For christmas our friends gave us a box of golf balls to tell us we need to start doing the things we love again (After all Abby is 9 months old and we had yet to go golfing) We used to go every Monday before she was born and we fell in love with the sport. So "Thank you" Thelers for helping us get our "mojo" back!
Saturday night was our ward Christmas party. They had a middle eastern market place set up when you first walked into the building. There were booths with fun things to do like make beaded necklaces, have your name written in Arabic, weird peices of bread to eat and lots of other neat things to do. After we walked up and down the marketplace everyone went into the gym for a program, which Matt narrated, and a yummy dinner! 
Early this morning around 2:00am Matt and I were awaken by a loud BOOM followed by shaking of our home. We were both out of bed in .2 seconds flat just staring at each other trying to figure out what just happened. Matt went down stairs to check on things and when he passed a window he saw a HUGE tree just lying on our back porch. We have been having TONS of rain and I guess it just got too heavy. When I called maintenance today and explained our situation they lady replied "You have a large branch on your porch?" "No, it's an entire tree" I explained!
This is where the tree was.....
This is where it is now!
This is what Christmas shopping does to a little girl. And this is what a teething little girl does to her dad!
My mom and dad came to visit us the week of Thanksgiving. We had fun trying to show them things they hadn't already seen. We went to a Budist Temple, took a bus tour of Kualoa Ranch (where they film most of the movies/TV shows that are filmed in Hawaii) had picnics at the beach and ate a yummy Thanksginving dinner (but I forgot to take pictures of that:)
100 things
This was fun- you're supposed to copy the list to your blog and then bold the things you have done. I guess I have a lot to do in my life still...
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Copied a post from another blog.
My mom and sisters were asking for more pictures of Abby so here she is getting ready for her bath and trying to get her to sleep in her crib tonight!
Abby was a Hula Girl for Halloween. I thought it only appropriate to take her pictures at the beach!
Unfortunatly we did not go trick-or-treating. Matt was too embarrased since everyone would know the candy was just for us. So we went to the carnival instead, which was way more fun anyway!
This is the stuffed animal Matt won for Abby.
Abby started crawling the other day! I have been trying to get her to do it for the camera but she has been a little camera shy the last few days. My sister told me to bribe her with something, so I thought "If she is really Matt's and my daughter then there is only one thing.....STARBURST!"
When Matt gets home form work and I hand Abby off to him so I can finally get something done I usually find thenm in the living room like this. Can you tell who is in charge?
Last night some friends and I made tutu's for our little girls. This one is actully for a toddler but I just had to try it on!
She is not crawling yet but that doesn't mean she doesn't try! I think we're almost there!
Abby loves to stand. Some days I wonder if she will walk before she crawls!
My sister-in-law tagged me, not that others haven't, it's just that Abby is downstairs asleep on Matt so I finally have a few minutes to fill one of these out!
One Word Answers:
1. Where is your cell phone? nightstand
2. Where is your significant other? Downstairs
3. Your hair color? red
4. Your mother? hero
5. Your father? loving
6. Your favorite thing? chocolate
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. The room you're in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? Abby
11. Your fear? everything
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? educated
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? 18
15. One of your wish-list items? plane ticket
16. Where you grew up? Zion
17. The last thing you ate? popsicle
18. What are you wearing? shorts
19. Your TV? black
20. Your pet? geckos
21. Your computer? great
22. Your mood? sleepy
23. Missing someone? everyone
24. Your car? Chevy
25. Something you're not wearing? socks
26. Favorite store? clothing
27. Your summer? everlasting
28. Love someone? Matt
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? now
31. Last time you cried? ?????
And the fourth picture in my fourth file is............
Since Abby's feet have been hanging over the end of her car seat and she is about 2 pounds away form the weight limit we decided it was time for a big girl car seat! She thinks she's pretty cool in it. I can't beleive she is that big!
Since it was friday night we thought we should get out of the house and have some fun. Since we only had about two hours until Abby's bedtime we deciced to just go on a picnic. There is this little penisula on base by the Harbor and we decided tonight it is one of our favorite places. You can see Downtown Honolulu with Diamond head in the background if you look to the east, straight out you will see the open ocean until it touches the bottom of the sky, and to the west the sun sets over the water. It was a gorgous place to sit and just relax.
After watching us eat in front of her Abby had peas and carrots for dinner. Mmmmmm
Saturday was "Free Museum Admission Day" so Matt, Abby and I took advantage of the "free" day and visited Queen Emma's Summer Palace and The Maritime Center. The other pictures are me and Abby in front of Aloha Tower and views from the widow walk at the Maritime Center. Camera's were not allowed inside the Palace so we only have the one from the outside but it was really neat.
We were all dressed for church and I thought we looked so nice we could take a family picture! Only problem was we didn't have anyone to take it for us, so this is the best we got!
Abby doing what she does best!
Matt likes to talk to Abby in Portuguese but she just looks at him funny. So he gets her lion and has him talk in Portuguese to her. Abby LOVES it! I just wish I could understand what he was saying, Abby seems to!
We can hardly believe our baby girl is six months old. It feels like we just brought her home from the hospitol yesterday. She is the best thing that has ever happened to us and we love having her in our family! "Bubba" you are the GREATEST!
For Abby's half birthday we had Lily over to play! Abby thought she was the coolest toy ever!
She also tried sweet potato's for her birthday diner. 
This picture is from Labor Day weekend but I love it, so I thought I would share it with you!
WOW! What a vacation! Abby and I returned home yesterday afternoon. I don't think Matt has ever been more excited to see us in his life. He came home two weeks earlier and was just about to die. Luckily Abby remembered who he was after a while. We loved visitng home (Utah) and seeing lots of family and friends. We can't wait to buy our plane tickets for next summer! Here our some fun photo's of our vacation! Enjoy!
Mesa Falls in Island Park, Idaho
Yellow Stone National Park
Four Generations
Abby and McKell talking to each other
Twiners! Can you tell who's who?
