Friday, March 25, 2016

March and April 2016

Look who is turning 1!!!!
We can't believe he is one already. This cute little Van the Man!
We sure love this little boy. He is such a joy in our family

Where did one whole year go so fast??
"Let me just get at that cake." The kids were just cheering him on........
The more they cheered the bigger mess he made. His sisters sure think he is the BEST!
He just pretty much dug in and enjoyed the whole thing.
He actually ate quite a bit of cake
Celebrating Mom's 94th birthday
Someone else has a birthday on March 25th.
Grandma great was so excited that Lynn offered to come and make his famous ribs for her birthday. We decided to do lunch at our house and it worked out so great.
Do you think I can eat the whole thing?
Annalee was ready to dig in..... Look out!
Mom was loving the whole thing.
She even got a call from Africa and got a chance to talk to Karl and Margaret on their mission in South Africa. What a treat that was for all of us.

Happy Birthday to Eric and Brady in March


Brady and Eric both have birthdays in March. Brady on the 17th and Eric on the 20th.
A dinner at Riverside was called for.
Easter is on us and we had our first ever Easter Egg hunt in our new house. What fun!

They were totally loving it and my friend Amanda and her little girl Lilly came to play with us. She still calls me Grandma Robin.

Paislee and Riglee were cute to her.
Mr. Van is growing up and making a mess wherever he goes.
KiKi is in town so we took the kids to the Aquarium for the afternoon.
Riglee is not too sure about those big fish.
Tired boy has had enough
We could do this all day long

Three D movies are always fun to go to
Classic Skating
Fun at classic skating. Always fun for the kids.

KiKi and I went to the Bean Museum and had a butterfly blast.
She is certainly growing up and I am so glad that she likes to come and play with us.
Making art projects - mainly on their faces
Kiki at #9
Culinary Crafts
Colleen and I bought a fun cooking lesson at Culinary crafts for our girls. It was simply a blast and tasted so good too. We enjoyed it so much we want to do it again.
 
 Shae has been to the colored chalk Festival in Spanish Fork!! He is colorful
 Shae has a big birthday on April 11th. He just turned 19.......
Say what?????
 We had a little party at Wingers for him.
 Van has his eyes on Shae
 That is looking good, Shae
Stef and Shae have always been good buddies!

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Trip to Hawaii February 2016

Brady, Brent and I went to Hawaii to be with the kids for a few days.
Oh, it was so much fun for all of us.
We had Christmas for them and they got to open all their gifts from us.
It was so much fun.
We went on a hike to Waimea falls and the kids were troopers.
The falls were very cold, but it sure didn't stop the kids from wanting to get in the water.
The girls were troopers, though
You can tell that Kailoa was feeling the cold. Once they got in they were fine.
They just could not get enough of their dad
The BEACH is calling our names and we must go!



This was a pretty beach called Castle Beach. It was right by the PCC.Yes, the water really is that blue and beautiful.

The Aquarium in Waikiki. What a fun time looking at all the fun fish and  displays. Kuulei is just chilling by the stingrays.
Kalani, Melia, Kailoa
Funny fish and turtles at the Aquarium!!
Brady and Kuu
We had walkie talkies to commuicate with
Kalani was loving his new walkie talkies and we tried them all over the park
Kuulei loved having her picture taken
Meilia is a teenager already wanting to play games on my phone
Climbing the Banyon trees was a must
Watch me Grandma
The vines were so amazing
Very Cool kids
Happy smile on Grandma getting to be with the kids
Lunch on the Waikiki strip
More fun on the beach



These are some darling beach girls
Lovely Hawaiian girl

Two surfers are ready to go out and show us how it is done
I love to surf






The Temple in Laie
Kalani that face might stick some day
New surf board for Kailoa
Loving the beach
Loving this girl - Riglee