it's been too long since my last post. since then, the kids have finished the school year, we took our family vacation to maui and kelsey has already started cheer! our weather has not been really great lately, but when the sun is shining, i am at the pool. i feel like i need to take advantage of every bit of sun we get since we only have a few months of it!
so, riley finished fifth grade. this was really difficult for me. the fact that all my kids are out of elementary school is so unreal. it seems like yesterday that i was walking wyatt into kindergarten while holding a three month old riley in a front carrier. my how time flies! I brought all my kids to the school a few days before the last so that i could get a picture of them with riley's teacher. mrs. bariao (tracy) taught all three of the kids first grade and then riley was lucky enough for her to move up to forth grade and loop to fifth! so cool to have started jacob wismer with her (wyatt in 1st) and end with her (riley in 5th). this is her with all three of my kiddos...
and one of her and riley on the last day. i was a wreck!
kelsey looked beautiful for her 8th grade graduation. one of her best friends came to get ready together for the last day. they both looked great!
and amazingly, they both spoke during the ceremony!
we left the very next morning, bright and early for Maui. what an amazing time. the kids relaxed, jeff and i relaxed. i really just didn't want to come home! here are a series of photos from the trip.
a bunch of white boys on the first day. so manly!
my handsome boy wyatt
my riles got a little pink. this little fish can't keep sunscreen on since he's in the pool 24/7
purdy girl!
all the kiddo's at whaler's villiage.
riles and dad in the pool, practicing their snorkling.
a beautiful day comes to a beautiful end. love maui sunsets.
the next day, we snorkeled. SCUBA STEVE!
and this guy came up on the sand to say hi. so cute!!!
and we went to the maui ocean center. this place was awesome!
the jelly fish were so cool!
i can never get enough of watching the sun set!
the kids went boogie boarding.
the waited for good waves....
and occasionally got one!
we went to a luau that we had never done before called "the feast"
with many a photo op!
mama and her girl!
some real up-close entertainment!
just a beautiful production, all the way around!
we went to kihei for a day to boogie board, but the weather was nasty, so we grabbed lunch at a sports bar and headed back to our side of the island.
we had great bbq at famous dave's.
we layed by the pool.....
and played in the pool.
this was such a fun trip and i was not ready for it to end. back to reality we came! back to iffy weather and the constant..."i'm bored"! really? i'd ditch reality for that paradise any day! :) love me some maui!
so we are trying to keep busy. the boys are riding this weekend. kelsey is enjoying time with friends. jeff is once again participating in the member/guest open at pumpkin ridge and i'm headed to the beach with my girlfriend sbd.jr. good time ahead for this weekend! more to come later!
Gorgeous pics- so jealous of your beach trip- looks amazing!!
Posted by: elisa | July 23, 2011 at 08:46 AM