End of summer pool party

Noah's class at the CDC had an end of summer pool party that the families were invited to attend.  Lucas had a cold so he didn't get to swim, but he had a great time watching Noah and his friends splash around!

 

Noah showing off his swimming technique with Miss Bev

 

 Noah chatting with the ladies ;)

Noah and his good buddy Kawena (pronounced Ka-vannah)

 

He still has a little ways to go with his swimming...but don't tell him that because he's convinced he already knows how to swim : D

Happy Anniversary to us!

Ely and I were very blessed to get a date night out on our 6th wedding anniversary! We went to a new, authentic Italian restaurant and wine bar in Koloa called La Spezia.

The food and wine were delicious and the company wasn't too bad ;)

Wine flight!

We stopped by Koloa Mills for ice cream and coffee afterward :)

 

That's 6 years of love right there...

Touring with Leslie

My oldest friend (oldest as in I've know the longest, since we were 4 years old!) Leslie flew back from Kansas with us to spend some time checking out Kauai :)

Here are a few photos from her visit:

Waimea Canyon

Lucas enjoying the cooler weather up in the canyon

 

Spouting Horn

Advertising for America ;)

Leslie on the Hanapepe Swinging Bridge

 Mommy & Lucas

And he's off!

Lucas decided to celebrate his 10 month birthday by taking his first unaided steps!!! Prior to July 26th, he would cruise all over the house holding onto furniture or someone's finger, but if you tried to let go of his finger, he would just sit down. 

He was so close to walking when we were in Kansas, but he must have wanted to wait until we were with Daddy again :)  Now that he's decided to walk, he is all over the place!

 

 

He's already crusin' around Costco :)

 

Visiting Daddy

I know I am RIDICULOUSLY behind on my posts...in fact, it's a bit overwhelming to think about how much I haven't posted about yet. But for the moment, I'm going to try and stay current this month, and I will eventually get back to some posts dating all the way back to January...yikes!

Ely had to fly a mission on the Saturday after our trip to the mainland, and since Leslie was here visiting, we decided to go visit Daddy at work and watch his plane take off!

Lucas & Daddy in the cockpit of the C-26

Noah flying the plane

 Daddy, Lucas & the C-26

Pool time

*I tried to post this on June 22nd and just now realized this didn't post*

Saturday morning, the boys and I headed over to the swimming pool to have some fun while Daddy was at work. 

Since I was on my own, we spent our time playing in the baby pool.

Noah practicing his swimming :-)

Lucas was not a big fan of the baby pool for some reason, so he only had his feet in the pool for a few minutes. After I put Lucas back in the stroller, I went over to the filter basket to get one of our toys out and imagine my surprise when I opened it up and found a dead bird floating in filter basket :-P

Unfortunately, that meant they had to close the baby pool so they could shock it with chemicals.

I was trying to decide what we should do since I couldn't take Noah into the big pool while I had Lucas, when Daddy showed up and saved the day!

After walking around in the water with Lucas for a little while, he decided the pool wasn't so bad after all :-)

Splashing around on the steps

Feeding Time

Today was unintentionally "food photo Monday" for the Fletcher Ohana.

We started off the morning with Noah wanting to eat his bacon and eggs with chopsticks! You know your child has been living in Kauai when...

He kind of gave up after the bacon and switched to a fork for his eggs :-)

I also got a few cute photos of Lucas chewing on a lime and lemon at lunch :-D

(That's a bug bite on the side of his face.

The poor kid got his Mommy's tasty blood that Mosquitos are drawn to :-(