Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Fall

Though autumn in Hawaii is much different from the midwest, it does bring a little bit of change.  I will stress the little bit because we had another heat wave and lots of humidity.  However, the first day of fall there was a bit of a breeze back in the air and I rejoiced.  It isn't the same without out he crisp leaves and that bit of chill in the air...that we miss.  Fall brought lots of change in our house, though.  Hans turned a year older, but wiser.  Sam and Zeke had a lot going on with our Classical Conversations home school community with field trips to a garden, a pumpkin patch, and horse rescue, we studied vertebrates and invertebrates, dissected a crayfish, and worked hard to finish up the first half of our semester.  Our wonderful friends, the Kiernans came.  All six of them.  We had a full house, but a lot of fun.  For a week we toured around with them and enjoyed more of the island. 

October brought change inside the house as the much anticipated Halloween decor and costumes came out.  Hans loves this holiday and the fun of scaring people.  Our boys enjoy it just as much.  Hans and I worked to finish up Sam's Halloween costume, the Lego guy, Emmet.  It turned out awesome!  In addition to Emmet, we had a cowboy, and a little black cat.  G turned 8 months in October.  This baby time is going too fast. 

For November, thus far, the boys finished up the second half of their first semester of Classical Conversations.  Lots of photo editing and finishing up photos from a few sessions.  We have had a lot of outside play with the nice weather, a lot of dramatic play, and excitement looming for the holidays and our many visitors to come.  Here is a recap in photos of some of our going ons.

celebrating daddy's birthday.




The Kiernans and a bit of our fun....a luau, a hike to a waterfall, Diamond Head, and many beaches.








Hans and I ran a "zombie" run






Monday, November 23, 2015

Gabrielle Nancy Baptized

I forgot to add pictures of Gabby's big day in my previous post.  As I mentioned in the previous post, we were beyond blessed to be back in Iowa and surrounding with family and friends to help celebrate Gabrielle's baptism day and to have her Papa there to baptize her.  Here are a few photos from that day.  She was absolutely mesmerized by her Papa talking to her during the baptism.  She wore my baptism gown and the white garment that both boys wore (which my mom made from my wedding dress).