Christmas in Honolulu

Here are the pictures of Honolulu City Lights. I tried to put them in some kind of an order...starting from the beginning of our walk at our apartment to the Honolulu Hale. I love that my front yard is decked out with Christmas lights. Oh, and I also love the fact that we can go outside and take our Christmas lights stroll in shorts and flip flops.

Here is the beginnig of our walk to see the lights. These trees are in front of Nate's work building. Edison was in awe, and kept mouthing "wow" the entire time.

Here is Iolani Palace, or the Queens Palace all lit up in Red and Green Chinese lanterns. Kind of makes me think of the Haunted Mansion at Disney Land.

Tada! And here is the Honolulu Hale (this is where the Mayor works) all decked out for Christmas.

Inside, the Hale is filled with different themed Christmas trees and also where Santa comes out to visit dressed in an Aloha Shirt.

The only Snowmen in Hawaii.

Mele Kalikimaka!

This is what Christmas is all about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXXwtFWpAI8

copy and paste the link, it's well worth your time.

Christmas time is here!

Welcome to Christmas Edison. It's going to be a happy month.

Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving Day Festivites began at the beach. Nice,warm and sunny outside, why not?

Here is Edison on the hunt for his own Thanksgiving bird.

Some good friends of ours in the ward invited us over to their family Thanksgiving, and boy was it a BIG family thanksgiving.

This Thanksgiving dinner began with Ahi Poke appetizers. Yummy.

And of course, there was all the traditional food as well...and lots of it too. We thouroughly enjoyed ourselves this Thanksgiving and were so blessed for the good friends that took us in as family on this Holiday.

Gone with the wind

We took a little family hike to the Makapuu Lighthouse the other week to get out and stretch our city legs. It was a bit stormy that weekend, but we caught the tail end of the storm. Luckily we didn't get poured on, but it made for some really fun windy weather! Of course the view was spectacular, and reminded us just how totally amazing it is that we live here.


Up at the top!


Nate and Edison having some Father and son time. Teaching him the ways of the world I suppose.


The gorgeous, almost surreal view.

We took advantage of the wind, and let mother nature do most of the stroller pushing.

Halloween Highlights

The Halloween Festivities began with a little pumpkin carving to which Edison made sure he got the most out of. This cute moment lasted for about 3 min...then I had to scrape pumpkin guts out of his mouth and hair. So very worth it.



This picture is a product of the sugar cookie extravaganza that took place in my humble kitchen. My friend Jessica and I frosted and sprinkled, dipped, and piped (and ate) to what seemed an endless supply of cookies.




And here is Edison in all of his Lion glory. I got the idea for the lion costume when he started growling at us. It just seemed too appropriate. He was a lion for about 5 min at a time :)

Here is Jessica's little boy Ezra who made the most adorable little cupid I've ever seen. This baby was born with angel wings.

And here are the boys together!!!

We went with Jessica, Liam and Ezra to Bishop Museums "Treat Street" to do our trick or treating. So much fun! The Museum had their life size dinosaurs on display which made it a fun evening. Luckily Edison didn't get eaten by this huge spider.



And of course, Nate had to come back late at night to pull Edison out of the pumpkin patch while he was waiting with Linus for the great pumpkin to arrive.

A Most Sincere Pumpkin Patch

We visited the one and ONLY pumpkin patch on the island last weekend. It was a little drive out there, but we made the best of it. Everyone has to get pictures of their kids out in a pumpkin patch...that's just a standard.

Edison knows all about the nutritional value of pumpkins

He LOVED the hay ride, as you can hear.

For His Next Trick...

Someone once told me to embrace their quirks. Here are some of our favorites.

Growling

Picking up any thing and everything with his feet. Ta da!

And lots of lots of mischief...you can barely see him in this picture, but he looks like he's up to no good...and he was.

Face Painting..and Ears, and Hair

Edison Alexander- the master of carrot art.

Creating Autumn

Since our palm trees don't necessarily change colors, and our balmy 80 degree weather doesn't cool down, I have to take matters into my own hands. This is how you create Autumn in Hawaii.



Peel some juicy, red apples.


Make an apple pie



Place some fake leaves in a vase on the table (you gotta do what you gotta do)


Check out some autumn themed books for the kids



Break out the Fall table cloth, light your Fall candle and enjoy that apple pie.

I forgot to Mention

Oh yes, and one more thing I finally got a picture of- Edison's teeth! We had to take this picture when he was fast asleep so we could pull his lip down without him biting us.









When Nate and I saw this video, lets just say that it was all too familiar. I just wish I had this kids cute English accent.

A long over due update

This little one keeps growing! Here are a few of the big highlights.

Edison Eats -The Premier!


He actually wasn't this happy after the first bite of green beans. He really gagged to tell the truth. But now he eats just about anything (literally anything...I even find him underneath the dinner table sucking on my toes.)

Edison Sits Up and Crawls- The Premier!

Does he not look totally mischievous in this second picture?

Edison Gets a Tattoo -The Premier! (the one and only)

He got this tattoo at a "One year" birthday party for my old Boss's twins. When a child turns one year out here it is quite the celebration. I'm talking sign in book at the front door, party favours, two individual cakes for the twins, prizes, full buffet line for guests, and an ice sculpture bigger than my wedding cake. Edison will be getting a cupcake when he turns one...and maybe a ball. We'll see.

Edison Behind Bars

Since the crawling started, I had to break out the "bars" to block the kitchen. He was not too happy about this one at all.

Bring back the A1

So check this out, my friend from BYUH entered into this A1 Steak Sauce "Sing Your Beef Out" contest, and I have to say that I was pretty compelled to go buy the sauce afterwards. Works for me! It's hillarious.

Nate's break dancing days

Since I've known Nate, I've always known that his brothers did break dancing when they were kids. Then, all of the sudden I see these pictures of Nate posted on facebook flying through the air and swirling on the floor. Turns out that Nate was part of the crew, but never explained that bit to me (or maybe he did, but I just took it as a joke). The crew called themselves the" Zucchini Warriors." What a stud.

That's him on the right with the white jeans (white jeans? It's so hard for me to picture Nate owning a pair of white jeans).

Now, this picture made me laugh because the shirt that Nate is wearing (he's the third one in from the left) he still wears to this day... tucked in with dress pants as a matter of fact.