Happy 1st Birthday Baby Girl

Amelia turned one November 17th. Trevor came home from work with a rose for his little girl. He wrote her a sweet letter saying he wanted to be the first boy to ever buy her flowers. She loved the rose as seen in this picture (upon Trevor's request the rose is drying upside down so we can preserve it and put it in Amelia's room somewhere special).

Grandma Andrea sent Amelia a fleece blanket she made, a baby doll and toy elephant

We celebrated Amelia's birthday with family the Sunday before, because Grandma, Grandpa, Heather, Carson, Savvy and Drake all came to see TJ in our Primary Sacrament program.

Amelia got a doll from Grandma and Grandpa

Papa had a little too much fun with the puppets

After much prodding Amelia finally tasted her cupcakes

We all shared a Sunday meal together before Olympia family headed home.

Carol brought over a doll and stuffed elephant for the birthday girl

What a lucky one year old!

Hawaii Long Overdue

It's hard to believe we've only been back for a little more than two weeks. Hawaii seems like a dream now. As I go through the pictures all these wonderful memories flood back of my vacation. Two of the most enjoyable things about the trip without children was one, waking up when I wanted (which was still around 7:30, but I got up on my own without someone demanding breakfast or crying about a toy), and two, concentrating on feeding only myself and no one else (two luxuries motherhood does not provide at home).

We spent the last week of October in Kauai. My wonderful parents took our dear little ones, while Trevor and I reconnected in paradise. We met up with our good friends Wil & Mako and Phil & Holly for golf, swimming, dining and sight seeing. We took so many pictures it was really hard to narrow them down for this post.

Out on a Catamaran touring the cliffs

We saw a pod of maybe 40 dolphins swimming around our boat.

Our favorite place to eat breakfast, walking distance from our hotel

Shave Ice there

Dinner at my favorite restaurant The Beach House

Just before the sunset outside The Beach House

At the check-in desk in the Marriott

Will and Mako's last night with us

The outside Lobby of our hotel

My favorite drink outside the lobby (fruited water).

In the ocean outside our hotel

The hotel pool

The garden area at the hotel

Feeding the Marriott fish

Golfing at Lagoons

I played 3 rounds of 18 on this trip (that's a lot of golf for me).

The hole is on the other side of this gully

The Princeville Course on the North Shore

Napali Cliffs

Falls

Outside the church buliding

Grandma Kathy's Halloween Costumes

Growing up my mom would always come up with the most fantastic Halloween costumes. Since Trevor and I were in Hawaii for the week before Halloween, my mom created costumes for TJ, Russell, Amelia, Grandpa Dean, Carson and herself (all while tending my three kids). We have Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Wendy, a pirate, and Tinkerbell. The Friday before Halloween my parents took my kids to their ward Halloween party. Needless to say the costumes were a hit. THANKS MOM!

Not only did she make everyone great costumes, but she then lent them to Trevor and me so we could dress up with the kids Halloween night. Disney would be proud. Trevor really enjoyed the Hook costume. His scruff from not shaving on our trip added to the look.