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Parasailing in Waikiki

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We went parasailing in Hawaii and I have to say, it was my favorite activity of the whole trip! Everyone went except for Jay who refused to go since he’s scared of heights. Just like when he wouldn’t go zip lining with me in Alaska, remember that(see the post here)? Haha, but he came on the boat and watched us while his mom watched our boy. 

just a tad nervous 😉
this is one of my favorite pictures of my girl!

papa was more scared than Ana. 😉

Parasailing was surprisingly so peaceful and serene, once we went 750 ft. up in the air. I expected strong winds and the parasail swaying a lot by the wind but it felt like we were floating still in the air! There was no wind and it seemed we weren’t moving at all and it was just super quiet and calm. I wanted to go again!!!  
For those of you wondering, we chose Paradise Water Sports because they have a perfect safety record and I was getting a little nervous after hearing about some accidents that happen while parasailing. They were so friendly, fun and took pictures for us and even made a video from the go pro they let us use. After parasailing, they gave us the memory card straight from their camera so we’d have photographs immediately! Then just a couple weeks after, they sent us the video. If you want to go parasailing in Hawaii, I highly recommend them!

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these are the last pictures of christmas in hawaii ’10.
Goo Christmas party
doing a little play of jesus being born in bethlehem
mikey had a part in the play as an angel.  i kept trying to take a picture of him but he would cover his face everytime! i don’t get why a 18 yr. old boy be ashamed of wearing a white dress and a gold halo?
playing minute to win it
ana enjoying the fan with the little hair that she has
at kathleen and harris clarke’s wedding (kathleen is jay’s little sister’s husband’s little sister.  got it? 😉
it was at the PCC and it was beautiful.  if i could get married again, it would be here.
jay and his little sister kat

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don’t you love her little belly? or should i even call it little? haha
coconut cream filled donuts
making cookies for santa on christmas eve
 
i don’t know why jay thought it was so funny and took tons of pictures
and even a video of me making christmas ornaments. 
my eye’s squished but i still like this picture of us.
jay is an excellent daddy. i love him.
santa came to visit! (and ate all the cookies too)
isn’t jay’s dad such a cute dad? jay must get it from him.
asai bowl
ooh i want this now.

hawaii 3

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i won settlers of catan TWICE in a row BABY, TWICE!!!  
and don’t mind dad’s hand and jay’s foot.  they were just jealous. haha
visited our sweet wonderful grandma and hiwa, whom we all adore, especially by adalie
jay’s parents celebrated their 30th anniversary!
had a tyau family christmas party
we biked everyday day and night
adalie boogie boarded and loved it
this time i got buried in the sand
ate dim sum in China town with cousins
went to the night show at the PCC.
if adalie looks sad in the last two pictures. it’s because she was.
the whole time during the show she kept saying to us,
“can i go dance too?”
we told her she could after the show was over
and when it was over and we went down to the stage
she saw everyone was leaving and she got so sad.
i need to enroll her in a dance class where they have
dance recitals asap.
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

hawaii 2

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i still got lots of pictures i need to post from when we were in hawaii for christmas.
we went to goat island, ana was fearless in the water and would dive into the water constantly
buried jay in the sand, caught a huge crab, saw the cutest & the biggest 1 1/2 yr. old baby
(she’s the same age as ana!), made korean bbq kalbi for jay’s family, went to the swap meet
enjoyed the scenary as we drove(seriously, where else will you see the beach literally right next to the road?) and went to dad’s friends gathering where adalie refused to stand back with everyone else
to take pictures but stood right in the front in the middle.  and i woudn’t expect any less from her.
oh and i was just looking at the pictures as i was posting
and adalie looks so big in the 4th picture. 
she had her first primary program last sunday and she did so well,
beaming and smiling and loving the attention of course.
and i couldn’t help but get really proud/sad/happy/bitter/teary-eyed
as i realized she is getting so big.  she is such a beautiful girl inside and out
and i just wish she would stop growing already.
i ask her that almost daily and she says she would so maybe there’s hope?
and the first thing she said to me when she came down was,
“can i do that again right now?”
and if you’re wondering why there’s always mostly pictures of me and the kids
it’s because jay doesn’t like taking pictures.  but then are there any guys that like taking pictures?