Aloha!

    Well, for those of you who know, we've been in beautiful Hawaii for the last week and it went by way too fast. Thanks to Terry and Zina we stayed at the serene Ko' Olina Resort on Oahu. Pedicures, pools,  private lagoons, nice dinners, whale watching, Sunset Beach, the Polynesian Cultural Center, a wet swap meet, and a Triceratops. It was a week of fun, sun, and some rain too. 

     I would say that the highlight of the trip, besides just being with the Pippin clan, would be our boat ride. It began with a lot of huge waves and a sweet Gabriel clinging on to the railing saying,"I don't want to go for a boat ride!". The hostess on the boat told us they've only seen 2 breeches (which is where the whale comes mostly out of the water) since the beginning of whale season in October, I was telling myself not to expect any. Were we all in for a surprise. We saw at least 20! Yes 20 times we saw those huge and incredibly fascinating water beasts lift their bodies out of the ocean with just 2 rotations of their tales. Breeching 101 I guess. They were having fun on an extremely wavy ocean, I did get a little queazy.

     We missed home, but it sure is hard coming back after being in Hawaii. Aloha!

                          

                          I'm ready for Hawaii. Let's Go!!

                          

                        Finally after months of anticipation we're 

                         there! And are those rain clouds?

              

             A trip to the North Shore and playing in the sand.

                        

                       Uncle Jared was a good sport for the little 

                        ones and let himself be burried. 

 

                        

                    Gabey loved his orange tube. He is so scared and

                   clingy in the water, but when he has this on, there is 

                   no stopping him. He loved to be a Gabey-Shark. Here 

                   he is chasing after Hailey. I love this kid, he always 

                   makes me smile:)

            

             

                          The cousins love hanging out.

              

                                         Best Buddies.

              

                             Haleiwa shaved Ice. Yum Yum!

             

                 Sunset Beach, on the North Shore, Jake took 

                some rock'n surfer pictures.

             

                       "I don't want to go on a boat ride!"

             

                                        "Nevermind!"

             

                       Gabe and Hailey are tattoo buddies.

             

               Who can say "No" to those big Brown Austin eyes?

                       

                           What a handsome Parker.

             

             

                     Hula ladies. Ashley, Zina, and Wendy.

             

                                          It's a Luau!

            
            I promised Gabe a sand Triceratops and he got 

            one on our last day. Love you little buddy!

We'll Name It...

PAT. Oh baby, baby, baby. Bashful little thing. So my ultrasound went well and everything looks fine. She thought that it was a girl, but was not 100% sure. So, we think we'll just name it Pat.

It's A...

n Umbilical cord! I had an apt the other day hoping to find out some special news, but we'll need to wait a little longer. Though there was no 5th appendage obvious to the eye, there  was something that was thought to be a loop of the umbilical cord. So, I have my 20 week in three weeks, so I'll just have to wait a little longer before I start sticking flowers and butterflies, or frogs and toadstools, on the walls of the nursery. Here's the 17 week picture of the little sweetie.

 

Happy Birthday Jacob!!

Happy Birthday Love!

Just want to let you know that you are wonderful. You work so hard at work AND school. We are so proud of you. You are handsome, funny, and are much adored by me and Gabriel. Thank you for being such an important part of our life.

And what did my hubby want for His B-day besides money for an Iphone? Maternity pants!

But, Mommy. You're Old...

Out of the mouths of babes. The things this clever little man comes up with make me laugh everyday. What a Joy.

We were at the grocery store and I can't lift Gabriel up now (due to the baby in my tummy), so he just has to walk unless there are those car carts. There was a car cart, but I would have had to lift him up into it...

So he then runs to one of the motorized sitting carts. I say that it's for old people that can't walk very well.

"But Mommy, you're old"

Another one was yesterday in the car. 

"Mommy, look! I decorated my face!"

I glance in the mirror and see that he has a fruit snack behind each ear, one stuck to his forehead, and one stuck to his nose. 

The other day we were talking about the meat in the spaghetti sauce and Gabriel knows what animals the different meats come from. I realized that he didn't know how we get the meat.

He's a bright kid, so I thought I'd give it a try.I explain it to how we get the meat, and he laughs really hard because he thinks I'm teasing him.

He thinks for a minute,

"Mom, do the pigs poop out the meat?"

Frosty the Snow Dolphin, Yes, Dolphin

The snow we got a week and a half ago was a perfect opportunity to build something. Now, I discovered long ago that it was always more fun to build a whale, or a T-Rex in the sand instead of a castle. Naturally i would feel the same about snow-people. Although our crazy haired snowman from last year was fun, this year I talked Gabriel into something else, we made a snow dolphin with waves and everything. I did forget to take a picture before he melted. Oops, just use your imagination:)

A snow Angel...

My snow angel:)

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts

One thing that I started working on long ago, just after Brian died, were some quilts for his family. It was hard at first, cutting up shirts and pants that I had so many fond memories of him in and was told to put them away for awhile. I did and I am so glad that I did, however, I figured it was about time to finish them and be done. 

  I am so happy with the way they turned out, the first two pictures to, are the one I gave to Pauline.

 

This one was for Erv and Debbie. The center is a from a pair of hunting overalls of Brian's.