Carl is ONE

Our baby is now a one year old, doing all those things that a toddler is supposed to do. I have to mention that I LOVE his CURLY hair:) He is a happy boy! And Greg and I love his smile so much. His smiles are so contagious. It doesn't matter what mood you're in, when he smiles at you, you will smile back. His smile and personality have been such a blessing for our family! For his first birthday I wanted to do something special. We celebrated his birthday together with Savvy's at the Sea Life Park. It was a really beautiful tourist attraction. The big blue beautiful Pacific Ocean is right in front of the park which is located on a hill, so while walking through the park, you're either looking at the sea life in the park, at the blue sea in front of the park, or at the green Koolau mountain range behind the park--kind of like heaven might be! The kids got up close with a well trained Dolphin.

The day of Carl's actual birthday, we deiced to take the kids to ChuckECheese for some game action. They really enjoy that place:) After that we went home for cake. Carl just dug right in to his piece of cake. Here's a picture of him opening a gift that Chase picked out for him. It's a cute Mickey Mouse plane:).

Happy 4th birthday

Savvy turned 4! Her birthday highlights. Had a Tangled party. She wanted hot dogs,chips, and Crystal Light to drink-her favorite:)Her cousin Kayla, Xavier, and Grandparent got to spend this special day with her.She wanted to play pin the donkey. Loved her birthday gifts from our family.

Pink Princess cupcakes.

Savvy your so fun and special! We love you so much!

Summer

I'm catching up from my parents and niece & nephew visit in June:) These photos are my favorite pictures from our beach trips!

Zoo time, finally

Since we moved here I've been wanting to take the kids to the Waikiki Zoo. For one reason or another it would never work out. Well it was a must do when my parents were here. Yes it did happen!! We absolutely loved it! I thought it had to be good if President Obama visits this zoo during his vacations:)

After our zoo trip we walked on down to Waikiki beach a block away for lunch then went in the water for a much needed cool down:) The water felt so good. It was a really warm day especially when you've been walking all morning and afternoon. Waikiki was Kayla's favorite beach.

In the reptile room it was HOT:)Kayla was a really good helper. She would do things for me without me even having to ask! She is a great niece! She would change diapers, change clothes,carry Carl,cook,clean,and much more. Carl and Savvy's first zoo trip. Much more to come:) first stop to the elephantsLook at these huge turtles.They were our favorite animals to look at. We looked at them for a good 25min. There were lots of them & moving.... slow:)

Carl looking at the hippos. He enjoyed looking at the animals. If he couldn't see the animals he would scream at us to get him out of his stroller so he could see what we were looking at.Kayla being a great cousin!Walking down to find giraffes. Got a little scared when we looked up and found this guy over our heads:)Grandpa with the boys.

Happy day at the zoo:)

JUNE Fun

Chase's vacation out of school has started off with so much fun. We were so happy to have my Parents, Niece Kayla, and nephew Xavier with us for 3 weeks. They came on June 3 and left the 22nd. It was really hard to say goodbye. Goodbyes are really hard on me. I don't like not knowing when I will see them again. At this time I don't know when. I hope to see them next year or sooner.

During their visit here we got to celebrate my mom's birthday, Savvy and Carl's birthdays, and Father's day. I am going to try to keep the next post in order. Greg was at California for Josh's wedding. Marrying Heidi. Greg was a groomsman and was happy to be part of it. Greg, William, Groom Josh day of the wedding. Greg also got to go to Utah for a day trip to see his grandma there. For the first time he got to see his grandpa's tombstone.Here's what we did during my parents visit. The first week we went to a local luau then went to the blow hole. Took the kids to the beach, Pearl harbor and much more the following week. Here are some of the 800 pictures of the trip. Chase, Kayla carrying Carl after eating dinner outside at a boat dock.Cute picture of Kayla with Savvy at the beach.Our group at Pearl Habor. My mom and IMy parents on my mom's birthday dinner.Yes that is the black pearl arrrrr pirates:)Our group picture after church with my hubby was back home from Cailforia.

Hope I get to catch up with blogging

Haven't got to blog. Maybe I can soon. I need to recover from my Vacation with my parents, niece, and nephew. There is a lot to catch up with. I don't know were to start:)