Aloha everyone! We have been so busy that we have a lot to catch up on again!
The last week of October Beverly was delighted to be able to go back to California to spend Logan's birthday week with him (Unfortunately Keola had to work so he couldn't be there). It was such a special time for both her and Logan. They squished as much Mommy/son time in as possible! We of course held Logan's annual Halloween themed Birthday Bash and this year it was SO much fun! The kids all looked great in their costumes and had a great time. Overall the time spent was much needed, too short, but really wonderful. Beverly made it back home to Alabama just in time for our ward Halloween party. Our costumes were a hit- hardly anyone recognized Keola with all of that hair! :)
Our Thanksgiving was especially nice. We were invited to spend Thanksgiving with pretty much every family we've met here. We feel so blessed to be so well-loved here. We had a very nice lunch with the Singler family and then spent a fun evening with the Schloemer family and TWELVE of the missionaries in our area! The Schloemers deep fried 3 huge turkeys and we shared a wonderful night with them! We missed our families much but really felt like part of the Schloemer family as well. Following Thanksgiving, Beverly introduced Keola to his first "Black Friday" experience! He has proven to be almost better at it than Bev! We poured over the ads... found some fantastic deals... and hit the ground running! It was super fun but we were super tired when it was all over!
This month of December has started out sweet and will only get sweeter! We had our second ultrasound and learned that our little baby is a BOY!! We so enjoyed being able to see him on the screen and cherish our new pictures of him. We've named him Noa and Baby Noa is kicking and moving all the time now which is fun for both of us! We moved out of our apartment and into a house that has quickly and perfectly become our "home". We love it here! Just two days after moving in Keola worked SO hard to get all of the Christmas lights hung. He was so excited to be able to do it and he did a FABULOUS job! Last night we held our first annual cookie party as a couple! It's one of Bev's favorite traditions and we were excited to do it together. We had over 30 people in our home and some really yummy cookies! It was a great time- we even had a special visitor stop by our house!
We are MOST excited about the next two weeks ahead of us. We fly out tomorrow to pick up Logan and will spend the next two weeks with our little family all together! And really.... what more could we ask for than that?!
We hope you enjoy the pictures of the last couple months of happenings in our lives. We'll update again much sooner! We love you all!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
It's been forever....
It's hard to find a place to start when it has been so long and so much has happened since we last blogged... We'll do our best to catch up now and be better about updating more frequently so we don't have this problem again! But a warning..... this is gonna be long :)
Early August is when the crazy whirlwind of changes began. We had a beautiful reception in Bev's parent's back yard. The reception gave us the opportunity to be reunited with Keola's parents and so many of our friends we hadn't seen in a while, and many that Keola had not yet met. It was a beautiful celebration and HUGE Mahalos go out to all of you who helped to make the day so special for us, especially Beverly's family who worked long and hard well before the actual day in order to make everything just perfect.
After the reception was over and Keola's parents had left to go back to Hawaii, we packed up our car and headed to Philo for a little family trip. It was far too short but we enjoyed every moment we had together there. The cabin was perfect (Thanks Carol & Jerry) and Logan had so much fun exploring the area, swimming in the river, building campfires with Keola, and just playing around outdoors. We took a day trip to Mendocino and Logan loved driving through the giant redwood trees. We rented an outrigger canoe and paddled down the river... We had a picnic lunch on the cliffs in Mendocino... and then we hiked down to the beach where we took a few family photos and enjoyed playing with the driftwood. We of course topped off the day with some fudge from the fudge factory and headed back to Philo for our last night there. It was such a nice time- all three of us thoroughly enjoyed it. We made life-long memories... it was simply the perfect family trip.
When we returned to Sacramento we spent the last few days there just spending time with Logan and with Beverly's family and PACKING! Ugh! Keola proved he truly is the MASTER at packing.... He filled every last inch of that Honda Accord and managed to get all of the things in it that Beverly wanted. It was a masterpiece! :)
Every fairytale has a not-so-pleasant part to it... and ours is no different. Leaving California for us also meant leaving Logan behind. We prayed and prayed and tried and tried to find a way to work out a scenario with Logan's father that would allow us to bring him to Alabama. As it turned out, Logan had to stay in California. After much prayer and with more faith than we've ever had to exercise, we put our trust in the Lord when He promised us that if we would be obedient to His counsel, and live as husband and wife should... together... that we would all be blessed. It wasn't easy to follow the counsel but we both prayed and we both got our answer and we know that the Lord will reveal His plan in His own time.... we just need to continue to be faithful and obedient.
So on August 18th, we took Logan to his first day of Kindergarten. It was such a great time! He was SO ready and was so excited to finally be starting school. He looked so cute with his Incredible Hulk backpack on and wrote his own name on his pencil box which Keola thought was the coolest thing :) After his first day we picked him up and took him to Dairy Queen for a little first day of school ice cream treat and spent the rest of the afternoon with him. That evening we had dinner together with Logan, his dad, step-mom, and sisters and then we dropped him off at their home and said our good-byes. It was harder than we could have imagined and we had imagined it would be awful.
We then headed out on our journey across the United States! In order to save time, we won't go through the entire travel log.... But we will say a couple things.... #1 We honestly NEVER got bored! Beverly taught Keola pretty much every Carpenters song (I mean who can do a road trip without the Carpenters?) and Keola was incredibly patient with all of Beverly's frequent requests for rest stops :) Seriously though, we feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful country. From the deserts... to the mountains... to the gorgeous green swamp lands... this is a beautiful country we live in! We made it to Alabama in just 3 days :)
And now we're here and we're expecting our first little baby together! Our little miracle is due to join us next year in early May. We just had our first ultrasound and we both fell in love with our little peanut. And that.... is enough updates for now!
We are together... and though not every moment is perfect... we really are so happy to be here... now... on this journey... together. And we are doing our best to live in these moments and to enjoy this journey and all that it has to teach us. We love you all so much. We pray for you... we think of you... and we speak of you often. Please pray for us. Please pray for Logan. And please make the effort to enjoy your journey as well.
Below we've posted pics of all the updates.. keep scrolling- there's a few to look at! Enjoy!
Early August is when the crazy whirlwind of changes began. We had a beautiful reception in Bev's parent's back yard. The reception gave us the opportunity to be reunited with Keola's parents and so many of our friends we hadn't seen in a while, and many that Keola had not yet met. It was a beautiful celebration and HUGE Mahalos go out to all of you who helped to make the day so special for us, especially Beverly's family who worked long and hard well before the actual day in order to make everything just perfect.
After the reception was over and Keola's parents had left to go back to Hawaii, we packed up our car and headed to Philo for a little family trip. It was far too short but we enjoyed every moment we had together there. The cabin was perfect (Thanks Carol & Jerry) and Logan had so much fun exploring the area, swimming in the river, building campfires with Keola, and just playing around outdoors. We took a day trip to Mendocino and Logan loved driving through the giant redwood trees. We rented an outrigger canoe and paddled down the river... We had a picnic lunch on the cliffs in Mendocino... and then we hiked down to the beach where we took a few family photos and enjoyed playing with the driftwood. We of course topped off the day with some fudge from the fudge factory and headed back to Philo for our last night there. It was such a nice time- all three of us thoroughly enjoyed it. We made life-long memories... it was simply the perfect family trip.
When we returned to Sacramento we spent the last few days there just spending time with Logan and with Beverly's family and PACKING! Ugh! Keola proved he truly is the MASTER at packing.... He filled every last inch of that Honda Accord and managed to get all of the things in it that Beverly wanted. It was a masterpiece! :)
Every fairytale has a not-so-pleasant part to it... and ours is no different. Leaving California for us also meant leaving Logan behind. We prayed and prayed and tried and tried to find a way to work out a scenario with Logan's father that would allow us to bring him to Alabama. As it turned out, Logan had to stay in California. After much prayer and with more faith than we've ever had to exercise, we put our trust in the Lord when He promised us that if we would be obedient to His counsel, and live as husband and wife should... together... that we would all be blessed. It wasn't easy to follow the counsel but we both prayed and we both got our answer and we know that the Lord will reveal His plan in His own time.... we just need to continue to be faithful and obedient.
So on August 18th, we took Logan to his first day of Kindergarten. It was such a great time! He was SO ready and was so excited to finally be starting school. He looked so cute with his Incredible Hulk backpack on and wrote his own name on his pencil box which Keola thought was the coolest thing :) After his first day we picked him up and took him to Dairy Queen for a little first day of school ice cream treat and spent the rest of the afternoon with him. That evening we had dinner together with Logan, his dad, step-mom, and sisters and then we dropped him off at their home and said our good-byes. It was harder than we could have imagined and we had imagined it would be awful.
We then headed out on our journey across the United States! In order to save time, we won't go through the entire travel log.... But we will say a couple things.... #1 We honestly NEVER got bored! Beverly taught Keola pretty much every Carpenters song (I mean who can do a road trip without the Carpenters?) and Keola was incredibly patient with all of Beverly's frequent requests for rest stops :) Seriously though, we feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful country. From the deserts... to the mountains... to the gorgeous green swamp lands... this is a beautiful country we live in! We made it to Alabama in just 3 days :)
And now we're here and we're expecting our first little baby together! Our little miracle is due to join us next year in early May. We just had our first ultrasound and we both fell in love with our little peanut. And that.... is enough updates for now!
We are together... and though not every moment is perfect... we really are so happy to be here... now... on this journey... together. And we are doing our best to live in these moments and to enjoy this journey and all that it has to teach us. We love you all so much. We pray for you... we think of you... and we speak of you often. Please pray for us. Please pray for Logan. And please make the effort to enjoy your journey as well.
Below we've posted pics of all the updates.. keep scrolling- there's a few to look at! Enjoy!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Ch...Ch...Ch...Changes!
Well... a lot has happened since we last updated our blog! We celebrated our first anniversary of being together by making it official! We were married in a quiet little ceremony held at twilight on a private pier on Mobile Bay. It was small, sweet, and absolutely perfect! We couldn't possibly be happier! Our reception in California is still on for August 9th. We have decided to wait and have our reception in Hawaii after we are sealed in the temple next year. We hope you'll come celebrate our happiness with us! For more information on our wedding & receptions please visit our wedding website www.ewedding.com/sites/kealamama
Everyone keeps asking why we're still 2300 miles apart if we're already married! We have some custody hurdles to overcome before Beverly and Logan will be able to move to Alabama but we are remaining prayerful and faithful that all will work out well and soon. Until then... I suppose you could say we're already getting a good dose of "military marriage". We've always been good about the long distance and visit as often as we can... hopefully soon we'll get to visit others instead of visiting each other! Mahalo to all of you who have been so supportive of us, we're so grateful to have so many great friends and such a wonderful family!
All our love,
Keola & Beverly Velasco
Everyone keeps asking why we're still 2300 miles apart if we're already married! We have some custody hurdles to overcome before Beverly and Logan will be able to move to Alabama but we are remaining prayerful and faithful that all will work out well and soon. Until then... I suppose you could say we're already getting a good dose of "military marriage". We've always been good about the long distance and visit as often as we can... hopefully soon we'll get to visit others instead of visiting each other! Mahalo to all of you who have been so supportive of us, we're so grateful to have so many great friends and such a wonderful family!
All our love,
Keola & Beverly Velasco
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Our California Vacation
We could really get used to this vacation gig we've had going on! :) We just spent another week together in Southern California. We got to spend time with some great friends, we went to the San Diego Zoo, and we spent a few days in Disneyland with Beverly's entire family. We had SO much fun! Logan has decided he wants to call Keola "Dad" and Keola has already proven that he's up to the task- he's a great dad already! Wedding plans are also fully underway so we were knee deep in cake tasting, color choosing, and invitation wording, etc. It's such an exciting time for us! Again, we are so grateful to have had this time to spend together... just three more months left until our wedding!! Here's a few pics from our latest adventures.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
"Yes, You Stinker!"
So Bev thought she was surprising Keola for his birthday last weekend. She booked a flight and made a few phone calls and was on her way! She had it all planned... she had a friend deliver birthday balloons to his door... then a few minutes later another friend delivered flowers to his door.... then a few minutes later another friend delivered a cake to his door.... and THEN... her plan was to knock on his door and surprise him with her visit. BUT... when she opened his door she found his apartment completely lit by candle light... bouquets of flowers everywhere... and a trail of rose petals with Keola at the end.... down on one knee.... with the most beautiful ring she had ever seen! Take a stab at who actually got the surprise?!
It was the most beautiful, romantic, and sweet moment. Never in a million dreams would Bev have imagined a proposal more perfect. Keola really thought of EVERY detail!
We are both SO happy and so excited to start our eternal family. We're getting married August 1, 2008 in the Laie, HI temple and then it's off to Sweet Home Alabama to begin our greatest adventure yet!
It was the most beautiful, romantic, and sweet moment. Never in a million dreams would Bev have imagined a proposal more perfect. Keola really thought of EVERY detail!
We are both SO happy and so excited to start our eternal family. We're getting married August 1, 2008 in the Laie, HI temple and then it's off to Sweet Home Alabama to begin our greatest adventure yet!
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
The Best Week Ever!
We just had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time together and this time Logan joined us in Alabama! The three of us squeezed so much fun stuff into our 9 days together! If you ask Logan what his favorite things about his first trip to Alabama were, today he would tell you that he had fun learning how to fish, he loved sleeping in the tent that Keola had set up for him, and he loved seeing the rocket ships at the Stennis Space Center. If you ask him tomorrow he may change his mind again :) Keola and Bev enjoyed just being all together, hanging out and cooking at home, and the fun visits with friends. The entire week was fabulous and the three of us feel so blessed to have been able to have some time to spend together. We’re looking forward to our upcoming Southern California vacation next month and hope to get to see some of you down there! We took a few pictures and thought we’d share them with you- take a look below. We hope you are well and would love to hear from you!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Happy New Year!!
It's been a while since we've posted anything and since we just spent a week together this is as good a time as any! Bev headed out to Alabama and we were both so grateful to be able to bring in the New Year together. We spent the week with some friends, some football, some fireworks, and lots of good fun! 2007 sure brought many changes, many blessings, and many challenges, but we are both looking forward to all that 2008 has in store. We love you all and miss you too. Hope you all had a wonderful New Year! We sure did!
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