I just remembered I have a blog!

I can't imagine anyone keeping a daily blog. I have a yearly blog. Anyway, things are still pretty much the same as they always have been. We are happy, healthy and still living in our little, albeit, better looking home. After a year of stucco, sprinklers and sod, our home is proving to be a sweet little abode. The kids are playing out back on a bed of lovely grass, while the blossoms from the almond trees float down like snowflakes. It is very pretty. Better than dirt, I can tell you that! We will be heading down to Disneyland soon, and so be prepared for an update soon. Here are some recent pics. Enjoy!

Long time, no post!

Hey people who look at this blog. Happy new year, as you know the last time I posted was June of 2009. Im sorry Uncle Paul. Ellie is now in 5th grade, Lily in 2nd, and Noah in kindergarten, my baby! We are all doing well. Nobody got swine flu (knock on wood.) .Lily is doing dance ballet tap and jazz. Im trying to get Ellie to do tap. She's so good! Once again, sorry I didnt post. Bye!!!!

HOT, HOT, HOT part 2

Let me just say I was abruptly stopped on my last entry. So, in order to sum things up again, Noah is in Tee-Ball and will be starting Kindergarten in August. I am so excited for him. He loved preschool and did very well. Ellie is going into 5th grade and Lily will go into 2nd grade. Time flies. Here are some pictures.

Me and Sam in Vegas, Noah in Tee-ball and Re-doing our backyard!

HOT, HOT, HOT

Today it was 110 degrees in Vacaville! 110!!!!! It was actually 2 degrees hotter than Death Valley. We live in Deathville. Our air conditioner is running like crazy and it is still 85 in our house. Anyway, to recap the last couple of months: Sam and I got to go to Las Vegas (104 degrees!). He went for a work conference and I flew out to meet him. We had our first ever weekend alone. Good food. I see why they call it "sin city" though. We had a great time, regardless.

The kids are done with school. We are on summer break. Ellie and Lily had their dance recital and Noah is in Tee Ball...

More Great Stuff

Lily lost her first tooth!!! The Tooth Fairy brought her $5! AND...after the Tooth Fairy came, Lily got sick, puked in her bed and on her $5. What a fun night.

Also, Maile turned 3!!! We haven't had a kid party yet because of the stomach virus ravaging my family. Next week will be the kid party, but we did have a nice time with some family. We took Maile out to eat fetticini alfredo. She opened some presents and had some cheesecake with a candle in it. The hit of the night was her Belle dress, which she wore all evening, night and the next day. I finally scraped it off her body to wash it.

Museum Pictures

Day at the Museum!

Yesterday we took the kids to the Acadamy of Sciences. We had a great time seeing the fish at the Steinheart Aquarium. The Jellyfish were a big hit. We had a nice lunch, walked around Golden Gate Park and went out to ice cream. I love San Francisco! Something also fun, we saw a groundhog poking his head out of his hole in the ground. So cute! We had a nice picnic too! The weather was beautiful. What a fun day for the Kaai family!

New pics of the kiddos.

I took some new pictures of my kids. We went to the park and I took some great shots. My sister came with her kids and my mom came too. We had fun and the kids did really well.

We are all feeling well and doing fine. I haven't been on the computer for a while so It always takes forever to update my blog, but I finally did it. Enjoy the pics!

PS: Uncle Paul, I am sending you some of these. Miss you!

Happy Birthday Uncle Paul!

My Uncle Paul's birthday is on Christmas Day so I thought I'd have my kids make a sign so we could post it for him. Uncle Paul lives in Barrington, Illinois so he is not close for us to see him. I do know he likes to look at my blog sometimes so I hope he see's this.

We love and miss you Uncle Paul! Have a Happy Birthday and a Merry Christmas!

Please note Macy was sleeping during this and Noah was not in the mood to be in the picture, so I took a separate one of him. The face was his idea. Also, the girls were happy even though they don't look it.

More Updates to Come...

I am sorry I have not updated this in such a long time. I have joined Facebook and have completely neglected my blog. Also, my computer ran out of memory and for some reason, you can't run a computer without memory. We just bought a new hard drive and it will be installed soon and I can update with pictures too! I bought a new camera too, since I broke my last one. Keep watching...

Finally some pictures!!!

So here are a bunch of pictures of what has been going on in our lives. Fish, fish and not a bite to eat! My mom and I took the kids up to Apple Hill and there is a little fishing hole where you rent a pole and can fish. We were the only ones fishing, and not one bite! If you click on the picture of just the water, fish are just sitting there. One actually jumped out of the water onto the shore, giving Ellie a heart attack! NOT ONE BITE!!! There are also some pictures of the kids at Bodega Bay. We went for the weekend with Sam's family. It was soo nice. You will also see a picture of 4 girls, that was Lily's birthday party. I took the girls to get their nails polished at a salon. Lily looked beautiful that day. Last you will see a picture of Ellie with cake on her face. My baby brother turned 21 (sigh). At his party, Ellie dared my mom to put a piece of cake on her (Ellie) face. I don't think Ellie thought Grandma really would. Boy was she surprised! My little Macy is the cutest thing in the whole world. Such a chub-a-wub. Love the blond fluff for hair. She is soo sweet! Enjoy the pics!

Bodega Bay

So we had a nice long weekend in Bodega Bay. I love the ocean. Mountains are cool I guess...but the ocean is where it is at!!! We had a great time at the beach house we usually stay at. It is beautiful. We went with Sam's dad, sisters, spouses and baby Kainoa, who is his sister Julie's baby. He is about 6 weeks younger than Macy who will be 1 at the end of the month. I'll post pics asap.

Hey...

Ok. Do you want to know why I haven't blogged for a while???? I dropped my camera and now it won't turn on so I can download some pictures. Who wants to read a blog? I like pictures! So let's see, Ellie and Lily started school, Noah started pre-school, Lily has ballet on Tuesday, Ellie has Tap and Jazz on Thursday, Noah has soccer on Thursday, Ellie has Musical Theater on Friday and she also has Activity Days (church stuff) every other Tuesday night. I am a taxi. Totally OK though. I love it. They look so cute doing their thing.

Lily just had her 6th birthday. Today I took 5 little girls to the nail salon and they got their fingernails and toenails painted. Then we went fancy, and went to Olive Garden. What a fancy, fancy day! Fun. Thanks to every one who sent cards and gifts! Lily is a happy camper!

I'll post some pictures as soon as I can.

Note to Trish in Texas: I hope you guys are OK down there with IKE blowin like a freak.

Our Last Disneyland Trip..(for now...)

We had so much fun at Disneyland with our best friends the Kapele's! We were there during the earthquake. We were waiting for a table at the Rainforest Cafe when the ground started to shake! My first thought was it was part of Rainforest's schpeel, you know, like the thunder and rain and stuff. Then, very quickly, I realized it was an earthquake. My legs were shaking too! I hadn't felt an earthquake like that in a long time. I grabbed the kids and Sam because I just wanted to go outside for some air and the lady at the front said "Betty, party of 14, your adventure is ready to begin!" I was like "Too Late!" Anyway, we got to our table and we were all trying to call home to let everyone know we were OK, but the lines were tied. Eventually we got our families and told them. They closed the rides at Disneyland for a while, so it was a good thing we decided to eat first, because everyone came to Downtown Disney. It was an interesting day. FUN, but interesting. The rest of the week was great.

We went on the storybook boat ride. When we passed Cinderella's castle, Noah said "Who's Cinderella?" I said "The chick in blue!" then Lily said "She's not a chicken!" I laughed sooo hard. We also went to Hollywood and Mann's Chinese Theater. I put my hands in Johnny Depp's hand prints. Need I say more???

We got home Saturday evening, and all was well. We had such a good time. Our Disney season passes expire on August 13. I will wear black in mourning.

BUT...This Saturday we are pouring concrete!!! Yeah! I will be able to work on my backyard. I want to hang chinese lanterns.

Enjoy the pics!

FINALLY

I am sorry for not posting on my blog in...forever. So much to say. I'll sum up: Had Noah's 4th birthday party, Uncle Paul came to visit (my kids LOVE Uncle Paul...he is my uncle), had my nephew Justin's 7th birthday, we are in the process of redoing our back yard, Lily started Ballet, Noah started soccer, Ellie and Lily started musical theatre class, Maile is still a stinker, Macy got her first tooth and we leave in 7 hours for Disneyland. Enough said...here are some pics!

111!

My sweet little Ellie did that last post when I was sick in bed. Sunday three of us got sick. Today is Tuesday and I am still getting over it. Kristen, Frank and Clay have it too. So does Sam's sister Julie and my friend Amber's son Michael. They're camping. That sucks. This bug is a bad one. Don't stay on my blog too long or you might get it. Thanks to Trish for offering to send chocolate, but tomorrow is supposed to be 111 degrees! Actually today. It is 4 am and I am up doing this. At least it is productive. I was watching Duran Duran videos a minute ago.

sick

Our family has been sick.Maile barfet when she was asleep.When we went to church lily and Sam were in the gym and lily barfet.Now I am sick.Also the weather today is 109!

Long Time

Sorry, sorry, sorry. I know it has been a while since I last blogged. Lots going on. We got our new air conditioner. Awesome. Yesterday was like 100 degrees and we slept great! We took the kids to Discovery Kingdom (Marine World). They mostly played in the water attractions. It was hot.

Saturday we helped my mom with a reception for her friend Karen. Karen's husband died a couple of years ago, and the guy she married, Leo, his wife died a couple of years ago too. So they hooked up! Totally cute. My mom did the reception for them and it was awesome. Except that Lily puked twice. I got some great pictures of my mom doing the "Chicken Dance" with some of the grandkids. The reception was over by then but I couldn't help taking pictures. So cute.

Fun Pics!

The girls had "dance" night at their school. Each grade does a dance, and there is a BBQ, and then you can bid on baskets. Lily's class did the song "Going to Kentucky" and Ellie's class dances to "Shining Star". Totally cute.

We also went to Marine World. Here are some pics of that.

The only funny thing worth mentioning this week is Noah asked me where my "wiener" was. We had a brief anatomy lesson. No pics of that.