Duckwitz's: Oh Yes! We're still here!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Oh Yes! We're still here!

I know, I know. It's been a LONG time since I posted here. Life has been quite crazy. So, here goes.. 1/2 year summed up in one post. (At least, what I have pictures of.) So prepare yourself for lots of pics! Here we GO!...

Christmas 2009

Temple Square

Hawaii
(Our 10th anniversary)

The beach - my favorite thing of all.

The view from the timeshare.
Thanks so much Dan and Beth!!

Banyan Tree

Our sweet ride! Highly recommend it!

Beautiful gardens and flowers!

Trying to find a great snorkeling spot.
Snorkeling = favorite thing #2!

BowSweet research. :)
Maui-inspired line coming soon!

Coral

Beautiful scenery

Lookout along highway. Volcano there.

Lots of yummy ice cream! Greg's favorite!

Hiking through Bamboo.

Where's Greg?

LOVED the food!

Feeding the birds each morning.

Picking up a coconut on our drive to Hana.

Palm trees in the mirror are NOT fake!

Driving around and breathing the air = favorite thing #3!

Lava caves

Black Sand Beach

Look at that water!

Beauty overload!

One of the waterfalls on the road to Hana.

Very involved with the magic show.
Greg was the "Gomer" this time around.

Wow!

Snorkeling trip.

Beautiful sunsets!

Lava fields.

Sooo pretty!

Came home to this!
Yes, I'm still wearing flip-flops.

Haley's "Parade".

Isn't she fun!?

Haley's 7th Birthday

Ashlyn loves ponies!

Easter 2010

Crazy Hair Day

Spring Cleaning

Finally said goodbye to my pointe shoes.

Photo taken MAY 24!!!

Haley's end of the year program.
(1st grade)

Phew! First show done!

Greg is now a producer!

Wowzers!
Did you make it to the end?
Wahoo! Good for you. You survived. :)

5 comments:

howellblog said...: Finally! Love the pictures and the updates! Fun stuff! You guys are such a cute fam!
Love,
Suzy; June 23, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Vhari said...: Wow. I didn't know you did ballet. What great pictures! I want to go to Hawaii; June 24, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Wendy said...: Wow Erica....

Looks like you had lots of fun in Hawaii!!! And I would have hated to be there enjoying the beaches and then come home to the SNOW!! Talk about Climate shock.; July 13, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Julie Jardine said...: Man, Hawaii looks so good right now! I love that huge flower!
And that Willy Wonka Party was so amazing! You are so talented! So did you donate the shoes?

Great pics!; July 13, 2010 at 10:37 PM
GDuck said...: Haha - totally didn't answer anyone. Lame-o. Shows how good I am at the blogging thing now. Suzer: Thanks! Vhari: Yup - ballet for 11 years, you'd never know it now. ;) Wendy: Yes, Hawaii was soooo nice! And the moment I looked out at the snow when we landed, I wanted to go back! Julie: It was beauty overload there. No, sadly, the shoes were trashed. They were all the worn out ones. I saved just a couple. That's a lot of money in that pile. $50-70/pair!; July 30, 2010 at 9:38 PM

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Ashlyn-isms

"Mom! It's a two-headed mailbox!" (After seeing a two-headed snake at the bean museum.)
-4/11

Mom: "I'm glad you're not crying anymore." Ashlyn: "Yeah, my tears are frozen."
-1/10/11

A paper that came back from Ashlyn's church activity: "I love my mom because... she gives me something to eat, she loves me, she takes good care of me, she gets mad when I pee my pants." -4/29/10

Poking at the bone in her arm... Ashlyn: "What's in there?" Mom: "Bones." Ashlyn: "My bones hurt." Pointing at her skin... "Open it!" -3/8/10

Haley-isms

--I randomly said the phrase, "Awesome Blossom!" Haley began to rhyme with it, including "Zawesome." I said, "That's not a word." Haley said it was French. (Riiiiight...) But, she gave a perfect example: "Eet eees Zawesome!" (Spoken with a pretty good French accent and expression!)

--I was helping Haley look for something she lost. She said, "You should know where it is. You have a big brain, I have a medium brain, and Ashlyn has a small brain."

--Talking to her baby boy cousin: "See? It's Hannah Montana. You'll learn about it later,... when you're a girl."

--"I love going shopping with mom! It's my favorite time of year!" (Definitely a girl...)

--"I will tell you what I got you for Mother's Day, if you promise to forget it tomorrow."

--We were talking about how members of family are related. When I told her Greg and Dan were brothers, she said, "That's why they call each other, 'Dude'."

--Haley asking her Aunt, "How old are you?" Aunt replies, "20." Haley excitedly asks, "Then, can you go UNDER WATER?"

--"Do Hanukkah people celebrate Hanukkah?"

--"Mommy! I'm giving Ashlyn a piggy-bank ride!"

--"I want daddy to be a daddy for Halloween. Then we don't have to buy anything." (Since when does she NOT want to buy things?!)

--I made a comment about how fast someone was driving. Haley said, "Maybe their kid is saying, 'Go SUPERfast daddy!' Or maybe they are just late."

--We were about to play a game. Haley left the room saying, "Don't do a peep!" When I asked her, she said that means, "Don't start without me."

--Pointing at a great big American Flag..."The flag is there to tell people on the mountain that there is food here." (Huh?)

--Singing the chorus to a popular missionary hymn: "Awkward, ever Awkward..."

--While making cookies: "I wish Lagoon had a ride called the rolling pin."

--"If we had two heads, we could talk to each other, and play together!"

--"I wish Miley Cyrus could babysit me."

--On the way to her performance on an outdoor stage, Haley sang, "Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. I need to do my performance. Rain, rain, go away."

--"I want a savings bond for Christmas, so we can buy a toy in 7 years, so 1 dollar can become 5." (Thanks to the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks)

--"Animals can go anywhere. But, they don't go to time-out. That would be silly!"

--Haley wanted me to do several things for her when when I was ALREADY doing something else she had asked for. Exasperated, I said, "I can't do 4 things at once, Haley!" She so wisely said, "An octopus can!"