Hawaii 2010!

Yeah! We went back to Hawaii and had a lovely time. We did a whole lot of nothing and it was perfect. And we wore a lot of sunscreen (this family shot is from the end of the week).

Hazel wanted to be a mermaid.
She does not love the ocean. Which makes me sad, and Geoff really sad. But she got a couple of rides in (see the bottom of this post).
She does, however, love the indoor play land.
Ahhh...cute.
Hazel riding on Geoff's back on the boogie board.

The rest of 2010

I am very slow with updating. It has been busy.

Hazel has been busy wearing awesome outfits.
And shoveling the walks.

And we made some really awesome turkeys for the Thanksgiving (we didn't have a lot of guests, thus only four turkeys).
Oh, and we went back to Hawaii. Hazel got to participate in the keiki hula show and now wants to take hula lessons.
And she fell asleep while we were prepping to go to the airport. (Yes, I only have TWO pictures from a week in Hawaii. There are more on the other camera that is currently MIA.)
Face painting. Hazel painted Geoff's face.
And then it was Christmas. Santa brought Hazel, Jenni and I matching Turbie Twists. Which are totally awesome.
Cute cousins.
Bonnie made us these bonnets (that transform into aprons!!) for our Little House expedition this summer.
Jenni was totally jealous (and oblivious to the horde of Wild(e) reindeer about to attack her)
Hazel got this awesome Egypt box for Christmas. It is very cool and much loved.
And there you go. I have pics from 2011 to put up shortly.

Maui Part 4: The "other" camera

We only have a few beach shots, as our waterproof camera broke. Gah!! It doesn't recognize the door as shut. I say we override the sensor but Geoff wants to send it in to be fixed. Pshaw.

Anyway, the beach. The beach is great. The weather was perfect. It was really a fabulous week. I cannot thank Geoff's aunt Susan enough for the use of her condo. The location was great and it was nice to have the full kitchen to cook.

We built many a sand castle.

They were necessarily pretty but they were big.
And we made a mermaid tail for the little mermaid child.
She was blissfully happy about it. Later, she had us dig a moat around it and then "fill it in". As if you can fill in a moat with a tiny sand bucket running back and forth to the ocean. Have I mentioned the sciatica?!?! Luckily, she was fairly happy with the just mermaid tail, as long as we kept her somewhat damp.
And here is where Geoff broke the camera. Or it spontaneously broke itself. Grr. At least he got a couple of nice fish shots.

Maui Part 3: There are a lot more pics on the card without 200 pictures of waves

Continued from the previous post, I loves me some jelly fish. And even more than that, I love this creepy shot with Geoff being reflected in the glass. And even MORE than that, I love the Geoff.
Okay, this is a less creepy shot.
Hazel played tour guide.

This is a shark.
That is a sting ray.
Moving on from the aquarium.

We went to Lahaina (and had a crazy delish shave ice from ummm.... random shave ice stand. Look for it!) And we saw the banyan tree. Oh, I am sorry I meant THE Banyan Tree. Blah blah blah banyan blah blah.
Awesome family shot with the time.
So, I like family shots. I like to see all of us and to have proof of our happy-family-ness. The last time we went to Hawaii was in 2006 (ack! so long) and we took this shot in Hosmer's Grove.

2006:
And a similar shot in the redwood forest in 2009.

2009:
Holy cow, we have all changed so much. Of course, the kids is 4x older so she has changed the most but still.

We also went to Santa's photo-opportunity-land in the Queen K's Mall. Alas, Santa was sick. But, we took a picture anyway. A prior day we saw another Santa at the Maui Mall and we was creeeeeepy. We have a picture. But a physical picture, not digital. Come to my house and I will show you. Technically, it is at my work, but I will bring it home for you.
Oh, this is at the redwood forest, I should move it. Not gonna.
We also went to Iao Valley to hike around (which is awesome when (a) I gots the sciatica and (b) we are facing a 5.5 hour plane ride and thus my sciatica will be even worse if I inflame it by walking around. Also, I am old.)

Moving on. We saw a cat that looked like Rufus.
And we played in the houses.

And Geoff carried Hazel on his shoulders. That is the Iao needle in the background.
And, of course, we made Hazel keep up on her studies since she missed so many days of preschool.

I have a couple more shots from the little camera. But I am trying to boost my post count. Mwa hahahahaha

Maui Part 2: The kid (not just waves)

Hookipa overlook.

I made this awesome dress for Hazel. I wish I had a full body shot of it, because it is truly adorable. Hopefully, it will still fit her in the summer and she can wear it again.

We also went to the aquarium.
Where Hazel learned to shoot water out of her fingertips.
And we saw the jelly fish. I love the jelly fish. There is a big tube of them in a dark room and they are awesome. It is my favorite part, hands down.
Hazel liked the sharks, and the aquarium tube.
Shaka.
But still plenty of attitude.
Okay, I have more, but I am uploading now.

Tag

Since I was tagged twice. Here is the fourth photo in my fourth folder. This is a picture of a canyon from a trip we took to Hawaii when I was pregnant with the kid.