Grandpa's Orchid Show...

 My grandpa was recently honored at the Ewa Orchid Show. It was neat- there was even a picture of him in the newspaper- see here. My mom went over to help them celebrate- even though it was a surprise to my grandparents up until they walked into the show!

 

(photo courtesy of C. Kojima, Star Advertiser)

 Aunty Lynette made my grandparents a quilt with Grandpa's old shirts.

Congrats Grandpa for being a 60-year charter member! I hope your green thumb for orchids was passed down!

Half way through Summer...

Can't believe it's July!

 The quilt my Aunty Lynette made for Kendyll's birthday. She didn't like how it came out, but we think it's BEAUTIFUL! Thank you! She made Cade a quilt here. Talented, huh!

 It's cute- Kendyll peeps through the window to see what the contractor and builders are doing.

 When my Grandpa was visiting, Kendyll helped him with his walker. She would push with him!

    

 Kendyll has been to the Ocean Center before, but only in the stroller or Ergo. We decided to let her walk this time, and boy did she enjoy it! She was so amazed at being so up close to the fish.

 

Kenny eating her Puk Sup Chili Chicken. (Puk Sup stands for Pukalani Superette- it's a small grocery store that has good food too!) She had a fit because she wanted to hold her own!

 Cade was very lucky to inherit a cool train set from his cousins,Wesley and Mikey. Chaz came over to play a couple of weeks ago and the two boys were in the new upstairs room all afternoon playing trains so quietly and nicely.

 Summer time means more beach time! We finally caught a picture of the two holding hands! Kenny practicing her surfing on Daddy's board.

 Cade playing at the park

 Kenny trying to run away because she had a "surprise" for Daddy. :) 

 

 Kitchen update! The countertops are in! YAY! After a slight delay in the countertops, they came a week earlier than anticipated! YAY! We hope to move in this week! WHOOO HOO!!!!!!

 Excavating roots from the back yard! We used to have a large Mango tree (it NEVER fruited... ok, now Mom claims MAYBE once or twice- but nonetheless- it just took up a large space in the corner). We had it chopped down right after we moved home and thought that was the end of it. As the contractor was digging and building the foundation, he found roots- the tree was still alive! He didn't want the roots to cause problems down the road, so dug them up!

 As we were getting ready to go camping, Sporty hopped into the car and wanted to go to the beach with us! It's so funny because he's never been to the beach, but knew we were going somewhere! Poor buddy ended up staying home. We didn't want to bring home a wet, sandy dog. :(

 Cade learning how to get his pole ready

 Garrett paddled out his line (cause he knew he couldn't throw out his pole that far! Ha ha ha). G and his cousin, Chase- wrong setting on the camera, that's why they're so dark. :(

 The beach we camped at didn't have much sand, but the boys still found something to keep them occupied- throwing rocks!

Watch out- these two are going to be troublemakers together!

Kendyll's 1st Birthday Party...

 We had Kendyll's 1st birthday party on Father's day. Yep, almost 2 months after her real birthday, but we were so busy with other birthdays and tests that we decided to celebrate during the summer.

We are SOOOOO fortunate and blessed to have family that are willing to help set up and clean up for the party.

 

Aunty Daeni (and her helpers Aunty Kasey, Aunty Amy, Uncle Glenn and Aunty Joce) made this BEAUTIFUL dessert table! I showed her a picture and she did her magic! Amazingly gorgeous, huh! Thank you Aunty Amy for the ono jello and Great-grandma Tamayo for the fruit salad!

For the cupcake stand I made cupcake owls! I saw the idea online and couldn't resist! We also made rainbow fruit kabobs, but I didn't get a pic! I'll have to see if someone else got a picture of them!

 Flower and poof ball topiary centerpieces. Thank you Grandma Carol, Aunty Sherie, Great-grandma Tamayo, Aunty Lorraine, and Aunty Kelly for helping with them! Also, Aunty Daeni made cake pops that were yummy!

 

Aunty Dayne, Aunty Kasey and Aunty Chansi (along with the girls!) sat at the sign in table. They were so funny- when they needed my attention... they all raised their hand like they were in school! Ohhh gosh...

There was a money guessing game to play and a fingerprint guestbook to leave a mark. 

 

Owl favor bags for the kids. Boys had a little blue bow tie and girls had a little pink bow in their ear. 

 

Candy kabobs that Aunty Daeni made for the owl favor bags. Such a neat idea! Thank you so much for all of your help Aunty Daen! Poor Kenna and Kendyll are going to have crazy mommies who LOVE to make crafty things for them and their friends!

 

Personalized fortune cookies I ordered in Seattle.  

 Kenny's bff Kenna. She is so calm and composed... she was patient enough to sit through getting her arm painted! So CUTE!

 Ariana and Kendyll saying hello!

 Lia girl (the tiger), Aunty Sherie and Rysee

 Shaina and her face paint

 Lindsey and Caitlyn's face painting

 Happy Father's Day Garrett and Mike!

Thank you so much to all of our family and friends who helped make Kendyll's party a success and so memorable! They were all willing to come early to set up, then stay late to clean up! Everyone was so eager to help with all of my crazy ideas! I told them what I wanted them to do and they did it even better than I had imagined!

Kawahara/Carvalho side.
Thank you Uncle Marshall, Uncle Chase, Uncle Mark, Uncle Nalu and Uncle Chris for all the manpower help!

Yamada side (missing the Miyamotos!)

Thank you Dad, Uncle Glenn, Aunty Amy, Great-grandma Tamayo, Uncle Dan and the Miyamotos for help setting up, cooking and cleaning up!

Kojima side

Thank you Uncle Les, Aunty Jocelyn, Uncle Ben and Aunty Lynette for help with all the food prep, set up and clean up!

Thank you for the awesome banner Aunty Dayne, Aunty Lorraine, Aunty Chansi and Aunty Kasey!

Happy 1st Birthday Kendyll baby girl! We hope you had as much fun as we did! Especially your brother... he was on the jumpy castle/slide the entire party! May you have MANY MANY more birthdays to come! We love you!