Tuesday, September 16, 2008
We arrived in Hawaii and went to work unpacking everything we packed just a few weeks ago. The family had a welcome BBQ/ farewell to Robyn/Happy Birthday Unkie Jonathan (pretty much an excuse to eat, drink and get fat).
Staying at Grandma Lee's
After our stuff got boxed up we stayed at Grandma Lee's. Alyssa had lots of fun with Thomas messing up the house, dancing, going to the beach and watching Michael Phelps win 8 gold medals. She misses her partner in crime!
Moving
Monday, September 15, 2008
Alright, so if you haven't already figured out, I'm a horrible blogger. Here is the quarterly update. All the girls (Mom Lee, Meri, Britty and I) and the kids took a visit to the O.C. Fair. It was my first time there and one thing that caught my eye were the signs for all the food. It was fried food paradise - everything from frog legs to oreos. It took us awhile to find the petting zoo and when we did, the goats did a great job at freaking out the kids. In the kid's defense, I would be afraid of an animal as tall as me trying to knaw at my clothes.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Alyssa's New Exercise Machine
Alyssa finally figured out that she didn't need a gym membership to be able to exercise...in fact the stair climber is almost always open for her to use. She even does her patented "booty shake" when she pauses to catch her breath. The difficult part now is getting her to stay off of it, or at least not to want to climb down head first. (we're still working on getting that camcorder, so the best we could do was my phone)
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
For Thomas 2nd birthday he decided to go to his favorite - the beach. We drove to Sunset beach, CA. I brought my surfboard to attempt to surf - got in a lot of paddling. That's okay, Alyssa looked cute on the board. After swimming and snacking at the beach, we topped it off with swimming at Grandma Lee's followed by burgers and cake. Happy birthday Tom Tom - thanks for helping Grandma take care of Alyssa when I go to work.
Greg and Helen came over to play Wii and show Alyssa the fine art of Mario Kart racing
It was also Grandpa Leighton's birthday, so we went to the cemetary and brought him some carnations - one of his favorites.
A swim at Grandma Lee's
One hot Saturday, we decided to cool off by swimming at Grandma's. Alyssa had a blast testing out the waters for the first time.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Nate's birthday and mother's day gift were tickets to Wicked. The show was fantastic and Age's new favorite music.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
We took a trip to San Diego for Uncle J.T.'s birthday. Alyssa was so excited she took a snooze on the way down. We went to Sea World and saw Shamu, sea lions and dolphins. I can't believe Shamu is still entertaining - I remember seeing him as a kid. Afterwards we went to J.T. and Britty's for some ono food. We're glad we could celebrate together. Cousin Maile graciously let Alyssa sit in her Dora seat.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Mom went into work and left baby with the grandparents. Alyssa was crying hysterically so G-pop took her for a walk to calm her down. They're pals now.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
We went to Chuck E. Cheese. Here's Alyssa and daddy getting aquainted with the mouse himself. I think the grown-ups got as much enjoyment out of it.
