Friday, March 19, 2010

Frankie 7th Birthday


Frankie just turned 7. I wanted to make sure she had a good time this year so I rented a waterslide for her birthday. The kids had a great time. Some photos from the party...
the girls went to the beauty shop to get their hair done, which lasted about an hour before they hit the water slide


Lisa and Juliana

the slide
















some other pics of girls...


malea and frankie playing in hurricane





getting ready to hike

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Local waterfall

I was pleased to discover that there is a nice little waterfall not far from our house in Coconut Pt. Supposedly someone was killed here by falling lava rock. Tried not to think about a huge bolder crushing us but found myself looking up once and awhile. It wouldn't have suprised me w/ our luck lately. Somedays the ocean gets so warm that it doesn't feel that refreshing when you jump in. Nice to jump into the cool, fresh water at a waterfall. Just make sure that you take your cell phone out of your pocket before you jump. This is the day I lost my phone. Some pictures....

Nice high waterfall w/ a deep pool for diving.


local kid climbing up the waterfall face and diving

Princess Francesca.


Me and Frankie after a nice swim


Unrelated just a nice shot of a full moon over the ocean at
Coconut Pt

Also unrelated Princess Juliana and Princess Francesca
w/ hairdos by Ate
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Xmas in Samoa

Despite my protests, the girls made sure we celebrated Xmas this year. I bought the girls an artificial Xmas tree so they could decorate it on Laura's birthday - something she liked to do. Not quite the same as going out to a tree farm to cut your own as we used to do in Duluth, but it did the job. I also took Nick and the girls to Samoa during their Xmas break. Some photos of our Xmas in the tropics.....

Christmas photo w/ Coconut Pt neighbors. People love to pose w/ the J-mobile


Our christmas tree


Christmas eve party.....

Frankie and Santa

Juliana and Santa

trampoline action shots

Frankie and Juliana w/ amigos at the Christmas party.





Trip to Samoa:

Aerial view of southeast Upolu, Samoa

w/ girls at sea wall in Apia



Snorkeling at Palolo Deep in Apia..........












At the Piula cave pools....


Nick and Frankie going into the cave pool



At Virgin Cove on south coast of Upolu:


Nick spent most of the day burying the girls in the sand

Frankie holding blue starfish
Feeding the fishes



At Papaseea sliding rocks:





ladies showing off their Samoan dresses I bought for them at the market in Apia