Easter 2013

This was our first Easter with Baby Liam!  We started the day with Arne's parents in Berkeley at the First Congregational Church Easter service and then ended the day in Millbrae with my family.

 

Elsa really enjoyed hunting for the eggs we decorated.  She also like to put them out again and tell people to collect eggs.

In particular she liked putting eggs in the angel statue.

Auntie Amanda did a good job with Liam while Arne took video.  Liam is not mobile enough yet to participate in Easter egg hunts.

After the egg hunt we all gathered for a brunch of cheese souffle made from my grandmother's recipe.

It was good family fun!

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Kauai: A Hawaii Family Adventure

For my Mom's big birthday we all headed out to Hawaii!  It was a wonderful family adventure.  We started out going to Waimea canyon, the "Grand Canyon" of Hawaii.

We had a good time at the canyon and then ate at the Shrimp Shack on the way home. It was March 17th and the residents at the resort decorated their golf carts for a St. Patrick's day parade.  The parade ended with all of us enjoying sunset at the beach.

Liam was a very good boy the whole trip, smiling a lot at everyone and enjoying himself. He turned three months old during the trip.

Elsa was very excited by a "floaty" that she played with on the greenbelt behind our house.  She would throw it up in the air and then run after it.  It was endless fun.

Elsa also got to use the floaty in the pool with her Auntie Amanda and Uncle Carter one day, while Mom and Dad enjoyed a day at the spa.

 

We enjoyed a train adventure around an old plantation that included feeding wild pigs, while others visited waterfalls and hiked the beautiful Na Pali coast.

 

 Elsa also really liked the beach.  She built sand castles and ponds, and then would sit in her pond. Mom took this fabulous picture of Elsa:

 Both kids got to enjoy the ocean at Poipu Beach.

 It was a lot of fun to have a happy Elsa at the beach.

This was a wonderful trip with Mom and Amanda.  We were last in Hawaii together in 2002 on the Big Island.

 The flight home was perfect with both kids sleeping most of the way.

 Hooray for Hawaii 2013!