Chris' Wedding

Zui, me and baby Zeya got to take a trip to Utah for my brother's wedding! We had a 4 hour layover in Portland so we crashed on the benches. Zeya did great on the plane, he slept and ate the entire time--phew!

On Monday we stopped by to visit with our friends the Kongaika's and the Lindgren's. It was great seeing them again.

On Tuesday, October 6th, Chris got married! He married a really sweet girl, Brittany. They are perfect for eachother.

One more swing pose :) Even Zeya got to join in on the fun!

happy family

Izaiah Ivan with Daddio Ivan.

Evie, Corina, Mom and me.

The entire Jones family (minus all the grandchildren)

Congrats, Bud! We're so happy for you!

The Meaning Behind the Name

IZAIAH IVAN KAUKALIOKEAKUA XIANG-DE KIM

Izaiah--We both liked this name from the start, but of course Zui has to have a "Z" in all his boys names :)

Ivan--My Dad's name! A man I have always looked up to.

Kaukaliokeakua- Hawaiian for "The faithful follower of God"

Xiang-De--Chinese for "eminating virtue". According to traditional Chinese naming, siblings share one common character, which is why Zion (Cheng-De) and Izaiah share the same last character.

Kim--Korean for "gold" (oh, and his last name :)

Izaiah has arrived!

For those of you who don't know I am one of those crazy people who like to have their babies at home :) Hence this picture of me in my bedroom... dilated to a 7, I was so excited! What I didn't know at the time was that I would be stuck at a 7 for the next 5 hours...

ALL WORTH IT! On Sunday, September 27th at 5:52pm our baby boy came. He measured 21 in and 7lb 9oz. We were so excited to finally hold baby Izaiah. I really thought it was a girl so it was a fun surprise. I have guessed wrong with all of my children, so I think I'll stop guessing now :) Zui really wanted a boy so he was extra happy.

Happy family

Izaiah attempting his first shaka :)

Anjuli and Zion spent the day with Zui's brother, Darrell. When they came home they met their new baby brother! Anjuli was thrilled. Zion...hmm...is still adjusting.

Zui's dad with baby Zaiah.
Our wonderful midwife, Betty. She has delivered all of our children. She's actually staying with us for a whole week to take care of us--what an angel! She has been cooking, cleaning, and playing with the kids while making sure I don't get out of bed--doc's orders.

More pics to come...

Memory Foam Feet

Baby's due any time now. I'm looking forward to having skinny feet again :)

Summer Summer Alts

Ever since we went to a Gymnastics trial class, Anjuli has been doing somersaults, or as she calls them, "summer summer alts" all day long. Even Zion does them!

Anjuli and Zion love playing with their Daddy. He makes a great tiger!
uh oh...sometimes not so sturdy :)

Time for Anjuli's haircut! After I got her all set up I ran out of the room for not even 1o seconds to look for a brush. I came back to find her, scissors in hand, after she took a huge chunk out of her bangs. I think she found a new passion in life :)

Anjuli loves jumping on her "trampoline."

Don't I have the cutest little girl?!

Fun with Jas and Becca

My brother Jason and his wife came to visit for a few days! It's so fun to have family visit. We had a great time with them. Jason wanted to try out surfing but the North Shore was double overhead, so we headed to Waikiki instead. He caught on real quick and even stood up on his first wave!This is the wave he caught--unfortunately in my excitement I zoomed in on the wrong person...sorry Jas!

Becca was smart enough to get us an umbrella so we didn't get fried. Sorry about the spread eagle shot, it's hard to sit up nowadays and Zion just plopped himself down in the middle.

Zui took Jas and Becca on a hike called Stairway to Heaven. It's 3992 stairs up to the top. I was gonna go, but decided I didn't feel like having my baby up there...jk.

Zui said it was pretty rainy but they still got some good views.

We went to the USS Arizona our last day together. Anjuli and Zion loved the boat ride out to the memorial.

Becca bought Anjuli these sunglasses--she just loves them! She has been wanting sunglasses for a while (and mine are getting permanently damaged from her borrowing them). Now she is always wearing her sparkly shades :)

Thanks Becca! A winner toy from Jas and Becca: this frog sprinkler has provided a ton of entertainment in the bathtub.

Zion loves to try to drink from it, too cute.

The Latest...

Don't I have cute kids?! I had to take this picture because I was dressing the kids while watching a movie with them. I looked down and found Zion wearing Anjuli's shorts!

For a second I thought that Anjuli put them on him...and then I realized it must've been me. Woops!

Zui gives Zion a haircut about every 2 months. It is always quite the crying ordeal, so now he gets to watch a movie at the same time! We recently invested in a real haircut cape. Zui is the best barber in town! (and definitely for the best deal :)

Doesn't Anjuli look like such a big girl? She recently got a school backpack filled with supplies from the Hawaiian home education program she is a part of. Ever since then she wears her backpack all the time and talks about going to school. I can't believe my little girl is growing up so fast!

Daddy loves to play with Anjuli's hair in the tub--it sure is getting long!

Anjuli and Zion love to have 'dance parties.' During this one Anjuli says, "Mommy! Get the camera--take a picture!"