stoked

I've been slacking on the blog - we've really just been cruising. I've been trying to work more, the girls are happy at school and I'm looking for new childcare for Maya (Celena is leaving!). Erik is working quite a bit and adjusting to his new position. I've been feeling a little restless- trying to get the girls out on hikes, to the beach and in the water. But finally last weekend the only thing that could cure me, was getting a little pounding in overhead surf. I just needed to surf and certainly took a couple sets on the head- need to just be in the moment for a little bit, it's really hard to get to that frame of mind, isn't it? I needed some large waves to do that for me. But today we surfed really fun, glassy mushrooms and I was pretty stoked- it was perfect conditions and caught some fun waves. Really needed to be stoked- surfed with 3 people, caught my best three waves of the winter, a whale breeched 100 feet from me. The girls having so much fun on the beach and shore break. Then Erik paddled out and caught the best wave of every set (of course)-fun morning.

Last weekend- Kalia was charging! Seriously! First on Saturday (after a failed attempt to get new tires on the otherside) Kalia suggested we go down to the aquatic center. She swam for an 1 hour and 15 minutes straight, diving under and swimming, practicing her strokes. Maya even went under the mushroom waterfall. It was a great idea, even if I was feeling lazy to drive to Lahaina (it's like 15 minutes to the aquatic center!)

Then Sunday on the day that we surfed s-turns and it was fairly sizable, Kalia took on the shore break- she was charging into the waves. I had to keep a serious eye on her, at one point she wasn't paying attention and literally got taken down by a wave, it swept her feet from under her as she was walking towards me (it was overhead surf on the outside) and she went down, the waves washed over her and she got back up and went back for more. Seriously having a blast.

Thursday night
Dinner at Lei's with the Butler Boys