Saturday, June 18, 2011

Papa Larry & Maka Becky--Botanical Gardens


Jimmy's parents came to visit us for a few weeks

and we had so much fun!

We love it when Grandpa and Grandma come visit.

Madeline and Lucas were in heaven.

They followed them around and Madeline

made Grandpa do puzzles and play trains with her.


On one of the days we went to the botanical gardens for the afternoon.
















It was a fun day!

Strawberries

This little guy LOVES strawberries.













mmm...cake


I made this cake for my friend Mindi's birthday.


I can still taste it. Yum!

feeding the ducks

We went with our friends the Yates and the Peraltas to

feed the ducks at the botanical gardens.

This is one of Madeline's most favorite things to do.





Madeline, Ezra, Ridge, & Elias



There were some baby ducks and Mindi picked one up and let

Madeline take a turn holding it.






Lucas is in heaven when he is outside.

He loves to explore and run around.



Ridge & Madeline

my handsome boys and my beautiful girl


I sure do have some handsome boys!



and one beautiful girl!


Madeline got herself all ready for church.

She was especially excited about the hat.

St. Patrick's Day

A leprechaun left his little footprints and

treats all over our house.








He even left us some green milk and pancakes.

mmmm...


Pililaau Army Beach at Wainae

Enjoying a day in the sun, sand and water out

at Wainae.



Madeline's new thing is being buried and made into

a mermaid.


















We have to keep a good eye on Lucas.

He loves the water and will walk or crawl right in waves or

no waves!


Sometimes we have bad days....

Lucas turns 1!!

Our little man turned the big ONE!

Where did the time go?

Our little Lucas has been such a sweetheart and a joy

to have in our family.

We love this little guy so much.

At the ripe age of one he is walking and running all over

the place. He eats and eats and eats. This little boy has an appetite.

He loves to be involved and loves to do everything that his big

sister does. He loves to give the dogs big open mouth

kisses. He is so snuggly and loves to give hugs.

He is attached to his blankie and will snuggle with it all

day long. He loves green beans straight from the can and he can

eat strawberries by the pint.

He says momma, daddy, and boo.

He is an awesome sleeper and actually LOVES to go to bed!

He is always so happy and smiley and we just can't

get enough of his big blue eyes and his sweet little dimples.


Stats at one year:

weight: 22.3 lbs

height: 29.5 inches


We decided to just have a little family party with a train theme.

His day started off bright and early as usual and full of smiles.


and a big birthday hug from sissy.




We spent the day playing and getting excited for his party.

Madeline could hardly contain her excitement about everything.

As soon as daddy got home we opened some presents.

Thank you friends and family for the wonderful gifts you sent Lucas.



His poor cake was a complete disaster.

Everything that could have gone wrong did.

It was pretty terrible.

I owe him next year.


Madeline and Lucas had a lot of fun running around in

their conductor hats and blowing their train whistles.

This picture cracks me up because it is

so Madeline. ha ha.

















We had pizza and cake and ice cream and

a lot of fun being together.











Madeline tried to teach Lucas the right way to

eat birthday cake. He wasn't too interested and mostly wanted

to keep his hands clean.





The day ended just like it began...with some smotherings from

big sister.





Happy first birthday baby boy!
We love you!