Hawaii Vogelzangs

An exciting birthday for Olivia – checked off her wishes of presents, Starbucks, shopping, swimming and hibachi!

Our final visitors of the year, Dorene and River!! After her conference in Honolulu, we enjoyed a few days with our aunt and uncle – games in the pool, bike tours around the neighborhood, yoga for me and Dorene and a some new games taught by the card shark, River!

Spring in Hawaii has been full of lots of things! Hikes, friends, baseball, flag football, Easter, swimming, Phillies and birthdays 🥳

Everyone loved having the Beebe crew in town to visit! We had fun with a hike, pools and lagoon in town, games at the house, snorkeling and lots of swimming! we miss our PA friends, and it was so fun to have them here for a week!

So fun having Uncle Josh and Aunt Callie visit!

Waterfall (slippery) hike, lots of pool time, playing chess and legos, Dole whip (Josh’s fave!), Pearl Harbor, north shore, lots of good food, island driving tours…it all went too fast!

Can’t believe we’re already close to the end of the school year! With spring comes baseball and lots of school activities

• Trip to Hookuaaina with the kids (Graham’s second time) to learn how to care and cultivate the taro crop. Very muddy experience for all…Olivia was not a fan 🫠
• Color run at school
• Neighbors got a kitten and Olivia visits often
• “Purple up” day at school to honor military families – kids got a demonstration from a dog unit and some music by the Marine Corps band
• Lots of baseball – opening day ceremony and games this past weekend for Graham (kid-pitch Dodgers) and Brooks (coach pitch White Sox)
• University of Hawaii baseball game – Graham’s team got to be on the field for the National Anthem and Hawaii Pono’i. Kids got to run the bases and meet the players after the game

So fun having friends in town to show around the island! The kids all had lots of fun swimming, writing stories, snorkeling and exploring the beach. The hiking was not everyone’s favorite 😆 so great to have the extra time reconnecting with friends!

Stayed local for spring break! Kids made a list of stuff to do and see around home. Highlights were:

• Hotel stay in Waikiki
• Atlantis Submarine – a real submarine! Went to 115ft depth and saw fish, a sunken ship and plane , stingray and shark
• Learning about historical Polynesian games and tools , getting tattoos, building our own va’a (canoe)
• Aquarium – small but some cool creatures…God is creative!!
• Eden went to spring break camp on the north shore with our youth group – lots of fun playing games, singing, Bible study and beach time. Downside was wet tents and sleeping bags with some downpours 😬
• iTrampoline – kids loved the dodgeball court
• Laser Tag! Our first time at an official place and it was so fun!
• Lots of baseball practice
• Mom & Dad tried the new sushi restaurant up the street!

New bike and some new baseball gear! Headed to Waikiki for the weekend to kick off spring break (too many friends away on vacation to have a party!). Pretended to be tourists in the city!

Back to a somewhat normal routine after lots of travel and visitors. Shelling, surfing, movie nights, plus basketball finished up for Graham and baseball started for both boys. Arts for Aikahi was a big fair/fundraiser event at school – each kid helped at their grade booth and Eden performed in the open mic show!

Headed to Fort Myers for Elle & Micah’s wedding. Bonus was a long weekend in a big house with cousins (and the rest of the family, including Grammy!).

Elle & Micah’s wedding and festivities were the highlight!

Catching up on late January/early Feb happenings…