Sibling torture

There is something so natural about wanting to torture your sibling.

Saturdays in the South Pacific

Our recent Saturdays:

Hukilau Beach
Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay

Walking down to Hanauma Bay

Alligator Pond

Random pics

I know it's a little late, but I love this Easter picture we took at the mall. We purposefully did not have his picture taken with the creepy Easter Bunny character-man.

Workin the tux for Uncle Brett's wedding.Looking for flies.

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Vids of the kids

K practicing her first primary talk on the Plan of Salvation, or as she initially called it (with her hands raised emphatically in the air), "The Plan of Celebration!"

F's first conscious smiles (with me doing a terrible job of stabilizing his head).

Welcome Griffin!

Everything we own is PINK.

Playing coy.

GRIFFIN BLAIR EVANSON. 8LB-8OZ. 22IN. BORN 1/27/11 AT 2:00PM,

KENZ AND LITTLE BRO CATCHING SOME Z'S.

DADDY WITH THE LITTLE GUY AFTER HIS BATH.

PRETTY SWEET VIEW FROM THE WINDOW. DON'T KNOW IF SHAUNA WAS THINKING ABOUT THE VIEW TOO MUCH. BUT SHE IS DOING REALLY GOOD.

KENZ IS DOING REALLY WELL WITH HIM. SHE KNOWS TO BE VERY GENTLE.

Third Birthday!

Happy third birthday!

At the PCC Haunted Lagoon Canoe Ride. Kenz knew something was not quite right with these people.

Happy Labor Day...and random pics.

Kenzie's favorite beach swing. Looking for crabs.

Kenzie likes to go outside, lay on the weight set, and predict the weather. It usually goes something like this: "Hmmm...I think it will rain today...maybe, sure."

Pretty accurate forecast for these whereabouts.
At the Te Manahua Maori Cultural Competition 2010 (haka competition). The makeup and costumes were intensely intimidating (the ladies wear green lipstick and thick black eyeliner to accentuate the whites of their eyes when opened wide, and the males paint their faces and blow spit all over the place), but I guess that's the whole point of the dance...to scare your opponents. Sitting in the third row, Kenzie and I were definitely scared. Teams from England to New Zealand teams came out to compete, but the Laie/Hawaii team took overall honors.

Summer in the 808

So we are going on our 10th month of Summer here in Hawaii and have managed to keep ourselves somewhat entertained. Here are some of our recent Summer happenings...

Watching fireworks at the Turtle Bay Beach Resort.

Creating "Where's Waldo" Waimea Bay edition.
Stealing the neighbor's sprinkler when she isn't home.

Learning to surf.

Twirling the poi balls New Zealand style.Watching a Tahitian dance competition. Kenzie calls them the shake-a-bootie dancers and if you've ever seen traditional Tahitian dance compared to all other Pacific Island dances, you'd know why.

Wandering aimlessly around the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) with our season passes getting tattoos. I was worried they wouldn't have one big enough to fit around my bicep, but they managed.

Drawing sidewalk chalk stories about princesses and centipedes.

Dressing like "Little House on the Prairie" and making friends with local critters.

Wandering aimlessly around the PCC making (and shortly thereafter destroying) crafts.

Prego

Due Jan 30. Anyone want to hire a new grad who is pregnant? Any takers? Regardless, we are excited (and tired and sick and tired, etc.) for this addition and hope she/he looks like Kenzie (if a girl) but with around 20% of Kenzie's intensity.

This weekend we had some family in town from Idaho and were looking for some fun activities to do while they were here. About 2 blocks from our house is Laie point. The point has about 30 foot cliffs that are perfect for cliff jumping! It was a blast!Shauna jumping the point. No hesitation at all. Funny thing is there were a bunch of locals that were trying to psych themselves into jumping. Shauna walked right past them and jumped! After that the local guys kind of felt like they had to. All except one, he sat on the top and held the rocks down (weak sauce).

Me jumping the point. Notice how clear the water is. That helped because you had to aim for the sand patches to avoid the coral (I'm trying to make it sound dangerous, but there was a big patch of sand and the water was about 15 feet deep where we were jumping).

We also went to see the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor. Here is Kenz on the boat ride out to see the memorial. In the background is the USS Missouri where the truce was signed with Japan ending WWII in the Pacific.

Kenz getting a little geography lesson from a family friend. Jacob was showing her where we are but all she wanted was to to see Arizona.

Kenz at the steps up to the memorial wall at National Cemetary of the Pacific (Punchbowl). We visited the day after Memorial Day. It was pretty humbling to see the names of so many who died in the service of their country.

Snorkeling at Shark's Cove

This weekend, our adventures took us to Shark's Cove, a popular snorkeling/scuba diving area on the North Shore. Here we are entering the Cove. Me sporting the snorkel gear, feeling like my eyeballs were being suctioned out of my head. Me snorkeling. I could try to tell you how amazing it was to literally swim next to fish of all shapes, sizes, and colors, but it would seem utterly unfair to the fish to do so. Hopefully next time we will have purchased an underwater camera.

Kenz found a safe haven from all the scuba guys who look kind of scary to a two-year-old with all of their crazy gear on.

Throwing rocks (my favorite bootie shot!). Also, I can't handle this swimsuit...pink and fluffy, just like she likes it...thanks Aunt Sara!

Overall a fun and free adventure. Can't wait to do it again!