Upcountry Kula

Kids were out of school so we took the whole crew upcountry to Kula for grass sliding, bike riding and a picnic at the park!

Maui Living!

It's been 3 weeks on Maui and we are slowly settling in. Everything is SO different and we're making adjustments quickly. The thing we LOVE is having a cool mountain breeze flowing through our home 24/7. It's like being outdoors but we're sitting in our living room. From our front porch, we watch the sun rising over Mt. Haleakala as it lights up the sky in beautiful reds/oranges. It's breathtaking! We received a warm welcome from the whole Asato clan when arriving a few weeks ago.

Ryan and I spoke at Grace Bible Church Maui and the following weekend at our Wailuku Extension Church. We shared about what God has been doing in our lives and how He brought us to Maui. Ryan did an AWESOME job speaking and sharing about God's goodness.

Lucas is exploring every nook in our home. He climbed into the sink and soaked himself!

We celebrated Jocelyn and Malia's birthdays!!

Friday's have been our "family days". We pick up the kids from school and head to the beach to end the day together in the sun and waves. We eat musubi's (seaweed, rice, meat) and treat ourselves to shaved ice(snow cones). Then we end the night watching old home movies.

Here's the girls on their first day of school. Riley is starting Kindergarten at Emmanuel Lutheran and Malia is in preschool at Grace Bible Church. They LOVE it!! We are so blessed to have 2 wonderful schools. The girls are transitioning well!

Sunday nights is family dinner with the Asato's. It's usually at Great Grandma's house but this time we went to Kamaole Beach in Kihei to watch the sunset.

Riley, Caedon, Alexis and Malia

Hopefully I'll get some pics of our home and the views up for the next posting!!