fun times

i had my suspicions that grant would love to have a sibling, but i really didn't know how much. being around chase is the greatest thing for grant. chase feels the same way. now, i can't even get them to nap separately! they are hilarious. hearing them laugh makes me so happy.

during one of chase's morning naps, grant came to me

and said "look mom! i'm a tiger today!" (done with my eyeliner).

i must admit, he did a pretty good job!

chase is obsessed with the door stop things that twang

when you pull on them. grant loves to help him make noise

sometimes they just snuggle. lasts probably 30 seconds. then they're off...

grant is always yelling "mom! you've GOT to see what chase can do!"

and of course grant puts bubbles on his head in the tub

aaaaaaand puts boxes on his head

and then decides to take him for a ride in the box

and then decides he needs some accessories

then they dump the toys out of the basket and decide it's cooler than the box

then, thomas makes an appearance

and the train gets bigger!

then they use the box as a stand

then grant teaches chase to play soccer

even while we're packing for the beach, grant entertains chase

they are so funny! i'm so thankful for them...

Hawaii 2010 (last hawaii post)

So, if you're not interested in seeing a BUNCH of Hawaii pictures (in reverse chronological order), you can go ahead and skip this post, mark it as read, or whatever.

I saw this view of my surfboard every day in Hawaii at least 4 times. This board has NOTHING on my greco 2.0 board. GRECO is the BIGGITY BOMB X 999,999,999,999!!!!This was the last view of a beach on our last day in Hawaii. Incredible times were had with the family in 2010.
our boys . . .
ev LOVED to play with (and pick up) chase! She is unbelievably CUTE.
shaking head..... grant....

wishing i owned one of these homes... or at least could rent one someday
paradise
karen bringing it home
julia and ev
everyone having fun (including some lady and her kid that the boys kept playing with)
here's julia and ev ... julia sporting my swim glove... i think she really enjoyed using it... and my short fins

jasmine and jacob coming back from.... "taking care of business"
when they first started running back . . .
i saw some bugles at the grocery store and HAD to get them to show grant how to make goblin fingers (what boy wants to have witch fingers)... he LOVED them.
honu
this was grant and marcus ALL the time

early morning in hawaii
I (jason) bought some yummy doughnuts for everyone for breakfast one day
chase . . . chillin' at waimea
coming back after jump off of the rock
honu
my snorkeling gear
waimea

waimea


hanauma bay
box fish
hanauma bay
more of the same




karen "lurching" out of the water . . . i dunno why it looks that way but i have at least three of these pictures of her coming out of the water.... i love her



so grant made friends with some girl EVERYwhere we went... EVERY.... SINGLE.. PLACE.

octopus on the far left... sneaky little bugga
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
rainbow parrot fish

kokololio

makapu'u
waikiki
crab
grant and his "sail" boat he "built" with a floating feather in the water
carbing up after snorkeling with dad at shark's cove
some interesting blue deposits in lines... looks like a sea slug or something pooped it out or something as it slugged along... camm?
dead octopus
sea aneame
kawela bay
judy's favorite beach
grant bringing home the bacon
perfect day.... drinking hawaiian sun's strawberry guava... a sugary "juice" (8%) drink that makes you feel like .... YES... i am IN... HAWAII/PARADISE!!!!!!Portuguese man of war (blue bottle jellyfish)


snorkeling with dad (no snorkel!!! he just took his mask and held his breath!) what a stud.

kokololio (above and below)

ko'olina
log cabins