Here are some pictures of our trip to West Virginia, We went up there to celebrate Andrew's sisters graduation from West Virginia University. It was a good trip, all of Andrew's family was there and we were able to spend a lot of quality time together.

This is Aylee at the Pittsburgh Zoo, she was so excited to see the sharks but when she got up close she was too afraid to take her eyes off of them, she almost jumped off the ledge she was standing on.
So we got home from the graduation and we were all sitting around and there was no sound coming from the kids, Andrew's brother went and investigated and found them all sitting around eating the candy lei's that were given to Andrew's sister. As you can see they were all helping each other out in getting the candy opened.

Look at our two graduates!! They are so cute! And they were so good on this trip! Aylee loved the plane ride and Malekai must have cause all he did was sleep till the plane landed.

Malekai liked seeing the sharks as well, he kept trying to touch them as they went by the glass.

Keep holding that football! That's our future retirement! Just kidding, but he does look good with it.

This is a picture of Andrew's family, this was the first time that all of them were together in the same place for a while so we had to capture this moment.

Surgery Anyone?

For those of you who don't know what's happened lately let me give you the history! When Andrew was 11 he had his appendix removed in Samoa. Believe me, he's got the scar to prove it..well I thought. So it all starts Wednesday when he came home from work vomiting and really sick. He had a cramp in his side that he complained about but since he doesn't have insurance we decided that he would just have to tough it out. Malekai ruptured an eardrum in the meantime and was cutting a tooth as well so he was a little cranky. Well Friday rolls along and he's still really sick with a high fever so we took him to InstaCare. They sent him home and told us it was the flu but gave no explanation about the cramp in his abdomin. So friday passes, and saturday...then finally at about 10:00 pm we decide to go to the ER becuase his stomach was hurting so bad and we just could not get his fever to come down lower than 102 degrees for three days straight now. Something had ruptured were his appendix was supposed to be so they sent him in for emergency surgery at about 2:00 am. Turns out...it was his appendix! What the heck! It was supposed to be taken out 16 years ago! So who knows what they extracted in Samoa! In the mean time Aylee was at home (being watched by a good neighbor then relieved by my mother) puking all over the place. Guess she got the flu! I came home around 5 am only to get up four hours later and head back to the hospital to check on Andrew. A few hours into the visit I start vomiting like crazy and head for home. Turns out I got the flu too. Could it get any worse? Thank heaven for good friends and family that have helped so much! I couldn't have done it without you all! Well we've all recovered at home and Andrew is doing well during his recovery. He probably has to be in the hospital for two more days (if all goes well) then will get to come home. Then probably another week or so to recover at home. Thanks to everyone who has helped and offered to help. We really appreciate it! We'll keep you posted.