Being Creative with Apo-Lady

When my grandparents trip was coming to an end, we decided to paint some pots with Apo-Lady so the kids could have something special that they made with their great grandmother. Lisa painted a big pot for Apo-Lady and we put each of the kids handprints on it. It turned out really nice and Apo-Lady loved it. We sure do miss our grandparents and Aunt Marilyn! Hopefully they will plan another trip soon!














Cydnee and ApoLady














Caleb and ApoMan














Daniel concentrating real hard














ApoMan observing the pot painting

A Day at the Aquarium

Georgia has the largest aquarium in the world, and I have to say they have a lot of fish that I've never seen in person before. We had a great time with the whole fam. (mostly, minus Ben and Danny). Jonas really liked the seals. They were especially energetic and very entertaining.

Discovering fish with Grandpa














Gagnons posing














Jonas and "D"














Lelang knows how to win Jonas over, CANDY!



















Cyd concentrating on opening her lollipop






































Daniel trying to hug Jonas





















































Talking about fish with Lelang





























Jonas with his great grandmother














Discussing fish with Grandpa














"Let me tell you what I know about fish, Grandpa."










































Kisses from Grandpa














Bites from Jonas

Lion King

We had the opportunity to go to the Lion King play. It was so amazing. The scenes and animal costumes were unbelievable. Some people are so creative. I wish I was. We had a great time, once again, with Lelang, Lelong and Marilyn. It was even better because we had NO KIDS!!! You need one of those kind of nights once in a while.

Stone Mountain

One of our activities with my grandparents and aunt was Stone Mountain. It was a bit cold, but we had a good time together. It took us the whole night (actually until Danny showed up) to figure out who the 3 men were on the rock. My grandmother was so disappointed that we couldn't name them all, especially when my mom said one of them was Hugh Grant. We finally were able to name all three men when Danny showed up and of course he knew all of them.













Jared with his niece and nephews






































The gang

















Listening to one of Auntie Marilyn's stories.














She always makes us laugh.







































































Jonas in flight (again)


































Hand stand contest on the rock. Lisa won every time. I guess she still has the gymnast in her.































We are probably laughing at Steven. If you look at the previous picture, he barely got his feet in the air:-)













Not only do we look alike, but apparently we have the same smile.
















Jonas just about had it. He was hungry, a little cold and tired. He could really care less that we were on top of a huge rock. All he wanted was pizza! We all knew it too, because that was all he said for about an hour, "I want pizza!" Poor little guy.
















For some reason the guys felt the need to pose while on the rock. These weren't staged pictures!
Steven



















Lelong



















Jared



















Waiting for the laser show














Can you tell my grandparents are from Hawaii?

A Surprise Visit

This week we were so excited to have our Lelong (Grandpa), Lelang (Grandma), and Aunt Marilyn here in Georgia for a long awaited visit. We haven't seen them for about 6 years mostly due to the fact that my grandparents live in Hawaii and my aunt lives in California. The surprise visit came when my brother and his wife showed up when we were meeting for dinner. Everyone, except for my mom and her parents, knew about Jared and Leni flying down to Georgia. So, before dinner started, Jared and Leni casually walked through the door and gave my mom, her parents, and her sister a big surprise. We had a fun evening catching up and reminiscing. We've done a lot since they came to visit and I have a lot of pictures to post of our fun adventures.

Mom and Aunt Marilyn when they first arrived
















































Lelang or Apo-Lady with pictures from the kids



















Javan and his great grandfather (Apo-man)



















Our two spidermen-Daniel and Jonas



















Singing the Itsy-Bitsy spider
















Jonas and his Lelang



















Aunt Marilyn, Lelang(Apo-Lady), and Me














Jared and his Lelong(Apo-Man)















Leni and Malaya


















Lelang, Me and Mom















Lelong(Apo-man) and Lelang(ApoLady)














Jared and Leni


















I had to post this picture because Lisa looks hilarious. She looks like she's not too sure of the food in front of her. It actually was a very good dinner!















Dinnertime













Lelong getting some shut eye

















Getting ready to dive into Jonas' birthday cake. It was DELICIOUS!


















Jonas chowing down on cake



















Time for presents



















Opening presents with mommy
















































Putting puzzles together with Great-Auntie Marilyn