Moo

A few weeks ago, the Chick-Fil-A out here held a Cow Appreciation Day - you could get a free entree if you wore some kind of shirt or hat that resembled a cow or an entire meal if you dressed up like a cow. So....what would you do?

Here's what we did:

1. Dressed up like cows at 9:30pm
2. Put sleepy G in the backseat
3. Made our way to the drive-thru
4. Mooed
5. Placed our order
6. Withstood the laughter
7. Mooed
8. Enjoyed our free entrees! :)-

that's a hoof, of course...

YUM!

Happy 4th of July

Yep, we're behind....

Then there was the 4th of July! Happy Independence Day America!

We celebrated with some patriotic pancakes

And then some good ole fireworks on the lake with the Cherlings and Company! Although it looks like he's going to sneeze, Baby G seemed to enjoy his first fireworks celebration :)

...a pain in the pancreas

Symptoms: intense sharp pains in abdominal region, feelings of nausea
Causes: a gall stone gone astray and lodging itself in pancreatic duct; blocking passage-way
Diagnosis: Pancreatitis
Treatments: rest, liquid diet, strong pain medication and an over night hospital stay

Yes my peeps. This is what we were faced with when on June 28th at 2am I find J-mann on all fours crouched in front of the toilet. A phone call to an on-call Dr., some convincing and an hour later we were on our way to the E.R.
Hoping to find nothing but a bad case of gas or food poisoning? an ultrasound and ct scan later J was diagnosed with Pancreatitis. Who knew of such a thing?

So, with orders to spend the night to ensure the gallstone worked itself out and all was well, J was able to experience his first night in a hospital bed, the wonders of strong pain medication and a hungry next day of all liquids. :)

We are grateful for all the prayers on his behalf and that his organs are all well again.
And when asked how he was doing on his first day back to work he simply explained,
"my organs need to rest."

Aloha! Ono! Mahalo!

With a 6 week old baby G rearin' to get out and see the world, we joined J's fam. for a trip of a lifetime in the Hawaiian islands.

We made all the rounds - visiting 4 islands - to see as much as we could. In 10 days, we flew on 10 flights, spent 36 hours at airports and on planes, and clocked who knows how many miles! And Grant was a champ the entire time!

We visited Pearl Harbor

Grant took his first dip in the ocean!

Went to the Dole plantation

The Polynesian Cultural Center

Enjoyed some shave ice

Enjoyed the local cuisine

Blessed our baby boy!

Went to a Luau

And, of course, Grant got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa!
(and all of his aunts and uncles)

Took G for his first swim!

Went Para-sailing!

Saw some waterfalls.

Took a helicopter tour!

Went shopping.

Went snorkeling!

Saw a volcano

Went to a black sand beach

Went to the temple!


And threw our leis in the ocean in hopes to return again some day

We had the time of our lives! Thank you ma and pa and everyone else who made this trip one for the memory books! Can't wait to see ya'll again soon!