July!! The month where my favorite shape's presence is everywhere :)

July was filled with lots of fun!  I think it is one of my favorite months of the year.  Mostly because I can have as many star decorations as I want and won't get weird looks for it ha ha. :)

Towards the beginning of the month we bought Carlos a folding couch and he absolutely loves it!  Here's a couple pics of him with it the first day we got it.

the boys chilling on Carlos' couch

the 4th of July was spent with our friends the McMillan's at Bellows for lunch and then that night we went to dinner at my other friend Shandra's (the lady that watched Carlos for us for our trip to Maui) and then headed to Schofield to watch the fireworks.  Here's some pics of us at the beach.

my goofy kid and his belly button fettish

enjoying the new beach tent we got

Luke buried his feet in the sand and this is his reaction

he didn't even want to pull his own feet out without help the stinker ha ha

refusing to go into the ocean

he clung to Luke for dear life

"Look Mama, no hands!"

Here's some pics from the fireworks.  It started pouring rain right before the show started so that's why we are all wet.  And Carlos was absolutely terrified of the fireworks so we didn't stay very long.

he was shaking so much from pure fear

Luke was mad at me for making us go

Oh and here's a pic of my festive nails :)

LOVE them!

One day Carlos was walking around putting his sand bucket on his head and he thought it was the funniest thing ever so we took some pics of him.

I gave him a haircut on the 18th or 19th and took some pics of him after wards.  He was sitting in his high chair after dinner when I remembered to take some pics of the new hairdo.

yelling at me for something ha ha

eating some Kix

the bib says it all :)

Here's some random pics from the rest of the month that Luke and I took of him just playing around the house.

love that smile :D

being silly on the couch with Mama

getting into trouble

Mama snuggles

I love this boy :)

trying to take my camera

showing me a ball

this is the face he makes after throwing something and then looking for it saying, "Where'd it go?" in his cute little voice :)

giving me a hat to wear

running around the kitchen table

action shot ha ha

getting tired.. 

all pooped out

he likes to copy me by crossing his feet on the couch like I do ha ha

And there you have it!  July was filled with lots of happy memories and I hope August holds the same in store for us!

3 years and counting...

Luke and I celebrated our 3rd Wedding Anniversary on July 5th!  We spent the 5th- the 9th on Maui to celebrate :)  We were able to have someone from my Ward watch Carlos for us while we were gone which was soooo awesome!  (Thank You SOO much Shandra!)  We stayed at the Sheraton Maui Resort while we were there and it was located on the West side of Maui.  We went out to dinner at Outback Steakhouse for our Anniversary day dinner (and went to a hibachi grill a couple days later for a nicer anniversary dinner).  Here's a couple pics from Outback.

not sure why I made this face.
oh yeah, Luke was taking pics ha ha

much better :)

enjoying his coconut shrimp and ribs

I told him to look like he enjoyed his meal and this is what I got

steak and crab legs, yum yum!

 On the 7th we went to a restaurant called The Plantation House Restaurant and had the best breakfast of the entire trip! (plus they served breakfast until 3 PM!)  We had a gorgeous view from our table too as you can see from the following pics.

Can you tell he's excited about his breakfast?

that french toast was A-MAZ-ING!

YUM!

Luke didn't even leave a crumb on his plate

Me at the Plantation House Restaurant

 After eating we headed to Honolua Bay to do some snorkeling and got some amazing pics!  I'm so glad that I let Luke convince me to rent some gear (especially the floatie!) !!  It was the first time I really enjoyed snorkeling and I didn't get tired nearly as fast thanks to the floatie.

Blue Striped Snapper

Long-Nosed Butterfly Fish!

Spot Butterfly Fish

 

Saddleback Wrasse

Saddleback Wrasse

cool sea urchin

Trumpet Fish

Spot Butterfly Fish

 

This fish was HUGE!  I swear it was as big as me!!  and it swam so fast that this was the best shot Luke could get of it!

Can you see the big fish in this one?

Goat Fish

 That night we had dinner at Teppan-Yaki Dan's (a hibachi grill place located in our hotel)  It was good, but I still favor Benihana's over this place for sure.  We sat next to a Mother and daughter from Canada who were really nice.  Our chef was entertaining though so at least that was a definite plus!

the onion volcano!  this is what flame looks like on the underwater setting lol

and this is the normal setting 

On the 8th we tried to snorkel at the beach by our hotel and the water was way too murky.  Didn't help that there was a high surf advisory too I suppose.  This was the best pic we got of any fish that day.

me telling Luke to look at the fish

Since we didn't have much luck at Black Rock (the beach by our hotel) We decided to try Napili Bay.  The surf was too strong to snorkel, but Luke insisted on body surfing the waves instead.  I went out in the water for a little bit until I didn't feel safe anymore (didn't take long) and then I came back in and just took pics of the scenery and Luke being crazy.

Luke is body surfing at Napili Bay

tide bringing him in

that black dot is a paddle boarder

just waiting for the perfect wave

Luke and another paddle boarder

they were much bigger in person
and kept getting bigger too! 

We returned to Oahu on the 9th, but I made sure to take some pics of our room and the view from our balcony before checking out of the hotel. :)

that bump on the bed is sleeping beauty

our shower came with a built in clothes line too!

french doors leading to the bedroom from the bathroom

 
And that's all I got!  I'm so glad we got to go on this little vacation and have couple time!  Carlos had a great time at my friends house and they didn't want to give him back!  But we convinced them that he had to come home with us. :)