Put ya hands up in the air..and wave them from here to theya!

....at least that's what Maeli likes to do when she is sleeping!

She's Here!!

Maeli Brynn Lawther

June 10, 2010

6 lbs 9 oz

19 in.

Maeli (May-lee)

There will finally be more girls than boys at our house....

Yup! She'll be here in June!

Well, here we are alive once again! Things are going well for us...Kawika has done some traveling back East for work lately (which is why I have found some time to update my blog), and I am enjoy playing sports all day in my PE classes. Really, where else could I find a job where I get to play softball & dodgeball all day AND get paid?? It's a pretty sweet gig, especially when I'm not coaching.
I was a horrible holiday photographer...and got zero pictures with all our families. We spent a week in Oregon, and then my parents and brother came down to Vegas for a visit. It was a real treat to spend time with both sides of our families.
So because I don't have any holiday photos to share, and what a boring post it would be without pictures, right? Here are a few fun pictures from our trip to Texas back in August.

Here's Kawika playing with Tyson & his glow sticks

We pulled out the doctor kit...yup the one that I played with when I was a kid.

What a classic toy!

I know, I know. He's not mine, he's Bryan & Nicole's...but pictures of myself just aren't as cute.

Hawaii Vacation

We had a great trip to Hawaii this year, lots of fun on the beach and great times with family. This was our first time to see the kids since Paka & Mandy moved to Hawaii, so we were thrilled to be there! We only stayed for a week, we got all the tourist attractions out of the way last year, so we hit up all our favorite spots this summer!

Unloading the beach car- lots of work, but well worth it!

Shark's Cove- great snorkeling spot-we saw TONS of fish.

(Yes, we had a baby. Sorry we didn't tell anyone. Cute, isn't he?)

Ahh...fresh fruit at a fruit stand.

Happy Hawaiian Birthday to Kawika!

Hangin' out with the kids

We went swimming at this BEAUTIFUL swimming pool. It just shouts tropical!

Pearl Harbor- we missed this one last summer :)

And no Hawaii trip is complete without good food! (and lots of it) Kawika's favorite- Korean BBQ.

Haunama Bay in the evening

Aaaahhh.....

Summer vacation is finally here! School is offically over, and I am officially on vacation for 3 whole months. Ahhh.....

Elder Van Every

I met my parents up in Utah last month to take my youngest brother, Taylor to the MTC. He will be serving in Colorado. He has been in the MTC for almost 1 month now, and is doing great! . We have three missionaries out between both families now- Kawika's two younger brothers are also serving. Keke is going to Mexico and Kimo is also in Colorado. We'll have lot's of letter writing to do over the next two years :)