to my pops...

happy fathers day!

kona,hi 2004

happy fathers day to a guy that is passionate about his family, books, religion and surfing.

a pop that i can turn to for any type of advise. someone that in his... well my old age... has become very interesting. it's amazing how much he knows! to a pops that always took us hiking, camping, surfing, snorkling, traveling...

there is no other guy that could have done a better job with us kids than this guy! thank you pops for all that you have done. for raising us in hawaii and raising us in the gospel...

love you

laie,hi 1984

the best kind of food

is that kind that is all over your face!

is it snot or is it bananas? we'll never know...

even his clothes look like they were gettin some!

merrick loves to hold the spoon when we are done... he continues to feed himself and sucking on it and then drops it as if to say he's full.

now that, i think is snot... yum,
we just got rid of our snotty nose this weekend... sooo happy!

hi friends, merrick here...

just wanted to say hi! it's so much fun being me...

i love to eat... everything! but peas... me no likey. my favorite is prunes, carrots and sweet potatoes.

i love being on my tummy and now doing push ups. mom and dad cheer me on and sing 'in the army now'...

i sat by myself today... it only lasted about 10 seconds before i fell over, but i did it!

and i hold my own bottle now while i am laying on my back.

i love to laugh and go for walks and watchin the other kids run and play.

until next time, love you all, kekoa

growing fast

so lately fella has been so into watching us. watching how we pick stuff up, how we eat... it is amazing... i bet the wheels in his mind are going a mile an hour. i think that is great! he loves to watch his hands, grab things around him, and watch simpsons and for those in utah that watch fox 13 news, kerri cronk. it is hard to feed him when she is on... he loses all focus!

he loves to spend time on his belly lately and has figured out how to pull his knees up under him... i think that i am going to have to baby proof fairly soon here!

he still has to be bundled at night... we tried with out but he put up a fight... and i found that he sleeps better if i take him out side for even a couple minutes right before i put him down... it is his time to feel the breeze, listen to the birds chirping, watch the sprinklers and pat the dogs on their heads.

fella is seriously all laughs! he will even just lay and laugh at the movements he makes with his own hands. last night we had him going for about 5 minutes straight all kasey was doing was moving his stuffed animal back and forth. i love my fella... like kasey said last night, you could have the worst day but he makes it all better. everything is worth it. i think that is true for everyone!

daddy's little cheese-head

"future hall of famer"-daddy

the note

so i got this note from jordan...

it reads:

'I do not want to go to church tomorrow,

but i love you anyway.'

so i don't know, maybe i don't remember being six, or maybe i thought that i would not have to go through this until age 16...

but...

what do you do when your six year old gives you a note like this...

me, i laughed.

i thought that it was pretty clever...

but ended up telling her

'sorry, the dogs don't make good babysitters'

that's an easy one... she hates the dogs.

what would you do? what do you say to a kid that doesn't want to go to church?

yum yum

i eat banana's! and i love them!
i sit one my moms lap somtimes while she eats and i have been totally interested in what she has been eating. i stick my hands in her food and pull the plate to me... i think that she didn't really want to share her big people food with me so she got me this really yummy stuff called bananas and some other stuff called rice cereal! yum! i'm going to try applesauce next mmmmm!

there once was a tree...

there once was a tree
at the house down the road.
our friends moved back in
and said the tree had to go.

so kasey brought the saw

and spencer climbed the tree

well you can see the mess

this came to be!

now comes the tree house!

hope everyone had a great memorial weekend!

what did you do?

until next time... xoxo molly

happy mothers day!

yay for mommas!


it was a year today that we found out we were having a baby!


my mom went home this morning... sucks...

i'm so glad that she was here for the last week... it was so much fun, she even spent the days with merrick... and got to know him... it's such a bummer living so far apart... she promised that she would come out a couple times a year, but it will never be enough. we have become close in our old age. xoxo momma, and thank you for the card. it made me cry.

it was a great day! i was woken up with flowers and a card from my boys (even a scribble from a pen kasey helped merrick hold)... kasey cooked three meals, helped me plant some flowers... went for a walk at sugarhouse park, and let me use all the hot water in a 15 min long shower.

it was lovely. did i just say lovely? thank you kasey for all you do. i love you sooo much and i hope that you know that!


happy mothers day to all of you! xoxo, mollymalia

and to my dear sister betsy anela,

i love you! i miss you tons and...

happy birthday!

4 month stats

merrick's 4 months old???

well the little fella's chart reads like this..

weight: 12 lbs 13 oz (9 %) hey, i feed him, he eats TONS!

lenght: 25.3 in. (65%) tall?

head 42 cm (41%) brainy!?

merricks blessing

he had a cute little white on white aloha print outfit... it fit him a week ago...

but yesterday it was a bit snug... we had to unbutton it after the blessing.

it was so nice to have my pops come out to do the blessing...

it was such a great day! thank you pops for everything!

it was nice to get together with friends and family too!

my mom came out on friday to surprise me! i was so stoked!
i was feeling bad that he was going to be 8 months old...
so i was happy that she came out to play with my fella!

xoxo, mommy

it's aloha friday...

no work til monday...

do do... do do

...do do do do do do do do do.