Alooooha!

 May/June is always time for lots of alohas (the goodbye kind).  Aloha to pals moving on to their next big adventure,

This is best done at a swanky restaurant with a great view and some delicious food!  Softens the blow.  

Aloha to another great school year.  This was the "we appreciate you too" breakfast the parent volunteers were treated to :)

And sadly we have lots of little people alohas to say in the next two weeks.  We will be celebrating those friendships with ice-cream at the playground Friday.  Sigh.

  

Every peep here is a truly best bud and my girl will miss them terribly.  Yes, they are ALL leaving.

I read a quote a few weeks ago that said:

"Military children will say goodbye to more significant people by the age of 18 than the average person will in their lifetime."

Aint that the truth.  

Anyhoo, onto a better aloha...the selling my house kind!

Our condo in Va Beach was in much need of a makeover, so my Dad graciously volunteered  -  or at least that's how I remember it, to live there for a month and make it happen.  

Happen it did!  All new floorings, countertops, paint, blinds, appliances - the whole McCoy.  I especially love the fireplace makeover (minus the horns...that was the realtors doing)

It looks great and is officially on the market.  Fingers crossed!

Once school was pau (finished) for both girls, we immediately went into VBS mode.  I spent the week as Moses (yes, I'm a girl...that was pointed out to me on day one by about 90 children).  

Girl or not, I parted the sea...

Hung out in my desert tent...

Cooked quail on my fire...

and sang songs...

As always, it was a fun/exhausting week.

Can you guess what they are making here?  Can't say we're not committed to the part!

 Our final aloha will be to our beautiful island (for a month)

It's been three years since we have been back to the mainland so as lovely as this is, we are very excited to go see my family!  

Looks like a good time to go, David will have a whole month to replace my paddle!!  

This cute little house is where we will be hanging!  Mom sold her house in Florida and moved to PA.  Great news for me, my family is all in one place again which makes visiting easier and more fun :)  Can't wait to help her decorate and do some shopping!!

Alooooha friends...have a great summer :)

Whatcha Been Doin?

I'm happy to report that my lack of posting this time around has not been due to illness!  Just regular old "busy"ness!

April showers bring May flowers, but in Hawaii, May brings HULA!  Lots and lots of hula! 

Emily again took part in the Lei day celebration at school.  I had to substitute teach that day so I didn't get any good photos of her fully dressed with her lei, but as you can see she was pretty excited.  

It was a great show as usual but it was weird not to see my Olivia up there in the royal court :(

 This was my 7th grade band of hooligans I was babysitting (ahem, substituting) that day.

But wait...there was more hula!  Olivia's school puts on a Spring performance also.  This happened to be the 25th anniversary of the program so it was a bit of a big deal.

My apologies for the photo quality.  This was no small time production...the kids reported to the Hawaii Theater at 8 am for a 5 pm showtime.  I didn't get back stage, nor was I allowed to take shots during the show.  

She had fun, lots of costume changes and dances.  I can't say the same for her sister who had to sit through a 3 hour show.  Yeah, 3 hours...

Then there was sailing.  Olivia was a member of the JV sailing team at her school this year.  David and I finally made it to the last regatta of the year to watch them in action.

Quite honestly, it was mostly chaos but someone out there was keeping score and I think the final result for the season left her team in 2nd place overall!

The Skipper and her crew ;)

As for me...in addition to all that and the regular hum drum stuff...I've been teaching quite a bit.  This past week was also teacher appreciation week.  The PTA group at school is, well let's just say, insanely over the top.  I'm not in charge of this group, just an indian, so I wear neutrals...do what I'm told and keep my mouth shut.  (FYI...if you don't, you end UP in charge)

Here are just a few of the shindigs we put together for the week.  Our theme was "you mean the world to us" so each day we treated them to a different country of food and gifts

Kinda makes you wish you were a teacher there right?  Well guess what???

I AM

I was officially offered a job as computer teacher on Friday!  I start in late July and I'm pretty excited - t's been 15 years since I got paid to work!

For sure I'll miss my laze around the house eating bon bon days, but I'll be home by 3, have holiday and summer breaks, and let's be honest...most Mondays off :)  

No snow days though...

He Is Risen!!

The older I get, the more I love Easter!  

I love the story, the message, the happiness it makes me feel

AND...it doesn't take near the decoration, preparation and cooking that Christmas does ;)

Emily is pretty happy about it all too!

Lots of pink, sparkly, candy.  

Little one needs to work on her photo composition...

Happy Easter from my peeps to yours ;)