tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313490462024-03-06T23:44:23.182-10:00everyday vacation.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.comBlogger771125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-58337131400257712302013-02-20T11:58:00.001-10:002013-02-20T11:58:21.793-10:005 things about 3 girls<div style="text-align: left;">
hey, look! we are all in a picture together! that never happens anymore.</div>
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1. velzy is fun. she is always up for an adventure. i wish she and i could just run off into the mountains and hike or go explore more often. <br />
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2. she loves her friends. a lot. <br />
3. still has the best legs.<br />
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4. likes to do her own thing. wants to play with her own friends, wants her own room, hates when people copy her... i get it. it's fun to watch, until it's annoying. <br />
5. she started jiu jitsu a few months ago, part of me thinks she likes to go to hang with friends (see #2) but her long gangly body is pretty good at it i think.<br />
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pretty sure she just thinks she is a big person these days. she is fun to talk to and hear her views on life. and she loves to talk, has to tell all about everything.<br />
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1. decided to ride her bike the other day after a year hiatus. in typical ivy style she worked for an afternoon in front of grandma connie's house at riding till she had it figured out and has never looked back. no help from me or anyone else was allowed.<br />
2. loves to sing and have dance parties. she gets the hugest smile on her face when you sing with her.<br />
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3. has me check the weather everyday when she gets up so she can plan her outfit accordingly. getting dressed in the morning is still the most annoying thing...<br />
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4. Eats like an adult. Any and everything. she is always stealing my food becuase it looks better than what she has on her plate. and she can almost out eat me, which is saying<br />
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5. she joined velz in jiu jitsu last month. the people that teach her say she is really good and love her smile while she is working. <br />
her smile is priceless. her tears and cry are the worst.<br />
she is also my lola whisperer, she has a way of talking to her that can get her to calm down when none of us can. that and she is always ready with a pacifier and blanket.<br />
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1. let's be honest, she is the cutest human being alive. she is sweet and funny and has the greatest little personality. she walks around with her hands in her pockets of her sweatshirts, is really into wearing a backpack, and sings along to taylor swift in the car with the big girls.<br />
2. she is still obsessed with babies. looooooves babies. a lot. loves pushing strollers, holding and bouncing them while "sushing."<br />
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3. has finally started talking more. my favorite phrases: "i did it" "WOW, mom..." and when we pull in the driveway she says "yay! we home!"<br />
the other day i stopped for a guy at cross in a cross walk, apparently he was slow cause she yelled out "GO GUY!" so funny!<br />
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4. she is a way better listener and helper than her sisters. i can ask velzy or ivy to do something and they won't move but she will go do it. she likes to help and clean up. <br />
5. she is currently obsessed with riding her bike. especially with her buddy river, they ride up and down the driveway everyday.<br />
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and she is still the cuddliest little girl. she loves to push her face up close in mine and giggle. since chirstmas she has been obsessed with santa and asks about him daily and freaks out every time she sees the camera because she wants to look at pictures of santa on it. <br />
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<br />ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-15654173425365868762012-11-01T21:20:00.002-10:002012-11-01T21:20:24.146-10:00halloweenat the parade at school.<br />
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lola was stoked to find her favorite people after the parade. she loves the babies.</div>
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you may or may not know that i am not skilled with makeup. at trunk or treat for church last week i tried to help velzy apply some black eyeshadow and made her cry cause it looked so junk. i have no skills in that department. luckily mr moffat is more of an artist and got into the face painting last night and saved the day. the girls looked great and he did an amazing job on his make up. naturally.</div>
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we partied at our friends house and then went to laie to trick or treat. <br />
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The Little Butterfly. (who loved wearing wings)</div>
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A Greek Goddess</div>
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Vampire</div>
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A Spiders Thanksgiving Feast</div>
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And The Coppertone Baby</div>
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for comparisons sake.... not too bad right?</div>
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during the day while i was making a million cookies for class parties lola insisted that i wear this mask. she made scary noises and it was the funniest thing to have her walk around wearing the mask.</div>
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ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-64724635307113758712012-11-01T21:01:00.000-10:002012-11-01T21:28:31.317-10:00party girl does tahitianlola and i were sitting watching the girls tahitian and there happened to be an extra pareo laying around. she brought it to me and insisted, in her baby grunt language, that i put it on. then she said "dance" and party girl came out.<br />
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party girl takes over tahitian:<br />
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the technical stuff. the sound goes out again, it's a poor quality phone video, but i figured the grandmas will like it.<br />
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and honestly, she was following along better than some of the three year olds. just sayin...ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-8592504453425289992012-10-16T21:29:00.003-10:002012-10-16T21:29:36.967-10:00just a little hello<div style="text-align: center;">
hi. here are some pictures.</div>
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gagster- i started to look at maui pictures and there were so many i got overwhelmed and started looking at pictures on my phone... so here is some pictures of Horny. And some of the girls too.</div>
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we got a jackson chameleon last weekend. the girls are sooooo exited to finally have a pet. Velzy is completely obsessed with him and wants to hold him all day long. Ivy likes him and will hold him for a minute but doesnt like when he climbs up her arm cause it hurts. and Lola loves the "ge-go" (gecko) and will poke at him on occasion with a finger or two.</div>
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oh, and his name is horny. Girls came up with it on their own and are keeping it. Priceless.</div>
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Ivy started ballet today. She was super excited about it, which I was surprised about but so happy for. She has something to do that velzy is not into and it's a good thing. Velzy sat and watched her and it was really cute. Niki and some friends are in the class so she is pumped about it all.</div>
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watching the class before hers</div>
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v&l watching</div>
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oh, and lola is the worlds cutest little human. ever.</div>
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ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-26448453890493580502012-09-16T21:08:00.003-10:002012-09-17T12:34:59.839-10:00my super super citizenevery month the elementary school has a super citizen assembly. each class honors a students that have been super the previous month, it's a pretty big deal. it's a big huge over the top laie elementary school production. so, august is over and friday was the first assemble and ivy, yes IVY was chosen from her class.<br />
thursday night we were collecting plumeria to make her a lei, and i asked her if she thought we had enough flowers and she replied "no, i have a really big neck." She also did quality control on the flowers. love her. <br />
as i was leaving her room at bedtime ivy told me she was going to dream about how the super citizen assembly is going to go tomorrow. she is so excited and nervous.<br />
after i left i heard ivy and velzy talking about how the day will go with the super citizen assembly. i stood by their door and laughed as velzy was telling her how you go to class and grab your chairs and bring them to the field. ivy had tons of questions. my favorite velzy reply was "well, i may be right. but it was 2 years ago i was in kindergarden so i may be wrong but that is how we did it." i love to hear them talk to each other. it's reassuring to hear them be buddies. sometimes i worry about them but tonight i just stood at the door and listened with a huge smile on my face. <br />
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ivy's friend from happy school, shae was the other super citizen chosen from her class.</div>
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glad i got that last picture when i did. one minute later she was hot and uncomfortable. her leis were off and i couldn't get her to look at me for a picture for anything. good thing i spent all the time and effort making all the leis.<br />
good job ivy.<br />
<br />ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-16462388376781986282012-08-19T21:09:00.001-10:002012-08-19T21:09:10.052-10:00for gaggydid i say i would post pictures for you last monday? sorry. better a week late than never.<br />
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of course party girl is not looking or cooperating and was actually going crazy but that is just cause she loves her gaggy. it's hard not to.<br />
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first day of school pictures. we were kinda running late on the first day of school so all i had time to do was snap a quick one or two pictures. we are still having a hard time getting out the door in the mornings.<br />
velzy and her fake smile, as the bell was ringing<br />
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her first cast was green. that was only on for a week and now she has a blue one. it comes off in a week and two days. not that i am counting them down or anything. <br />
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today she found a popsicle stick in my bag at church and spent an hour scratching her arm. she has been a real trooper though. we have been to the beach a few times and she has not complained but i know she is dying to go swimming. friday the girls had no school and it was so hot so we walked across the street to the beach for a bit. this is how she cooled off:<br />
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we have been trying not to torture her too bad though. last weekend we went to the pali lookout and hiked a little down the old pali road, it is so pretty there.<br />
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and lola and i have been enjoying our alone time. aloha friday<br />
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i think she misses the girls but i also think she likes to have her time off from them. i would if i were her!<br />
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last saturday morning in bed. they are such cute monkeys.<br />
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and this is today. 7 girls. that's a lot. betsy's little babies are a month old and are so tiny! they are really cute.<br />
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aaaand, that is about it. ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-63621965368804898212012-06-24T21:43:00.001-10:002012-06-24T21:44:25.854-10:00Ma'akua Ridgeyesterday the sun was not shining. there were no waves. we didn't know what to do with ourselves. velzy said the only thing she wanted to do was go hiking. so we went.<br />
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in out "backyard" there are a few hikes and they are really fun. ivy put on shoes and wore them the whole way... to the trail head a few hundred yards from home. she is not good with shoes and hiked in slippers again. we really need to get her some shoes that she can wear, because she trips and her feet were bleeding and all scuffed up by the end of the day. she had a little meltdown in the beginning but ended up hiking most of the way. but for a little while she was a monkey on my back.<br />
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the best part of the hike was all the fruit we found. we came home with a backpack full of lilikio, and ate a ton on the trial. and there were a few mountain apples that we ate up real fast. lola liked them so much she ate the seed in the middle.<br />
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as velzy said it "today is the best day of summer so far!" and it really was one of the best days.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-31154657897312367252012-05-30T14:02:00.004-10:002012-05-30T14:08:39.446-10:00field trippintwo days in a row... i am pretty rad.<br />
so, these are all from my phone, naturally. we got a little water camera for mothers day/ anniversary/ fathers day so there is a slight chance you will get to see something other than phone pictures soon. possibly.<br />
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have i mentioned, it's summer time? i am excited about that. it's really really nice to not have to nag and wake up people in the morning. i can't decide if i hate nagging more at the 7-8 in the morning hour to get everything ready for school or the 7-8 in the evening hour getting everyone in bed. either way, those hours of the day are not my fav. but now it's SUMMER!!!!!<br />
this is my velzy girl on her way to school with the lei that she collected flowers to make for her teacher. and her candy lei, since ivy was going to get a whole grip of them at preschool graduation, she needed at least one.<br />
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the week before school got out was field trip week. i got to go with velzy to the children's discovery center on tuesday. it was really fun. first graders are super funny. i loved watching them run all over and try new things and laugh. i have never heard velzy laugh as hard as she did when she and her friends were playing with this thing on the "ship" they have there. i don't think she could breath she was laughing so hard.<br />
us on the bus. velzy, liva & alex on the screen broadcasting the news<br />
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on the ship. every kids favorite part- the wheel chairs.<br />
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banyon tree. band of crazies.<br />
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ivy's preschool graduation was quite entertaining. she of course was nervous and didn't want to go, of course she went and did a great job. they sang and danced a ton and it was a grand ol party. more pictures of that for another post.<br />
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wednesday of field trip week i got to go with ivy to bishop museum.<br />
ivy making waves for the north shore. serving lola and ronin at the cafe.<br />
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sliding down a lava tube. and sliding down a snail.<br />
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and i really didn't get very many pictures that day apparently, maybe because lola was with me and was scared of pretty much everything for the first half of the trip but it was really fun.<br />
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then on thursday of field trip week i got to go with luke and some of his co workers to take the admirals tour of pearl harbor.<br />
we take really good pictures together. beautiful day on pearl harbor.<br />
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this is the utah, that was sunk in the attack on pearl harbor. other than the arizona it's the only ship still in the harbor, sunken, from that day. super cool to see- it's on the back part of ford island and you don't get to see it on the regular tour. and some knots! i want to learn how to make these.<br />
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and this is the carl vinson. it's a floating city that houses 5,000 and it came to port here for a few days before retuning to the mainland at the end of its tour. it also happens to be the ship that osama bin ladin's body was buried at sea off of. luke got to take a tour of it during field trip week also, no pictures of the cool places he got to see inside. it was huge, the picture doesn't do it justice. there are a bunch of jets, helicopters, tanks... on top. super rad.<br />
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and that concludes field trip week.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-70604024629444198482012-05-29T14:59:00.001-10:002012-05-29T15:50:10.562-10:00this morningas i lay on the living room floor (stretching) i heard giggles coming from the girls room. they emerged, went to the bathroom so very quietly and flushed only once between the two of them as not to wake lola, and came giggling to find me. first thing ivy tells me is how good velzy is at singing this song they have been "incessed" (obsessed for those who don't speak ivy) with. we have been listening to a lot of me first and the gimme gimmes lately, they have really gotten in to Goodbye Earl. velzy and ivy have listened to it 1,000 times and ask me to tell them the story of the song over and over and over. ivy told velzy to sing it and i told ivy to join in and this is what i got at 7:00 this morning. i am actually pretty impressed with the fact that they did it for the camera but they are also incessed with watching themselves so they said i could film them. oh, and my voice is nasty.<br />
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and i just uploaded a ton of pictures, another photo explosion post coming up soon!</div>ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-41363087179540303732012-05-21T21:54:00.001-10:002012-05-21T21:54:32.526-10:00hi.<br />
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her preschool's theme was toy story and she was a barbie. the first thing she said when i woke her up that morning was "i hate my costume!" awesome. she is not really in the video for the first few minutes, the other classes from her preschool go first. and there was one more song after this even, it was a long performance! <br />
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good job ivy girl!<br />
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first graders had tahiti this year and they did amazing.<br />
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you cant really see velz till minute three (she is in the last row, in the middle of the video if you want to try and pick her out.) but then she comes up front and really shakes her thing. i can't believe what a good job she did! needless to say, i am making her start taking tahitian again cause the girl can move her haole hips with the best of em. <br />
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any bets on if ivy performs next friday at her preschools may day???ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-73714446440789899652012-04-10T13:23:00.001-10:002012-04-10T13:32:47.022-10:00oh so long agowe had spring break. it's all a blur of fun and friends. sometimes i wonder if my kids will ever know how good they have it. sometimes they complain that they have to go to the beach. pathetic.<br />
we had some pretty junk weather for the kick off of spring break- the road in front of our house turned into a river and we were on flood watch all that friday. <br />
this is all the stuff that washed out the little river by our house:<br />
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and here is our lovely beach<br />
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our friends from california came to stay at our house that night and it was super fun. we partied till late into the night and then headed to town on saturday. lola was sorta grumpy, she has been in a semi grumpy teething state for all to long now. the girl is the worlds s-l-o-w-e-s-t teether. it's terrible. but the point of me telling that was that she found herself a boyfriend. they even share the same birthday, like 11 or 12 years apart. <br />
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then we went down to sand island and played at the beach.<br />
we then made a spring break to do list:<br />
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monday of spring break we hit up the PCC. a place everyone loves. it was a bunch of fun and there were lots of friends all over the place. fishing, poi balls, spear throwing and tattoos.<br />
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thrusday we hit up the boyodo temple. <br />
they have these black swans that i was sorta obsessed with, they have the prettiest ruffled feathers on the back, i loved them. the kids had fun running all over, feeding the fish and swans, playing in the bamboo forrest and we had a little picnic at the coolest little pagoda. <br />
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and by friday we all needed a break so we hung at home and played. lola got her first good nap in over a week. it was nice. we had a friday night bonfire and the week was done.<br />
i am tired just putting all the pictures up.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-43750061214868229412012-03-31T21:17:00.001-10:002012-03-31T21:17:11.620-10:00da loopour children decided to not suck at hiking today. it was a pleasant surprise. especially since ivy tripped and fell in our drive way and i thought to myself- this is done before it has begun. but it wasn't. in fact, ivy was super hiker (usually she is super sucky hiker) and didn't complain the whole time. <br />
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brynn, i promise more pictures. tomorrow. </div>ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-82486975882918315552012-03-07T15:15:00.001-10:002012-03-07T15:21:49.688-10:00a tuesday afternoon@ the PCC. it was raining, a lot and we were all soaked. but it was so fun. <br />
some friends we meet when we were in redlands are here on vacation and yesterday they went to the PCC so we decided to join them. i mean, why not? we have year passes and have not been to the villages so we needed to go. even if it was pouring. <br />
highlights: fishing. velz caught her first fish- a bamboo stick, line, hook and coconut bread dough. ivy on the other hand wouldn't fish. she was feeling shy and didn't want to. she was tricked into holding a pole, not all that excited about it as you can see. <br />
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and making music with their new old friends.<br />
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we were on our way out when they were in their way into the luau. season passes don't get you in to the delicious luau. but if your under 5 you get in free. so brittany held velzy so she looked like a 5 year old (???), brooke held ivy and they walked right into the luau. they were so stoked.<br />
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the davis' are one of those families that you just want to be around. that i want to be like when i grow up. their kids are happy and funny and all around great. brent and lisa are super fun and are easy to be around. we love hanging out with them. and did i mention they will be spending the night here on friday? i am sure it will be mayhem. blissful mayhem.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-70284800489664223562012-03-05T09:24:00.001-10:002012-03-05T09:25:14.145-10:00that look<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6956641369/" title="Untitled by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6956641369_5f908d7f30_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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i just looked at the pictures on my sim card for the first time in a long time, this was last month when we were in california. those heated showers at the pool were a highlight of the trip. i would not mind having them in my backyard. not at all.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-12285648133167774462012-03-04T21:51:00.002-10:002012-03-04T21:51:51.836-10:00what if...i didn't waste time on the computer looking at other people things and blogged right here? hmmm. that would be something now wouldn't it?<br />
the problem is, i go through this "blogs bug me, blah blah blah" thing. then this evening i was looking at some really cool blogs- brought to my attention by clicking on all the neato things brynn posts to pinterest- and realized that blogs are not all that bad after all. and i really really do like to read old posts of mine. and i should blog more. <br />
i think the reason that i don't blog is that it is a late night activity and you see, i am no longer a night owl. i am a morning person. a wake up early and start the day off with a sweat person. never thought i would, or could, but i am. came to the conclusion that i have to be these days if i really want to get a work out in everyday. and i really do. if i don't i am grumpy. i don't shower. i eat crappy. i am not nice when my kids wake me up. i stay up too late. i don't look good in a bathing suit.... you get my drift. anyways along with waking up early comes going to bed early and blogging goes out the door. <br />
i am pretty sure all of my- all 10 of my- posts from the last year say that i will try and blog more. but alas, i am going to. at least a picture a day. promise. pinky promise.<br />
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so a little catch up?<br />
velzy lost her first tooth friday. it was just dangling there and she would not pull the sucker out so. at school during first recess her buddy gabriella gave her something to eat and it fell out. i forget how scary it can be to pull a tooth out of your mouth, especially your first one. and it's gross. it just is. <br />
velzy is a good kid. i am too hard on her often. the other day our neighbors were going to go swimming and she and ivy wanted to tag along. there was not enough room in their car for the both of them so velzy quietly said she didn't want to go and ivy went. later i asked her why she didn't want to go and she told me that she did, but knew that they both couldn't go so she said she didn't want to go so that ivy could go. my sweet girl.<br />
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ivy has the greatest little social life. i am not fun to hang out with so she has to have a friend around or go to a friends everyday. it's pretty cute. she also has this little made up life- she can go in her room and play and make up things and get in to trouble and act all adult like she likes to do. sometimes i die laughing when i spy on her. i wish i could remember all the funny things she says and does. and i think she has something close to a photographic memory. she is always amazing me with the things she comes up with and remembers. she is learning how to read and is sounding things out so well. i am so proud of her.<br />
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and then there is lola. she had a 101 temp today and came out of her room walking around grinning. she laughs at everything. everything. i am biased because i know how getting older, learning how to disobey and having an attitude can and does drive me crazy so i really appreciate everything lola. don't get me wrong she drives me crazy when i am trying to cook and she has to be held or i can't figure out what "uh uh uh" means, but for the most part i want to clone her 100 times. she is a ball of love.<br />
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luke and i have actually gone out on a few days lately which has been splendid- thanks grandma connie for watching the buggers! a few weeks ago we were human hamsters down at the international market place with jill and micah. the hamster balls were so funny, i couldn't stop laughing. they were super hard to figure out, so hard to stay on your feet but hysterical. we were all dripping with sweat and exhausted by the end. i loved it. and i will never put a hamster in a ball. ever.<br />
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<br />ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-64240883614634689832012-02-17T13:15:00.000-10:002012-02-17T13:15:18.865-10:00i love picturessince the arrival of "the smart phone" and the strange antics of my camera (that of course acted just fine when i brought it into canon last week) there have been more and more grainy, funny filter pictures in my life. and i love them. <br />
last week the girls and i went to California. it was great. it was a surprise. no one knew but brynn. the girls didn't even know till the day before we left. we got in to los angeles late and arrived at my parents house later. the girls surprised them and it was so fun. <br />
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and an unfortunate last name.</div>
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why do these nasty fake teeth never lose their novelty? they just never get old....<br />
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lola is in that i need to feed myself my food with a spoon phase. it's awesome and messy. this day i tried the "maybe if i put her yogurt in a cup and give her a straw it won't be as messy" approach. didn't really work.<br />
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last wednesdays fruit and veggie co-op take homes. yummmmm.<br />
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my new primary class. a few were missing too, it's a large group (there are at least 3 that were not there that day) and they are super funny.<br />
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how lola looks anytime there is a bathing suit laying around. i love when she dresses herself.<br />
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i got some new app that you can edit pictures all fancy like. velz and ivy did these ones their selves. i think they are hysterical. the little things in the corner of velzy's kill me. <br />
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i realized the other day that lola has only played at a park playground a handful of times. tragic, right? so after her sisters went to school she and i walked over to the park to play. i think she liked it- she collected 3 cigarette butts, walked through broken glass and slid down the slides. now she is sleeping peacefully and our house is so quite. i should be working on the 57 things i have written down that i need to do but i am slacking. the washing machine is going so at least someone around here is working.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-45998836916676216012012-01-03T20:23:00.000-10:002012-01-04T22:28:44.664-10:00christmas breaki know there are lots of moms who just want school to start again but i am dreading waking everyone up tomorrow for school, packing lunches and prodding sleepy monsters to get their teeth brushed and get out the door. we have not had the best weather (don't hate me if you have snow on the ground at your house), but it's been nice enough to get to the beach and have some fun. i really don't know what our family would do if we were not able to go to the beach together. i love to be there with my family. taking velzy and ivy out surfing the last few weeks has been some of the funest times ever. and even lola has had some great little bodyboard rides with luke. she sits on the front and laughs as they ride waves in. it's so cute. <br />
velz and ivy like to go out on the soft top with me and play on it. we paddle around, knock each other off, jump off, practice balance and laugh. seriously one of my favorite activities of all time. i love the ages that the girls are at right now. even if they try to say they don't want to go to the beach they have so much fun when we get there. and i am really impressed with how good they are in the water. velz has been catching some waves on her own and also with me riding on the board behind her. the other day she took a wave in and "buttons" was on the inside and he was all stoked on her surfing and told her she was doing awesome. velz- stoking out the old pros. haha. of course i have no pictures of the girls surfing or anything, we need a good waterproof camera so bad. oh, and i failed to mention that on that last wave luke was on it coming in from the inside, so they shared the wave. when she go to the beach she was telling her friends "i shared a wave with my daddy!" so cute. sharing is caring.<br />
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have i mentioned this taster before? you can watch your toast toast and push a button when it is at it's desired toasty-ness. i won it on my friend's foodie blog, it's awesome. my kids have lived on sourdough toast the last few days.<br />
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anyways, on to christmas...<br />
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huger than huge surfing santa in front of the PCC. we went on the christmas canoe ride and it was really fun. ivy wanted to go back every night. since we didn't make it to see santa at the mall- lines were toooo long and baby was too tired- this is what we will count as the girls picture with santa this year. and why am i the only one who follows direction and is throwin shaka?<br />
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luke and i got to visit with corbin santa. always a treat.<br />
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the girls had a christmas party at grandma connies. decorated cookies and played reindeer games. they had a grand old time. they are only slightly obsessed with niki.</div>
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they also reallllly enjoyed their 20 days of christmas from grams and papa. everyday they took turns opening their presents. usually first thing in the morning.</div>
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christmas mornin was fun- ivy almost cried because i made her wait 5 min to go into the living room but after that it was nice. ivy asked santa for a baby doll- third year in a row. this years model pees, really exciting stuff here. velzy wanted an ipad but settled for a remote control monster truck. and lola was happy to be "suprised" as ivy put it. <br />
i am posting this picture for one reason- velzy looks like a freaking teenager. what is going on?<br />
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and now i can't find the rest of the pictures from christmas morning. oh well. we had church and the girls wore their new dresses from grams. they looked quite cute, i even got to do ivy's hair all nice. i love this sequence of pictures. everyones faces in all the pictures make me laugh.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6602271577/" title="IMG_1752 by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1752" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6602271577_45127f4aed.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6602276065/" title="IMG_1753 by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1753" height="333" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6602276065_85d6009dfa.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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a few other christmas pictures<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6514872573/" title="Untitled by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6514872573_508e7acff2.jpg" width="282" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6546568005/" title="hood ornaments by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="hood ornaments" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6546568005_97564ebc40.jpg" width="282" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6546570759/" title="Untitled by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="478" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6546570759_25aaffa815.jpg" width="478" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6601570099/" title="Untitled by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6601570099_6e0a593038.jpg" width="282" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6601464635/" title="Untitled by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6601464635_bcbb53927e.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6601458145/" title="Untitled by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6601458145_0d6709799e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6586534319/" title="Untitled by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6586534319_03d3995626.jpg" width="282" /></a>ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31349046.post-65869353230673452842011-12-28T16:17:00.004-10:002011-12-28T16:17:55.539-10:00random check inhello hello.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662255@N00/6591051501/" title="my girl ivy by everyday vacation, on Flickr"><img alt="my girl ivy" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6591051501_7593d526cd.jpg" width="282" /></a><br />
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it's christmas vacation and we are enjoying ourselves. <br />
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i feel guilty writing that and only posting one picture but that is all i can do for now, it was too good not to share. it seems like every time i look at my blog i feel guilty that i suck at posting. i will try to remedy that soon.ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382967246575117894noreply@blogger.com1