Exactly 6 years ago today my lovely wife Cari decided she wanted to have 6 children.
I remember the moment very, very well.
Inevitably, after the birth of each our children, Cari would conclude that she wanted another. Usually it took a few days, but at some point or another in the week following a birth, Cari would announce that she's ready to have another baby.
Well, 6 years ago today, Cari experienced the easiest labor she ever had with the birth of Kekoa James. It went really, really fast.
And as I so clearly recall, it was less than 10 minutes after Kekoa had entered this world that Cari announced that she wanted not just another another child, but 2 more children.
See, Kekoa James has been a wonderfully easy child to be with from the very start!
Here is everyone as we're about to begin singing Happy Birthday...
One of the greatest things about Kekoa is how excited he gets over everything in life.
His main gift today was a Gameboy Advance SP, and boy, was he happy...
His brothers and sisters picked out a classic Mario Brothers game for him and he was literally jumping up with joy...
Of course, for Kekoa, probably the best thing about his birthday was that it made him the center of the universe.
For him, that means everyone wanted to watch him play with his new Gameboy...
Here he is leading Mario to defeat the evil dragon Bowser...
Happy Birthday Kekoa...
What a wonderful little boy!
To surprise Cari for Mother's Day, the kids wanted to make her a really big breakfast of all the things we never eat anymore (you know, the UN-healthy but delicious stuff).
Here is Cousin It cooking up a storm...
We were going to do bacon and scrambled eggs. But while in the store, someone else wanted to make Mom french toast. Then another thought of hash browns. I thought cinnamon rolls would be nice, but one of the kids wanted to make muffins. Unfortunately, they couldn't agree on which kind, so naturaly we had to get blueberry and banana nut.
And so was the Mother's Day feast...
And so what do you do after eating a huge Mother's Day breakfast?
Swim off a few of those calories, of course!
We picked up a new swimming vest for Malia and she tried it out today...
And Nalani has finally put away the swimming ring and has graduated to Kekoa's old training vest...
And Kekoa has tossed away the vest and is now swimming on his own!
Of course, it doesn't hurt to get a free ride from his big sister every now and then...
But if you have water, then you have to jump into it. And so began a series of "bombs" into the pool...
There was Alyssa's "peace" bomb (sounds like an invention of Vice President Cheney's)...
Or Bretty's bomb over his sister's head...
Or sometimes they just did it all together...
We do live in the desert. So the sun is always overhead. Of course, some of us tan at different rates than others in the house...
Well, we are all a little bit different.
Consider how many homes provide this as choices for an afternoon snack...
Freshly Inari sushi and Wisconsin cheese curds.
Mmmm good. (Well, at least the sushi).
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