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Wedding pictures are next or you can check out some of them on Facebook. :)

Hawaii Part II

Here's some pics of the vacation, I'll post the wedding pics next.
The Davis' plus "Papa to Hawaii". Papa got that name years ago when they couldn't say Papa from Hawaii, it's just stuck and it's fun.

The backside of a waterfall.

Me and my dad

Austin, Dusty and Kaianah. (Check out her goggles, she loved them and wore em' for hours)

It's a rough life but someone's gotta do it. Way to take one for the team honey! :)

Noah & Me

Dolphin Quest...

Austin and Me @ Dolphin Quest

Pololu lookout point, the next picture is a better overview.

So pretty

Us at "Papa to Hawaii's" house. We all stayed at Papa's house while we were in Hawaii. He had just finished a major remodel...tile floors, granite counter tops, slate behind the fireplace, expanded deck oh I mean Lanai. :) Our accommodations were very nice!!

Dusty and Kaianah at one of our many stops along the ocean side.

Hapuna Beach, HI.

My Uncle Rob and Dusty

Bubba Gump

My brother Kevin (AKA Uncle Kevin) playing with Josiah and Noah around the pool. Austin in the background.

Kevin's wife Lindsey AKA Aunt Lindsey with Alanah

The boys and Grandpa Fitzpatrick.

" Papa to Hawaii" preparing his lawn for the wedding reception.

The kids eating lunch and enjoying Papa's house.

Now Boarding Flight 856 to Kona...part 1

We are home! We arrived home safely yesterday after spending 15 days in Hawaii. My brother married the love of his life and we all got to witness and participate in the festivities. We had a blast being tourists, thou it's been said we weren't "total tourists" since we have so much family on the island to show us the insiders scoop.
We have a TON of pictures, so I'll split this up into a couple blog postings.
Everyone's first question is "How did the kids do on the plane?" The boys did amazing, they were great. Alanah was okay, not great but not horrible. Kaianah, well lets just say I thought to myself many times during the flight, WHAT WERE WE THINKING??? The boys sat in front of us, taking up the three seats. (and sharing a DVD player) Then Dusty, Alanah, and I were directly behind them with Kaianah in my lap the entire time! phew, that was a rough time.

Dusty rigged up a way to keep the head set on Alanah's head. That's a hair tie and pipe cleaner! :)

The boys all wore matching orange shirts and the girls wore orange paisley shirts so we could spot them easily.

When we boarded the plane, single file down the aisle in our orange shirts, we had another passenger ask us if we had ever heard of Jon/Kate Plus 8 and everyone laughed.

Awww, she FINALLY sleeps. Now I just need to hold this position for another 4 hours. ha,ha

12 years already??

Happy 12th Birthday Austin!

Our little jokester/prankster turns the BIG 12 today. Almost a teenager seems impossible. Austin got a good laugh when we told him he was a TWEEN.

We are so grateful for such a wonderful, caring & sweet son. Austin has such a big heart and we love his loving spirit. It's our prayer that he continues to grow into a wonderful young man and a man that loves the Lord.

Funny!!

You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with slim

Mom: Now, kids, why don't we spit into the wind?

Kids: I don't know, why?

Mom: Let me show you.... :)

Can you see the spit marks on his shirt?? soooo gross

Do you think they will ever forget this life lesson? :) hee,hee

I'm pretty sure the kids learned a good life lesson today, with the help of Jim Croce. I added the song to the blog and the kids had a fun "dance out" after our little project. If you haven't heard it before you can take a listen. :)

8 years ago today...

Sibling Fun

Josiah & Alanah enjoy a tea party together! Up until today day Alanah was just pretending with her tea set, Josiah has shown Alanah that you can actually fill the cups and pots with water!!
See Alanah, you do it like this...

The boots are a nice touch, dontcha think?! No skirt, jewels & tea set are complete without rubber boots!