Named one of the World's Ten Most beautiful beaches

On Monday we went to Lanikai beach. It was great because there were so few people there and the water is very mild. We took a ton of pictures because we are doing Kylee's 12 month photos.

taking a break!

Kylee loved it. Our first few times in the ocean, when she was much younger, she was iffy on it. But this time, she crawled, played, walked, just loved it!

the sand is unlike anywhere i've ever been. it is really soft and spongey.

the island behind us is one of the Mokolua Islands, you can see the little bit of sand there. People kayak there and hang out all day

My big girl is getting better and better at walking supported!

these were taken when we got there...

my pretty girl in her Vikings outfit
wearing part of her halloween costume

she loves the beach!

i had to put a tiara on her when we were shopping for her birthday

Kylee loves to spin in circles on the floor, and today she did it for like 10 minutes so i got video

some cute photos

I want to thank again everyone who has really helped us the past year. I know I will forget to name some of my relatives, I cant quite name everyone, but thanks :) We have some friends who are having a baby soon, and they have nothing, so it makes me even more grateful for what we have been given, and Josh and I have never forgot that. Thanks again mom and dad and Grandpa and Grandma Hathway---you bought all the furniture for her room and more! We still talk about how much we love her crib. and a special thanks to Jake and Sam, Dave and Wendy, and Chris and Carolynn, they passed on a ton of baby stuff to us. We really have been blessed.

This was one of the only pictures where she smiled. We are trying to get her one year photos done. Our normally happy baby doesnt want to smile much whenever we get the camera out!

Kylee will walk when she is holding onto her crib rails, so Josh and I hang out with her every night by her crib so we can encourage her. Kylee and daddy were having so much fun goofing off i had to get it on video.

the "blow hole"

we went to the blowhole to enjoy some beautiful hawaiin scenery. its called the blowhole (if you look at the picture here) for obvious reasons.

crazy hair after the windy experience!

I finally got Kylee on video using sign language

Makapu'u Lighthouse

Last weekend we went to see this lighthouse, of course, with amazing scenery on the way. It was about a mile and half uphill hike.
we were able to take the stroller this time since its a paved hike, but it was a harder hike because its so steep

we kept telling Kylee "pretty" and she would look at everything

LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture

trying to take Kylee's "one year photo's" here...but she wouldnt smile

yes, they have cactus in hawaii. we were suprised, too

this is one of the highest points of the mountain/hike, you can see most of the eastern/southern portion of the island

a panaramic view

This is the lighthouse we came to see! Unfortunately we werent able to get real close to see it, its closed off to the public. But the view up here was fabulous anyways!

Its really hard to see in this photo, but you can see the closest Hawaiin island to us, Molokai, in the background