Thursday, April 21, 2011

Jessica's Hawaii Trip

I had the opportunity to visit my sister, Jamie, in Hawaii!
I went with my mom and Jamie's friend, Paula.

We stayed in a little apartment.
(I was so grateful for the little swamp cooler in the bedroom.)
The apartment had a private access to the beach.
Just walk down this path and...
VWA-LAH! You're at the beach.
Jamie and Paula out exploring the beach.

Jamie, Jessica, and Mom on the private beach.
(Don't look too close, we just got off a 6 hr plane ride).


Polynesian Cultural Center
(Paula, Mom, and Jamie)

This native Samoan, showed us all the ways a coconut is used.
He was able to start a fire with a stick and coconut husk,
quicker than Brian is with lighter fluid and matches. :)

Jessica, Samoan, Paula, and Jamie

I won't miss the heat, but I will miss the beautiful scenery:

Our Tahitian basket-weaving skills:
(We made little fish on a stick).

Tahitian Dancers at the Canoe Pageant:

We took a canoe ride down the canal.
Jamie and Mom enjoying the ride.

A picture with our leis, before the dinner show.
Luke (Jamie's boyfriend), Jamie, Paula, Mom, and Jessica

Luke and Jamie enjoying the Luau.

Paula, Mom, and I at the Luau.

The honored guest:

Our first beach day:
Snorkeling at Turtle Bay Resort.

Paula, Jessica, and Mom

Luke, Jamie, Mom, and Paula Sunbathing at Turtle Bay.

Pineapple Plantation:
WHoot-WHOO! Mom!

This is how BIG I feel.

I was so amazed at how pineapples are grown:

Experiencing some Pineapple IceCream.
(I'm a Chocolate Kinda Girl)

And then onto Matsumoto's for their famous Slushies:
Jamie, Jessica, and Mom
(I prefer to have my beans, ice cream, and sno-cone separated).

Jessica and Jamie at Mutsumoto's.

Luke then took us to a beach, where he guaranteed us Turtles:
Jessica with a Hawaiian Sunset for a background.

AND...
We found them!
2 turtles on land
And 2 in the water.

Turtles are SO COOL!
(Oh! I forgot to tell you that Mom and I found 2 turtles earlier that day, when we were snorkeling at Shark's Cove).
Turtle and Jessica

Turtle, Mom, and Jessica

Dinner at Kahuku Grill. It was delicious!
The fries were THE BEST! Yummy, I'm hungry for them NOW!
Jessica, Paula, Jamie, and Luke

Enjoying the early Hawaiian morning, on our little private beach...
We read our books while sunbathing. It was fantastic!

Visiting another beach.
Paula, Jamie, Luke, and Mom

The sand was white and the ocean blue. It was a gorgeous beach...
Jamie and Luke enjoying the beach day.

A visit to the LDS Laie Hawaii Temple.
Jamie, Jessica, and Mom


Pearl Harbor:
Luke, Jamie, Mom, Paula, and Jessica

Riding the ferry out to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.
Luke, Jamie, Mom, and Jessica


Jamie and Luke
In the background is the Arizona's Gun Turret

Jessica and Mom,
In the background are the names of the soldiers lost on December 7, 1941.

Mom, Jamie, and Jessica
At the entrance of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial


Thank you Mom for the fun and fabulous trip to Hawaii!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Massive Update

I finally downloaded all my iPhone Photos. Which means this blog will be random, scattered, and long. But like always, it will include cute picture of Mr. Hayden Bo-Bayden. It will also include some of the funny things Hayden has been saying lately. Enjoy!

JAMBA JUICE
Hayden absolutely LOVES Jamba Juice. The other day Brian made home-made smoothies (trying to get rid of old fruit and ice cream) and Hayden got so excited, "Jamba! Jamba!"


HAYDEN QUOTE: One morning Hayden woke-up, put his hands in the air, stretched as far as he could, and said, "Mom, I'm so big...I'm gettin' so tall!"
He just grew overnight!


DOCTOR
I love this picture.
Not only does it show Hayden's cute outie; but how good of a daddy Brian is.


BABMI SADNESS
Nana was here in February and bought Hayden Bambi. He was having a good ol' time watching Bambi, Thumper, and Flower tromp around the forest. But then mayhem happens, Bambi's mother dies and the forest catches fire. As you can tell from the picture, Hayden got pretty upset. It was a heartbreaking, but funny moment.


HAYDEN QUOTE: On the ride home from church Hayden said, "My tummy is so sad". After lunch he rubbed his belly and said, "My belly is warm and cozy."
I think we've all felt like that after church :)


THANKSGIVING POINT PLAY-DATE
Thanksgiving Point had a Dr. Seuss Day.
The staff read Dr. Seuss books to the kids and then the kids decorated sugar cookies.

Nana helping Hayden.

YUMMY! Sprinkles and Icing.

Hayden and Jarom



After decorating cookies and eating only the icing/sprinkles...

the boys went on a horse ride.



And then a carriage ride...
Jarom and Jessica

Nana and Hayden

Carriage horse, Hayden and Mommy.


CC COOKIES
It doesn't get better than warm, gooey, CC Cookies and Milk!


POOP IN THE TOILET
Hayden has been pee pee potty trained for about a month and a half. But he has been struggling with pooping in the toilet. One night (at a restaurant, of all places) Hayden decided to go poop in the toilet. So we have him a sucker and then took him to the $1 store for a toy.
Out of all the toys at the store, he picked another ball.


HAYDEN QUOTE: (The same day that Hayden pooped in the toilet). Brian and I were getting Hayden ready for bed and talking to him about the day (pooping in the toilet, getting a sucker, getting a new ball, eating pizza, ect). Hayden turns to Brian and says, "Dad, I'm soo Happy today."
It was a good day!


MONKEY ISLAND BOUNCE HOUSE
Hayden and Aida on the Carousel.

Hayden driving the bus.

Aida and Hayden playing with the bus.

(He was playing with all the SAFE toys, because he was scared of the BIG slides. Finally I made him go on a slide. Well I had to pack him up the ladder and slide down with him on my lap. But I only had to do that twice, after that, I couldn't get him to stop.)

Hayden climbing the ladder.

Going down the slide, by himself!

Going down the BIG SLIDE, by himself!

Just a little slide.

Maria and Max going down the slide.

"One more time!"


HAYDEN QUOTE: Hayden was in one of his 'terrible two' moods, when I asked him if he wanted to talk to grandma on the phone. He replied, "NO! I'm throwing fits!"
He said it!


HAYDEN SHRUNK
Hayden playing in the BIG CHAIR while mom and dad shopped/bought a new rocker for the nursery.


BASKETBALL
Brian and Hayden playing basketball at BYU after Daddy's intramural game.

My 2 boys!
(Hayden is so fetchin' cute, but I'm only a little bias).
Thank you Aida for the Hayden-sized basketball.


HAYDEN QUOTE: A couple days after the ultrasound, I asked Hayden, "What's in Mommy's tummy?" He said, "A baby". I then asked, "What's in your tummy?" He thinks, then says, "Umm, food in my belly."


JAZZ GAME
Pops got 6 Executive Suite Tickets to the Jazz vs Lakers game!
Not only did we have COMFY, good, cushion seats; but we got a 5 star buffet dinner, and dessert crepes during half time. Oh! and we had drinks served to us the whole game.
I could watch every Jazz game like that!
Brian and I enjoying our buffet dinner before the game.

Brandon in our COMFY, good, cushion seats.

And all the boys who throughly enjoyed the game (even though the Jazz lost. Surprise! Surprise!)
(Brian, Brandon, Pops, Jack, and Blake)


ONCE THERE WAS A SNOWMAN...
Aunt Megan and Hayden built a tiny snowman (in April!).

They were very creative with his buttons - dandelions.

The next day Hayden wanted to go see his snowman, but it had melted. He was really, really sad. He then tells both Brian and I what had happened, "It (snowman) fell down, and melted. Then the grass 'slurp' it up. It's all gone." (He's such a thinker)

Hayden playing with the water in the gutter spout.
He thinks it's fun to wash his hands/gloves when its outside, but hates washing his hands in the sink.


HAYDEN QUOTE: I was uploading pictures of the snowman onto my computer when Hayden came around the corner. He looked at the snowman pictures, got a huge grin and said, "It's perfect!" He was so proud of his little snowman.


BIG BOY BED
Pops made Hayden a toddler bed!
Hayden calls it his, "NEW bed" and he loves it.
Hayden has done really well with it and adjusted quickly. The first couple of nights he got out of bed and played (new found freedom). One night I heard him out of bed so I went to check on him and he was in the rocker reading books. Another night, Brian and I found him asleep but with only his top half of his body on the bed. His feet where still touching the ground. We think he fell asleep while trying to climb back into bed. But the novelty of freedom has quickly dissolved and has been replaced with soundless sleep. :)
(Thank you Pops, Grandpa, and Uncle Colt for all your hard work and ideas. The bed turned out perfectly.)


HAYDEN QUOTE: Hayden's new thing is to dislike EVERYTHING, "I don't like____(insert anything and everything)______." One day he especially disliked everything (nuggets, pants, shoes, cars...). So Brian suggested that I tell Hayden all the things I liked throughout the day. At bath time I asked Hayden if he was ready for me to wash his body with soap, he responds, "NO! I don't like soap!" So I told him why I liked soap, "It makes me smell good, I feel clean afterwards, and it gets rid of dirt." Well Hayden thought about that for a minute and replied, "I LIKE dirt!"