Walking in a Sandy Wonderland

For the first time in my life, I thought, "Let's Move HERE!" and I really meant it. We were blessed with the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving in Hawaii. It was warm and relaxing. I will be going back. 

The view from our hotel lobby.

lei-making class graduates

Even rain and rainbows are beautiful in Hawaii.

We spent most of our down time playing in Kapalua Bay.

Luau Lovelies

More Luau Lovelies

Even a whale wanted to say, "Hello."

Pure Joy!

Island Princess.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Aloha!

Halloween, Again

Halloween 2011

Our witch transformed into a princess. 

Our ghost wasn't too spooky. 

Happy Halloween!

G Turns Four!!

ETA: I know a picture should be worth a thousand words, but I hit "Post" before I could add that we had a lovely time celebrating G's fourth birthday. We had a party with our favorite Rat. She got lots of new toys. (The accessories are going to kill me. Seriously, does a Ken doll really need sunglasses and a wallet or a My Little Pony really need 6 barrettes? But she loves them.) But I digress. 

We are lucky to have a great celebration with friends, at school and then with several Halloween related celebrations through the weekend. 

Our always sassy and never boring daughter turned four. She is beautiful, empathetic and not afraid to express her feelings. She loves dolls and animals as much as trucks and dinosaurs. She is friends to everyone, enemies to no one and has an infectious personality that draws people to her, both young and old. We feel blessed to be your parents. We thank God for you every day. 

Look Out Fashion Week

B and G were asked to model in a fashion show last weekend. I think it is more brilliant campaign to get parents and grandparents to buy clothing than anything else, but they had fun for sure.

Strutting their Stuff Down the Runway

G decides to play shy

They walked like old pros!

B declared it his first and last experience in runway modeling. G is still undecided. We ran into some familiar faces while there, which made it more fun, for sure.

Halloween Party Take 1

I thought we had a few more years before we transitioned from cute costumes to scary ones, but I guess I was mistaken. Ok, they are very G-Rated scary, but scary, still.

Fright Night Begins

Cute Version of the Witch

Serious Ghost

7th Annual Play Group Halloween Party

Pumpkin Patch Take 2

We spent some time last week with friends R&R at the Pumpkin Patch. 

We took on the corn maze, rode on a hay ride and tried to find some smallish pumpkins.

No small pumpkins to be found - but a few smiles in the muddy field. 

B is now too cool to pose for pictures the way he used to. 

Oh well. I knew this day was coming.

I guess we'll see more poses like this in the future.

Evidence that they were together that day in the pumpkin patch. 

Fall into October

 Pumpkin Patch 

Soggy Jog-A-Thon

Hoops Fun

Courtside Entertainment

Play Group Adventures

Dropping off Daddy at the airport*

*it's blurry, but I love the love