happy birthday marin maisie!

 

this year has really just flown by. i don't know what happened, or where it went. but it is gone. it  i feel like i was just blogging about the emotional day marin joined our family.  it was such a fun year getting to know our little wild thing. marin is so busy and curious and sure of herself. i look at her all that time and i am so thankful that we got her. that God knew that she was exactly what we needed. the most magical part of this year has been watching coen become an awesome big brother. they really adore each other, and i am humbled that we were chosen to be their parents. God is so good!

 

we had a fun, full day of celebrating the joy marin brings to our family. coen got to ditch school and wes took th day off from work. i know she won't remember any of this, but we will. and we ALL had fun!

 

 

birthday breakfast cupcake! 

 

 

day trip to to waimea for some lunch and pumpkin patchin'!

follow mr smarty pants through the corn maze...

 

 

 

victory dance! 

 

 

home for baths, dinner, and presents!

patchin' 2012

yesterday we ventured up to the kohala mountain farm pumpkin patch to pick locally grown pumpkins. while the pacific northwest offers an abundant supply of fabulous patches, it really takes quite a bit of effort to pull off a successful patch on the island. this was the patch's third year in operation, and it was obvious that they have full support of the communities island wide. the patch was expanded from 1.5 acres to 9 acres this year, and also included a fabulously huge corn maze, hay ride, petting zoo, face painting, brick oven pizzas, cotton candy, and farm grown produce. as far as patches go, this years experience really delivered. it was even a bit chilly up on the mountain when we first arrived. although once the sun popped out we were applying sunscreen and pulling out the shades. oh hawaii, you are just always so warm & sunny. 

coen's face says it all, the belly is well, um BIG.

this is the corn maze design. we passed this year, i was not up for getting lost in the blazing sun and coen was more interested in the petting farm. but we will be back, next year...plus one!