February 2025

Winter 10 U Soccer Season "Thunder Chickens"

Winter 12U Soccer Season "Dominators"

Surfing for Jane in Haleiwa

Flying on a 10-passenger airplane to visit daddy at work and celebrate 

Kate turning 12 years old!

Visiting the famous cat sanctuary. We were told 700+ cats live here. 

Jane fell in love with this one and wanted to bring it back home to Oahu.

There are less than 10 restaurants on the island- you have to make sure you know what days/times they close or you are out of luck!

Manele Bay Beach Park

Sweetheart Rock

Tidepools

Sunset at Manele

Barbeque and roasting s'mores at the beach with our friends Jared, Kendra, and family.

Morning hike with Jared and Bryan. We saw lots of turkey, some deer, but no rams...

Although this picture was taken a couple days later, we celebrated Kate turning 12 at the Adventure Park at the Four Seasons Resort. It hovers over water and is in such a serene location in the forest. 

Happy Birthday Kate! We know you enjoyed the thrill of climbing and 

beating dad at finishing the whole course.

It was so fun to watch our friend Kae do the ropes course.

Coconut Beach

Unreal. Molokai to the left and Maui to the right. You could see and hear all the whales while enjoying the clear, still ocean water.

Look and listen!

Shipwreck Beach

Restored plantation church, Ghost town of Keomuku

As soon as we arrived home from Lanai, we just had to celebrate Kate's birthday. It's a good thing the house was already decorated for her! 

She got a portable desk, Crocs, and a carrier for her Stanley.

Jane volunteered to showcase Germany at her elementary school's Culture Day. Bryan and I both dress up in our Trachten. We gave away pretzels and washable tattoos. Initially, I was a little overwhelmed with Jane's volunteering- because that really means mom is volunteering. But it was such a great activity, and we learned some much about other cultures too.

Braces for this one! She doesn't look very excited to have braces at all! 

Valentines Party for Kate with the YW. She won the cookie decorating contest. Her crafting has really taken off this year!

Howie and June

We found a wonderful family to help with dog watching when we travel. The dogs 

play so well together.

 

January 2023

We visited the Aquarium and Legoland. It was really cool to see Kansa City mapped out in Legos. It made me realize how much stuff there really is to do in this area! 

We went with our friends to a Cheif's game! So much energy, but it was sure cold that night.

One of my goals this year was to take the girls are dates. Something special with just them. Bryan and I rotate the girls so we take them every other month. This month, I took Jane to the animal shelter and we hung out with the cats for a few hours. It really made us want to adopt, but there is no way Bryan would allow that!

We tested out the little bunny hill near our house called Snow Creek. There are 4 lifts and most of the snow is blown. We got pretty bored after 1.5 hours, but it is a perfect place for someone newly learning OR if you just dropped your child off for the afternoon.

We hardly got any snow, but this picture has ice blocks on the Missouri River. So cold!

Kate went with her best friend Eloise to the zoo.

I attempted to use my broken Polish pottery pieces to make some fun mosaic-looking pots. Kristi gave me a plumeria stem for Christmas, but it did not make it here in Kansas. Ha!