And as helpful as she wasn't-Daddy was a good sport about it.
Once upon a time, this "little" girl was 6 months old and I began babysitting her (I was 12). I loved it! Babysitting full-time in the summers and occasionally through the school year. Betty, Madi's mom, was like another mom to me and we became really good friends. They were my favorite family to babysit. Before my family moved to Montana, when Madi was three, our house sold but the business hadn't yet, so I moved in with her family. Madi and I shared a room and I often brought her along with me: to HS sporting events, the park, even on a few dates. It was an emotional day for both of us when I moved my things out of her room. She asked where I was going and I reminded her that I was moving to Montana. With tears in her little eyes she said, "But Trina, I don't want you to move far, far away!" It broke my heart!
Straight from the airport we took Madi to the authentic Hawaiian Costco parking lot. I told Betty that I didn't know if I was going to let her go back home-Costco was so much faster and less stressful because Madison entertained the girls. Then when we were standing in line and one of my girls needed to go to the bathroom "right then!", Madi took them. I need to adopt a teenager, I guess.
Had to stop at the Dole Plantation
This picture doesn't show the bark very well, but it looks painted. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but they look like they are out of Alice in Wonderland or something fairytale-ish..
We tried to take the Ha'aula Loop hike but after about 5 minutes and 15 mosquito bites each, we decided going to the beach was a better option. Maybe next time.
Movie night!
One of our many hair fixin' days-it was great to have an extra set of hands! Yet another reason to keep her! She has three brothers and they don't like her to fix their hair. I think she liked having three little sisters!
Heiau above Waimea
One of the many things the girls loved doing with Madi
You can't see the binki, but Brynlee thought it was so funny to suck on her binki and then share it with Madi-it was so cute! While she was here, Madison tried and tried to get Bryn to say her name-I guess she'll have to come back next summer. I'm sure she'll be able to say it by then.
Gorgeous sunset around the corner from our house.
PCC Day
Makapu'u Point-I've always wanted to explore here, but wanted to wait until we had someone to explore with. It was absolutely gorgeous! It was CRAZY windy-check out our hair!
The lighthouse at the top
Scattered along the hike are lots of these cement bunkers, I assume built for during the war. We thought this would be a funny picture. We laughed a lot on this hike. You never know what you might leave behind if you're ever being chased by a bear! Ha ha!
Bryn was worn out! She has started not liking to admit she is tired by laying back so instead she will just lay her head on the front bar-she's adorable!
Pearl Harbor
I have this fabulous wrap for Brynlee that Madison thought was pretty funny. It is 5 yards long and 20" wide. The first time she was unfolding it and it kept going, and going, and going-she couldn't figure out what it was. Mike tied her up while waiting in line for the Pearl Harbor movie to start.
Mike took this neat picture of the American Flag that flies over the USS Arizona.
There are some of the coolest trees and plants here. At this beach we stopped to do a long swim. Madi and I swam out a ways, until she was sure that some sea creature was going to attack her and we turned back. Once again-we laughed a lot. It's a good thing we didn't drown! Swimming in waves and laughing is not as easy as you might think. I think we swallowed a gallon of salt water each!
Out for a Sunday Stroll-our beautiful Laie Temple
Orange Julius Mustaches
The day Madi flew out, she took the girls for a bike ride/roller blade outing up to the temple and back-they loved doing anything with her!
Aloha, Madison! Come again someday soon! We love you! 
When Bryn did the spoon trick-I had to take a picture because I remembered Kenna doing the same thing. And I remembered right-this is the picture I found of Kenna-just a little older than Bryn. (She's 10 1/2 months) I can't believe how much they look alike. There have been many times she gives me a look that I am sure I am looking at Kenna. Bryn does have considerably more hair than Kenna did. And then she also has her own look too.
Brynlee loves to put anything (and everything) in her mouth. Mike gave her a lemon to see what she would do. She wasn't so much a fan after biting into it. But then she went back for another bite-she's not too quick. There was no third time though. She started crying and wanted it off her tray!
Every year our ward has ward camp at the beach for 5 days. (Posting a little late-it was over our anniversary.) It was a fabulous way to get to know our ward members on a different level than you get at church. It was great! I didn't really take any pictures (sad). But my friend took pictures of the tree swing that another friend made for the kids. I think my girls spent more time in the tree than on the beach.
Our friends, the Kimballs, adopted us since we didn't have much camping gear besides a tent. Teresa has quite the system when it comes to camping! She pretty much moves her kitchen with them. We had a lot of fun visiting and staying up late playing games.
Look at Kenna's face-such a crack up!
Now she's lovin' it! My friend took this picture of Kenna. I think it is perfect-the smile, the waves-everything!
Whitney's turn
It's a lot of work! 
Playin' dress-up at Savannah's
4th of July BBQ
Beach Day
If you look close-both of my girls are plugging their noses in anticipation of the wave. :)
At the Swap Meet, the girls picked out necklaces for each of them for when Savannah left. We miss you, Savannah!
Since it is summer and we've had more time to fix hair, we've been having some fun. We found a few blogs with hair ideas and have enjoyed experimenting with fun new hairdos! I wish I had been better about taking pictures. Here are some of our favorites.
This one was a DEFINITE favorite! It lasted three days (and 2 nights of sleeping!). Each morning I just re-sprayed and we were off to the races. And it was SUPER cute. I am becoming known in my ward as the "one who does cute hair". It is something that I enjoy doing-a hobby-I guess and as a bonus, I get to spend one-on-one time talking with my girls. (That's my favorite part.) There have been many times when something comes up that we wouldn't have other-wise talked about. Sad will be the day when they don't want me to fix it anymore.
I'm not sure why I didn't get a real picture of this one, but luckily she was doing something picture worthy and I caught it on accident. It was a cute one. We also did this same one with little braids instead of twists.
Kenna loves side ponies! To begin with, I wasn't really a fan but we've come up with some cute ways to do them.
I forgot to take this one before it got slept on but those two sections are tied in a knot and pulled back to the ponytail. My favorite is when it lasts for a few days. This one just needed to be re-sprayed and a few bobbypins added and we were set for another day.
