Choices

So we are nearing the end of our duty stay here at Hawaii. We are up to PCS the beginning of January. Our overseas list of choices came out and there are about 4 choices to choose from and of course you have the option not to choose too. The choices are Turkey, and island off of Japan two bases in England both about an hour away from London. Intially we dismissed the list because we really wanted Aviano if we had the chance but after talking about the possibilities we decided to choose both bases in England. One is Lankenheath and the other is Mildenhall. Our conus list will come out in July, I am curious to see what is on that list.

In addition to Mother's Day....

So in my previous post I mentioned that we were rear ended coming home from the North Shore. Some wonderful driver decided to turn at the last minute causing us to slam on our brakes. I was driving and Kip gave the lady a "hey, hello, learn how to drive" honk and we preceded on our way. But not two seconds later, the lady behind us was site seeing and slammed into the back of our car. We wouldn't of had as much damage if her truck wasn't lifted. So yes, to those with lifted trucks, you are at risk of causing more damage to the other vehicles if you hit them. Luckily the driver is claiming fault and we are completely covered with repairs and a rental car. Now it is just playing the waiting game for parts to come in to begin the repairs. On the bright side, the girls are not hurt and Kip and I only suffered some slight soreness for a couple of days. But I tell you, I haven't seen worse drivers than the box of q-tips (aka: snowbirds) that drive around AZ in the winter time until we moved here. But then again, I've heard that downtown LA and Vegas including upstate New York isn't any better.

Happy Mother's Day!

Well today started out pretty good. Kip and Jenna surprised me with a nice breakfast. We took a Sunday drive out to Haleiwa North Shore, went by Sharks Cove and got rear ended. Pretty fun, huh. Happy mother's day to me.

Cruising around the island

Saturday Kip and I got together with several people from his squadron and did a bike ride up through Waikiki, past Haunauma Bay and down past Bellow AFB. This was the same ride Kip and I did by ourselves a couple weeks ago. He led this ride to slow down the rockets and of course he had me be up front with him leading. It was a little nerve racking considering I am the least experience rider out of the whole bunch. But all went well and it was a really fun ride. (oh yeah, we had a total of 11 bikes. I think it was 5 cruisers and 6 sports bikes)

Electric Beach

Today I have finally given in to several years of Kip trying to convince me to scuba dive with him. It wasn't so bad and it was enjoyable. We did a shore dive at Electric beach. It got a bit rough coming back, the waves were high and I got motion sickness and was sick all the way home. Other than that, I did enjoy my dive and would consider getting certified, next time I will have to remember to take Dramamine.

Bike ride

A couple weeks ago Kip and I went on a bike ride to Laie and back with a couple of his buddies from work. My bike is on the right hand side, a little smaller than Kip's but has the same classic fenders.

Gone and back again

We went to Arizona and came back. We flew out on the 3rd and came back on the 14th. The girls did awesome on the plane ride both ways. We didn't get to see everyone, we would have liked to but we weren't really there to have reunions, we were there to have a vacation. Alot of people wanted to see us but we didn't have enough time with the things we as a family wanted to do. I guess that's what we get for taking a vacation back home. Sorry to those we missed, maybe you can fly out and see us (we have been out there twice now). We had a good time and hope to see you all again soon.