Kauai

We took a mini vacation while Blain was here. We hopped on a plane and took a whopping 30 minute flight to Kauai. :) We got there before check-in time so we went to have lunch at Duke's. Blain and the guys usually have lunch there when they fly to Kauai.

Miss Mak


Mr. Eli saying cheese






The Hawaiian state bird... The Nene


Kilohana Plantation


Waiting on the train




Taking a break from the train ride to feed the pigs




Glass sand beach




Kilauea Lighthouse





Waimea Canyon






Fern Grotto River Cruise









The Sleeping Giant


Opaekaa Falls


Wailua Falls





We had a wonderful two weeks with Blain here!! As of the time of this post, I'm not sure if he's made it back to Iraq yet. I do know that he made it as far as Spain. :)

Heading to the airport...



The final countdown to the end of the deployment can now begin!!!

And for those of you that don't know, we have requested to stay in Hawaii for another three years. You now have until the end of 2013 to visit!!!

The start of R&R and Easter

R&R has come and gone. Blain came in on the 2nd and the kids and I were able to go to the gate and watch his plane come in.




The plane is here! The little boy in the middle was also waiting on his daddy.


Blain... don't kill me for putting this picture on here. :) My camera didn't want to cooperate that night. This (and the next one) would've been a great picture. I also wasn't expecting him to be the first off the plane. LOL



Off to get Daddy's bag


We were all super excited and Daddy even had to sit in between the carseats on the way home. :)


It was nice having Blain home just in time for Easter.







It was a wonderful day!!!

New pictures

Daddy's Valentines


Last month, we went to a deployed spouses retreat. The kids and I spent Valentine's weekend at the Marriott at Ko'Olina. It was absolutely beautiful! While I sat in a room learning the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, the kids had a blast with the childcare that was provided.

Our room


The view from our room


Getting ready to watch a movie



Elijah's Birthday



Elijah turned TWO on the 8th of this month. Nana & Dewpop flew out for the big day. The day before Nana & Dewpop got here, Elijah fell in Makayla's room and hit his head on part of her ottoman. So, off we went to the ER. We decided not to do stitches they glued his wound.

Here he is a couple of days after the fall.


We had his Mickey Mouse themed party on the 6th. We had lots of friends and Daddy even made a cameo appearance.




"Reading" and listening to his special card from Daddy


Running to tell Daddy that he likes it.




Makayla & Dewpop


Elijah & Nana








Last month, I submitted applications and pictures for the kids to get quilts from Operation Kid Comfort. It is a great organization that takes pictures of your service member and the child(ren) and they make quilts for kids 6 and under and pillows for kids 7 and up. This is a service they offer while the service member is deployed. The ladies that make these quilts are all volunteers and work with donations of fabrics. We went last week to pick up Makayla's & Elijah's quilts.




Blain is doing well. Time is ticking away. R&R is coming up soon and we are going to be taking a short trip to Kauai. We are super excited!

We home you all are doing well!

With love,
The Fuller Ohana