Is Matsumoto's the best...?

Okay so when everyone wants shave ice where do you usually go? I bet your gonna say Matsumoto's right? Well for all the years I have been living here with my family we have always gone to Matsumoto's to get shave ice, and we've always taken friends from the mainland there too! Well i'm gonna go against the popular vote and say Matsumoto's may not be the best. I know, I know your probably shocked but "read" me out before your heads pop. About a month ago Gil and I went to the beach just for fun one weekend and then decided to get shave ice before we went home. Well... we went to matsumoto's and the line of course was very long. What else is new. Anyway we wanted to get home so we decided to get shave ice from Aoki's which is right next door. That changed everything. Aoki's shave ice is so fine and they have a lot more flavors than Matsumoto's. You can add all kinds of things. Matsumoto's is still good but Aoki's is awesome. I must say don't be hate'n until you try it. I don't think you will be disappointed. There was even a guy that had the Aoki's sign tattooed on his back. You know no one would do that unless it was the bomb! So if your ever on the north shore and want to get shave ice...think about Aoki's and let me know if you try it and how it is!

Such a pretty sign

Yum Yum! Aoki's is awesome!

Halloween Stamp Camp.....

I love expanding and improving upon my talents. The most recent development is stamping! My friend Cami and I went to a halloween"stamp camp" about a month ago maybe? Anyway, we made our own Halloween cards. A lady in another ward in our stake does these once a month I believe. People come to her house and she has kits all prepared for you. You just follow the directions on how to make them and there you go. Your cards look like a professional did them. They are super cute and it gave me ideas on how to make other cards. I think this is something that I might really get into. I even won a raffle that she had. Stamps was the prize. I can't wait for the next one!

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Our frankenstein cards....looks hard to make but it's super easy!

All the cards that I made.

My raffle prize.

What have we been up to....?

Dezi now brushes his teeth every morning and night with mommy. Gotta teach good hygiene when they're young!

We went to the Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park courtesy of Papa Deliz & his job at Pearl Harbor.

Attended cousin Ian's 1st birthday party @ the Kualoa Beach Park.

Attended Hailey's Baptism! And I had to play the piano for a short number.

Went camping for a weekend @ Camp Mokuleia on the North Shore......

Dezi just loved watching all of the sky divers falling from the sky. We were right across the Dillingham air strip.

....and saw a monk seal on the beach just hanging out getting some sun and trying to get rest away from everyone. Gosh these humans just can't leave 'um alone! He He He!

We also supported some of our friends in a SCCA event at the Aloha Stadium! They didn't do to bad but I forgot what places they came in.

Just some other tidbits...

Dezi can stand on his own, walks along things and is very voicestrous. Not that he talks a lot, although he does babble, but he just screams at the top of his lungs now when he's not happy! It almost hurts my ears. He is very much a momma's boy, and although I love that he loves me so much it does get on mommy's nerves sometimes. He is starting to take steps with his walker toy instead of going on his knees, but he still does need assistance with it. When he is in to something he is very much the self do-er. If you try to help him he SCREAMS and throws himself back! He is at that stage where he picks up EVERYTHING he sees and wants to put it in his mouth. And there's a lot to pick up! He still loves his einstein videos along with other learning videos that I got him. He loves to read books as well. At night we read books that have lift the flap, or things embedded in the pages (like the ten little ladybugs or the 5 monkeys, there's little lady bugs and monkey faces that stick out of the pages.), his favorite is a caterpillar book where there is a caterpillar on a rubber band string that chomps through the different color pages. He loves being out and about and gets bored very fast staying at home. He has 7 teeth now, 4 top and 3 bottom and has been grinding them to no end. I give him pacifiers to stop him but he just bites and grinds straight through them. Anyone have any suggestions for this one?

As for Keli I am still at home with Dezi and loving it. I am the YW women secretary so that keeps me busy the other times and pretty soon i'm gonna start back up at school again. On-line of course, and we'll see how that goes. Hopefully I can finally finish my 2 year degree...um.......yeah that's what I said, when did I graduate high school? Ha ha ha ha! Then who knows maybe UH and get my teaching degree?!?!? I feel so out of the loop and old. I've come to the conclusion that I either need to finish school or get a part time job. We'll see what happens. I have been working out and trying to get healthier thanks to a competition between my mom, me, sister-in-law Eva, and brother-in-law Kauwe. The winner gets a pretty hefty prize so we're all out to win! So far I've lost 11 1lbs., not where I want it to leave from however I am losing something, and I have more energy! I have picked up reading...the latest is "A Banner is Unfurled." It's a three part series and I am just loving it. I feel like I can relate to one character in particular. Thanks to my friend Cami who loaned me the books to read.

As for Gil he is still very busy at work. He tried to volunteer for a leave of absence kind of thing for one month (because jobs are getting slower they need and switch out volunteers from the union for a one month vaca. if you will, however they don't get paid in that period), but they basically told him no, and that they needed him. That's what you get for being a good worker! It would have been nice to have him home for 1 month just to do family things and enjoy him more but what can you do? The money is always good. And friends and family keep him busy the other times with jobs they need him to do around their house. It's a blessing and a burden sometimes that he is capable of all that he does to work for our family and then to work for extended family and friends, but admire that he is always willing to help when asked upon. He is still playing his games, "Call of Duty" mostly, and loves playing on-line with my brother and then all his friends.

Okay so that was more than a little tid bit but if no one reads this at least I have it for printing later on.