Aloha 'Oe Hawai'i

Finally, with the help of Tony, we were able to transfer photos from one reluctant computer to another. So now I can get caught up with our "goodbye" Hawaii photos and "hello" Germany photos. 

Aloha 'oe O'ahu

Shark's Cove

Makapu'u at sunrise overlooking Hawai'i Kai

Waikiki with Diamond Head

Waimea Bay (little trail near ancient temple ruins)

Leilani, our lil local girl

Hale'iwa Beach park at sunset (canoers paddled out to watch the sunset too)

Flying kites in the park near Mililani Mauka Middle School

USS Missouri Memorial

Random rice paddy in the middle of Pearl City

We spent the last two months in Hawaii trying to do and see everything we wanted before having to say Aloha 'oe. It was a bitter-sweet experience. In the past three years we all fell in love with Hawaii and truly feel like we left our home and family.  We are so very blessed to have lived in Mililani Mauka!  We were warmly welcomed into the Mililani 4th Ward 'ohana.  The beauty of the island and the people will forever be a part of our souls.  Mahalo nui loa, aloha a hui hou!  With love 'til we meet again.

Heavenly Sunshine!

Today we had our first FULL day of sunshine! It was a warm 14 degrees...Celsius that is. That would make it 57 degrees Fahrenheit. When we opened our windows for our daily 10 minute ritual, I'll tell you why a little later, we actually left them open and didn't have to wear our coats and bundle up in blankets. Lately, it's been getting warmer but it's overcast so it seems colder than it really is. The lieblings and I decided to go play at the playground in front of our building. We even made friends with a family of four with a little boy that just turned four in February and a little girl that turned two in January. Quentin was soooooooo excited to have a little boy his age to play with! He was running and screaming joyfully the whole two hours we were outside! In fact, he was running around so much I couldn't get a clear picture of him. This is the best one I got! His new friend, Ian, is right behind him with the sunglasses.

Here's a couple of LeiLei. She is such a dare devil compared to Quentin when he was her age. Sometimes I have a hard time letting her do the things she wants to do because I think it's too dangerous. When in reality, I'm just used to Quinn being very cautious. She conquered the rope bridge and was exultant when she made it to the other end!

Hey Rikki, what does this last pic remind you of? It reminds me of a photo you took in high school of a beetle on a mushroom. I still have that photo, I love it! The next selection of pics are when we went exploring other playgrounds last week and realized that, even though we had a window of sunshine, it was WAY TOO COLD!

(If I was Rikki, I would combine these last two pics with their funny little faces.)

(P.S. The reason we have to open all of the windows in the apartment everyday for 10-15 minutes, is because the building is concrete and mold can grow very easily and ruin the apartment. The cooler fresh air circulating through the apartment helps to keep the mold away. It was an unpleasant thing to bear when it was 20 degrees colder.)

Danke Schoen Grandma Alice for my cozy blanket!

Troubles From the Get-Go

Well, I've been trying for a week to attach photos to the blog. The computer that we downloaded our photos onto will not let me attach ANY photos from any file, folder, or email. I'm still working on it. But for now, I'm going to jump to the most recent photos I have of the kids. I will come back to the photos of our journey from Hawaii to Germany later. The leiblings (sweethearts) and I have been stuck indoors for a couple weeks now for various reasons. The main one is they have been sick since we left Utah a month ago. Every time we go to a different climate, the kids get sick. I think since we've been in so many different places in such a short amount of time, it's taking the kids longer to acclimate. So here are some pics of the leiblings indoor activities.

LeiLei reading one of big brother's comics. Quinn is a huge fan of The Hulk!

Quentin enjoying one of Kinder's many delicious treats...a Happy Hippo

LeiLei still thinks she's in Hawaii. Any chance she gets, she'll strip down to her diaper. She hates wearing her coat! Nap time and bed time she gets away with it because by the time I go and check on her, she's asleep and naked. She's also taken to sleeping in her pillowcase. Funny girl!

We've been addicted to hot cocoa since we left Hawaii! LeiLei LOVES hot cocoa and tries to make the biggest cocoa-stache she can!

Blog name change!

Sorry to everyone who tried to look up The Rabbit and The Sheep and got something they weren't looking for!  So, with our move to Germany, I decided that the blog will be the best way to keep everyone up to date with our goings on.  Hence the name change. We don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable also, anything questionable is prohibited by German law.
Zeitung is German for newspaper.  (Newsletter was a lot longer and more difficult to pronounce.)  The way I remember how to pronounce it is: Zy-tongue, with a soft "g."

I'll post pictures soon.  First I need to email out our contact info.  If you don't get it, email me at delaynamontecino@yahoo.com

Auf Wiedersehen! (Goodbye)

2012, Year in review

A lot has gone on!!!

Just a few cute photos from 2011

Big cousin Jack taking good care of Quint!

Winter in Maryland

Winter in Hawai'i

Okay, so after Quint's first birthday came and went, I said I would be more dedicated to posting on our family blog.  Well, today is a month and a half after his special day.  So you can see that I'm doing really well!  Not a year later!!  (That's so pathetic!)

Just some cute pics of Quentin around his birthday.

March 29, 2012

Doesn't he look so handsome in his Aloha shirts!?!