Hawaii

how we walked into to ethan sleeping one night. ha

pipeline

turtle bay

beautiful laie temple

our soul

gorgeous morning walks!

castles beach..watching dan and pike surf

turtle beach. watching the big sea turtles swim.

ethan's cute footprints

laie point..so pretty

this kid could live in just a diaper being outside. LOVED it!

shaved ice...mmm

whale watching.

surfing with dad

surfing with Ruby

running around the mall before dinner

last day swimming at turtle bay

blankie on the beach...aah

we spent a week in laie hawaii. we loved it! it is so gorgeous and just to be out in the warm sun was amazing. Plus, we survived our first tsunami so that was quite the experience.

thanks so much to pike and linds and ruby for hosting us and showing us around and teaching dan to surf! we had a blast and can't wait to go back!

we decided to just embrace it...

ethan's first time playing in the snow.

then we came inside, cozied up and had an afternoon snack.

i love this little boy!

At 16 months Ethan loves to:

play hide and seek (not the best hider but a stellar seeker)

has the "uh" vocab down. uh-oh, uh-huh, ect.

loves loves loves being outside. even if it's kind of cold. i have never craved spring as much as this year. i can't wait to just let him play outside all day.

obsessed with his little blankie, binky, and tiger ike.

pat a cake champ

knows what a sheep says....baaa

loves pushing things, cars, his vacuum, strollers, whatever!

loves animals

go down his slide over and over and over

watch tv, mickey mouse, yo gabba gabba, elmo

and pretty much rock his mom and dad's worlds. love him and watching him grow.

Christmas 2010

We had christmas the Sunday before with the three of us since we were in Vegas for the actual day.










Opportunity village.















Christmas eve pajamas.

I love Christmas!!!

Santa

Meeting Santa





Walking in the snow!


Carriage ride



Dinner time!








Fun night!

temple square lights + italian village

we had a fun & rainy night at temple square looking at the lights with the fam. then headed over to italian village for benders. ethan adored running around trying to get all the lights. christmas has already been so much fun with him this year!