Kauai!!!

Finally! (I know!) I am finally posting our Hawaii trip pictures. We had so much fun! Luckily, it was raining the first day we were there, so we rented some cars and went driving up the coast. We got to take some beautiful pictures of the canyon, and waterfalls! The weather was perfect the rest of the time, so we spent a lot of time at the pool or lagoon. The last night of the trip, we all went to a luau. We had wonderful food and saw a great hawaiin show. We were pretty bummed to hear that the dinner was moved inside. There was a exchange of words with the hotel manager, because we paid to see the show outside. He said that it was moved because of rain, but we weren't buying it! We felt a bit stupid when a huge storm came in the middle of the show! I guess he knew more about his islands weather than we do! Amazingly enough, they still danced with fire inside the hotel! John and Daniel got scared that they might have to go on duty because the ceiling caught on fire! It went out quickly though. Between John becoming part of the show, and Jeremy and I going up on stage to dance, it was a pretty good show! (I might have to post the video. Jeremy got a few laughs from his hula dancing skills!) The trip went by so fast! We had a ton of fun hanging out with the Boyds because we rarley get to see them. Check out their blogs as well for more pictures! Waimea canyon waterfall

Poi farms (nasty stuff, don't try it!)

Luau pictures

Lagoon at the hotel

Lunch at a local restaurant. We had to go back because they had wonderful fish tacos, and icecream pie!

The girls at the luau!

The guys boogie boarding at the beach. The waves were huge!

Waimea canyon, where Jurassic Park was filmed!

Early Halloween

Jeremy and I are going to Kauai and are going to miss Izzy's second Halloween. We have tried to enjoy as much of October as we can before we go. Here are some pictures of us at the pumpkin patch, and a Halloween party. She turned out to be an adorable ladybug!

(Yep, that's black icing all over her face!)

Here are a few pictures from our San Francisco trip. Izzy was sick the whole time, but we still had fun. Izzy was so tired, she fell asleep in her stroller....so cute!

Izzy walking!

Izzy is finally walking! She cut her first tooth and took her first five steps on the same day. We got a cute video today. Just FYI, Izzy loves to take the dogs out for a walk. I know the leash in the video might seem random. Those of you that haven't seen her in a while will notice she is talking more, as well. Hope you guys find this video as cute as we do!

Izzy's Birthday Weekend!

We were so blessed to have all of Jeremy's family to come stay with us this past weekend! So, we celebrated Izzy's birthday all day Saturday. Izzy had so much fun playing with her new toys. NawNaw and Grampy got her a drum set, and a leap pad book. As you can tell, Izzy learned fast how to hit the drum. Jeremy and I got her a pony. (It had to be girly, of course!) Once Jeremy, and Jared put it together, she loved it! Jennifer, Clint, Jared and Loren brought her a princess little people castle. Melissa got some adorable pictures of Izzy playing with the castle. It soon became the centerpiece for a table at the party that night. Finally, Melissa, Jason, and Hamilton got her a finger puppet set. Izzy loves playing with all her new toys!

I was worried about Izzy being too tired for her party that night. Surprisingly, she took two long naps that day! Jeremy, and the family went shopping during the day, while Loren stayed home with Izzy, and I. Mom came over to help us get the house decorated. Mom made the house look beautiful! Loren was a huge help babysitting Izzy! Melissa took great pictures of the house decorated......

About 45 friends and family came to Izzy's party. She had her own special cake to eat. We tried to get her to stuff it all in her mouth, but she just picked at it. She loved having everyone sing to her. After eating cake, Izzy opened all her presents. (She got way too many by the way!) Everyone was too generous! You can see in some of the pictures below that Izzy has about 15 bows in her hair. Kristen gave all those to her. I love bows!!!

Right before the party, we sat Izzy on the table to get pictures of her in her party dress. Everyone was taking pictures! Izzy was so excited, she started turning around on the table. It was so cute! She just isn't loved enough!

The party was so much fun! Thank you everyone for coming!