Arizona

Hey we are coming home for a little while to visit! Maybe we will see some of you, if not....we are sorry, maybe next time.

Believe it OR not

This past weekend I spent all day Saturday and Sunday (unfortunately, I missed church) at Leeward College taking the Basic Riders Course. We spent half the day in the classroom and the second half out on the range. I was one out of two other ladies in the class and the only one with a little bit of riding experience under my belt (if you can count a couple weeks practicing in a parking lot and a couple of rides on the island with Kip) along with 19 men. I personally wished we had more range time. The course supplied the bikes I am glad theirs are smaller than mine, little Honda Nighthawks 250cc. They say they are good starter bikes, quite a bit smaller than mine. (this is not an actual picture of my bike, I will post one later) We were informed at the beginning of the class DOT has decided that the riders course was insufficient and we were going to be the first class subjected to their course standards. I passed the riders course and also by some miracle passed the DOT test too. So I am officially DOT tested and approved to have a riders endorsement on my drivers license. Oh ya, I also got my MSF card.

A year ago today....

We were headed to the court house to be seen by the judge. This was the day we finalized Maylani's adoption. We were so excited to have her legally ours and soon after sealed to us. She has been such a joy and blessing in our family.

Dinner at the beach

Yesterday after Jenna got out of school we took the girls to the beach park by China man's hat and picked up Subway on the way. It was alot of fun. The girls played in the water and the sand as the sun went down.

SO far so good.

I took the bike out for the first time on the road last week (don't worry, i have my permit) and obviously I am still here to type. We circled block once and I almost soiled my pants, luckily Kip convinced me to go around a second time. I am glad he did, I gained a little more confidence and decided to take a short ride down to Temple Valley. It is only a 5 or 10 minute drive from my house. I didn't do too bad for a first timer. Yes I did stall a couple of times starting out, that is something I need to work on. I also had a hard time hearing my bike shift, Kip's pipes are much louder than mine. This week we went out on another ride. I enjoyed it alot, not as nervous this time. We took the bikes to China Man's Hat about a 25 minute ride each way. It was alot of fun. I can't wait till we go out again. The bike still scares me enough to be cautious. I will officially have my license by next weekend. I am signed up to take a safety course through Leeward College, it will provide the driving test and a MSF card. Oh yeah, I got a windshield now on my bike, she didn't come with one. I will post pics of her soon.

Watch Out!

For all those dirvers out there who generally take precaution and look around at other motorist, take time to also notice the smaller motorist on motorcycles. I could care less about those on the scooter...Just kidding. My hubby is a one who drives a bike and soon I will be too. Most of the accidents with motorcycles happen because other drivers fail to see or notice them. Jenna and Maylani are also requesting that you all start "seeing" motorcycles (okay, scooters too) their mommy and daddy drive them.

Sick

Our poor ladies have been sick and have had an awful cough for the last several weeks. I haven't been able to get them in to see their Ped, so we ended up going to Scholfield Urgent care. The doc said they both had bronciolitis and gave them antibiotics to be on for the next five days. Five days have come and gone, Jenna is better been the baby's cough has not gone away. We took her to the ER on Saturday morning and after chest x-rays and concluding that she was under treated from the previous doc, she has pneumonia. Okay, we can deal with that once we know the problem but it doesn't end there. The new antibiotics are not staying down, she instantly throws them up and everything else in her stomach. So back to the Pediatrics ward and finally they get her some anti's that work and she will not gag on. And today, Kip went to the dermatologist to have some crazy moles looked at. They ended up removing three of them and we will know the results by the end of the week. It is never ending. If I have am not the one having health issues it is either the kids are sick or other things arise. One day at a time, we will get through this.