Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Playing catch-up again!

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!


3 comments:

coconutmama said...

Bev-you're glowing. Congratulations on a baby boy! Boys are fun! I would know right? :) So sorry you guys have to be away from Logan, but it looks like you're doing an awesome job from what you have to work with! Aloha, Rina

Sprinkles of Qute! said...

Your house in "Daphne' Alabama is adorable. Wish we could have come to your cookie exchange. Miss you guys, especially on Pie Night.

Erixgirl said...

Congratulations! What a beautiful home! Too bad we couldn't come to the cookie party. Yum??! You guys look great. Hopefully we get a chance to see you while you guys are here for a couple days??? We love you!