Viva Las Vegas

Here are some pictures from when we went with Ben to Las Vegas for his interview with Allegiant Air. Max won big and he was accused of counting cards.

So we smuggled him out in the suit case.

Allegiant Air watch out...

Ben has finally made it through training at Allegiant Air. He has spent the last two months down in Las Vegas doing some intense training. He is now online in Sanford Flordia, which is just outside of Orlando. Here is the offical class picture. Can you guess who the class clown is?

Happy New Year

One of my new years resolutions...Update my blog more than once a year! 2007 flew by. Max had his nine month check up today. NINE months! He crawls everywhere including up and down the stairs. He waves and claps to people especially dogs. He has four teeth which have inspired a few nickname such as Hungry Hippo and Fang. He loves to read and play with Saddie (the big German Shepard). In his short little life he has been to Detroit (to visit the Orme family), Seattle and Las Vegas. He was really good on all the trips and even won big in Vegas, OK maybe not.

Halloween was fun. Max was a Pirate, ARRRGH! He went trick-or-treating at Annie's and Grandma Derrick's.

He was really excited for Christmas Breakfast, oh and the presents. Santa gave his a rocking horse that makes galloping and neighing sounds. He loves it and he also got a really plush bath towel that he loves since that is his favorite activity. If I rolled him up in it he would lay there all day.

Maxedon cutie pants

Max was born on April 9th 2007 at 9:35pm (he waited just long enough for dad to show up!). He weighed 7 lbs 1 oz and was 21 inched long. He is the cutest little guy and is already 10 weeks old. At the doctors yesterday he weighed in at 12 lbs 14 oz! What a chunk! His little legs are getting so chubby. I love them. We went swimming this week for his first time and he loved it. He was so excited all he could do was coo and flail he arms and legs.

Vacation in Hawaii with Annie

Annie and me visiting the mormons and the Laie Temple on our way to the North Shore.












Manauwili Falls...right before Annie jumped in.














Annie, me and the mokes...















The Lighthouse hike...we are almost to the top


















This was the funnest vacation!!

Me and Ben sittin in a tree...k.i.s.s.i.n.g...We were on our way to Manauwili Falls.




This is the Falls...there were three jumps...med high, high and higher...



One of the many beautiful and exotic flowers along the trail...

Buoy Tree

One of the many cool things I see on my way to school.

Yesterday I was outside doing the wash (most wash rooms are outside/garage in Hawaii). I heard these chickens clucking like crazy. Anna likes to follow me outside and sneak into the back yard when I have my back turned, so I figured that all the clucking was because Anna was interrupting some wild chickens. So I ran back there to see what was going on. Good thing they were up on the wall, but they were watching her very intently. Anna on the other hand was oblivious. There are chicken everywhere out here! The dang roosters wake me up every morning! A girl in one of my classes told me that her 11 year old son and his friends catch the roosters and tie a leash around its neck. Then they go and find another rooster and plop the hostage rooster right down in front of the other so they can fight. And then she told me of some workers that were working next door to her house and one day they had a barbecue going on...They had caught one of the neighborhood chickens and cooked it up for lunch!!!