Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving I had a rare opportunity to cook my Turkey in a Hawaiian Imu. This is the traditional way Hawaiians cook whole pigs to make kalua pork. The pictures are of the large fire pit that the turkeys are cooked in. My friend's son, Adam, was nice enough to stand with me for a picture. We dropped of the turkeys the night before Thanksgiving and picked them up the next morning. I have never had a turkey this moist before. The meat just fell off the bone....yum!

Ko Olina

In November, our friends from Oregon came to visit. They invited us to stay with them out at the Ko Olina Resort. Who could resist a vacation so close to home. We had a great time catching up with Greg and Jennifer not to mention meeting Allen for the first time. We showed them around the island and just relaxed. Something Henry and I both needed. Hopefully, we will make it out to Oregon to visit sometime soon.

Ghosts and Gobblins Oh my!!

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Yes, it tops Christmas. I think that it really brings out the kid in you. Its all about candy and dressing up. Ty picked out his own costume this year and Henry picked out Troy's. Ty was so excited about carrying the sword not to mention the candy. I stayed back and handed out the candy. I made over 80 goody bags and had some spare candy....it was all gone in one hour. Before the big night, we went with some friends to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. We went on a hay ride and some carnival rides as well.

Greg, Susan, Adam and Katie

Troy's 1st Birthday

Sorry that its taken me so long to post but that's life. Here are some pictures of Troy's 1st Birthday. Henry's sister still has the majority and I haven't gotten them yet. We had a typical Hawaiian 1st birthday party.....around 150 people, balloon twisting guys, popcorn machine, games, full buffet with whole pig and dancing. Can you say crazy...Yes! But we had a great time and Troy made it to the end to blow out his candles.

Party on dude!

Pig anyone?

Thunderbirds

We went to the local air show this weekend. The USAF Thunderbirds were center stage. We watched them practice for several days and Ty couldn't wait to see them up close. I can not count the number of times my son said he wanted to be a pilot. I did not get one picture of the the Thunderbirds b/c they keep them far away. Ty was bubbling over with excitement when they took to the air. We also looked at all the other planes and helicopters...and even sat in a few.

F-22 Raptor

US Marine Corp Helicopter

US Coast Guard Helicopter

Pill Box Hike

We went for another hike on the island. This one has beautiful views of Lanikai and Kailua beach park. Troy and Ty did really good despite the heat and some boulder scrambling. We reached the first "Pill box"(bunker). Ty pooped out on us about that point and we had head down.

Overlooking Lanikai

Ty & Troy

Transformer Tattoos!

Slip n Slide

Auntie what are you doing to me?

I was getting ready and the next thing I know...I turn and this is what I see. Yes, it was a new roll. He seemed pleased with himself. I guess he thought that you were suppose to see how fast you could go through a roll. Its not like finding out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop!

This is a video of Troy walking with his toy. To date, he has started taking a few steps independently. I haven't captured them on video yet but they are to come.

This is a video of Ty riding his bike again. I am only putting another video up because I have a feeling that he is following in his fathers footsteps. Meaning, we will be visiting the ER soon enough. Henry is already talking about getting him a ramp (over my dead body).