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.