Raw Pig and the Parents"In" Crowd

Friday, Brady's work celebrated an exciting event, two and a half years in the making: their building permits were finally issued! Koloa Landing at Poipu Beach will shortly be on it's way to vertical construction. For the party, an Emu specialist came in (the bishop), and dug a hole for the pig on-site (I guess they can actually do things with the land now that they have that permit...).

Here's the beauty, prior to getting smoked.




Saturday afternoon, we learned what it means to be in the Parent-only "In Crowd." Our friends Matt and Meagan had their baby girl a week ago, and invited people over for a potluck at their place. We got there, and realized that everyone there had a baby, and ours was one of the oldest! Ages ranged from 7 days, 12 days, two weeks, etc. For two hours we discussed nothing but sleep patterns and eating habits. This is not something I would have ever envisioned myself participating in, but it was actually pretty fun to babble about homeopathic remedies (of course, I did nothing but mock the methods in my head while listening courteously) and constipation for two hours.

The proud parents:



All the mommies: (Side note: That shirt I'm wearing had a tag that screamed "Medium" all the way down. No one told me until about halfway through...)



We spent the afternoon boogie boarding at our favorite hangout, Brennecke's. The waves were TERRIFIC--fast and frequent--but apparently we don't take pictures boogie boarding anymore. (Which is sad, because I don't think we have many good ones on waves.)

That night, we had the pleasure of meeting up with our friends Matt and Heather from Antioch! It was fun seeing them as new parents, too. While we were at the BBQ joint, a man came up to us and asked about the twins. We realized he thought their little boy Andrew (8 mos) and our Zac were twinners.



What do you think? They could probably pass as brothers.





It was good to see old friends! We'd love to see more of you, if anyone can hack the increased air fare.

Po'omau Canyon Ditch Trail

Finally...we made it with our camera!   Third time is a charm.  We went about 8 months ago with some friends, but our camera died on this overlook.  Last week, we attempted the hike again, but forgot Zac's backpack, and we didn't want to risk it.  Yesterday, we remembered everything--expect for sweats.  It was a little chilly for someone not hiking, and poor Zac was having none of it.  It even started sprinkling, so we felt tremendously guilty.  Brady even ripped the shirt off his back to spare this little lad's chilly legs.




The second half was much better, and warmer.  We were sporting our new Teva's in preparation for our three-day kayak/hiking trip next month, so Brady's feet got pretty bloody and beat up, but other than all those complications...it was fun.




A rare happy moment for this kiddo (on this hike)...



We almost lost his hat!  That would have been almost as sad as his cold legs.




Zac says he's fine now, and wants to go on more hikes.

Happy Father's Day

 

Caption This!

Select which caption best fits this picture:

a. Zac's reaction when we told him he was going to see his cousins and grandparents in 2 months.
b. Zac's reaction when we told him he was going to get shots at the doctor's on Thursday.
c. Zac's reaction when we told him he would be going camping for the first time.
d. Zac's reaction when we told him he had a full-time mom now!
e. Zac's reaction when we told him we were done changing diapers.

Zac's First Campout

Our weekend started out with a bang--for this little puppy dog. Brady was driving down the street and saw this little guy tumbling out of a truck. He wasn't hurt, and the owner waited for Brady to bring him to the Humane Society.

We camped with another family at Hanalei this weekend. We were convinced Zac was old enough and a good enough sleeper to hack it.

I took this incredible picture. Kudos to me. (It is usually Brady who can credit himself with the photography.)

Oh yeah, this is me too.

But I do have to credit these two shots to Brady.

A county worker cut down some coconuts for us, and chopped them up so we could indulge in some coconut milk. It was quite bland, but a fun new experience.

The rest of the night, we listened to banjo players butcher songs (until 3am), until the late hour of 5am, when we got up to race the Ha'ena to Hanalei Run.

Dale (on the right) works with Brady, and made those medals to celebrate their introduction to running. This is one of only 2 pictures we took, even though we knew many people at the race. Oops!

Brady did great! He ran 6:49s for the 8 mile, hill-packed run. I didn't fare as well. I wanted to run a one-hour flat, but I was over by 15 seconds (and to make it worse, that was the difference between me and the girl in front of me...grrr). I also barfed after the second major hill. Embarrassing.

The overall winner ran it in 45 minutes, but we still think Kristen could take him. We both came home with small awards, and (most of) it was really fun. We are now getting ready for the Provo Half Marathon in August! We'll see if altitude really impacts performance...