a "stop and smell the roses" kinda girl

So Ady loves the fact that we live in Hawaii and there are so many beautiful flowers! We usually walk by a plumeria tree on the way to the grocery store. Ady knows exactly where it is, and everytime we go by it she expects her dad to pick a flower for her to smell and then put above her ear. She even leans her head to the side and points right where she wants it. (it has to be on her right ear cause she is single, married girls wear the flower on the left) We think it's pretty cute when she does that. We walked to the temple(which has sadly closed for renovations for 18 months) grounds last sunday, and they have a lot of flowers, in fact they have hibiscus that edge all the way around the front walk way to the street. Ady decided as we were leaving that she needed to stop and smell each flower including the ones further in. She was going way out of the way to get to each and every flower no matter how much flower bed she walked on or how many branches she needed to move. Let's just say it was a looooong walk that didn't get too far. Even so it was so funny and we were really enjoying watching Ady smell the flowers. (actually the funnier part is that hibiscus don't smell, and Ady's smelling technique sometimes involves blowing out her nose and not sniffing in)
The last pictures are of Ady being a trickster on her bike. She was standing on the wheels and then jumping into the seat, then standing on the seat, then with no hands etc, etc. She sure does keep us entertained.
Also the Business Plan Competition is under way, and Adam has made it into the final round! To make it to the final round you had to be in the top 15. We were told that there were more than 80 entries. Each of the 15 finalists won $1000 cash. Yay. If he makes it to the top 5 the prize gets bigger. We'll see how it goes. He has to give a presentation next Wed to a panel of 8 judges. I am sure he will do great! I am very proud of him. He has spent a lot of time and put a lot of effort into it.
As for me the only somewhat exciting thing is that I ran a 5k run/walk put on by BYUH for faculty and staff the other morning. I thought I did well and finished the race jogging the entire time. As I got to the finish there was no line, no time, no nothing. If I'd have known they weren't going to time it, I would have timed it myself. Really, who doesn't time a 5k??? I guess that is what laid back "Hawaiian style" fun Run/Walks are like in Laie. Oh well, I did get some fruit and a free orange T-shirt! Great.