Zoe & Lucas

Zoë has the most infectious laugh ever! I couldn't believe this little game of peek-a-boo lasted long enough for me to capture it on film. I think I know where Zoë got the high pitched scream from. Thanks Lucas. Hopefully Zoë will be able to teach you some really cool things too. J/K.

Growing up Zoe

Our little Zoë is into EVERYTHING! She is talking a lot. She also cracks herself up often. I think she is the funniest person she knows. She just started using a high pitched screech I must find a way to put a stop to. The child certainly has a strong opinion about things already. She thinks the phones name is "Hi". Her favorite word is "ball" and is completely beside her self if she sees a dog because she is so excited.

Goodbye View

We have been fortunate to have an amazing view of the park from our living room window for the last year and a half. As you can see, a new "master suite" is taking it's place. Luckily, I don't own this property but the loss of the view isn't the most annoying part of the situation. It is the constant banging of their hammers! I pray for rain often...I obviouly need help with this one because I'm not having much success. Thankfully, Zoë has been able to nap through it all.

Sea World

Jamin and Zoë with a killer whale. Zoë was pretty scared of them at first.



She didn't trust the glass to protect her. Eventually, she thought they were pretty cool.

Here is a rare moment when our little duckling actually had her duck hat on. She hated wearing the head part of her costume but she loved the feet. All I'm going to say is that Halloween is way more fun with a kid, even though she wont remember this one in particular. It was fun watching her hold her little princess pumking and see the other kids dressed up.

We were in Kauai for 11 days. Don't think we didn't take 500 photos. Here a just a few.

Kauai Vacation

I've never been to Kauai until this year. I've heard that it is a boring island and that there is not much to do. I don't know who I was talking to but they were wrong! We were there for 11 days and there is still so much we didn't do. We went with Jamin's sister, her husband,their son, and Jamin's mom. We stayed in Poipu which was perfect for little Zoë and also great for snorkeling and jumping off cliffs. Which I did, although it took me a good 5 minutes once I got up there. It was seriously 60 ft. There were some drunk guys heckling me on the shore to jump. What's a girl to do? Of courese, I wouldn't have been so free to do activities if Merry, Jamin's mom was not with us. She was a big help. My biggest anxiety with bringing Zoë on the trip was dealing with the time change. I stress out when I don't get enough sleep. I'm sure there's counseling for that but it is what it is. Luckily for my mental health she adjusted great. She's got a little internal time zone clock. All in all it was an amazing trip. We hiked the Napali coast and several water falls-Kipu falls, Wailua(sp?) falls, and the Kapakapsomethingerother falls. We went zip lining which disappointed Jamin because it wasn't scary enough. It was still beautiful and fun even though I wasn't fearing for my life. Polihale beach was a little treasure. 17 miles of hot(and I mean HOT) sand beaches that there is no commercial anything. Hopefully it stays that way. Land developers are going crazy on the south shore right now. I hope they stop. I don't want to go an vacation to look at another free way and strip mall.