Visitors

On our first weekend home as a family of 5 we had quite a few visitors. 

PopPop and Grandma came to stay for the weekend and help out.  Also Grandpa Sam and Cousin Madison came by for a visit as well as Mamaw and Uncle Kevin.  As always, it was good to see everybody and Davis was a good little newborn and just enjoyed sleeping in everyone's arms :)

the twins getting after nap snuggles from Grandpa

Davis and Madison

Cuddles with PopPop

Nora enjoying presents for Baby Brother

Davis sleeping with Mamaw

Uncle Kevin showing Holden how to play with Playdough like a Pro

they love their uncle!

A Forgotten Beach Day

Well, it wasn't really forgotten, but the pictures were.  I just ran across them on our extra camera--a fun find!  

A month ago now we went to spend the weekend with Mike's Mom and Stepdad.  His sister and her kids also came down to visit and we spent one beautiful day playing at the beach.  I can't wait until next summer when i feel better and we can spend more time at the beach.  We really do miss being minutes away from the water and a good tan!

 enjoy the pics.

 

Golfing in Paradise

I gotta be honest--i don't know the first thing about these golf courses or where they played, but i wanna get this last post of the Grandmas trip up and Mike's been super busy and not had time to post...  So--Mike and Carol played golf twice.  Two beautiful courses by the looks of it, and i think both were set in the Ko'Olau Mountain Range judging by the pics and the greyish weather.  On the second golf trip Grandma even joined them for the ride on her first golf experience ever.  

This course claims to be the "hardest in the nation"--i know this cause Mike got a shirt from it, and i'm pretty sure they lost a ton of balls ;)

Hawaii's Cardinal

Mike's is really gonna miss golf here.  My bet is he spends his last 6 weeks here without us on a golf course somewhere--at least every minute he's not at work ;)

Everybody Loves Pineapples

Mike took his Carol and Dorothy to the Dole Plantation one day and they did all the usuals--train ride, garden tour and of course the pineapple snack bar! 

 this is one of my favorite trees in HI--Hala Tree. It's root system is pretty cool, and i kinda love the name..."Holla"!

 just the cutest picture of the week

Whale Watching and Windward Sights

Mike took the Grandmas and the kiddos on a whale watching cruise last weekend.  I opted out--afraid of a reoccurrence of the nausea-- and just met them after for lunch.  They had a great time and followed a mother whale and her calf around for a long time and got to see lots of breeches and whale play!

Waikiki from the water

cool green boat on the right

awesome pic of Diamond Head

after lunch, Mike took Mom and Grandma around to the east side of the island to see the beautiful sights.  Grandma thought it was very pretty, but didn't like driving along the cliffs beside the water.  

Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial

Mike's mom and grandmother are here visiting this week and they've been pretty busy since hitting the ground.  They visited the Arizona Memorial this Friday and it was a beautiful day to go.  Enjoy the pics. 

 on the ferry to go to the memorial site

 looking down at the ship remains