you didn't think i'd forget to blog about...

...the PARTY of the CENTURY, didya?!?!

I get by with a little help from my friends and i got these pictures in the same way. thanks for the donations!!
here comes a whole lot of pictures!

(warning: you might see a pig carcass here)


and we had a luau with a little help from a tent.

look at that set up!!

the balloons

the cake

THE STAR


...and all the fun!!









it wasn't for a lack of effort or planning, just experience, that mr piggy needed to finish cooking above ground. it was fun doing an imu though.


some of the mingling

I will never forget this party. Thank you so much to everyone that made it possible, attended, and helped celebrate our little hula girl's first birthday!

i have been away from the blog lately, not on purpose, its just that life keeps happening. so i know i have lots to catch up on, but i saw this and thought it was funny, so for now, this is all you get =)

Naia's Birthday Party luau gala event

Naia's Birthday party was AWESOME. We all had so much fun, Naia partied like a rock star, and we got to see so many family and friends. I'm trying to gather pictures from the event to post up here. it was so exciting, i forget to take as many pictures as i'd like. but in the meantime, here's a little piece of the action
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(i am a geek)

...AND that pig didn't cook itself...here's a little behind the scenes snippet of brooks digging the imu while fielding comments from the peanut gallery

Sweet Naia is One!!

Happy Birthday to our Sweet Baby Girl

We love Halloween

and we speak for Naia when we say that =).

And really, i remember having fun on halloween as a kid. But being on the other side of the child/grown up side was, i think, even better. Maybe its because it was my first halloween as a mom or because Naia is nearing the one year mark (which i'm dreading a little in a bittersweet kind of way) and everything seems even more special and important and monumental these days. Or maybe i'm just generally a little emotional with the end of infancy. Either way, halloween was AWESOME.

Naia was SO excited and had so much fun, was pointing at everything and everyone, and letting out very enthusiastic "ooh ooh ooh"s. I think she got a kick out of knocking on doors, which opened to show such friendly NEW excited faces, handing her all sorts of things. I got a kick out of how neat the holiday really is and how wonderful little interactions with complete strangers can be. I had this great feeling of gratitude to all the candy givers, especially a couple that went all out and made haunted yards and houses.... anyway, here are a few pictures of our day.


Deter by day


pumpkin (same outfit from last year at thanksgiving!!) by .... afternoon



monkey by night...and for trick-or-treating:







and we closed out the night with some of Naia's favorite fans

Naia LOVES her nana

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!