Thursday, December 8, 2011
Ella's 4th Birthday
Cutest Girl!
Ella four years old, Dana young at heart!
Ella four years old, Dana young at heart!
Ella's birthday was on Thanksgiving Day this year! We have had the pleasure of having all of Ella's four birthdays at our house. Thanksgiving week is a celebration all week long because we have Ella's birthday on the 24th, Dana's on the 25th and Amber, Ben's anniversary on the 26th and we also have to fit in our Thanksgiving festivities--busy and fun!
Jake's 9th Birthday
I am so behind blogging and feel as if I'm being such a neglectful something or other so here's to a little catching up! Jake is an official 9 year old as of November 7th....I cannot believe how fast the time has gone by. I am so grateful to have such a smart, loving and fun grandson, and even more thankful that he loves to spend time with us. We really had such a fun summer together! I just love this boy! Jake and some of his buddies did Laser Tag for his birthday and Amber made him a really awesome cake (sorry no pics.)
Friday, November 11, 2011
11/11/11
Again I was only able to Title using my iPad--whats up, I don't know. Wowwzer it is 11/11/11, not sure what I think about this other than it's crazy with all of those 1's!!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Update!
I had planned to update my blog but so far I can only get a Title when using my new iPad---I guess this is someting I'll have to figure out. I must say that I'm pretty obssessed with my iPad, I love how convenient it is, you know like lounging on the sofa or in bed--e mails and facebook whenever and wherever I decide to be. My other new obssession is Pinterest, I think my blogging suffers because I have so much fun perusing Pinterest. If you haven't gone to the website DO, I highly recommend it, just be careful cause it is addicting!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
A little more Maui!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Moose's for Breakfast!
Amber and Ivy
Back of Jer and Addie and Me and Sage
Ben's huge breakfast!
Jake and his hot chocolate
Ella and her hot chocolate!
Okay so here is the deal--my favorite breakfast spot on Maui is the Gazebo--love, love it--but it is always just so difficult to get in as the wait is forever! If it's only adults you can wait forever but when you have the little kiddos the wait would be impossible. So the next favorite breakfast spot is Moose's in Lahaina and it's a family tradition since we go there everytime we're in Maui!
Frogs and Geckos
Proud of his catch!
Gecko Whisperer!
Gecko Whisperer!
While we were in Maui Jake loved to catch frogs at night outside our lanai, and he is really good at it. He will bring them in show everybody and then he lets them go! We also nicknamed him the Gecko Whisperer cause he can really catch the geckos! In the late afternoon out by the pool the geckos really come out and Jake would just pick them up and they would attach onto his shirt, they would stay with him for a while and they off they would go. Frogs and Geckos kept him entertained for hours!
Maui Family Vacay!
A day at the beach!
Happy to take a swim on our 1st day!
Good grief how many bags are there?
Happy to take a swim on our 1st day!
Good grief how many bags are there?
Excited to be on our way!
The whole family, minus Dana flew out to Maui on July 22nd and returned home on August 12th. Ben stayed until the 5th returning early for work. There were moments when I thought that maybe 3 weeks was to long--but now that I'm home I think I could have actually stayed longer! I love beautiful Maui and our condo in Kapalua. We have vacationed there since 1983 and I never get tired of it. Amber and her family haven't been there for three years so they were really loving it. The girls and myself talked of all the wonderful memories of past vacations in Maui--there have been many changes on the island but in most ways it stays the same BEAUTIFUL!
Needless to say our travel days were the most challenging of the trip--departure 5 adults 2 children 1 toddler and 1 infant = 4 large suitcases 2 large duffle bags 2 carseat bags and 2 strollers plus carry ons--good grief we were a small army! I am reminding myself right now way way over packed--next trip pack very little and carry on only--hummm, we'll see! I think everyone had a good time, maybe wish they would have done a little more or seen a little more, but just relaxing at the condo or hanging out at the beach or pool was pretty dang fun!!
Monday, August 15, 2011
4th of July
Waiting for the fireworks to start!
Little Ivy floats in the pool!
Happy swimmers!
Am's and her girls!
Not ready to get out of the pool yet!
Wow this was a crazy week! Amber and Ivy came down on Friday and Ben came down with Jake and Ella on Saturday night, and a flu bug came with them, not a great start to our 4th of July family week. They all survived it and Ivy didn't get it at all. We managed to get lots of swimming and hanging out together as a family in.
Little Ivy floats in the pool!
Happy swimmers!
Am's and her girls!
Not ready to get out of the pool yet!
Wow this was a crazy week! Amber and Ivy came down on Friday and Ben came down with Jake and Ella on Saturday night, and a flu bug came with them, not a great start to our 4th of July family week. They all survived it and Ivy didn't get it at all. We managed to get lots of swimming and hanging out together as a family in.
Camping at the Beach!
The beach house (aka the trailer)
Sadie Faith Addie and Ella
Sage and Addie
Beach Bunny Ella
While Ella was down Sage, Jer, Addie and myself went beach camping. We really had a great time, our Hartman cousins were camping also a few spaces from us so Ella had so much fun playing with Faith and Sadie. I haven't camped at the beach in years and have forgotten how much fun it is. We had pretty good weather and Ella loved jumping the waves.
Sadie Faith Addie and Ella
Sage and Addie
Beach Bunny Ella
While Ella was down Sage, Jer, Addie and myself went beach camping. We really had a great time, our Hartman cousins were camping also a few spaces from us so Ella had so much fun playing with Faith and Sadie. I haven't camped at the beach in years and have forgotten how much fun it is. We had pretty good weather and Ella loved jumping the waves.
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