dallin in the dirt

dress alike day

today was dress alike day at the elementary school, and these cuties
rocked it with their matching handmade stamped t shirts and smiles:

on maui, part three

the epic conclusion.

kayaking and snorkeling in turtle town:

hike to punalau falls:

side note: it was raining a bit, and unbeknownst to us, there was a flash flood feeding into punalau falls, making it so that we apparently should not have done this hike. when we looked up other pics of the falls, we were all, "wait a minute, that's totally not the same one" 'cause the waterfall we were in was a rager, and we had to jump rocks through waist deep water to get up to it. 

even still, one of our favorite excursions. thanks for the tip, em kev!

a hui kaua (until we meet again), maui:

the end.

on maui, part two

ka'anapali beach and nakalele blowhole:

waihee ridge trail:

and our favorite refreshing treat:

on maui, part one

whenever i go to write about a vacation, it's like a total brain cramp for me. too much happened in too short a period of time, and it's all sensory overload up in here.

luckily, we take our fair share of pictures, and word on the street is that those suckers are worth a thousand words (each!), so, phew, someone else can do the talking for once. 

at our resort in wailea:

sunset at haleakala: 

life's a beach

  

bryan and i are home now from our six day stint on maui, busy kissing and loving on our cute kids, profusely thanking my mom for watching them, and going through photos, reliving the dream. i found this excited-emily-couldn't-be-ghost-white-paler-but-is-having-the-time-of-her-life little gem to get the blog ball rolling. it sums up our getaway quite nicely.

more beach bliss (sharks! hikes! waterfalls! volcanoes! turtles! shaved ice!) to come.

but first: a nap.

aloha!

kids: don't wait up.

motherhood

"motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is...and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong."

from At Home on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball

field trippin

my annual chaperoning gig this go round was with afton's kindergarten class to see the ugly ducking at the kirkland performance center.

and lunch! at the park! in the sun!