A Spooktacular Night

Tonight was a busy night. We had the Fall Festival at Noah's school AND our Ward Halloween Party at church

Here is Officer Noah! Isn't he handsome?
At the last minute I decided I wanted to join in the fun & dress up. This is my go to costume! It's easy & fun.

The fall festival had games, food, cake walk, jumpers....everything a kid loves!

I think he went down this thing about 4 times in a row!

This night was a lot of fun....we did not bring our camera to the ward party...but fun was had by all. They had dinner, dancing & trunk or treat.

One down....how many more??

Exciting news around here!! Look what happened?

Noah was so excited about losing his first tooth. Luckily this was a good experience! It pretty much just fell out on it's own. We knew it was coming because it was pretty loose & he kept playing with it with his tongue. I didn't want it to be painful & a lot of blood because then the whole experience would have been terrifying for when the next one would be ready to come out.
He was so excited to use his new tooth pillow bag that he made himself! The tooth fairy was so nice to him, she left him a "little" note (literally it was little, thanks to the advice from a friend) and it was sprinkled with fairy dust & she left 2 dollars! WOW! She said it was because it was his very first tooth to loose!

Isn't he just too cute?? But it makes me a little sad, he's growing up!!

Sewing Lessons

Grandma Judi was staying with Noah & Scott while I was in Hawaii...she was taking care of her boys!

Grandma Judi was BUSY while I was away....S.E.W.I.N.G!! She sewed 3 wall hangings (that are quite large) and 3 sets of curtains. Noah was so intrigued & was watching her closely. He decided he wanted to sew! So Grandma taught Noah had to sew. He patiently watched, listened & sewed!

He made 2 "tooth pillows", one for him and one for his buddy Madison. He also made a 6 armed man (that I have never seen). Then he made a bobbin holder for my bobbins! Cute boy!

Last Dinner together

This night was our last dinner all together. We had the best time, but all good things must come to an end....Hank & Stephanie were leaving Hawaii a day earlier than us. It's a LONG flight back to Ohio!

Mom & Dad
Christine & Hank

Aunt Lorraine & Uncle Bob

Greg & Deanna

Hank & Stephanie

Paul & Christine

Cave Adventure

This was part of our Snorkel Safari....our crazy boat captain was very daring....he would take the boat, right up into these caves. This one time he told a bunch of people to go sit on the bough of the boat to get the full experience. Paul, my brother, videod this crazy experience. Now, I do have to say that I was standing closer to the back of the boat & I got soaked....no one can imagine what this was like being at the VERY front (except for Hank...because he was!)

I've tried to upload the video but it's not working out for me today! So, you can go to this YouTube LINK & see it....

Lana'i Snorkel Safari

Today we went on an adventure...and it really was an adventure!

This is a map of a Snorkel Safari trip we went on. This is the coolest thing to do if you are visiting Maui. A lot of the boat/snorkel trips you can take are just out to a spot or two, that do have cool snorkel sites, BUT this was way more than that! This boat took you around the entire island of Lana'i. There are a ton of pics that show some of our cool adventure.

{Hank, my brother in law}
This boat trip was an all day event. We got to the marina at 6:30am and promptly boarded the boat. The advertisement that we had seen said this boat was, "The Luxury of a Catamaran, The Performance of a Raft".....we were a little hesitant! It was funny. The boat was so nice though. The waterway between Maui & Lana'i is rough, that is why most snorkel trips will not even attempt this trip. The owner of this company/boat had this boat built specifically to handle this trip. There are only 2 companies that will go on this trip & the other boat looks more like a small raft!

{my brother Paul & I hanging out}

They are LOVING this trip! Actually we were on the boat for 7 1/2 hours, so this nap was well deserved. We visited shipwreck sites, remote beaches, ancient fishing villages, super cool caves and 2,000 foot sea cliffs. We snorkeled where no other boats go. It was a true Adventure!! We had lunch on board also. It was so much fun!!

This ship was interesting in that the hull was made out of concrete. It was used during the WWII, after the war the captain was told to sink the ship. He didn't want to do that though so he purposely ran it aground here.

Some of the cool fish....there were so many fish that you don't normally see when you are snorkeling in Hawaii. This reefs are undisturbed, which make for beautiful areas

I found this super cool starfish. I was always finding neat things & "yelling" for Paul to come take pictures of them, or asking, "what in the world is that?"

This was a huge sea snail that Paul had found

Paul & Hank...they were LOVING this day!!

Some of the beautiful scenery...this is where we stopped to eat lunch

Paul diving (crazy)

This was our last snorkel spot called "Sharks Fin"

It was beautiful!!

A large puffer fish

We saw several eels, but this was the coolest shot of one!

We had two captains on our boat. This was Captain Eric. He was looking for some cool things to show us and he found this octopus! He grabbed it & brought it up to show us. It was interesting in that this octopus would NOT leave Eric because he knows that if he "leaves" him, that he would be fish food, literally. The fish would eat him alive! He said as soon as he dives under the water & would get close enough to something that the octopus would be able to go to and be safe that he would release himself from Eric & swim to safety. And that is exactly what he did!

Swimming to safety!

This was the best day...I highly recommend this trip if it's possible!

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