Vacationing

Well, Lizzy and I got to finally go to Hawaii. We were very blessed to spend time there with my brother and his wife, and just me and Liz (The kids had a blast without us).

DAY ONE:
Our flight was seriously delayed, we spent a lot of time at the airport. We lost a day, more or less, and got there at night.





DAY TWO:
Lizzy slept in. I went for a drive and got some breakfast for us and snacks for our hike. It was a fairly private hike, mostly locals jogging up and down it. Then we went to a beach nearby where they were shooting Hawaii Five-0. The hike was definitely a highlight, it was so beautiful.









In the evening we went up to North East beaches, across from the Dillingham Airfield, where they shot many of the beach scenes for Lost. It was the one place I HAD to see in Hawaii.





On our way home we drove past miles of pineapple fields! We stopped at the Dole Plantation and got the most tasty pineapple ice cream in the world! (at least that I've ever had).



DAY THREE:
My brothers flight was also really delayed, so we hooked briefly the night before. The next morning we went for a hike with a view of Waikiki.

DAY FOUR:

We went to the Temple and there were these perfect flowers. They looked fake! Afterwards we spent the rest of the day at the Polynesian Cultural Center. We had a blast.

DAY FIVE:

We came home. Since we packed everything in carry-ons we didn't lose any luggage ;)

-STEEEV

It's so Charming

My little princess got a jewelry making kit from her cousin for her birthday.

She couldn't wait to start playing with it, so we invited some friends over and had a jewelry making party.

-Lizzy

Story Time

It's amazing how captivated these kids are by books.

-Lizzy

New Kids Chairs

I forgot to post about this. I found these cool kids chairs at a garage sale. I've bought a few others since, but more on that later.
-STEEEV

Lego Time!

My kids love playing with Legos. I always say our little girl is just like her dad and here is yet another example. She has made some pretty cool creations.

Here is the little guy's attempt. I like how it looks like he made a half-pipe.

I think these two pictures pretty much sum up our little girl.

-Liz

Lollipop, Lollipop

It's amazing how elated a kid can get from something so simple.

-Lizzy

Beauty Parlor

My big girl just got some make-up for Christmas. I let her apply it all by herself.

The little guy didn't want to miss out on the fun, so he gave it a try too.

Didn't she do a great job?!

-Lizzy

Last Post of Year

Here are some misc. shots from the last couple of weeks.
-STEEEV

Jamming with his Uncle.





This is him on his birthday...

Shoot with their cutie cousin.


Wiped out after opening presents Christmas morning.

Little Faces

Oh, the little faces of these guys.



Yeah, that's him using the remote to turn my camera off so he can REST!
-STEEEV

Sleepy Boy

He just fell asleep the other day, right on the couch...wow.
-STEEEV

Shoot out!

We decided to have a little photo shoot for holiday pictures for the grandparents. It went pretty well, as you can see I have no restraint and I am sharing all of my favorites, which are quite a few. I have to make sudden loud obnoxious sounds in order to get the little guy to smile! It doesn't always work, but...I sometimes feel like the trick to photography is to just shoot so many pictures, something has to turn out, right?
-STEEEV

Uh...wait...hello?

His grandma called to wish him a Happy Birthday, but he hasn't gotten comfortable responding, I thought I'd photograph it as proof that he had the phone at all! He looks so amazed! Technology!
-STEEEV

Sicky

I guess it might not be proper to take pictures of someone when they are sick and just woke up, and post it on a blog, but this kid won't complain. Poor guy had crazy hair when he awoke from his nap.
-STEEEV

Black Friday

Ha, this actually has nothing to do with black friday sales, just hanging out last Friday at my parents house. Here is the lil' man. I made him sit next to this rotting rusty old van.

-STEEEV