Flashback Friday

I'm not sure on the exact year of this flashback photo--though I'd venture to guess by the nifty knickers my sis is sportin' that we're looking at sometime during the early 80's...

Keep in mind that any time you came or went to visit my grandparents in Tahiti you HAD to take a picture in front of their "garage" (Yes, those multicolored streamers hanging in the back of the photo would technically count as the garage door :)

You can tell that we just arrived since we're wearing flower leis. That and Raymond is actually wearing clothes. (By the end of the trip, I'm sure he was running around in nothing but his undies like the rest of the natives :)

PS Note to Raymond: Please do not comment on the frequency of my posts (or lack thereof :) or next time I'll pull out the REALLY embarrassing photos of you. (And you know which ones I am talking about!)

Wordless Wednesday

Princess Party

Nothing like a Princess Party for a little weekend fun! Tehani and I spent part of our Saturday at the Paul Mitchell Salon in Murray getting our hair, nails and makeup done (OK, I just sat there, took pics and talked with the other moms :)

I'm sure the salon was a little overwhelmed when our 30+ princesses showed up (someone should have warned the salon that polynesian girls have so much hair) But all in all, Mommy Daughter bonding time was a huge success!! Next item on my agenda--convincing Tehani that we cannot fix her hair like this everyday...

Gettin' dirty

So I've been thinking for the past few weeks that I really, really need to wash my car. But every time I decide to go to the car wash, I find out it's going to rain (or snow) and I figure that I should wait a few more days. I even suggested for Norm to stop last night while we were out on a date (No, my idea of a fun date is not going to the car wash) but he tried to tell me that my car wasn't that dirty.

Well, thanks to the kids--and their need to express their artistic abilities--I came outside this afternoon and found this....

I think I'll finally be making that long-neglected trip to the car wash...

My Lil' Winter Olympians--Part 2

Just wanted to share a few pics of the kids at the ice rink. As if weekly trips to the snowy hills of Sundance were not enough, I've also got the kids in ice skating lessons too (that way if they aren't good enough to medal in snowboarding, we've got ice skating to fall back on :)

I should point out that I'm not REALLY trying to raise winter Olympians. (I've not actaully a fan of winter--and truth be known I think snow is just annoying :) But I had decided that it might be nice for Kobe to learn to play hockey--I am from Chicago after all. Hockey is a much more common there than it is out here thanks to the Black Hawks. Anyway, the only problem for my future hockey star is that they want your kid to actually know how to skate before they let you sign them up for hockey (Go figure!)

This is not their first time around the rink (I broke my wrist several years ago after an ill-conceived attempt to take my kids roller skating. After that, I promptly signed them up for ice skating lessons lest they develop a life-long aversion to anything involving skates :)
My plan must have worked--they've been enjoying their time on the ice (the two little people on the left belong to me :) If you've got recommendations for the next winter sport we should try, let me know. Who knows, maybe I'm raising a future luge medal winner?