Emerson's 4th Birthday

One of the things we got to do while Mimi & PopPop were here was celebrate Birthdays. Emerson's was on Tuesday, the 23rd. We started out the day with Emerson's favorite breakfast...."smarshmallow" puffs and sausage balls. At lunch we had tacos & cheese chips, followed by birthday cake and presents. After we woke up from our naps, we went downtown ate at the Cheesecake Factory, where Emerson got birthday ice cream and a song from the waiters and waitresses. Then for the grand Finale, we went and enjoyed the broadway production of The Lion King. It was wonderful, and Emerson really enjoyed it. She stayed awake for the whole thing (it lasted 3 hours). We didn't get home until after midnight, but had a great day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMERSON!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!1

Mimi & PopPop come to Hawaii!

We had a GREAT time this last week with Mimi & PopPop here (that's Whitney's parents, in case some of ya'll don't know). They came for Emerson & Macie's birthdays, and to see what life is like for us here in Hawaii. I have to apologize.....I forgot to upload the pictures in reverse order, so, as usual, they are backwards.....if you want to see the week in review in order, then scroll to the bottom and work your way up!

This is from Friday, the last day Mom and Dad were here. We went to the Ko'Olina resort and enjoyed their lagoons....very nice for the girls to enjoy the water without having to worry about getting wiped out from the waves!
This picture is Macie enjoying some delicious pineapple ice cream from the Dole Plantation. YUM!



















More fun in the sun!



Visiting the Dole plantation.......






















We went to a luau one of the first nights Mom and Dad were here. We got to go on canoe rides and Emerson & Mimi got matching "tattoos!"
Emerson greeted Mimi & PopPop in the traditional Hawaiian way....with leis. She was such a big girl running up to meet them as soon as they got off the airplane and giving them their leis. The next day, Sunday, we went for a drive to the Leeward (East) side of the island and visited the blowhole and Bellows beach. It was a long drive, but a fun day at the beach for everyone! Sorry for any confusion with the pics being out of order....I'm still learning about this whole blog thing, and editing is something I don't really have a whole lot of time to worry with. The most important thing is that we had a really great time and enjoyed having our first visitors to Hawaii. Who's Next???????

Yes, there IS a pumpkin patch in Hawaii!

Last weekend we enjoyed a fall tradition that we were afraid we might not get to do this year, since we live in Hawaii and all now. But, there is, in fact, a single pumpkin patch on our island, and it happens to be not too far from our house!
So, we loaded up the girls, and having no expectations of what a pumpkin patch in Hawaii might be like, were very pleasantly surprised. There were Hay Rides and Pony rides and all the things one might expect at a pumpkin patch and LOTS of pumpkins. We had so many pumpkins to choose from, it was a hard decision. There was a patch full of medium to large pumpkins, a patch with small to medium pumpkins, one with white pumpkins and one with teeny, tiny pumpkins perfect for the girls to pick out for themselves. Aside from the fact that I believe that almost the whole population of the island was there and it was 85 degrees, we had a really fun time.
And we got some really cute pumpkins, too!

We've got a Walker!

Okay, so this video shows Macie at her best......in her diaper, belly hanging out, going as fast as she can for the bottle, passy flying out of her mouth and squatting with the grace of the best Sumo wrestlers out there! We shot this the first weekend she was walking and now she has really got the hang of it. You can't stop her from walking! It is the cutest thing. Oh, and she did cut a tooth about a week before she started walking, but we can't seem to get a good picture of it. So, she barely had a tooth before she started walking! And yes, it is still a singular tooth, no teeth just yet!