Making a vacation out of our roadtrips

Life has been so crazy lately but we extended our road trips. Our trip to St. George we decided to travel a little further and stay in Mesquite, NV cheap fun (hehehe) Get your mind out of the gutter this is a family trip.
Malulani HAD to take a picture next to a cactus-this is the best we could do. We were only traveling 65 mph on the freeway when we hit the brakes. No big deal!

The kids wanted to play at the park (as if we don't have parks at home) and swim, and swim, and swim! But who blames them it was 106 pretty much the whole time! Maile actually swam and swamMy cute nephew (aka water baby) and my little bro

On the way back we stopped to see my Grandma. Maile love Grandma Dean but from far away so this is huge :)

I {Heart} Grandma Dean ♥

My Grandma Dean is not in the best health and so she was unable to attend her daughters funeral. My Grandma is one of my hero's! She has out lived two of her children and her husband (not that I want to-that is one of my worse fears...to out live my ohana). My Grandpa died 21 yrs ago and she has carried on. She did everything on her own. She is amazingly strong and devoted. She is one of the best examples to me. Grandma Dean now lives in St. George so, we had a memorial service for my aunt for my grandma's sake. Man that's tough basically having two funerals. The great grand kids all ran to greet Grandma Dean! My cute Bree trying to keep Grandma Dean cooled off. It was only 101 in the shade! Yes this is my crazy brother! Most of the great grand kidsMost of the grand kids

I want to be just as cute when I get old :)

In Loving Memory of Cathy Marlow

After a week of hearing that my aunt was not doing good, we finally got the new that my cousin had to pull the plug and she passed away. She has been widowed about 15 years. As hard as it was to hear the news I'm glad she is with her husband.So my family and I took a road trip to Page, Arizona. She was cremated. I forgot to tell my kids that there was just ashes of her. So as Aubree and Dallin are looking at all the pictures my niece said, "She is in that container" my kid argued with her and then came to tattle on her. Boy that was hard to explain. Aubree started to cry because she got burned into ashes (even tho I told her she didn't feel a thing)! Note to self : Prepare your kids more and they won't make a scene.My Aunt T grand kids Tayor and AlyssaMy Aunt grew up in Hawaii but she wasn't Hawaiian. She had a great love for the culture. We had a luau after the service.

Funerals pull family together-I was able to visit with family I never knew and family I don't get to see very often. My little nephew that I have only seen one other time!My cousin has a Harley! He is younger than me and owns his own bike (paid for) :( So he took everyone for a ride. Something his dad use to do with us!Dave taking Maile around the block!

My cousin and I (wow what 15lb heavier looks like) Someday, someday I will have one of my own

Maile and two of her cousins-Makayla and Parker

Piano Recital

You will have to excuse the pictures-they are from my phone. I used the camera to video tape!

Aubree and Malulani have been taking piano for about a year and they have the best teacher!Malulani number is titled Ragtime Man Nani's number is titled She'll be Coming Around the MountainThe girls did an amazing job! Thanks to my parents for the beautiful daisies!Thanks to their wonderful teacher for the yummy treats! I should take notes because I didn't get them anything at all