Happy St. Patty's Day

It was that time of year again. We usually celebrate by doing the Shamrock run but it was so hectic only Eric did it this year. He did make a special trip to the store for some food coloring so that we could celebrate with some green beer!

Pete turns 62!

February 19th was my dad's 62nd birthday! We celebrated with my family and dad's favorite banana cake. I got a few good photos of the grandkids. Happy birthday dad!

Long time, no post!

It has been a long time since we've posted. School and life have been crazy! Here is what we have been up to.

Earlier in the term, Mollie came to the clinic to have her teeth cleaned. It was fun to see her-although I am not too sure how much she liked it.

Skating with Mollie

This weekend I went to Oaks Park skating rink with my niece Mollie. It was her first time skating and she did a great job! No major falls or knocked out teeth (like another poor little girl at the rink that day). We had a great time and the place hadn't changed a bit in the 20 years it had been since I was there last!

Maui

We spent the first part of January in beautiful Maui! Pete and Joyce invited us to join them on their trip-and we couldn't turn it down. It was our 4th time to that island but we still found new things to do. We spent one day on the beaches of Kaa'napali which we had not previously explored. We also got up early one day and drove 2 hours to see the sun rise on Haleakala. It was gorgeous to see the vibrant colors reflecting off of the clouds-almost worth getting up at 4:00 am on your vacation :o)
We also stuck to some of our favorite traditions on Maui. We had several meals at the beautiful Five Palms restaurant, many sunset walks on Wailea's oceanfront path (while sipping on Lava Flows of course), and morning runs along the beach followed by trips to the Shaved Ice hut.
This time, we celebrated my 30th birthday while we were there. My mom even made me my favorite home-made white cake with rainbow chip frosting. The sun and gorgeous scenery made the big 3-0 easier to handle!
A few things that never change no matter how many times we go to Maui; we always have a wonderful time and we are never ready to come back home!

More Maui photos

Night out!

My friends Cari and Teri and I planned a night out with our husbands during our winter break from hygiene school. We decided to go out to dinner and bowling at Grand Central. It was tons of fun! The guys got along really well while we vented about how much we love school :o)