Luke Sitting

I am trying out making and posting a video. Enjoy

Tiger Scouts

Last night Micah had a Pack meeting which means all the dens get together for one big meeting. They do this once a month. Darrick sewed all Micah's patches on this weekend and Micah was so excited to wear his Tiger Cub uniform. He looked so big. He has a big Den which are all 1st grade boys. At the end of the meeting they called the dens up one by one to hand out their kits for the " Raingutter Regatta" which is a boat race. I thought it was so funny how all the other tigers were wild and moving all around but as soon as Micah got his, he just started studying it.

Hays Family Soap Opera

This morning I meet with our Property manager and she was so great. She said that we can transfer to the townhouses that are also in Iroquois Point Island Club but just another part. They are waiving the $750.00 transfer fee and the $250.00 holding fee for us, thank God!

They gave me a map with about 7 different townhouses that I could look at and then I could pick out which one I wanted. Jacob and I went and drove around. We peeked in the windows if the blinds were open and looked in the backyards. We picked a nice townhouse that is in a cul-de-sac and has a back entrance to the school.

Because our house is not safe and Darrick has a lot of out to sea time coming up we need to move soon. So our move out day is this Friday, that's right THIS Friday. We are really sad to lose our beautiful beach house but we are glad that we will be in a safe house.

It is a 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, with a fenced backyard and central air. It is two story.

So now we need to pack everything back up but I think it is for the best.

"We've Got Trouble Right Here..."

Well we have trouble right here in Iroquois Point and its our house. When we first moved in 2 months ago there were a few minor things wrong that we noticed which the maintance was able to fix. Like the seal on our fridge was broken, a sliding door was sticking.

But after we moved in and started actually living here, we have discovered some more serious problem. The first is the dishwasher which cannot be opened because it hits the cabinet handles. Second is that Darrick and I have both received electrical shocks when we take a shower in our master bath. It happens when the water is running and you touch the handles. The third is that when ever we use an appliance, microwave, washing machine, etc. we get power surges in the house. The lights dim and flicker. The fourth is that we keep having a breaker trip on a certain wall in the house. They sent maintaince and a electricran out but they were not able to do anything. So tomorrow I am going to talk to our property manager and they might move us because the house is not safe...we'll keep you posted.

The past few days I have been taking my substitute teacher class. Our teacher is a Vice Principal of an elementary school and she is really good. A lot of the stuff I already know but it is a good review. There is such a wide variety of people in the class, many different ages and walks of life. There is a retired Navy Seal, a girl who wants to get out of the restaurant business, new college grad, a guy ready to retire from the Navy and looking for a second job, current subs who need to get re certified, stay at home moms. There is about 30 people in the class.

Last night after church, we were blessed to see Paul Wright in concert again. He was awesome! Pastor Randy, Kai, Jocelyn, Stacey, Jenn, Micah, Paul Wright, Darrick and Jacob

Check out my Slide Show!

Major Wipe Out

The boys and I have been riding our bikes back and forth to school. Jacob learned to ride without his training wheels about a month and a half ago. Jacob and I were on our way to pick Micah up from school. We were almost there and were going across the crosswalk. Jacob was in front of me.

All of the sudden he started wobbling and then his bike hit the curb and it stopped but he didn't. He fell over the handle bars, face first. He scrapped up his chin pretty bad and his elbows. Thankfully he had his helmet and long pants on. The whole front of his white shirt was covered in red dirt.

He cried at first cause I think it scared him pretty bad. But he got back on his bike and kept riding.

The Weekend

Saturday: since Darrick had to work I decided to mow the lawn in the morning. Well I have actually mowed the lawn every week since we moved here because Darrick is never here to do it. After that the boys and I packed a picnic lunch. The boys made their own PBJ sandwiches. Somehow they got jelly on themselves, dripping down the cabinet, the stool and the floor but they were so proud of themselves. *Most of the jelly mess was on Jacob's side* Then we took our lunch and walked to the beach. We had a wonderful time and hung out for about 4 hours.

When we were walking home, Darrick drove up. We all had showers and rested and then went to Saturday night church.

Sunday: we all went to church again because I had to teach Sunday School. The boys rested after church while Darrick and I paid bills. Then we took a nice drive up the coast to see where the school is that I am taking my sub course at. It is in Waianae. It took us about 45 minutes to get there. I have the class starting this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and next Friday and Saturday for a total of 30 hours.

This morning Darrick left to go out to sea again.

He was told that we should find out about our orders December 7. Patience...

A Day in a Mom's Life

6:00 Wake up and shower
6:30 Get the boys up, breakfast, get ready for school, pack Micah's lunch
7:30 Out the door to bring Micah to school
7:35 Get to school and realize Micah forgot his lunch
7:45 Drive home and realize Micah's lunch was just hiding under the car seat
Get stuff ready to do all my running around, take Luke for a walk
8:30 Drive back to school and give Micah his lunch
9:15 First stop-Post Office to mail Elijah's birthday present
9:45 Second stop-Jiffylube for an oil change
10:30 Third stop-Bank to make a payment
11:00 Fourth stop-Get Jacob's haircut
11:45 Head up to Tripler Hospital to get Jacob's TB test read
12:30 Get TB test read and hold Jacob down while he gets 4 shots
1:15 Leave Tripler and drive to pick Micah up from school
2:00 Pick Micah up from school
2:45 Check the mail and open my transcripts from Dordt, call to see if there are still
openings for sub teacher course, there are just a few so you need to get here before
4:00 to register
3:00 Load the boys back in car and drive to Waipahu High School
3:45 Get to HS and register for class
5:00 Get home-traffic
5:30 Go to Beach Cafe and we get 3 Steamer 140 drinks-basically hot chocolate
6:00 We all take showers
6:20 Sit on the couch while boys watch an Ewok movie
8:00 Boys in bed, clean up house, do my online bible study, wait for Darrick to call
9:30 Go to bed asleep in 2 seconds
9:45 Get woken up by Darrick calling, saying they are home, ship returned today, but he has
duty and they have to work Saturday
10:00 Go to bathroom, back to bed and Goodnight!

Hawaiian Waters

On Halloween night we went to Harvest fest at our church. They had 3 raffles and our friends Jeremy, Jennifer and Brayden Homesley won 4 tickets to Hawaiian Waters. Jeremy left for deployment today, Jennifer is pregnant and the tickets had to be used before the end of the year, so they gave them to us.

Darrick and Micah both had off today so we thought it would be fun to go! And boy was it-we had a blast. We started off in Keiki cove where they had little kids waterslides and the boys had a blast. Then we headed to waterworld where they had two slides you could ride parent and child so we did that. Darrick went down a few fast ones but what was so nice is that there was hardly anyone there today so he just went up there and then came down.

We all floated around Kapolei Kooler (like a lazy river) and then Darrick and I rode the Shaka-see picture above. I thought I would not scream but when they pushed us over the edge it was straight down and then you go up one side and then down and up the other side until you stop. We played around all afternoon and just had such a great day. Even though we have lived here almost 4 years we have never been to Hawaiian Waters. It is $39.99 for adults so the free tickets were awesome! We packed our own lunch and there was no parking fee so it was a free day all around!

A Day that will go down in History

Today my parents got DSL! I never thought this day would come!

Congratulations Mom and Dad, welcome to a whole new world!

Friday

Yesterday afternoon Darrick got off of work in the afternoon which was so nice because he has been working late everyday.

We took a drive up to North Shore and had some shave ice and ate at Cholo's. It was so yummy.

But the big news is that we thought that we were stationed here until December 2008. Darrick was told yesterday that the date is wrong. We are here until August 2008. But what that means is that we are eligible to pick our new orders this month! Whoa-we weren't ready for that. Right now there is San Diego, Japan and Maryland.

We talked about it last night and we decided that we are not going to focus on location but the job. Darrick has been out to sea for a long time and he really wants to have a job that is real shore duty for 3 years. So that is what we are praying for. Right now none of the locations have a job like that so we are going to wait. We have some time to do that. We are just going to wait on the Lord. We will keep you posted.

Happy Halloween!

We had a full day of celebrating. Jennifer and Brayden came over to watch Jacob so I could spend the day helping in Micah's classroom. They did all kinds of fun activities but the highlight was the all school mask parade. Students made masks at home and then marched around the school for all the parents to see. All students that made a mask got another pin for their lanyard that said BOO! I helped Micah make his mask-R2-D2 of course!

We were so happy that Darrick got off work at a decent time so he could go with us to Harvestfest at church. It was really fun. It was a rainy Halloween night in Hawaii so we were glad it was inside. They had all kinds of fun games and then when you played a game you got candy and boy did we get a lot. We had a yummy dinner of Waffle Dogs and Chili and Rice. Both the boys were tired at the end of the night and said it was the best Halloween ever!BraydenWaffle Dog, Chili and Rice and Boys with Pastor Randy and KaiJenn and Jocelyn Boys with Auntie Hiromi