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Cousins are here!
Elle and Jill came for a few days before their trip to Kauai. Enjoyed showing them around the island and we tried to get in the Christmas spirit with a (very) scaled back version of our annual cousin Christmas cookie party🎄
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Candy Cane Lane
Girls’ enjoyed the 5th & 6th grade dance! Olivia helped plan it at student council with a theme of Candy Cane Lane 🎄
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First family visitors
Uncle Dwane and Aunt Jen visited after their trip to Maui! So fun to show them around and enjoy time catching up – beach time, hiking, shopping and lots of good food together!
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Hawaiian Field Trips
4 field trips last week and I got to go along for 2! Olivia went to the Hamakua Marsh to plant and learn about the wetlands and endangered birds. Graham went to the Marine base to board the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s boat, the Hōkūleʻan and learn about how ancient Hawaiians navigated the oceans and also…
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Thanksgiving visitors
The Carusos came to visit for Thanksgiving! It’s been so fun to show people around our spot here and it was a new and different Thanksgiving experience here in Aikahi. We cooked our meat (turkey and brisket!) on the school Imu (the kids had worked to carry the lava rocks during school that week and…
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Colorado + Family + Wedding!!!
Nov 14-18 We had an exciting long weekend in Colorado celebrating Josh & Callie! An epic airport reunion started the trip when we arrived 2 gates down from the PA flight carrying 16 of our Balmer family members 😁 The kids had so much fun back with their cousins and Poppop, and we all enjoyed…
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Pearl Harbor
On Saturday we visited Pearl Harbor for the first time as a family. We saw the USS Arizona memorial and went through different museum rooms and watched a movie summarizing Dec 7, 1941. The kids reported afterward that it was “actually fun” so we’ll consider that a win!
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Kauai
The kids had an extra long weekend off of school so after a busy Halloween night we headed to Kauai for a few days. The weather was great and surf was high which made snorkeling and swimming not possible at most spots on the northshore. But we had fun running from the massive waves, building…
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New things for Eden: contacts & bouldering!
Eden has been doing bouldering, which is kind of like rock climbing but without a harness. She has a membership so can pop in any time and goes for Thursday classes. It’s going well so far and she’s having a lot of fun! Other news is…she got contacts! The time felt right with so many…
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Our first visitors
Our good college friends visited for a few days after our trip. It was so great to reconnect with the Dulls and explore the island together – lots of surfing, snorkeling, and beach time…the southern CA crew fit right in! Their entire family is adventurous and funny and it was super fun to host them…
Hawaii Vogelzangs 