Halle Bday pics–click on "view all images" if you want to see the pics without all the sparkles

Tuesday we headed over to Kapa’a to kayak on the Wailua River.  We teamed up in groups of 2 and 3 and headed off with our guide, Forest.  Forest has lived in Kauai his whole life, and says that the only pair of shoes he owns is slippers (flip flops). Kayaking was a blast.  Landon,…

Feb 2004—Hallemander is now 3 1/2 months old. She is about 15 libs and 24 inches long.  She is at such a darling age!  Her little grins are the best thing in the world.  She has a tummy-time gym that can entertain her for hours.  It plays little songs and flashes lights.  Rusty and I…

They PLAY together! It took 3 1/2 years, and we finally got here.  I thought this day would never come.  But now, after we take Halle to school, they run upstairs and start an elaborate game of pretend.  Today they built bunk beds for their baby stuffed animals. I love to stand outside their door and…

I had a really funny dream a few nights ago that I thought some of you would get a kick out of. It was one of those “in between” dreams, so we were high school age, but Sara and I still lived in CO, and Chelsi still lived in AZ, and Kasey in UT. A…