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| Sun Valley snow wasn't great but we got in a pretty sunny morning and quite a few full runs in our two ski days. It was icy the first day and it was blizzardy and wet the second ski day but still a good time. |
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| In town at Ketchum, Idaho |
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| Ursula celluma-ing for acne |
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| Amy celluma-ing for wrinkles |
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| Had dinner at Amy's brother's cool house in Hailey and met his son Roman and dog Rosebud. That was fun. |
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| I brought Olin in on a Monday I was working at Family First and we extracted his last two baby teeth, #A and #K. They weren't close to being loose and their presence was forcing the permanent tooth to take a slightly different path of eruption so it was time to get 'em out |
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| Such a magical season, such a bittersweet ending last night! Michigan handily defeated us at the National Championship in Houston 34-13. |
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| This birthday present jade from Alaina a few years back is taking on an artistic growth pattern. I've got a chopstick holding it up because I want it to grow in to looking like a tree. |
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| Dae and I joined Planet Fitness by Safeway. The location is right, and the price is right! $10 per person per month plus a $49 annual fee. |
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| Christian's customizable keyboard. He is SOOO excited about this. The entire family has felt the various different types of keys. He carted this keyboard all over the house during assembly. He probably spent 10 hours or so on it. |
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| Island Tacos in Waimea after our little "hike" in the Waimea Canyon/Pu'u o Kila lookout area. Papaya shrimp tacos were very good. |
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| Capt Andy's sunset cruise this time brought us to the Na Pali coast (last time it was too stormy) and it was really pretty. Sunset was very pretty as well. |
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| Small head watching Friends |
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| Role Reversal |
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| All of these are 2012 and 2023 |
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| Wailua River kayak followed by hike to Secret Falls |
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| Pickleball (free!) at Anne Knudsen park in Koloa. We went twice and had a great time. |
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| Wailua Shave ice. They have this foam on top that's really good, and mochis |
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| Secret Falls. It was very cold and very windy up there! |
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| This hike was muddy and fun |
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| Kenji Burgers in Lihue (?) before our Wailua River Kayak and hike |
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| 7-11 lunch! Spam musubis before lauhala bracelet making class |
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| We put some of our fresh lilikoi (which was VERY tart) on yogurt and it was really tasty |
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| We spotted this roadside beach (Kealia) and the second the kids spot any kind of a river leading to ocean they want to divert it. So they tried. |
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| Moloa'a Fruit stand. For once, I didn't get Date with Fate! I got Sunrise Salute which was delicious too. |
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| Lauhala bracelet making at the Kauai Museum with "Uncle Onio". This was great! Kids loved it. |
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| Babz golfing the Ocean Course at Hokuala |
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| Diverting water at Kealia Beach |
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| Trying sugar cane drink for the first time at the Kukui'ula Wednesday Farmer's Market |
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| Showing off our bracelets |
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| Fruit tour we found through airbnb tours. We tasted soooo many different interesting things. What we remembered: noni (really weird, tastes like cheese, and then numbs your mouth in the end), jackfruit (good, slimy), cara cara oranges, tangelo, acerbic cherry (tart, lots of Vitamin C), mulberry, rambutan (kids liked a lot), avocado, moringa (weird leaf type thing), lettuce, navel orange, coconut, apple banana (so good), tangerine, lilikoi (super tart, smells delicious), white guava (good) cacao (this was the most interesting to me. The fruit is really good, slimy, and white, and then you can eat the cacao part in the middle). |
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| Jackfruit |
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| Climbing the tree for jackfruit |
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| Cacao was fascinating |
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| Large avocado |
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| Apple Banana |
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| Noni |
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| Moringa leaf |
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| Dae + baby Dae |
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| It was like a zoo at Poipu Beach! Lots of monk seals and turtles, all roped off. |
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| We checked out Moloa'a Beach with a few extra minutes before our fruit tour |
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| Love visiting the Lululemon store in Kauai for special aloha merchandise |
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| We were hoping his hands would clear up with the humidity. I think they did a little. This was the beginning of our trip. |
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| Football passing with two small spectators |
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| Nighttime walks |
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| Merriman's for a Christmas Eve dinner. Besides a dessert that was way too sweet it was yummy and fun! |
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| Playing Connect 4 while waiting for me at Lululemon |
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| We always like to walk to Starbucks in the morning, especially with rainbow! |
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| We went on a lot of neighborhood walks near the golf course (Kiahuna) where our condo was. The neighborhood homes were really nice and we liked Zillowing how much they cost. |
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| Fun on the airplane ride over with wiki stix |
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| Mocktails for Christmas Eve |
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| Tail regrowth |
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| New airplane pillow |
One boy went to camp Lutherhaven for the week (4 nights) and the other went to a track meet Wednesday, suffered an avulsion fracture, and is...
