March & April 2016

In a rush, busy a work.  Right now and seemingly a lot the last two months.  But we had fun too!

In March, we went to Kauai (for a week) and Maui for 4 days.  As "usual", we stayed in Princeville on Kauai, but it was a little different this year, because Hana is older (of course) and the kids that lived in the condo complex where we stayed were on spring break.  Hana met 3 new friends that lived there and another friend visiting from Oregon.  These 5 girls hung out just about every day and had a blast!!  It was a new experience and fun for everyone, I think!

We also did a lot of Hana's other favorite activity, which is swimming.  In the pool an din the ocean, Hana had a blast.  We went snorkeling and saw many cool fish and Knute took her boogie boarding a couple of times in Hanalei Bay.  She was a natural... no surprise there!  :-)

When we landed on Maui, we rented out incredibly overpriced Mustang convertible (long story, but not happy with "Thrifty" car rentals) and headed to the town of Hana.  It was a lovely, but long and twist road.  We stopped to look at these amazing Rainbow Eucalyptus trees, as well as several waterfalls.  The town was cool and we had an amazing dinner.  We headed all the way back to Lahaina the next day.... AFTER a very special visit from the Easter Bunny!!  I think we were all surprised the Easter Bunny found Hana all the way in Hana, HI!!!   Lots to fit in such a short trip! 

On Maui, Knute and I also went diving with our friend Keith.  It was my first ever shore dive and it was great!  We saw more turtles in that dive than I've ever seen in my life (maybe with the exception of the Turtle Farm in Cayman) and it was great!  We also went to dinner with them.

Back in Denver, my mom continues to improve, much to everyone's shock!!  Even though "everyone" told me she'd never eat solid food again, after working with a speech therapist, she started on "real" food again last week!  Just amazing.

 

 

Lots of fun things going on in the neighborhood too.  Hana continues to do gymnastics every week (loves it!) and the neighbors got some chicken, so it been fun to watch them grow.  Also, Hana got a new bike last weekend!  The style fits her better than her old one and she can ride it really fast!  She likes it much better than the other one, for sure! 

 

 

 

Hana is super excited that school gets out in a month and she will be a "grader" (as she calls it) in the fall.  Watch out first grade - Hana is coming!  :-)