A Day in My Life

So I get home from work, start to unwind a bit, and Sarah tells me that she painted her toes today. I knew I smelt something funny...



She actually did a pretty good job for a 4 1/2 yr old. Only one small smudge on an old carpet that I could care less about. So it is okay to laugh.

Next, I have to laugh at my husband. Mr. Mom. So, what do you call this??


I call it annoying, he calls it wait until everything is done before you put it away.

By the way, Max is pretty cute...

Sarah and Luke love him..













And Luke sleeps like a log, or like he is pretty tired.......

Happy Mother's Day Grandma Allen

We love you Grandma Allen...

Rainy Days

My first outing with the three kids - we went to the park, and it started to pour on us. Luckily Max stayed dry and happy, and the rest of us got soaking wet... These photos are of the kids putting their new boogie boarding skills to use in the gutter water in front of grandma's house...



This is my favorite thing about Luke, he loves to play with his toys. I would have never imagined that little boys could be so attached to their 'little guys' or cars, or trucks or whatever toy it happens to be for the day.


We really got POURED on. I call her strawberry in this outfit...

Hukilau - lets go fly a kite

Grandma and Grandpa bought the kids a kite. Grandpa had to bring his kiteboarding kite to show the kids - it was a fun day, inspite of a few minor spills...




Opps, not sure what he tripped on. At least he didn't even think of letting go of the kite string.

Adjusting to life in Hawaii (and grandpa Allen)

We finally made it to Hawaii, got over the jet lag... Sarah keeps saying "I hope the beach isn't frozen" and Luke is getting braver in the water.




I love how Grandpa gently pushes them to their limits... Teaching them how to boogie board before they can even swim... Of course they can do it. Why does this bring back memories of my childhood??



Five turtles the day we checked out turtle beach.



Picture perfect...

Duck duck chicken, pulling Luke's leg, don't take his bath - why is grandpa so wierd??

Max's Birth

Max

Our first photo collection of Max - his first week, through the delivery room, to the first meeting of his family, to some attempts at a photo shoot at home. Warning - this slide show requires high GTL (gross tolerance threshold) Koya can't handle it. There is some muchonium on Max. Trust me, I also wish they would have wiped it off of him before they handed him to me, but hey it was 4:30 AM, and there wasn't much I could do about it... I also couldn't spare some details on my memory of the labor, so brace yourself...