River Walk

There is a trail along side a river, a ways from our house.

I discovered it when I did the 5K run, because the course we ran took the trail

for part of the run. I have been wanting to take the kids, and finally had a free

afternoon (so did Quinn). The kids wanted to ride their bikes and Ash got to take a

lone ride in the double stroller (I had a feeling Kaipo wouldn't make it the whole way

on his bike). The kids did really well on their bikes and we had quite a nice walk/ride.

It was somewhere around 95 today, so when we finally found a spot along the trail that

we could actually GET to the river, it was very refreshing!!

The river is actually quite swift and we have heard that some

people do raft down it. So we may just have to try that

sometime soon! Ash was enjoying sitting in the COLD water

and eating dirt, pebbles, or whatever he could find.

Kaipo lost one of his slippers (flip flops) and yelled to
Daddy, but he just wasn't quick enough.
The kids wore their swim suits, but QUinn and I didn't.
As you can see, Quinn was still a trooper and took the
kids OUT into the faster flowing water.

Of course it is always fun getting to the desired destination,
but the ride back was quite a bit harder (especially for Kaipo-
with only one shoe). Luckily we brought the double stroller.
Boy did we get our work out, me pushing both the boys uphill
and Quinn running with Ame, carrying Kaipo's bike!

I am so glad we made the effort to go in search of the river walk.
I only wish we would have discovered it sooner!
Hopefully we can try tubing before the summer is over :)

the things HE says

Kaipo's vocabulary and educated phrases are just growing in leaps and bounds!

SOme things he says, QUinn and I just look at each other and

wonder where did he hear that? Others things just make us laugh OUT LOUD!

And then there are some things that just make me so proud to be HIS mom.

Like tonight:

Quinn and I were talking about attending the temple.

All of a sudden, Kaipo was saying something VERY PROUDLY,

that we didn't quite understand and had to have him repeat a few times.

We finally figured out this is what he said,

I LOVE to feel the spirit.

And then he sang for us...I Love to See the Temple

This boy LOVES to sing Primary songs and I am amazed at how he

remembers the words to so many different songs. Like the one he just started

singing, out of the blue, at the grocery store today.

...the rains came down and the floods came up...

I am grateful for these humbling moments, that make me appreciate

and LOVE Kaipo so very much! Because of the endless amounts of energy

he carries with him ALL the time and the recent, many defiant moments he

seems to have, I find myself constantly regreting losing my patience!!

I know I have soo much to learn and

I know that my children are teaching me soo

much every day!!

Another Monkey????

I don't remember Kaipo being a climber this early. Ash used to be content with climbing into the laundry basket, standing on a little step stool or something else LOW to the ground...until today. He decided to climb right onto the bench of our table and then continue all the way up on top.

Oh boy, what are we in for?

Do we have ANOTHER monkey on our hands???

He just has the sweetest, most innocent look, don't you think?

But sometimes he gets the same mischievious look,

that his older brother does.

I still wonder each and every day what his personality will blossom into?

Any guesses???

Library Time

We LOVE to visit the library often and get a stack of

new books to read and enjoy! We get a variety of books to read aloud

together and also Level 1 Books for Ame to read to us. Sometimes the kids are

lucky enough to find a fun DVD too (I say lucky because the library selection is by no

means a Blockbuster collection, but every now and then we find some good ones),

and this time we got Mary Poppins and Eloise.

Ame and I also found a really cute book titled,

My Dadima Wears a Sari.

It is about a Grandma (Dadima) who teaches her grand-daughter

about all the Sari's she wears, how to wear them and how each one she

has is special.VERY fitting for a girl who has a grandma living in India!