Showing posts with label Optometry. Show all posts
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Friday, May 16, 2025

December 2024


Christmas Carnival Games

Christmas Parade

Beach Cleanup with 808

Gingerbread contest winners at Bryan's work.

Wreaths Across America- National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)

6th grade Christmas Party

19th Anniversary in Maui
Snuba/Snorkle Molokini Crater

Hiking Haleakala, Waihee Ridge Trail, and Iao Valley

Christmas Party with Aloha Eye Clinic
Bryan works 2-3 days every month at an eye clinic in Maui.



The girls had a blast staying with our dear friends, the Chambers.




When we got back from our trip, we went Christmas caroling.



After we celebrated Christmas in Hawaii, the girls and I flew to Utah for a week. The girls were super excited to be cold, touch the snow, visit cousins, and open presents from grandma and grandpa.


We drove up to Bear Lake with Kim and her family. Kate and Jane couldn't wait for grandpa to pull them behind the 4-wheeler like they saw their Koplin cousins do last year.




We enjoyed 2 days of skiing at Beaver Mountain. This was my first time skiing here and I absolutely loved it.


July 2024

Dressed up for the 4th of July!
We watched the fireworks on Pearl Harbor from Crestview Park. They lasted maybe 3 minutes. A little sad compared to NYE.

Celebrating Jane's birthday early- Kristi had to go to the mainland for Army Reserve Training.

We invited friends over to surprise Jane for her birthday. She figured it out because of all the shoes in the garage!

Kate made the cutest scavenger hunt with all of Jane's presents. She got a purple Stanley cup, the cutest Sanrio dress, and a claw machine.

We went to Coral Crater Adventure Park to celebrate the new 9 year old!




Ukulele Festival 2024
Kate and Jane

Ukulele Festival
Rebekah

Bryan is training the girls young.

 

Sunday, March 31, 2019

March 2019

After our return from Utah, we all had eye exams with daddy.  


I was able to chaperone Kate's kindergarten class field trip to Peaceable Kingdom.  We went on a nature walk, roasted marshmallows, dug for dinosaur bones, and met some reptiles. 






Friday, November 30, 2018

November 2018

I am very proud of my little garden of lettuce.  Our house had these tiny raised gardens and I figured I'd try to use them for the winter before we move them to somewhere not in the middle of the yard in the spring/summer.  I had put in some beets and peas, but they didn't make it.  Only my lettuce has survived.  But that is a good thing, since I can barely keep my house plants alive! 

 Bryan went to San Antonio  to present his fellowship before the board of Optometry and became a new fellow! Congratulations to him!!



We camped at McKinney Falls State Park over the Veteran's Day holiday.  It was a little wet and a little cold.  But the girls did great.  This would be a beautiful place to visit in the spring and summer when the water is warm.  




We also ran 9 miles in San Antonio over the Veteran's Day holiday with one of Bryan's friends, Joy.  Because it was such a small race, most of us got first place in our age group! It was a very cold run.  I guess this prepared me for my other very cold run in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
 Kate's school picture!  Look at that fake smile!
I went up to Oklahoma before Thanksgiving to run a 1/2 marathon.  Basically, I am trying to keep up with my friend Jennifer and all her different state medals.  This run was so cold. It was so cold I ran the fastest I've ever run- 1:52! A new PR!

The worst part about this race was that I lost my car keys that were hidden under my car.  I had no cell phone or money because everything was in the car.  Nothing was stolen out of the car. No windows were broken.  My keys were just taken out of thin air.  I found a kind sole that let me warm up in their car, call a pop-a-lock guy, and wait until my car opened was opened.  I took an Uber back to where I was staying (Adam's house) to shower and really get warm.  Then I had the car towed just in case someone were to come back and claim the vehicle.  Bryan was able to first class mail the extra car keys, thank goodness- because a new key costs like $250!  It was a crazy, cold adventure!
 But I got my Oklahoma medal!
For Thanksgiving, we all traveled to Michael's home in Ardmore, Oklahoma.  It was Wendy and her family, Adam and his family, Bryan and our family, and Stratton.  Amy and her family came a few days before, but left early to have Thanksgiving in New Mexico.  We played ultimate frisbee, ran a 5K, played at a trampoline park, swam at a hotel, watched Ralph Breaks the Internet, went bowling, drove through a park with Christmas lights, ate Braum's Ice Cream, and played with cousins. 



It was lots of fun!

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Thanksgiving, Christmas Markets, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen

We are on the hunt for awesome Christmas Markets and collecting gluhwein cups.  And since Jane does not have her passport yet, we have been doing just that.  8 Christmas Markets thus far- 4 in Dresden, Guteneck, Parsberg, Lupberg, and Kuhstallcafe.  You can spend a lot of money on trinkets, food, and entertainment.  So worth it though.

While we were in Dresden, we drove an hour and a half north to the Rackotzbrucke or devil's bridge.  The reflection of the bridge on the water makes a complete circle.  We still are not sure if it was worth the extra 3 hour drive, but we checked it off our list of things to do and see.  Kate threw an awesome first tantrum there.  It was a culmination of tired and hungry and first time watching a movie in the car.

After Dresden, we drove down to an inactive volcano in Parkstein.  It was snowing and the view from on top was beautiful.  Poor Jane mostly gets pictures in the carrier while we are traveling, so this might be a first.  
 Saw camels in the parade at the Guteneck Christmas Market.
Bryan had an optometry conference at the military lodging Edelweiss in Garmisch-Partenkirchen the first week of December.  The girls and I tagged along and I am so glad we did!  The weather was fabulous and I was finally able to see the Zugspitz (tallest mountain in Germany that we hiked up last fall).  We visited the cute little town of Oberammergue and all the beautiful wood carving shops.  


We checked out the monastery in Ettal and the cheese factory.  I love cheese!!
We hugged Jane too tight in Santa's chair.
 We hiked the Partenkirchen Gorge and ate icicles. 
  
And we swam in the indoor and outdoor pool.  Jane was a trooper through it all.