Tuesday, July 11, 2023

May 2023

Our lives have been on a wild ride these past few months, but this month in particular has been extra crazy! Our pool is in the process of getting redone, so it's out of order for now.

We're hoping it will be done this summer so the girls can make use of it. 

Here's a shot of the back yard before the pool is complete.

Emma lost another tooth. Both she and Kellan have no front teeth!

We celebrated Caroline's birthday at the beach.

Mommy taught a lesson on Justification, Sanctification and Glorification to the Trailblazers. The girls helped model the shirt I used as an object lesson for being "clothed in Christ's righteousness."

They spent a few final nights in this bedroom before we packed it all up to demo.

Our bedroom before the demo.

The playroom before demo.

I slowly finished taping and painting the garage while listening to an audiobook by James Patterson and Dolly Parton called Run, Rose, Run.

We visited some friends in Makaha. (Mary Lou, Hannah and Rachel)

The kids loved looking for crabs on the reef.

Their final nights in their former room before demo.

We had a field trip to the McCully fire station (29) thanks to Keoki Liftee-Kau. 


Morning Tea Time

Some craft time.

And demo day!

Drywall and flooring. Thankfully, we had a lot of help that day!


Jaydee helping rip the Master Bedroom apart!

Jason and Mike ripping down the girls' room ceiling.

Noah, dad to be, getting his demo on :)

Jaydee and Jairson kicking in some drywall.

Grace and Lily helping load the dumpster!

Esther helping out!

View from the pool side of the house.


Lily got invited to Zoe's bday. Friends (Jordan & Zoe) 
from Mauka Lani she hadn't seen in a while!

The Bailey's came late in the day and Johnathan 
helped pack the dumpster perfectly!

Mother's Day at Yoks with the Baileys.

Lily & Zoe

Hitting the gym.

The view from the master all tidied up!

$0.99 Cones at Baskin Robbins!

Some final sweeping.

A little stunt work.

Sweet baby Nakoa, born May 11th, 2023.

He's just a sweet nugget.

They all wanted to hold him forever!

Even Cary!


Mike leveling one last piece of plywood that wasn't smooth enough at the joint.

Adventure Club Carnival

Pie in the face!

Rodeffer sleepover/campout in our downstairs studio ;)

Tiff's Bloom Brunch 2023

Love these ladies!

Mike's big job of leveling all the trusses. Whew, glad that's done.

Judd Trail hike with homeschool church friends.


The HTA graduates of 2023!

Carter looks like her body guard, haha!

Our new set up downstairs until the upstairs is complete.

Emily's Shower. What a sweet time of celebrating baby Wesley!

Lily's friend Jordan's bday at iTrampoline!

Cary had her pre-K graduation!

Ms. Tina, Cary and Ms. Lynelle

The Bear Cubs class

Leia and Cary

After Cary's preschool graduation, we played at Pineapple Park for a bit with the Rodeffers

And lastly, we headed to Waikiki for a mini staycation while our house got tented for termites :)

It was an amazing month and we are really looking forward to an amazing summer of living together in tight quarters downstairs.