looking a little better

There has been a nice growth spirt in the last 4 days. I guess the fertilizer really did work. It still is taking forever, but I'm starting to the light (or green) at the end of the tunnel


For some reason this corner has always grown fast. I wish the rest of the lawn looked like this............

Still no grass

As you can tell by these pictures, the grass is taking its gay ole' time growing. I just fertilized it last week, so hopefully that will help. It will be so nice to have a back yard for the kids to go play in.

About a girl

My pretty girl.  Now when taking a bath she likes to lay down on her back and kick her feet.  The water gets everywhere, but that's okay, I'm just glad she love the water.


Here she is starting to lay back
Almost there
Ahhhhh
While shopping at Ross a couple of months ago I found some cute red 'Mary Jane's' for Gabriella.  She looks so cute wearing them that I had to take a couple pictures of her before church this Sunday.

Please hair, grow...........

Hydro therapy

The other day the kids had fun playing with the hose. I also pulled out our old sandbox turtle and turned it into a pool. One day when we have grass in the back (it is NOT growing and I'm getting mad) will be playing in the backyard. Till then, the driveway will have to do.

Olsen liked to get a running start to jump in the pool
I'm sorry, but that has got to hurt the knees
Gabriella woke up and Olsen had fun playing "tag" with her



And of corse, they got naked.  I don't know if you can tell, but Gabriella is going to be my brown baby. 

My favorite things

Do you want to know one of my favorite things in the whole world? I'm going to tell ya. It is the smell of Gabriella when I pick up out of bed in the morning or after a nap. After being all cozied up in her bed she only smells like baby. It only last for about 5 minutes, then the smell starts to fade a bit.  But boy, does it smell yummy.  

Most day when Gabriella wakes up, Olsen likes to go in a get her.  A lot of the time he will throw toys in there and then crawl in.  He is such a good brother.  


Here are a couple of picture from the previous post that I played around with.  

Saturday we decided to get out of town and take a drive. It had been awhile since we've up to Hawi (pronounce Ha-vi) where it was beautiful. it is located in the north/west tip of the Big Island. There are only 4 statues of King Kamehameha, and now I've seen all 4. The is one in Honolulu, one in Hilo, one in Hawi (Kamehameha's birth place) and one in the Nations Capital in Washington DC (believe it or not, that one is the first one I saw) Anyway, the kids had fun running around the little park and checking the cool Civic center that is an old plantation house. It was closed so the kids basically had the place to themselves.
Here are the million and one pictures we got of the kids.

Friday night

Friday night we went to dinner at our friends house. I guess they're kind of related to us on the Tongan side. Great people, we love them. The kids are super kids and loved playing with Olsen and Gabriella. They are in our ward and the Dad, Oke, serves in the Bishopric with Byron and Trish, the mom, is the Primary Pres and I'm one of her councilors.  So we will be spending a lot of time together.

Blake, their oldest, was a sport and pushed the kids around.
Tanner swimming in the kind of cold pool
Oke BBQing some good steaks
Blake still pushing them around
Gabriella wants her mama
Grass, where are you.  I'm not kidding, it's taking forever.  

Bath time

After getting a voice mail from my mom that I'm slacking on posting pictures, I took a couple of the kids last night while taking a bath. I could not get the two to look at the camera at the same time.

Oh wait, here they are looking at the same time.  Too bad they are making weird faces.
The other day Olsen pulled out the pot lids to use as a shield, but then realized they make great shoes.