What we've been up to......

Exploring the UCD Arboretum:
A lovely walk in early spring.

Making Cake & Strawberry Pops:
Inspired by K's love of the Starbux Cake pops and Bakerella's many gorgeous designs, Kainoa and Allie took their turn trying the art of the cake pop:

Kainoa's Creation

Part Strawberry-Part Cake Pop-Part Cheez Puff-Part Pancake-Part Candy CoatingAllie enjoying her creation - all pink!

Daddy's Monkey/Alien

A Story by Kainoa

Here's Kainoa's addition to the blog.

Allison and Kainoa went on a sleigh and we met Rudolph. Kainoa and Allison talked to Santa. We told him that we have been good this year. I wished Kainoa and Allison met Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Santa and Rudolph went to pick Kainoa up from the airport and Santa picked Allison up at the airport too. Rudolph and Kainoa watched Allison skip. Then Allison and Rudolph watched Kainoa skip. Rudolph will pick up Kainoa from the chimney. Then they picked up Allison and then they went to visit Papa. Allison and Kainoa rode on Rudolph. Kainoa and Rudolph sat on a sleigh and Kainoa, Rudolph, Allison and Papa played on a house and you never know what's in the pinata! There was a cake on the roof. They then sang the song: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Catching Up.....

It's been well over a year since we've updated the blog....I'm sure most of you have stopped checking. But, my mom and Kainoa regularly ask about it, so I'll do my best to keep it updated (with Kainoa's help....)

So...here are some of Kainoa's favorite photos from the last year: (in no logical order)

Hugging Rudolph

Climbing the rock wall at our gym
Celebrating Grandmama's 90th birthday with cousins in Hawaii

Cousin Allie kissing her new sister Paige

We are family...

It's been a long time....

As we prepare for a trip to Hawaii for Phyllis' funeral, I'm going through photos from our last trip. Here's Greatgrandma meeting Kainoa for the first time.

Some fun with a Macro Lens

Fishing

If you haven't visited and you're in the Sacramento area, I highly recommend this county park. There was a great fishing pond, horseback riding, goats, ducks to feed and lots of picnic ares. We went fishing early on this very hot day. We didn't have any luck, but did have a lot of fun!

Hidden Treasure

We found this very cool nursery last weekend. Mostly Japanese Maples, but hundreds of other fun trees and plants. We could have stayed there for hours exploring. It's 5+ acres of garden and smack dab in the middle is a gorgeous koi pond. For 25 cents you can get a handful of fish food and feed the beautiful swimmers.
In true Kainoa form, if there is a sprinkler to be found....he finds it!
I had a little fun in photoshop with these....tried a couple different "finishes".

Our First Harvest

Here's what we picked this morning. (the bright red tomato didn't make it inside the house!)

And here's some of what's to come!

Lego Land!!!!

We had such an amazing time! We met up with very good friends for a fun couple days in the San Diego area. Ben and Kainoa became fast friends and I'm only sorry these two super guys hadn't met earlier.

I highly recommend this trip to anyone with building obsessed or crazy busy little people in their lives. We could have easily spent another day there just playing in the water park or the huge climbing structure.

We also took a short trip to the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park. If it weren't at the end of a very busy trip, we might have made it through the day. We will certainly go back there in a few years. If you have a wild animal in your life, this is a great park to visit.

Can you guess where we've been?

Yes, Kainoa had his first trip to Disneyland. He (we) had a blast! We spent two great days with 50,000 other people and the the Disney cast. I threw in the picture below from today, we went strawberry picking. Tomorrow.....Lego Land!

Mother's Day at the Duck Pond