Amelia's first swim meet. She has been on the swim team for 6 months and swam in 3 events at the meet. She was so confident and did everything correctly. Gwen and George are also on the swim team, but they did not swim at the meet.

Na Pali Coast.

To see this beautiful coastline in Kauai you need to take helicopter or catamaran. I'm scared of helicopters, so we took this 5 hour boat ride out. It was gorgeous, and we saw whales, dolphins, and turtles. The captain drove right up to a waterfall and put the boat under it. The kids got wet. On the way home we hit lots of big waves and were drenched with salty ocean water. We thought jumping over the big waves was the best part. All of us were laughing when the kids flew a foot into the air after we hit a wave. The captain asked everyone to go sit down after that.

Kauai, HI. For a week we stayed on a very private beach, Barking Sands. We walked 40 minutes along the beach and didn't see a soul, but we did see one dead shark full of maggots, the kids had fun with that. The Navy cabins were really clean, modern, and well priced. The kids had such a good time playing in the sand. We didn't swim because there was a big danger sign that said, "Warning you could die!" Maybe I'm exaggerating, but a warning sign is enough for me. I am way too overly cautious sometimes.

After I cut Goerge's hair, Amelia thought of gluing the left over hair that was on the floor onto Alex's face. So these are real chops and a small beard made out of George's hair. Alex said, "I need an electirc guitar,"

Gwen and Amelia's birthday parties. Age 7 &11

The Place of refuge on the Big Island of Hawaii. This is a place that the Royals lived. Just behind a big wall was a place that if you could swim or run to you could be free from any crime you committed; even if you were an enemy. If you could get to the place of refuge you were safe. Don't take my explantation as fact, this is just as I interpreted the pamphlet.