I am now playing basketball for St. Mark. We are going to win the lutheran teams championship and we are going undefeated. St. Mark is going great different for me because it is lutheran but it is great. I am playing baseball right now for Hawaii United. I play every saturday and miss the sunday games. I turned a double play and striked out (well the ump didn't call it but it was a strikeout) the kid who pitched against Japan in the Little League World Series. I played All Stars for Ko'olau baseball club which is pony and we won Oahu and played on the Big Island in July where I through my famous no-no(no hitter) I pitched it against Maui where Shane Victorino is from who plays on the Phillies. To tell you the secret on throwing a no-no against people from Maui is to throw mostly knuckleballs. If you haven' noticed Victorino can't hit knuckleballs either. That is just a little bit of what has happened in my life. I will tell more about my life if my parents don't, later.

All-Stars

Wow I have a lot to catch up on!! This post may actually take a few times to bring up to speed, but I will start by doing a little back tracking. I got a new MacBook and now I have all of the pictures on my computer so no excuses.

I guess that we had better start with the boys playing All-Stars. Austin made the Kahalu'u 10 year old Little League All-Star team. He played really well had a great time and they made it to the Championship game, but lost a close one. It was the first time that a team from this age group in Kahalu'u had ever made it this far in the Tournament. Austin did a great job!! He pitched and played catcher most of the time but also spent time at Shortstop, Turd base (how the Hawaiians say third) and outfield. Even had the coach tell us that Austin does such a great job catching that they wish that they could have had him catch for himself when he was pitching. The coaches all loved coaching Austin and were always complimenting him on how good of a player and teammate he was. He is such a great example on his team of a kid who comes and works hard, is very coachable and never complains. He is a lot of fun to watch too.

Brock also made the All-Star team for the 12 year old Koolau Warrior Pony League team. His team did really well playing here on Oahu and earned a spot to the next level of play that was played in Hilo on the Big Island. He flew over with the team Thursday for the game on Friday and then Austin and I flew in early Sat. morning to see the Saturday game. He played really well, but they lost the Friday game and he was the starting pitcher for Saturdays game. It was a really good game and he ended up pitching the whole 6 innings and and they 10 runned the other team. The surprise turned out that he was honored for pitching a No Hitter for the game.

He too is a great example and is really admired by his teammates and coaches.

We are so proud of the boys for their examples and being able to stand up for what they believe as they had to make the decision not to play on Sundays. They were both respected by their coaches and it was a testament to them and the good boys that they are that even though the coaches knew that they wouldn't play on Sundays they were still kept on the All-Star teams.

MAY DAY IN HAWAII

We recently had the opportunity to attend Ahuimanu Elementary May Day celebration. The kids learned a tremendous amount of Hawaiian culture and history. It was a fun time for them to learn more about this beautiful island and partake in its rich culture.





Instead of weaving the May pole they each performed Hula with their classes. We were proud of them and their willingness to experience something new. I (Nate) am proud of them because the boys kept that wonderful Staheli attitude and didn't want people to know how much they really enjoyed it. Austin about cracked but he made it through without to big of smile.





Thanks to our kids for doing this. My counsel to them is always, "Someday, you will realize the great experiences you had while living here!" However, they don't always buy it.

HULA IN HONOLULU

Our little McKenna was a hit as she performed her hula dances in Honolulu this afternoon. She is part of a Halau in Kaneohe. Auntie Puah is her teacher and does a fabulous job. McKenna was a little nervous as there were many "tourists" who gathered around to watch the group perform this afternoon. They performed on the grass by the pool at the Waikiki Sheraton. We are so proud of our "little brown girl".

NEED WE SAY MORE

Things are well here in Hawaii. Da' boyz went to Canoes to do a little surfin'.

Aloha to all!!!