Sunday, April 25, 2010

Lethal Luau

We had some friends over last weekend for a Murder Mystery Dinner Party.  It was our first time hosting one and we had a blast!  We had fun decorating the house Hawaiian and making kalua pork, rice, caramelized maui onions, macademia nut cookies, smoothies, grilled pineapple, and fresh fruit! Everyone really got into their characters and it was a fun night full of laughs and accusations!  DSC_0303 DSC_0304 DSC_0305 DSC_0310 Rip Tide and Birdie PuttDSC_0311 Les Baggs and LeilaniDSC_0312 Joey Breakers and Holly Day DSC_0314 Chief Honikaua Wiki-Wiki and Nadia Seymour DSC_0321Some of the characters had to demonstrate things throughout the game to try and convince us they weren’t the murderer, so here’s the funny videos.

Chief Wiki-Wiki demonstrating an ancient Polynesian ritual dance

Joey Breakers demonstrating a surfer technique called “Snake in the Grass”

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Bluebonnets

The Texas winter was colder and wetter than normal this year, so there are a ton of wildflowers this spring and they are beautiful!! We couldn’t resist doing a little photo shoot in the Texas bluebonnets…along with everyone else in San Antonio.  You see people pulled off the side of the road all the time with camera and child in hand, it’s kind of funny. Warning: picture overload ahead!DSC_0081At least we got one smiling picture :)   DSC_0112 DSC_0117   DSC_0126 DSC_0135 DSC_0145 DSC_0147Kennedy wasn’t too fond of the bluebonnets the first trip and was quickly done with pictures, so we attempted a 2nd trip to get the “perfect” picture of her surrounded by bluebonnets with her actually looking up and smiling at us. As you can see it didn’t quite work, but we still liked these ones.DSC_0270 DSC_0205This is the reaction we got most of the time when we tried getting a picture of just her in the bluebonnets. Oh well, she’s still cute!DSC_0209 Zak trying to tickle a smile out of herDSC_0233

Friday, April 9, 2010

Easter Hoppenings!

DSC_1244Enjoying her Easter basket Saturday morningDSC_1246DSC_0004 Loving her new “rella” (Cinderella)   DSC_0030 Enjoying her chocolate bunny from Gma Barb DSC_0046  Watching general conference on our “big screen”DSC_0050 DSC_0055 As if the ward easter egg hunt wasn’t enough, we went ahead and had another one in our front yard ;) DSC_0060 “Ok, how am I going to get 3 eggs off the ledge?”DSC_0062”Uh oh, I’m loosing one!”DSC_0063 “Saved by the face… Genius!”DSC_0064 Contemplating where to look next… DSC_0070 She sure is “one sweet chick” to us!  We hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter weekend, we sure did as a family!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Ward Easter Egg Hunt

Kennedy caught on quickly that the pastel colored eggs on the ground go in your basket and have yummy things inside! She enjoyed her first Easter egg hunt.DSC_1189DSC_1174 DSC_1179DSC_1184DSC_1192 DSC_1195 “Hey- these make neat sounds when you shake them!” DSC_1203 “Ooh, there’s candy inside, even better”