Wednesday, July 22, 2009

ROYAL KUHIO & VIEWS, WAIKIKI BEACH, GINGERBREAD HOUSE & SHANAE'S EARLY BIRTHDAY - 12/8/08

Here's Shanae ready to blow out her candles. Since this was our last night with Shanae, we decided to celebrate three days early. She's still our 'special princess'!
Here's the wonderfully delicious cake Jay & I bought at the 'Cheesecake Factory'. Something like snicker or a fudge something mixture. It says 'Happy Birthday, Shanae' in yellow with the candles that say 29...that magical age, that we all wish to be forever!
Here's our beautifully decorated house with the two stars on the corners with Kali & Krew's names written on them.
Grandpa & Grandma Wood helping Kali make and decorate a Gingerbread House.
Nate & I (Janece) on Waikiki beach right before we had to take Nate to the airport to catch his flight back to Los Angeles, CA.
Jay & I on Waikiki beach with Diamond Head in the background.
   One of the beautiful pool areas at one of the nicer hotels.
            Surf boards lined up on Waikiki Beach.
A unique, very expensive motorcycle made out of wood that we saw walking through some shops.
All the apartments & condos seen to the right through the kitchen window.
A close up view of the ocean & some boats, taken from the balcony.
This shot is leaning over the balcony & to the left to the street that runs in front of our condo.
This is the view from the balcony of our condo. You can see the ocean in the background.
Nate, Kali, & Jay out on the balcony the morning of the 5th, before getting ready to go swimming in the pool on top of the building.
Nate & Jay eating some breakfast while watching the news in side our condo.


Here's a picture of the Royal Kuhio building where our condo is located in Honolulu, close to Waikiki beach.  Nate, Jay, & I stayed here most nights. Shanae & the kids stayed with us on the night of  Dec. 4th.

PICTURES IN KALI'S & KREW'S CHRISTMAS CLOTHES AFTER CHURCH- 12/7/08

Kali eating a candy cane, after her Daddy, Aaron, rescued her from on top of the fridge. I think Grandpa may have put her there...probably because she had started whining about the candy cane.
Kali hugging her little brother, Krew. Grandpa is trying to help keep them still & happy.
      Kali posing for Grandma in the Christmas dress I gave her, in front of the Christmas tree.
Krew & Grandpa Wood in front of the Christmas tree with a santa hat on top.
    After church on Dec. 7th, we took some pictures. Grandma Wood holding Kali & Grandpa Wood holding Krew.

HUKILAU TOURNAMENT- SEASIDER CHALLENGE (BYU-PROVO VS. USC) 12/6/08

Shanae & I finished getting her family board painted & the vinyl lettering on it & then put up on her wall, but the sticky stuff didn't hold it well enough & it scared us to death by falling down in the night. WE ARE ONE HAPPY ETERNAL FAMILY!
After the game, we drove Coriann over to the Turtle Bay Resort, where the team is staying. They have their entrance all decorated for Christmas, so I had to get a picture.
Nate & Coriann showing off their muscles. I sort of missed Nate's, which were quite nice...I think Shanae may have got it.
                       Loving sisters, Coriann & Shanae.
A cute picture of Coriann holding Krew & Kali, who is trying to do shawka (sp?).
A great hard fought win against USC, 65-64! Coriann (center) played 20 min. & had 14 pts. (her high so far), 8 rebounds, & 1 assist. She made two 3 pointers for 100%. Great job Coriann!!
             Coriann getting ready to pass the ball.
Krew was getting fussy, so I took him up a little higher & got an overview of the team & the arena.
A fun picture of Krew at the game. Jay, Nate, Aaron, Shanae, Kali & Krew were at this game, along with some friends of Shanae. We were all able to attend yesterday's game with Wright State, too.
Coriann trying to block a shot & then is waiting for the rebound.
Coriann making a shot & drawing a foul.

HUKILAU TOURNAMENT- SEASIDER CHALLENGE (BYU-PROVO VS. WRIGHT STATE) 12/5/08

Coach Judkins (standing) & those on the bench intently watching the game. It ended with BYU beating Wright State 56-50. Yeh! Coriann played 19 min. & had 5 pts., 5 rebounds & a steal.
                  Coriann shooting a foul shot.
          Coriann #23 practicing her 3 pt. shots before the game.
This is a 'cool' Hawaiian wall hanging which is in the Sports Arena on BYU-Hawaii Campus.
BYU & Wright State being introduced. The team members were each given a Hawaiian Lei.

Coriann making a foul shot.
BYU beat Wright State 56-50!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

HAWAII- SUNSET BEACH- DEC 4, 2008

    Kali being smothered with kisses from Grandma & Grandpa, while Krew is getting some z's.
    Grandma & Grandpa Wood with the grandkids, Kali & Krew.
   This one is Nate holding Kali, Grandma Wood, Shanae holding Krew.
       Nate holding Kali, Shanae holding Krew, Grandpa Wood & the Sunset.
          
                   This one is with the sunset.
                    Janece & Jay (Grandma & Grandpa Wood)

Shanae holding Krew who is zonked, Nate holding Kali, & Grandpa Wood.
The famous postcard picture look that you see taken at Sunset Beach.
     Grandma Wood, Krew, Shanae, Nate, & Kali.
         Grandma Wood snuggling with baby Krew.
    A silhouette of Nate carrying Kali up out of the water.



      Shanae has some even better shots of some of these pictures that I took, especially of Nate with Krew & Kali.

   Janece taking pictures of Shanae taking pictures of Nate with Krew & Kali.




           Janece on the beach enjoying the ambiance.
      A silhouette of Nate against the ocean & setting sun.
     Kali's all prepared and content with her bottle of water & fruit snacks.
    Some of the tents that were set up for the surfing competition.
Nate & Kali trying to walk as the waves beat against them.
  And here we have the almost half moon as we turn around and look into the sky behind us from the setting sun.










When you're at Sunset Beach, you have to get some beautiful sunset pictures. The next few shots are as the sun is going down & then setting. Those will be followed by some of our family on the beach with the setting sun.







These next eight shots are some great shots of surfing. There has been a competition here the last few days. Coriann & her BYU basketball teammates got their picture with a famous surfer & it ended up being published in 'Surfer Magazine'.
Jay & Nate watching the surfers. Jay's trying to get some good shots of them. Krew's also in the background.
        Little Krew playing in the sand on the beach.
    Shanae & Kali right after arriving at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu.
Jay, Nate, Shanae, Kali, & Krew on Sunset Beach in Hawaii. Grandma Wood is taking the video clip.
Nate & Krew on Sunset Beach as the sun is setting.