We had a great weekend! We went to our ward party Friday Night and on Saturday we went trick or treating with a few of our friends. Natalie loved it all! She had a lot of fun waving her wand and collecting candy. (Though she really hasn't eaten any of it. But me and Robby have) She was adorable! Robby was a scary "man from the lagoon" to our ward party. I was scared of him! (Though that's not hard to do... he was really scary though) A lot of people in our ward didn't even recognize him all night!

Natalie and I went to California last week to visit my family (which we already miss!) We had lots of fun and all of a sudden it was fall! (Actually it was pretty hot while we were there but it still had the "fall/holiday" feeling anyway.) Here's the only picture I have to prove that I actually went on this trip (though somehow I managed to slouch like an old grandma) so I have to show you.

Robby missed us dearly while we were gone and decided he needed to go get his appendix out! Crazy that he had to be abandoned by us on his only trip to the hospital since I've known him... (which by the way.... its mine and Robby's anniversary next week!! 4 years... wow!) He's doing great now and because he's so in-tune he was able to get it out in time before it caused any serious damage.

A Day In the Life of

Natalie

(By Natalie via Her Mom...)

"Ummm I'm all done eating... I should get rid of the rest."

"Oh wait, this left over sauce is yummy!"

"Someone left a book at the playground!"

"Mommy can you read it to me?"

"When does daddy get home?"

"Ok I want to throw your camera out the window now..."

"I really like this little box all my toys go in! But I like it the best when I'm in it... not the toys..."

"Oh you caught me!"

"Ah! Ha Ha Ha! You found me!"

"Hey you guys are good at this! You always find me!"

Hello From Hawaii! Natalie and I are trying our best not to get so cramped in our cute LITTLE apartment... We take trips to the grocery store and to TVA's playground. I've finally been able to get Natalie to sit in those little seats in the grocery carts (here they are called "wagons" Its very strange I know.) but only if I give her a little treat... Natalie likes going to the playground the best :) We swing on the swings (Her on my lap and in the little baby swing) and we go down the slide. And we climb a whole bunch so she gets it out of her system for when we come home.

Studying on the porch... We don't do this very much but we should the view is just amazing... Today the weather has been fluctuating between super super hot and humid and sunny to pouring rain with thundering and lightning. At least we made our playground trip when it was hot and not raining :)

Natalie is just getting so big!!!

Having Fun at the Zoo with her little friend

She likes to talk on the phone! (She just picked up my phone touched the phone like she was dialing then put it to her ear and started walking around... just too cute!) She is such a little copy cat.

Sad thing has been sick the past few days... She was so tired she fell asleep half on my bed... then I went to show Robby the picture I took and I came back and she had crawled on my bed and had fallen asleep sitting up!! So sad!

Hauula Loop Trail

We decided to be outdoors people! We took a hike in our "backyard"! It was so fun! When we got to the top you could see our town and the ocean from one side and on the other you could see a pretty cool valley! Anyway... we need one of those backpack things to hold Natalie in though...My sling doesn't fit Robby so he was a trooper and held her the whole 2 hours! (He says it didn't hurt though cause he had a special way of holding her) We had so much fun that we will definitely go on more hikes!

Kualoa Beach Park

Here's Natalie going down the slide... She loves it but she goes so slow cause her shoes get stuck.

Natalie is already go to work! lol its her cabbage patch car seat and mr. potato head... but she was just walking around like that. It was so cute.

One of Natalie's Mr. Potato head creations.... they are just all too cute...

We finally went to Matsumoto's and got the yummiest shaved ice!!

Then we went down to Waikiki for Sunset on the Beach (they put on movies for free on the beach. And some local band played too. It was fun.

These ones are from the North Shore.

We are doing great out here at BYUH. Robby is working hard studying and then I make him come explore with me.