My little girl is growing up so fast.  I can’t believe she’s 3 already.  We celebrated all weekend with a camping trip on the North Shore.  We stayed at camp Mokule’ia where we rented a cabin (because I need a private bathroom, shelter and electricity).  We really lucked out because we were able to rent a cabin just a week in advance.  The camp is currently being renovated so they gave us the end cabin and we were literally the only ones there!  It was like we had our own private beach.  It was amazing!

My dad lives only a few minutes away, so he was able to spend a lot of time with us.  We had family join us on Saturday for a BBQ, fishing, crab hunting at night and of course we roasted marshmallows and made s’mores.  Everyone was happy and having a great time, especially the kids.  I love that my kids are able to look back and remember this, the way I remember when I would go camping with my cousins when I was younger.

Aria was loving all of the “Happy Birthday” wishes from everyone that came by all weekend.  She heard it so much that by Sunday night she actually said “my birthday is done already”, it was hilarious! Im going to make it a point to start doing more of these little “staycations” with my family, having all of my kids together laughing and enjoying each other is what I live for.

Well I guess it’s safe to say that I didn’t do good on my promise of making more time for this little getaway I call my blog. I’m not gonna lie, there’s time in my day to post, but after a long busy day, the only thing I want to do is have a glass of wine, a hot shower, some cuddle time with my daughters and, if I’m strong enough not to fall asleep to the boring cartoons, I get to catch up on some TV.

Like I said, life’s been busy. There’s so much happening from working 2 jobs (well one job in 2 locations in the same day), football games on the weekends and the process of moving homes. All very exciting but none the less time consuming.

We had a baby shower for Maui’s daughter last weekend. I can’t believe that in less than a month I’ll be a grandma. Still haven’t figured out what I wanna be called yet. I’m very excited, and having a summer baby will be such a gift for everyone.

I’ve recently been thinking of projects that I can do and hopefully have fun with a perfect as a craft in order to potentially make some money on the side. I always think how great it would be to do something that you love and actually earn an income from it. I do love what I do as a career but to be creative and artistic is something I live for.

I’ll take this summer to try a few things out and hopefully come up with something. Definitely will share here with all of you.

In the meantime here are some photos and video of what’s been going on in life.

Kūha’o’s been playing football for an outside league. He’s gotten so good that I can’t wait til his next season at St. Louis.

Arias growing so fast. She’s already 2 1/2 and she’s speaking so much and her personality is a mixture of cuteness, craziness and bossiness which results in a human hurricane.

I captured the prettiest picture of my daughter and niece deep in conversation while looking out on the ocean. They seemed so old in this moment.

we spent Easter at my cousins house. It was so nice to get all of the cousins together. This is truly what life is all about.

we celebrated the upcoming arrival of my granddaughter with an absolutely huge baby shower. This picture of me and Kahele with Aria cracks me up every time I see it.