Super Fletcher Bros. Birthday

It's birthday week in the Fletcher Household!!!

Noah is officially a four-year-old and Lucas has hit the big ONE! To celebrate, we rented out the base pool and invited Noah's friends from school and Lucas's little friends (aka Mommy and Daddy's friends, a few of which have little ones, too, haha :)

Snapshot of some of the party decorations and the cake table.  It's been an unseasonably warm September here in Kauai, so we had to leave the cake at home until the last minute!

 

Mario Kart Birthday

Noah's 4th birthday cake & Lucas's 1st birthday smash cake

 

 Noah and friends playing in the baby pool :)

(L to R: Sammy, Emma, Noah, Mya, Lauren & Ruby)

 Mommy & Daddy with our big 4-year-old boy!!!

 

He's growing up so fast!

The red mark in the middle of Noah's forehead is from the underwater flip he was trying to do in the baby pool...he smacked his head on the bottom of the pool!

We had a balloon drop as Noah blew out his candles

(Daddy's great idea :)

Lucas & Grandma 

 Chocolate mustaches are a must at a Mario & Luigi party ;)

Mya, Noah & Lauren

 

 

Lucas's 1st Birthday!

 It was close to bedtime and Lucas wasn't sure if he wanted to party anymore...haha

 He wasn't too sure what was going on

"Why is everyone singing and looking at me?!?!" 

"Hmm...that was interesting." 

"I think I will try a little more..." 

 "This hat is ridiculous, but at least the cake is tasty!"

Sugar Coma 

Finally caught a smile from the birthday boy!!! 

Lucas was off to bed and Noah was off to the big pool!

Pirate Noah :)

Husker time is here!!!

The Fletcher Ohana is very excited that football season has arrived!!! 

Although the first two games of the season were nice and early (9am and 6am), we've had our Husker gear on to show our support from Hawaii :-)

In case there was any question, Lucas loves the Huskers, too!!! 

However, Lucas isn't too sure what to make of Herbie Husker yet...

I think with the Nebraska hat on, there is no question who his Papa is :-D

Go Big Red!!!

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