Happy 4th of July

Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July. We spent the afternoon in Brookshire at a huge BBQ that Goose put on. It was crazy how much food he had there. Matthew had a great time munching on all the watermelon which helped keep him cool in the 100+ heat.




Goose had the Brookshire Fire Department bring an older style Fire truck for the kids to check out. It was pretty cool.

Eating time

Sorry it's awhile since our last post. Ive been meaning to but just been a little blog lazy lately. But to get going again here's some photos of Matthew during a couple of his Dinner / Snack times. I have to give a lot of props to my wife for helping raise Matthew so healthy. If it was up to me who knows what he would be eating. But Lei works hard to make sure he only eats whole foods nothing processed. She goes even as far as grinding all his oats and grains. baking and mashing sweet potatoes and squash for him. Which was a lot of work and really time consuming but its really paying off now that he's eating regular, un mashed foods. He just loves his Sauteed and steamed veggies, grilled chicken, salmon and tuna fish. His favorite snacks are raw carrots, raw tomatoes of our plants and pretty much any fruit, cherries are among the most fav, as you can see in the pics below. Oh and water. Tried to give him some juice once but he didn't like how sweet it was. even tried watering it down. I dont mean to brag about my kid, Well maybe i do... :D but im just really grateful for Lei being so strict with Matthew's diet. I know its most of the reason why we've been so blessed with Matthews good health. So Lei, if i haven't told you lately, Thank you!

Eating Cherries. its straight to the bath after this.



Tomato Picking




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Multi Slider, originally uploaded by ailona.

Went to the park near the Campbell's home with the kids after Lei was done Schooling them. it was a good time. heres more of me playing with the sequence's. Click the HD Button and go full screen to get the best effect. :D

Pictures to go along with the vid.





you can see more on my flickr

Mothers Day BBQ

After going to church with lei's mom for mothers day, We went to Goose's ( a Family friend) for a fun BBQ on his country property in Brookshire. Its about an hour west of us. We had a good time with Helen, Kalani and other of Gooses friends.

Time-Lapse

Took Matthew to the park last week and brought my camera along for some fun. Thought I would play around with some time lapse photography. I forgot to grab the tri-pod so excuse the shifting and wobbles. But here's a quick 30 sec vid of a few of the sequence shots I took.
More of an update and photos to come soon.

Mileage

Last week was a Busy and Fun week for us. After the rains subsided after last weekend we were able to have some fun outside. Hes a quick run down of our shenanigans and A bunch of photos.

Zoo Trip
Last Thursday (4/23) Leilani went on a field trip with the Campbell's who she home schools, and Matthew and I were able to tag along. So on a beautiful Thursday morning we met up with Leilani, Roni (Mrs. Campbell), Caleb, Ashley, Colin and Stephanie to head over to the Houston Zoo. Matthew really had a great time exploring and seeing all the different animals. He really loved the fish as well as the big elephants. He also had a lot of fun playing with the Campbell kids. They were all really sweet to Matthew and took good care of him. Matthew was a lot easier to handle with all the extra help. Although, I was there mostly to take photos.


Austin / San Antonio Trip
Friday we packed up and headed West to Austin for Kalani's Figure Show. It was a great 3 hour drive for the most part until Matthew decided to get car sick and spew the apple and pear he had eaten while watching a movie. This has happened once before and one would think we would have learned, but no. Luckily it was mostly confined to his shirt and just a little on his car seat strap. After a quick cleanup and wardrobe change we were back on our way.
The show was cool. One of Kalani and Lei's friends from Kentucky, Ardy, and her family, came down to see the show. It's been a few years since they saw each other so it was fun for them to catch up. After the show we drove down with them to San Antonio and spent the night there. The best part is that they live about 5 minutes from Six Flags Fiesta Texas theme park! They had some bring a friend coupons with their season passes and so on the spur of the moment we headed over at about 7:30pm. They close at 9! It was awesome since we got to ride about 4 of the most popular rides in the hour we were there.
We drove home Sunday without an accident. mostly because we took an hour break at a rest stop to feed Matthew his lunch and stretch our legs. So after 3 days of traveling and over 500 miles later we are home safe and sound.



OH Congrats to Kalani for not only winning her Figure Class but also taking the overall!
Good job!

photo sequence of Matthew while he was walking around with his banana

Happy Easter

Hope y'all had a great Easter Sunday. We spent the afternoon at Lei's Mom's House with Kalani and Tim eating some good food and hanging out. It was a good time. Here's a few photos from today