The Ronk Family

Christmas tree outing

2010-12-06T16:30:00.000-08:00

Loch Lolly Christmas Tree Farm 2010

Wehilani letting Santa know what she would like for Christmas :)

Searching for our Christmas tree, Wehilani was the winner.

Look how strong we are :)

Getting a tree is hard work!

Thanksgiving Festivaties 2009

2009-12-11T16:15:00.000-08:00

After 11 days of being away from home, the kids and I have returned. Gray was wonderful and let us stay a week longer to visit with family and friends, while he went back to work. It was a great trip, but I am happy to be home, back in my own bed and back to Gray. It has been a long time since the WHOLE family has been together, so it was great to see everyone and spend time with them. After our Baldwin & Idamae Kalama family reunion we were able to spend a few days with Vannessa and her family up in St. George, go to Nana's kids Christmas party (which we have seemed to miss every year that she has had it) and then spend a day in California with Jen and her family for Haylee's blessing.

Our newest addition

2009-09-06T21:34:00.000-07:00

It has been a few weeks, but seeing as I have been a little pre-occupied, I think you will all forgive me. We have added a new little person to our family. His name is Orrin Grayson Ronk, named after my father and Gray. He was born August 17, 2009 at 10:59 am, he was 8 lbs, 8 oz and 21 inches. The minute I heard his cry, I was in love again. He was born with lots of dark hair, but not as much as Wehilani had and for the time being he has gray/blue eyes, it's kinda crazy. He has huge cheeks that you just want to eat all the time. So far he has been a good baby, all he does is eat (A LOT), sleep and fill his diaper. He is starting to stay awake longer during the day, which is nice, so sleeping at night has gotten a little better for me :). Wehilani has adjusted pretty well. She likes to help me feed him and she loves to give him kisses, she also likes to hold him, but of course it's all of 2 seconds that she wants to help.

Well that is all for now. Here are a few pictures of our newest addition.

Rain Boots

2009-08-14T21:12:00.000-07:00

The other day while we were out, Wehilani and I went to a children's consignment shop and we found some rain boots and ever since that day she has worn her boots everywhere we go. They are 2 sizes to big, but she still wears them. Here are a few pictures of her and her rain boots. These were taken in our backyard and yes, she is just wearing a onesie and her boots. Don't you just want to eat those legs :)!!

This is what WE do at the doctors

2009-08-14T21:02:00.000-07:00

Today we went to see if Baby Oren would be making his appearance today and to now avail, he is not, but after much thought we have decided to schedule a c-section for Monday at 10:00am. So hopefully we will have some pictures of our newest addition Monday evening. But while we were at the doctors, we needed something to keep Wehilani occupied, and this is what Gray came up with, enjoy :)

Finally!!!

2009-08-12T14:47:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a few months since we last posted anything, but lots has gone on. First of all, the house that we were renting, the owner was not paying his mortgage payments. We found out shortly after we moved in last August that the house was going up for auction, so we started looking for houses then. The house was scheduled to go up for auction March 9, 2009, so we had some time to look. Well we looked and looked and couldn't find anything that worked for us, March 9 came around, no one bought the house at auction, so we thought that we would put an offer on the house and just buy it. Well they, the bank, told us that they wouldn't even look at our offer until we moved out, who is going to move out to move right back in, someone who is crazy I tell you, add to all the craziness, I was 4 months pregnant at the time. We went to court to see if we could stay in the house until we could find a home of our own and they told us that we needed to be out of the house by June 1. I guess it worked out, we were able to live in the house rent free for a few months. Well we continued to look for a home and we found one, but we wouldn't be able to move in until the end of July, YIKES!!!! We had to find a place to rent for a few months and the end of July would put us within a week or so of baby being due. We found a plce and let me tell you, that was an ADVENTURE to say the least. Finally we are in our house after jumping through a million hoops and somewhat settled, I am still pregnant, 4 days over due, and I still need to take pictures so everyone can see what our house looks like. Once I get up the energy to get the pictures taken I will post them and hopefully within a few days, we will have pictures of our newest addition to the family.

I have to say is, this whole experience has made me realize that Heavenly Father has a timetable and that we need to just trust in him and he will take care of us.

Cute vinyl signs

2009-02-18T21:20:00.000-08:00

So Hina's (Kellee, my sister) friend, is starting to do vinyl signs and I thought they were pretty cute, so I decided to put some pictures up and help her out with advertising her stuff. Take a look at some more of her stuff, you won't be disappointed -http://bradshawwil.blogspot.com/

The many going on's of Wehilani

2009-01-31T22:04:00.000-08:00

Well these past few days, Wehilani has really started to think on her own and I have realized how much she knows what is going on and pays attention to what is going on around her. Here are a few stories to illustrate.

The other day she asked me for some cheese, so I got her some cheese and she took it, walked out of the kitchen and turned back around and said "tank you mommy". I almost fell over of shock, most of the time I have to say "what do you say" and then she says it, but not this time.

Today when I put her down for her nap, I had her give Gray a hug and a kiss and noggin. Well when I put her in bed, she folded her arms and said "pay", which means pray. Well she must have thought she was going to bed for the night and it was time to say our family prayer, so crazy how much they know what is going on.

Yesterday, after I got the call from Gray saying that he still had a job, I turned the tv off and told Wehilani that we were going to say a prayer to thank Heavenly Father that Gray was still employed. Well when she walked out of the room, I decided that I was just going to say it without her. Well at the end of the prayer she came out of her room carrying her little stool. Well, when we say our family prayers at the end of the night, she sits on her little stool, so ofcourse, she needed her little stool to sit on to say a prayer.

Sorry about the bragging, mommy moment, but I had to do it, she is just way to cute.

The Ronk Family Elfs

2008-12-13T17:18:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thanksgiving Festivities

2008-12-10T14:10:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from our trip to Las Vegas

Halloween 2008

2008-11-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

This year's Halloween started last week Saturday. Old Navy was having a Freaky Fun Day, where the kids could come dressed up and get prizes and get things really cheap, yeah for me. Then on Wednesday night, the YW put on our Trunk or Treat at the ward and we decorated the back of the truck with gravestones and lights. I thought it turned at pretty well, seeing as I did it about 3 hours before it was supposed to start. Then Halloween came along and Gray's office had a Halloween thing for the kids. I didn't think that they were going to have, Trick or Treating, I thought that they were going to have a little parade, have some treats and we would be on our way. Well, apparently whoever wanted to decorate or hand out candy from their offices could. We went to 2 floors and ended up with a bunch of candy. Later on that night we took her out in our neighborhood and that was fun, she got some more candy and we got to meet more of our neighbors. All in all it was alot of fun, with the execption of me actually making her a costume and her not wearing it. Everytime I tried to put it on her, she was not having it. We ended up wearing the Skunk costume, Aunty Kay and Aunty Nessa got her, which worked out better seeing as it was a little cooler and the skunk costume kept her pretty warm.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Our trip to Roloff Farms

2008-10-20T21:22:00.000-07:00

Well we made it out to Roloff Farms. We got there first thing Saturday morning when it opened and good thing we did, we had to wait about 15 minutes to get from the street to the parking lot. By the time we left people were waiting about an hour to get from the street to the parking lot and it was backed up about 2 miles down the road. It was fun and we will be going back next year.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Andy, you Goonie!!!

2008-10-12T18:11:00.000-07:00

For Labor Day we decided that since we are so close to where Goonies was filmed, we would take a trip out to the coast to see where they filmed it.

Our first stop was to The Astoria Column. In the pictures that I had seen, I thought that it was small, but when we got there, it was huge. Apparently you can walk inside it to the top of the column and take in the great view, but that day it was closed for renovations. With that said we took a few more pictures, figured out where we wanted to go next and then headed on down to one of the forts that Lewis & Clark had build and stayed at. I didn't get any pictures of the fort, but that is okay, it wasn't worth the 6.00 that we paid.

After that we decided to get something to eat and then go and find the Goonie house. In our search for the Goonies house, we found the jail that one of the Fratelli brothers broke out of. We tried to find the pizza place that Chunk smashes the pizza and drink on the window, but we couldn't find it. So we found the house and while doing it, we found the school that Kindergarden Cop was filmed at. To get to the Goonie house, we had park the car and walk a little ways up to the house, while doing so, we ran into some other people that were doing the same thing that we were doing (we aren't the only Goonie nerds!!). We got up there and we saw Data's house and the fence that Chunk did the truffle shuffle at, it was so cool.

The trip was a good one, the drive to the coast was amazing. If you are ever out this way, you should definately make it one of your stops to see.

18 months!!!!

2008-10-02T14:16:00.000-07:00

I finally figured out how to do a collage, yeah for me!!!!! With that said, here is the big girl. I can't believe how much she has grown in 18 months. She is talking so much more, her new thing that she likes to say is What!!!! She also like to tell us that she has gone poo poo, so we have tried her out on the potty. She's not to sure about it, but that is probably my fault, seeing as the first time I put her on the "big girl potty", I didn't put it on tight and it moved on her when she sat down, opps!! She also loves to play at the park and go for walks. She is also starting to play disc golf with us. We have bought her a little disk, and Gray is teaching her how to throw it, it is the cutest thing ever!!! With that said, here are some pictures of the cutest little girl ever!!!

Video's of the Peanut

2008-09-24T22:21:00.000-07:00

We love the way she says No and Yes. The second video has her "Free Shoes" in it.

Cheap and Free Stuff

2008-09-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

Cheap Stuff

The other day I went to the DI with my Relief Society President and boy was that a wonderful outing. I never thought that I would find as many things as I did for $13.00. I found a cute jean jumper from Old Navy, winter coat, a hoodie from Gymboree and some jammies from Carter's, but I didn't find a Mr. "T" like Malia did, but I'm going to keep an eye out for that next time I go. After the DI we went to the Bishop's Storehouse. I haven't been to the Bishop's Storehouse for a long time and when I walked in the door, I thought to myself, man the church in amazing. Now for the next part of my blog.

Free Stuff

Today the Peanut and I went to the Nike Campus and did Kid Fit Testing. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is when you go and try on their prototype shoes to see how they fit and they also look to see how they fit. They take that information and send it back to the designer and they make the necessary changes. Well when we were all done with that, which took all of 30 minutes, they said we could take a pair of shoes, that's right we got a pair of $40.00 toddler shoes for free, crazy!!, I know (they look like they are last season's shoe, who cares) or we could get a pass to the employee store for the whole family. So next time we go back, we are getting the pass to the employee store for some really inexpensive shoes.

I love free and cheap stuff!!!!!

So Much Hair for One Little Girl!!!

2008-09-06T21:28:00.000-07:00

Everytime Peanut and I go out, everyone comments on her hair, "That is a lot of hair, was she born with all that hair? her hair is beautiful!!" you know, things like that. Well, yes it is beautiful and gorgeous, but man trying to keep it beautiful is no walk in the park (Mom, now I see why you gave my a boy cut when I was younger). I have learned that food and cartoons or letting her see/touch things that she is normally not allowed to play with works the best at keeping her happy while I do her hair. With that said, here are some pictures of the after.....

Just a side note, the other morning we were looking for the Peanut's "Happy" (aka "Beanky, Plug") and we couldn't find it in her crib, but lo and behold we found it when she stood up, it was in her hair.

Fruits of Our Labors!!

2008-08-23T14:13:00.000-07:00

There is this great little island down the street from us called Sauvie Island. There are quite a few farms that you can pay and pick veggies & fruit. About two weeks ago we went over on a Saturday to pick blueberries and this is what we ended up with ........ I forgot to take my camera with us, so this was after we got home. They also had cabbage, flowers, herbs and corn, but we really only wanted the fruit and the corn wasn't ready yet. It all tasted so wonderful and it is so nice having fresh fruit around the corner from us.

Red Bull Flugtag

2008-08-18T22:14:00.000-07:00

So ever since I had seen the commercials on TV for Red Bull Flugtag, I have wanted to find one and go. Well it was just our luck. The week after we moved up to Portland, Flugtag was taking place just down the street from Gray's office. After much looking for the perfect spot, this is what we found, well actually, what Gray found, yes we are sitting in the Ivy.

BEFORE EVERYONE GOT THERE

AFTER EVERYONE GOT THERE

When we got there, there weren't many people there, but by the end of the event, you could barely move. That spot ended up being the best spot in the place, well in my opinion. We were in the shade, we could see the launch pad perfectly and even though we were in the middle of the Ivy, it wasn't as bad as I initally thought. Here are some pictures of the crowds and some of the rigs, enjoy!!!I highly recommend going if you ever have the chance to go, it was so much fun to see what people can come up with. One suggestion, get there early.

We Made It!!!!

2008-08-09T23:20:00.000-07:00

After much talk of moving up to Portland, we have finally made it. We have been up here for a little over 3 weeks and are loving it. I have to give a shot out to Jen, if anyone ever needs their car pack to it's capacity, call her, she got things packed into the car, that I thought was never going to fit, with that said, our trip up was good. We left early Friday morning and drove for about 14 hours to Medford. Peanut did great, despite the fact that she had a top tooth and a molar coming in. Here is a picture of Peanut and Grammy sleeping, sorry mom, had to put this up. We made a few stops on the way to let her get out and play and to let ourselves get out and move around. When we got to Medford and checked into the hotel, Peanut had had it. She was crying like a crazy lady and the minute she got out of the car, she was happy as can be, but then again, who wouldn't be crying like a crazy lady after being lock into a carseat for about 14 hours. Our next morning we started out pretty early again and made it to Portland in about 4 hours. We had to go to the property management company first to fill out rental information and to get our keys. Mom and Jen, bless their hearts, stayed outside with the crazy lady. Well with that done, we drove over to our house. This is what we had to cross over to get our house. For those of you who don't know, there are quite a few bridges in Portland and we are pretty lucky to have this beautiful bridge to cross over. We finally got to our place and it was so nice to finally be here. We are now settled and making a home for ourselves. We live a block away from a great park, it has a place were the peanut can play, there is a pool, tennis court, basketball court, a disk golf course, which is beautiful, baseball fields and a soccer field. Our ward is great, our records just got read in on Sunday and they already had me playing the organ and piano.

The past few weeks have been great, I love the chance that I have to be at home with Wehilani and I am greatful for the job that Gray has that I am able to do that. I miss everyone at home and if anyone is up in the great northwest, please call us so we can see you. Much love, Kamaile.

Please, Please, Please vote for them!!!

2008-07-20T16:02:00.000-07:00

If any of my friends, family or anyone else out there for that matter, are in need of some service, please go to this website bricksnstones.blogspot.com and follow the link and vote. My sister and brother-in-law have been nominated for a home makeover and they are well in need of it. My brother-in-law's sister wrote a wonderful story about their situation and when you read it, it will make you see how much in need they are of this makeover. They are a wonderful family and my brother-in-law and sister are amazing people. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for them. Much Aloha!!!

Peanut's 1st Ukulele concert

2008-07-15T21:57:00.000-07:00

Get ready family, this is just the beginning!!!
(Our family talent for next reunion!!)

Silly Faces

2008-07-15T21:45:00.000-07:00

My mom got peanut this book for her birthday and we have just gotten around to taking pictures of her, hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!!

I think this has to be my favorite one!!

Portland trip

2008-07-02T21:40:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from our trip up to the Great Northwest. All I have to say is that it is BEAUTIFUL!!

Here is our stop to the Portland Temple

Our stop to the side of the freeway (Mt. Hood in the background)

For those of you who watch "Little People, Big World", you all know that they live on the outskirts of Portland. So we decided to go out to the farm and see what we could see. When we got there ofcourse the farm is closed until pumpkin season, so we had to settle for the sign at the beginning of the driveway, but you just wait until pumpkin season and we will have more pictures from the farm. (sorry about the formatting, still really haven't figured it out)

Wehilani's first airplane trip

2008-07-02T21:32:00.001-07:00

This past weekend we were able to go up to Portland to find a place to live. It was Wehilani's first trip on a plane. I was really worried that she would fuss the whole time and be one of those babies that crys the whole trip, but she was great. She played, well, as well as one can play on a plane, for about an hour and she finally bit the bullet and fell asleep. She slept the rest of the way until the plane landed and was wide awake for the rest of the trip.

Man I feel old!!

2008-05-23T22:03:00.000-07:00

Tonight Gray and I went to the temple and we got a babysitter to watch Wehilani. After picking up the babysitter and giving her instructions on the peanut's bedtime routine, I had this flashback to when I used to be that young woman sitting in the passanger seat getting the instructions. It was just a weird feeling and a sad realization that I am getting old.

Thank you Grandma Ronk

2008-05-18T17:18:00.000-07:00

For Wehilani's 1st birthday Grandma Ronk got her an Amish Rocking Chair. It is just the most beautiful chair I have seen, the workmanship is beautiful and I know this will be something that she will have for the rest of her life. With that said, last night we had Subway for dinner and after I had finished my drink, Wehilani thought that she would be a "big girl", well she is one you know :), and she decided to take my drink and have a sip. She walked around with it, played with the straw and sat and relaxed in her new rocking chair. Enjoy!!!

Miss Spider Birthday Party

2008-04-23T15:08:00.000-07:00

I know, Iknow, Wehilani's birthday party was 2 weeks ago, but I have just been able to get around to loading all the pictures. Her little party was so much fun, we had tons of family and friends that came to celebrate and enjoy the wonderful, but outrageously hot day, with us.

I do have to say though, never get shots the day before a big event. Wehilani had another round of shots on Friday, the day before her birthday party (her birthday is actually April 4th, conference weekend and I guess from now on, we will be celebrating her birthday the week after) and boy she was not to happy the next morning. She woke up with a little fever and just lathargic, so I gave her some Infants Motrin and she fell back asleep. Well we ended up taking her over to Aunt Jenny's in her jammies, without a bath, hair not done (see pictures below) ,

and still sleeping. When we got there, she woke up, but I still didn't have time to give her a bath, so we got her dressed and we went about our day. Well she fell back asleep, she slept for about an hour into her party and then woke up, still a little grogy, from shots and sleeping. After seeing all the people she woke up enough to go on a bug hunt and play with all the kids. After the bug hunt (thank you Aunty Booty for the bugs), we got to eat, open presents and eat cake. I just want to thank Aunty Kay for the wonderful cake and cupcake toppers (thank you Kay for all the decorations and things you got, it made everything look great), everyone loved them.

Well by the end of the party, she was feeling much better, but then on Monday she got a stomach bug that was going around and boy that is a whole other story to write about.

The Best Shoes Ever!!

2008-04-07T22:15:00.000-07:00

When we got home today there was a package in the mail for Wehilani. It was from Aunty Malia, Uncle David, the boys and Car Car. We opened it and guess what was inside? Well Aunty Malia, being the crafty aunty that she is, had made a snack box with her name on it and put some treats inside. There were a pair of shoes and a cute bag with a puppy inside. Well I left Wehilani in the front room with Gray and I hear him laughing and I go in there and she has her shoes on and guess what they were doing? Take a look!!

These are the best shoes ever. Thank you Siufanua family. I do have to say, the first thing that she really notice was the food. This girl really is polynesian. At first she could really care less for the shoes or the puppy, but after she got used to her shoes, she didn't want them taken off. After we got home from FHE, I took them off to get her ready for bed and she tried to put them back on and after awhile she couldn't do it, so she handed them to me and stuck out her foot to have me put them on her. I put them back on and that is the video that we have.

Scary Easter Bunny!!

2008-03-30T16:47:00.000-07:00

So the other day I showed this picture to one of the girl's in the office and she freaked out. She told me that as a kid, she hated taking pictures with the Easter Bunny, she said that he would creep her out. When I looked at it after she had said that, I thought, he is kind of creepy.

With that said, here is the Peanut and the Easter Bunny. I know she looks like she is crying, but actually she is laughing and yes I know she looks like a rag-a-muffin. Poor little baby, we had went to a friends baseball game earlier in the day and went straight over to the mall for the picture.

Thank you Mister Easter Bunny!!

2008-03-23T21:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter family and friends!!!! The first few pictures are of the Peanut this year and the last few are of the Peanut the day after we brought her home last year. My baby is so grown up! :(

Peanut's 1st trip to the LA Zoo

2008-02-21T21:24:00.000-08:00

Why is it that we, as parents of 12 month children and younger, think that they will remember their first time to the zoo or amuzement park? The other day the Peanut's babysitter took her children to Disneyland and the Peanut went along. At first I was like "sure no problem", but then I got thinking about it, this is going to be her first time to Disneyland and it was not with Mom and Dad. Than I thought a little more about it, I said to myself "Self, why are you so worried about it, she is only 10 months old and there will be no pictures taken to show that she went without Mom and Dad". So the next time we go to Disneyland, I will take tons of pictures and it will be like the first time she ever went.

With that said, we decided to go to the LA Zoo for Valentine's Day. I thought that would be cool for the Peanut to see all the animals that are in her books up close and personal. When we got there she had just woken up from a nap in the car, she was a little groggy and not ready to be entertained by animals. Ofcourse everyone else in Southern California had the same idea. All I could see when we got in was a sea of strollers and little people. We ofcourse had to make a stop at the souvenir shop, which by the way was the first place that you see before seeing the animals, to get something to show that we had been there. We got a shirt for Gray and a safari hat with a ribbon around it that said "Los Angeles Zoo" for the Peanut. Now with shirt and hat in tow, we went along our merry way, she woke up somemore and she started to act like she knew what was going on, I do have to say every now and then she whould point, make noises and stare at the animals, but most of the time she was more in to the kids in the other strollers or what Gray, Jen or Stefan had in their hands. We were there for about 5 hours and it was pretty fun, we got to see a bunch of animals, she got to go to the zoo for the first time with Mom and Dad and I took tons of pictures, so she would remember her first trip to the zoo, but lets be honest with ourselves, we all know that those pictures are for the benefit of the parents and all the scrapbooks that will be made for her memories.

Hope you all enjoyed our first little family blog. Talk to you all later and have a wonderful night.