Life at Home

Aloha.

Living the American Dream friends... Living the dream. So life is good. Outside of work. Thought I'd share some peeks inside life at Ava's house.

Ava looking for music. This time, she picked out Green Day. Good taste.


Grab that camera! Cute smudges of black berries on her mouth.


Dinner party. Funny how life goes from bar hopping, bonfire beer drinking... to high chairs and nap times.


Little Samantha enjoying dinner on the patio. So cute :)


See-food!!!!


Next time... our trip to the Sooner State! Stay with us... oh wait, I'm not at work.

Cheers.

Family Milestones

Aloha.

So we (read: I) celebrate a couple of milestones this year. We've passed the "7 Year Itch" time! Working now on our 8th year of marriage. I turned 30, and graduated from college (finally). So my amazing wife made a fuss over me earlier this year. She threw a surprise party for the birthday/college bit at Zazio's. I blogged about that earlier. Then she took me on a surprise trip to Chicago. We stayed just off the Magnificent Mile downtown, and really enjoyed our first vacation as a family. These pictures are from that trip. Enjoy!

(The best part of this entry, is that my in laws will read it. Trust me, it's funny. I hope they love me and my twisted sense of humor! Love you two!)


On the train to Chi-town. Ava's first train ride. At first she didn't want to get on, but she loved it! We had a couple of young kids behind our seats with whom she played peek-a-boo. For only being 2, she was unbelievably well behaved.


Admiring the passing scenery.


"Yep, I'm a big girl. What's it to you?"


This is how we break in a hotel bed now.


Enjoying the view from our 6th storey window.


Stylin' on Navy Pier. It was quite windy and a little cool. But the day was beautiful. Navy Pier is cool...Becky even bought a bag of cinnamon roasted nuts.


This is the most amazing thing...A free zoo right in the middle of a large city! It was so neat. And the park right outside Lincoln Park Zoo is very cool, too. Gorgeous green grass.


Once again, worn out! Ava fell asleep as we were finishing up our last meal in Chicago. We went to a pizza joint (*gasp* pizza?!) before we had to catch our train.


Well, that was my birthday trip. Thanks Becky, and Ava. My 30th couldn't have been any better. (well, we could have broken in that hotel bed differently...)

Cheers.

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Broadcast

Live. Local. Breaking News.

We have reached a new milestone in the house. Ava has her own bed. She even kicked everyone out the first night when it was time to go to sleep. Here it is.







Becky and Kristi made the bed, I helped finish it structurally, and they painted it. That's "Hibiscus Pink" in case you were wondering, and stamps of a palm tree and plumeria. And the room now matches it. Now, go about your day with a little Aloha Spirit. It's catching. Cheers.