The Big Island

Here are just a few pictures from our trip to the Big Island....we took a lot. There was lots to see! We stayed at the Kileuea Military Camp, which was right in the Hawaii Volcano National Park. So, we saw lava, went to the top of Mauna Kea, drove by lots of old lava (drove a lot period!) and saw as much as we could in a few days. More pictures to come!

Steam from the Kileuea caldera...they say the lava is now 100 meters under the surface...something's coming....

The caldera floor, we hiked down there..(don't worry, it's huge!)

The steam from the caldera floor

Ginger -- apparently in the national park its a nuisance and is constantly trying to be eradicated. Its similar to, but not the ginger in the store

Windmills on the south shore

Farmland on the south shore...we even saw cows & horses!

Lava going into the ocean

More lava...it was so neat to see!

The crowd oooing and aahing...you can see approx. how far away we were

Congratulations!!

Friends Amy & Stu had their little boy, James Michael yesterday afternoon. No pictures just yet, but they're all doing well.

AND...there's more!





















Congratulations to Nick and Sarah -- they're engaged!!!!!

A weekend of good things all around!

8.31.2008

8.30.2008

Just Another Day....

I got to be a part of this conversation after lunch today:

Z: When I grow up I'm going to be a pizza maker

Me: What kind of pizza will you make?

Z: Pepperoni

Me: What about pepperoni and mushroom?

Z: Nope, I don't know how.

Me: How about cheese?

Z: Yeah, ok. I can do that.

Communication aide: Are you going to toss them up in the air?

Z: No, I don't know how. I could learn though...so maybe

Absolutely hi-lar-ious! It may not come through as funny here...but he said it so seriously and was very definite about what he would and would not do. Everyone in the room was laughing. First graders say the most interesting things. :-)

P.S. Emily you'd be proud of one of my pre-k that brought a Dora (the explorer) princess book and insisted that she read it to me before we did anything else last week

August 25, 2007

We've made it to year 1! We started the year off with a wonderful celebration -- a great day from start to finish. Lots of work went into making it memorable -- from all the help coordinating plans/appointments/transporting "stuff" to friends/family that made arrangements to come to St.L. It wouldn't have been as fun as it was without you all! Who knows what year 2 will bring or where we'll be, but we're looking forward.

8.24.2008