Monday, April 02, 2012

Walking, Biking, and Hawaii!

Wow are we way behind on blogging!

As of yesterday (April 1, 2012) Elise is walking!!  Just shy of 10 months -- check out the video!  She sure is a tough girl trying to keep up with JB!  She also loves clapping, waving, playing peek-a-boo, crawling, putting everything in her mouth, and swimming/taking a bath!


 


JB is also becoming quite a bike rider on his "Strider" balance bike.  Mom often wants to close her eyes and is shocked at some of the things he bikes though just by coasting (and without breaks!).  JB has now been potty trained for a couple months (at 2 yrs + 7 months), and he does quite well with minimal accidents.  He really enjoyed skiing this year, and hopefully next year he'll be able to stop reliably by himself!  Right now, all he wants to do is ride his bike!




We had a wonderful trip to Hawaii in February with the Brewers.  On the way to Hawaii, we enjoyed a long layover in Los Angeles where we got to spend a few hours with my grandfather, "Hank."  It was a treasure to see him and introduce him to Elise (we have visited him a couple times with JB in the past, too).  Aunt Julie and Uncle Bill also met us for our visit.  Hank recently passed away March 24th, so we were so fortunate to have visited him so recently.  We have so many wonderful memories of Hank, and he lived a full and happy life to the age of 95!


We stayed in Kauai for a week in a wonderful home, right on the ocean, complete with a salt water pool in the lava rocks!  The Brewer clan was joined by Marcy, and Staci, Leon and Griffin.  It was such magical week!  Relaxing, enjoying the sunrises and sunsets, golfing, hiking, snorkeling, whale watching....just enjoying time with family and friends!















3 comments:

Brigid and Kyle said...

Wow! Beautiful pictures! And what exciting news for Elise - Watch out JB, she's coming after you!

Brigid and Kyle said...

Wow! Beautiful pictures! And what exciting news for Elise - Watch out JB, she's coming after you!

Anonymous said...

What a GREAT time!!!!