Christmas Photos...

We very quickly and at the last minute today, tried to get a Christmas photo of the baby in her Christmas dress....My Mom made the dress and it is sooo cute, so a photo in the family Christmas card is only necessary. The only problem is trying to get an 11 month old baby to stand where and how you want, long enough to get the photo...

We also saw Santa for the first time a week ago and the baby loved him! She did not even cry when we sat her on his lap!

On the restaurant front....Las Olas is currently under construction and moving along nicely!

Much love and Aloha to all

Hilo Hawaii State Zoo

Well, we decided to get some excitement in our lives, since it has been a bit sad around here lately. We took a little day trip over to Hilo (the "BIG" city on the east side of our Island) In Hawaii you can never predict weather because when it is raining in one place that doesn't mean anything even 2 blocks away. That being said we headed out for Hilo. We went through Waimea and traveled on the Hamakua Coast (think Lost or Jurassic Park) it reminded us how beautiful Hawaii is and that we are lucky in so many ways, anyway back to the point. As we headed over we drove right into a torrential down pour, flood warnings, crazy, crazy rain. We decided to call the zoo and ask, they said it was raining, but we kind of thought we were half way there and really by the time we got there it could be perfect, so we forged on. Well, I don't know which God was unhappy with us, but it was still pouring when we got to the zoo. The lady thought we were crazy, but we got some ponchos borrowed two big umbrellas and headed out. I mean why drive all that way for nothing. Lydia had a great time actually we all did rain and all. Non of the animals came out besides a few monkeys, non talking birds, and the Bengal Tiger. Which by the way looked very p***** off, but that did not matter to our sweet munchkin, she was happy to see all of the great new surroundings. So we enjoyed our quick trip and loaded back into the car. Dave and I were soaked, but sweet Lydia was as dry as she could be! Here are a few pictures. The bright side came five minutes after we got into the car. Sunny skies and a warm breeze. Go figure I guess dancing in the rain with our baby pleased somebody!

On another note, Dave and I may have either lost our minds or set ourselves up to be rich and famous! We signed a lease on a restaurant space right on Alii Drive. We will open the second week of February. We have decided to go Mexican this time. The name will be "Las Olas" which means "the waves" in Spanish. Wish us luck and patience we will need it. The restaurant space is kind of a wreck, we have a big challenge in front of us. One funny thing though is that the person looking to lease the office space below us is a funny celebrity type which I cannot name now, but I can say it should be interesting. Stay tuned as our world turns!

Love and Aloha to all

Oliver

We have had a very sad week. We had to put our sweet Oliver down today. Long of a short he had some sort of tumor pressing against his spine which basically paralyzed his legs. Looking back the signs have been there for a few months but we did not realize which is usual in these cases. He had a very rapid decline. He could not stand or walk and was in great discomfort. We were very heartbroken to have to make the decision, as he was only 5 years old, but we had no choice and hope the decision has left him in a place that he can roam free and feel no pain! We love our pets so much they are part of our family, which some understand and some do not. The vet came this morning and the dogs were able to say their good byes to each other and we were able to help him drift to sleep in the comfort of our arms with all of the family present. We will miss you Oliver!

Our Little Pumpkin

Aloha,
I have posted some photos of Lydia on Halloween in her music class.... Dave's Parents have been here for the last three weeks and we have had a great time...In just the last two weeks, Lydia has started to play peek-a-boo with her blanket, patti cake, clap, stand on her own (sorta)and yes we have made the move to the crib (however the crib is in our room). I amazes me how fast she is growing. She can point to the baby in pictures and loves to yammer away. Dave's dad helped Dave get our landscaping in along with many other things and they rented a Bob cat for a few days, so we couldn't resist getting Lydia's picture in it!. Hope this finds you all well!

Harvest in Hawaii

Here are some pictures from our trip to Waimea, a little town north of us. It has a pumpkin patch festival at the private boarding school every year. It is one of the coolest places to go, so we pretend that it is Harvest and dress warm...then sweat or bums off!!

Lydia had a ball...all the games, kids, pumpkins, trains, you name it they had it!

Music Fun

Here are some new pictures of the baby. A few are from her music class and the rest are from a few days ago. Lydia's Mimi and Papa are visiting so we are having fun and staying busy!

Lydia is now crawling, and trying very hard to stand on her own. It won't be long before she is walking. She make new sounds every day and is sill generally very happy.

We hope this finds you all happy and well.

Aloha

Shower

HOW TO SHOWER LIKE A WOMAN

Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks.

Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc.

Get in the shower.

Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone.

Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins.

Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean.

Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced

Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red.

Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and Java cake body wash.

Rinse conditioner off hair

Shave armpits and legs.

Turn off shower.

Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower.

Spray mold spots with Tilex.

Get out of shower.

Dry with towel the size of a small country.

Wrap hair in super absorbent towel.

Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head.

If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

HOW TO SHOWER LIKE A MAN

Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile.

Walk naked to the bathroom.If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making the woo-woo sound.

Look at your manly physique in the mirror.Admire the size of your wiener and scratch your rear.

Get in the shower.

Wash your face.

Wash your armpits.

Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off.

Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower.

Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area.

Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the soap. (EEW!)

Wash your hair.

Make a Shampoo Mohawk.

Pee.

Rinse off and get out of shower.

Partially dry off.

Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time.

Admire wiener size in mirror again.

Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on.

Return to bedroom with towel around waist.

If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the woo-woo sound again.

Throw wet towel on bed.

I was blog hopping and saw this..Thought is was so freaking funny!