My Favorite Part

Hawaii was great, and there were tons of awesome things that I could nominate to be my favorite part.  Taking Kennedy to the beach was awesome and she had so much fun.  Having Roy's molten lava soufflé, which is pretty much my favorite dessert ever, was great.  Being with my family was fun, and hearing Kennedy learn new words like "woohoo" and "chicken" was fantastic.  But I have to say that my favorite part of Hawaii was the positive pregnancy test.  Yes, you read that correctly.  We're going to have another addition to our family!  We are so excited for Kennedy to have a baby brother or sister in March.  And although I am getting bigger much faster this time around, I know it will be fun to feel the movement again in a few weeks.  We will also be moving around a little bit while I'm pregnant, but I'm sure that it will be fine.  Brett is a wonderful father who takes care of us so well, and I know he'll do everything he can to make me comfortable.  I'm so excited to share my news with you all!

Beach Babe

We've been in Hawaii for almost 2 weeks and I haven't put up any view shots or beach pictures!  So here they are.  This is the view from our hotel room.  The beach is just beyond those trees.  We can see the water, but even though it isn't really a beach view, the grounds are very nice.

There are a few pools to choose from, and Kennedy has enjoyed them all.  She loves the jacuzzi and she also loves the beach.  She thinks it's so fun to have the waves come and hit her feet.  Her little beach outfit is killer cute too.

I love that hat.  And we bought her some Crocs the other day.  Brett tried them on her and when I took them off she got mad.  How could we not buy them?  Plus, they look so cute on her.

I couldn't get any good pictures of Brett and Kennedy just standing there on the beach because Kennedy wouldn't smile and Brett kept trying to get her to smile.  But they look cute nonetheless.

And she just has a blast every time she gets in the water.  She laughs and smiles and could care less that the water is cold sometimes.  She just wants to jump right in!

She always wants to lift her feet up in the water for some reason, so we always have to keep a good hold of her.

We're having a great time here in Hawaii, but we are leaving on Friday evening.  We'll be back in Provo on Saturday morning.  And although it will be sad to leave the beach, it will be nice to be home and to see Lucy again.  Brett will be swearing into the Coast Guard this coming Monday too, which is exciting because then we will know when we will be leaving Utah.  We have some exciting things ahead of us!

Hawaiian Wedding

On Saturday afternoon we all headed over to the Hyatt for my mom's wedding.  We all dressed up, and daddy and Kennedy looked very nice.

I even got to wear a pretty flower in my hair.  I could never remember which side meant that you were taken and which side meant that you were single, so the guy told me that if you're taken, you wear it on the same side you wear your ring on.  Very helpful.

The wedding was on a little point overlooking the  beach and was very beautiful.  We couldn't actually hear much of the ceremony due to a lot of wind and the fact that the guy was talking very quietly, but what we did hear was very nice.

Here's mom and Mark after the ceremony listening to the traditional Hawaiian Wedding Song played by a ukelele player.

Here's me, my sister Christine, my mom, Mark, and my brother Blake.  We took tons of pictures afterwards.

Daddy and Kennedy looked so cute walking around while pictures were being taken.

And Kennedy was having a blast.

My uncle Scott had an idea that since Mark was in his Navy uniform they should take a picture with him making all the other guys do push ups.  It turned out pretty cute.

Here are my cousins Hunter and Max (almost 11 and 9 respectively) who wrote a song for my mom and performed it at dinner.  It was very thoughtful and cute.  I wish I had the words.

Mom and Mark cutting the cake that Christine designed.  Although apparently they took some liberties with it and added polka dots that neither my mom nor Christine wanted.  It was a beautiful cake anyway that had lots of flowers cascading down the sides.

Christine caught the bouquet (although she claims that Kennedy actually caught it) and Max caught the garter.  Dinner was delicious and the view of the waterfall at the hotel was beautiful.  Congratulations mom and Mark!

At Least Someone's Having Fun!

We're all having fun, but Kennedy seems to be really living it up.  She's having adventures and getting into all kinds of mischief since we left for Hawaii.  We don't have any beach pictures yet, but she absolutely loves it...at least up until the time that her teeth start chattering and her lips turn blue.  She did have her first run-in with headphones on the airplane.  She watched a Baby Einstein.

And ever since she's been here she has had the urge to clean up.  Shoes, toys, blankets, socks, trash, and pretty much anything else you can think of ends up in her crib.  Every time we need to put her to sleep we have to clean it out.

She also decided that every single one of her clips needed to be in her hair at one time, and daddy obliged.  Of course, daddy didn't do this neatly, in a straight line, or in any kind of design, so it turned out like this.

She has also been relaxing more than anyone else.  After the pool this morning, we wrapped her up in a towel and mom carried her back to the hotel room while she was sipping a smoothie the whole way.

We certainly have one spoiled little girl, but she's awfully cute.

How can you say no to that sweet face?  She's having a blast here, and so are we.  I'll be sure to post some pictures of the hotel and the beach soon!

Hawaii, Here We Come!

We are leaving for Hawaii on Saturday!  We will be staying on Kauai and going to the beach a lot.  Hopefully, Kennedy will be a little bit happier at the beach than she was back in March, because if not, we will be spending a lot more time at the pool.  We will get to see my aunt, uncle and cousins who live in Beijing, my cousin Daniel who I haven't seen since my wedding, and my mom is getting married, so we have lots of things to look forward too.  We will be gone for 2 weeks, but I am bringing my computer and plan to blog while we're there!  I also wanted to mention that Noelle won the Williams-Sonoma Main Dishes cookbook too!  When we get back from Hawaii I have one more to give away, so somebody had better give Noelle some competition!