Project back yard

We finally found the right man for the job! Richard from Church is helping to turn Jeremy's back yard dreams into reality. Jeremy is so excited to work with him and bounce ideas off each other. For now he will do some fence repair and cement work to get the work started. He set up shop this week and it's looking good (so to speak) ... here's the work done so far

Out and about

Some family shots of us out & about. Kiara is almost 7 months and cuter than ever (so we think, anyway). We love having her in our family. She fills our life with joy.

Sweet Bri is Daddy's girl. She's three and a half and going through such a growth spurt on all fronts. Her speech develoment, overall maturity, social and physical skills are reaching new levels almost daily. She is very curious about the world and wants to know all about how things come to be. Her favorite question now is "Why?"
Her fave family moment? Cuddle time!

We had a fun run to the Pumpkin Patch and tried in vain to get both girls to smile for the camera at the same time. We had a good time riding the tractor and learning about where pumpkins and sunflowers come from. Brianna loved the hay maze and tractor ride. Good times!
Brianna and Amee also had a great time at the Pumpkin Patch. Brianna loves her Amee and is thrilled to spend afternoons and evenings together.

Sabbath day with the Bouit's

What a special Sabbath we just had! For once, we finally emerged from being sick for about three weeks and went to Church in the morning. Vivian, Aidan, Tristan and Emily Buit joined us for lunch (Dad Troy was on-call) and we had a fabulous time together stretching almost into the evening. We finished the day off with supper at their house. We all had such a great time together!!!

Emily and Tristan are great kids and played so well with Brianna

Our smiley face recovered from bronchitis, an upper respiratory infection and breaking her first tooth all in the same week and a half! We are very happy to see her well again.

The little lights of our world

We want to thank everyone who was praying us through. We know many people lifted us in prayer through the whole time we were all sick. We know prayer works and want to thank you all for your love & kindness

The girls at 6 months

Kiara Charlisee at 6 months, definitely chunkier than Brianna at the same time. And she's still relying almost completely on Mommy's milk! It's safe to say she has a healthy appetite and she's working on her crawling skills daily. She'll be moving around very soon!

Brianna Cherisse at 6 months also. She was already eating veggies and fruits for a little while and started crawling by the end of her 6th month. Both girls were just great babies ... though Kiara is growing up way too fast for our taste!

HAPPY SABBATH, EVERYONE!

Family Pictures

Waimanalo Beach was quite windy but just as perfect. The whole fam posing for the obligatory picture ...

At church a few hours before (Brianna wasn't too happy as she was too hot and in dire need of a nap!)

Happy near the water

More fun times!

It was great to see Chad & Sho Ordelheide after 5 years (way too long!) We had a very short but great time catching up over Thai food in Oahu. Can't wait to see you guys here in Visalia again this month!

Our little fish

Sabbath afternoon at Waimanalo beach. Had a BLAST with Tio Ken too!

Hapy Bear staff, HAPY to be in Hawaii!!!

Our Hapy Bear Staff (pictured below) enjoyed a day at the Polynesian Cultural Center. A fun day of learning, playing, talking and enjoying ourselves!


Luau Dinner

Very delicious food! (We all loved the taro dinner rolls and steamed taro root)

Oahu Times (September 28th - October 4th)

After five and a half ours of flying time ... a lei reception was in order! Great to be back in Hawaii after six years!

Tio Ken & Brianna bonding at the beach

Princess Bri

Aidan & Elisya Watkins playing with Brianna at the hotel pool

Disneyland, September 27th!

Moving right along, after Jeremy's Elder Dedication we headed down south to Disneyland and the next day to LAX to head out to Hawaii for the ADA Convention (American Dental Association). Yep, we're always on the move!
Here Baby K & Daddy at the California Park. Had an amazing day with the Veiss and Jacobsen families! (All Disney fans!!!)

Brianna LOVED chatting with Pocahontas ...

Our favorite ride, Small World

All the girls love the tea cups ride!

Jeremy's Elder Dedication - September 26th, 2009

In a beautiful ceremony, Pastor Chad dedicated Jeremy as a church Elder on September 26th. It was a great milestone for Jeremy and for our family as well. We are so very thankful for God's calling to this new ministry opportunity and are seeing Him at work already in new ways within our family, church and comunity. He's moving in amazing ways manifested through incredible church growth even in this trying economic times.

Our closes friends were there to support Jeremy and we all went to dinner afterward to celebrate. Thank you Jacobsen's, Miller's, Shekoyan's, Veiss' and Bouit's!!!

Gorgeous Mommy look-alike, Mia Veiss!