Kindergarten Fieldtrip

Makiah and I were invited to join Kenda on her fieldtrip to a new place called Fins N Flippers. It is an amazing place where they take in hurt animals and then rehabilitate them in order to introduce them back into the natural environment. We saw sea lions, monkeys, birds, snakes, crocs and even a jaguar. The girls had lots of fun and we learned some great things from Bayrd the veterinarian.

We dedicate this picture to Merril Blake who would be very proud to see his little grand daughters being brave enough to pet a boa constrictor that had a hurt mouth.

Kenda is looking at a baby crocodile. They have a homing device in them that helps them find their way back to the place they call home. In order to set them loose back into the wild, they have to be over 1000 miles away or they will migrate back to their original dwellings even if it takes them their whole life.

After looking at over 30 different animals, the girls headed back to the restaurant area with the class to have cookies and juice before we returned back to the classroom.

Family Home Evening

What a fun time the kids had when Daddy decided to take each of them out for their own kayaking adventure. This what they requested for our family home evening activity and they kept reminding us all weekend that it was the preferred option. We rarely take them in the kayaks so it was a treat for each of them. Dad got a bit wet but they had fun and that is what counts.

Braids for the Week

Nicol, the girl's babysitter decided to braid their hair this week. Makiah got hers done on Monday and Kenda had her turn on Tuesday. They have spent the week sporting their new style for all the guests and employees. Makiah loves shaking her head back and forth to hear the beads rattle.

Here Kitty Kitty

Well, Grandma Sweet's mommy cat finally had her kittens. There are 4 of them. They are about 2 weeks old now and are very cute. She let the girls sit on the couch and hold 2 of them. Of course, Gabe felt that he had to take part in the festivities having new kittens around. He decided to escape my view and head straight for the cat food in the laundry room. By the time I realized he had disappeared, he had a mouthful of kibbles. Mother of the year!!

Stitch

We recently had to take a trip to the mainland on the ferry to renew our residency. Any time you take 3 kids to the mainland we have learned that it is an adventure. We thought we were so prepared for the kids with the movie player, puzzle, color books, snacks etc... It was during this trip that our family recieved its first set of stitches. Kiah and Kenda were playing at the pool when Kenda lost her balance and grabbed Kiah's hand. Kenda fell on her rear, but brought Kiah strait down on her chin.

I found the medical facilities are at least 5 times better than we have on the island. It was incredible to pull up in the taxi to a emergency room, get to a real room with clean sheets, running water, a real medicine cabinet, etc... We were in an out in under an hour. Kiah was scared but held still so she would not have to recieve a shot. (He gave her a small one, she just didn't know.) $50 bucks later with prescriptions in hand we were off.

This is pic on the way home. The girls were exhausted and Kiah just fell asleep. We had to take a picture. We have now nicknamed her stitch. We have a medical mission coming to the resort this coming week and we will have one of the doctors take them out. For the record it was only two stitches.
Here is the girls at the ferry waiting (always fun) to head back to the island. We would like to thank Grandma Sweets for stocking up their movie collection. The ones we had were getting really old.

On the bright side this should be our last trip to the mainland until October when we have to do this again. The mainland was a great minivacation for us and the kids. It is nice to just get away and have some fun.