So many updates

It's a looong post ahead. Lots of pictures and videos so if you get this in your email, click the link at the bottom to open it in your browser to see all the videos.

The past two weeks have been wonderful.

Ryenne got a 6th birthday party in Lahaina. The video is pretty funny - watch Cruz.


Peter and I made 15 years together on June 11th and we thought we'd celebrate with a vow renewal. We just felt that our old marriage was dead and we wanted to reaffirm our relationship with meaningful vows that we wrote each other. It was beautiful. I only have a few pictures (more to come later).

Sugarcane in the background

Our family. They never hold still.

Hookipa Lookout

My dad, Pops, visited as well. It was awesome. We hit the beach and the strawberry farm. He taught Ry how to duck dive under waves.

Pops fell over!

At the strawberry farm in Kula

The day after Pops went back to Austin, Mom flew in from Reno with Dexter. She had found a loophole to get Dex here. US Airways allows an emotional support pet in the cabin. His quarantine paperwork was done and she trained Dexter and he had a special vest and everything. At the airport, we saw Gams and Dex from afar and I didn't know who to hug first! Dexter was so excited to see us. He was licking and wagging his nub of a tail like crazy!

Reunited with my doggy!!!

The week Gams was here I was actually really busy with photography. She helped me with the kids a lot. And the house too. It was wonderful to have her here and spend time with her.
Ryenne even lost her first tooth while Gams was here!! She was nervous about losing her first tooth and I gave her some fresh coconut to eat. She bit it and out came the tooth!

Tooth Fairy goodies for her first tooth

On her last day we hit up the beach with Uncle Nico and Auntie Shayna. Ry went paddle boarding and the boys played. I even tried it! It was so fun. I can't wait to do it again! (there are waaaay more pictures coming from the Gopro camera)

To the beach!!!

See Gams and Shayna in the middle? They were walking on a sandbar.

Lunch with Gams

Another one of Kai running

Ry and Pickle (Uncle Nico) on the paddle board

And just before Gams went home Ry had gymnastics. She gets her coordination from her mama (hahaha)
She is the one on the trampoline



It has been a really awesome couple of weeks.

This morning we took a family walk up into town and got the kiddos Komodas. We also got to see a cowboy playing the harmonica, which was pretty cool! 

Eating donuts in Makawao town