new days

These photos are from a little trip we took to Waiamea valley. It is like the garden of Eden! Peacocks gallivanting around, smaller birds singing in the many and various trees, flowers bursting with color, and a big waterfall you can play in.



oh see, I really am here! there was a man kind enough to offer to take our photo.

This is Bella with daddy going out to the water fall. she almost made it there but fell in and wanted to get out.


I didn't know what to call this post, I just thought I needed to post a few more pics. I lost my camera cord that downloads to the computer, so it has taken a bit longer than usual to post something. We have been enjoying the warm days, visiting different beaches, Waiamea Bay, Sunset beach, Turtle bay, watching all the surfers and just being lazy! I feel so lazy lately, and though it has been nice, I really need to make something, now if I would have just brought that sewing machine!

I adore this kid!

Coco under one of the outdoor showers. She loves to shower!


My Lela is growing up right before my eyes! it must be the sunshine. I can't seem to get enough of her lately! she is so scrumptious and sweet. I love that she goes limp and melts in my arms when I hold her!

oh yum!

Lela didn't care for the shrimp, but she sure does love her yellow shoes!



We found this place along the side of the road as we were taking a drive and thought we would stop and try it out. They catch the shrimp right there in the water, then cook them up for our enjoyment and oh what an enjoyment it was...so delishiouso! I am craving it already!

There is beauty all around!

We finally got a picture with a sea turtle!

Bella made the turtle a sand and leaf sandwich.

A creature from around the premises.



A picture can't really capture all the sences involved with this moment!



It's been incredible to be in such a beautiful place and I find myself already so adjusted that I sometimes have to take a step back and really see from an abstract eye, the beauty that is all around me, including my girls and hubby! I feel so blessed!

happy days!

Since we are up so early here, we like to take a walk down the beach and watch the sun come up. Olea will now only hold Bella's hand.




The girls favorite thing to do besides building sand castles is running down to the water and waiting for the wave to come in, then running away as fast as they can!


A rainbow came to add just a little more beauty if it's possible and once Olea saw it she took off walking towards it and was determined to touch it! she threw a fit when I ran after her and brought her back! she just kept yelling, eenbow eenbow!


I love how the light couldn't help but adorn the princess Bella with a halo and bracelet!

1st day in paradise!

A view to the left from where our house is.

while the guys were out getting surf gear and Olea was crashed, Bella and I explored the yard, pool, hot tub, and hammack. She told me that this suit isn't modest, but its o.k. to wear it when no people are around! she still doesn't let Ben go swimming without a shirt!

In all her Mermaid gear in the hot tub...the pool was too cold.

I love seeing this ball of energy come to a complete stop for a couple of hours!

The guys contemplating the surf.




The flight was way too long, but the kids did O.K. When we arrived here in Hawaii, we were all smiles! we gained an extra 3 hours, which made it even better! Our home for the next two months is better than I imagined! it has it all! We explored the house first, and found that it has a perfect studio for Ben and Sean to paint in, and the hot tub is just perfect for me! Next we explored the beach and almost tripped on a huge turtle as we walked onto the sand, and of course I didn't have my camera. We have adjusted pretty well, except the kids are up at 4:00 in the morning, so we have been watching the sunrise on the beach. Ben and Sean didn't waste any time getting a rental car for the month and buying some surf boards. All in all it was a dreamy day.

she's here!

Bella with her new cousin!

confused Olea



Finally! I have been waiting for baby Jane to get here for nine months now, and she is everything I knew she would be...lots of black hair, looks just like her mama, so sweet and perfect! we now have a new niece! we love you Jane Taylor!

Baby Mikey and Baby Jaycee

Doug and Sarah came into town last week. They brought their new baby Mikey, which looks exactly like Doug! and their other two beautiful boys! Sarah's twin also came with her new baby Jayce and Hubby. We took a bunch of pictures at my house. It was so fun to hold those new little ones. They were so tini and squishy, oh joy!

My rascal babies

These two girls are growing up way too fast before my eyes! I laugh at the things that come out of their mouths lately! Bella was sitting by Ben last night watching TV and layed on his stomach and said "Dad, I like laying on your tummy because it has no bones in it", and Olea wants lip gloss all day long!! but she calls it wips (for lips). She found the Paper towels in their package and used them to climb up on my dresser and find the lip gloss. Then she runs and hides so she can eat it. If she can't find gloss, then it is lotion. She loves the flavor of lotion! should I call poison control? I have debated, but she has been fine so far. I just need to find a new hiding location!

The festivities

Christmas morning, just the four of us, it was perfect!

Big family Christmas party held at Danny and Jan's new place. Everyone came, we all ate too much and laughed alot!

At grandmas house the weekend before Christmas, Santa came around in a big firetruck to all the homes in the town that have kids and handed out bags of candy, We were the last home, and we had waited for an hour in the cold with my camera, and for some strange reason, I just forgot to snap a photo. geez, I make myself mad sometimes!

It has been forever since I have posted, but I just haven't been in the blogging mood, its January and it very dreary, outside anyway! I have spring fever, it always happens the day after New Years! and I have been preoccupied with cleaning out closets and getting organized before we leave for two months. Here are some photos from Christmas, they are not good photos but they have great memories attached!!