In December we went to Hawaii to visit Maren's family. And get Juliana in the ocean for the first time!
By the end of the trip she didn't think it was so bad.
We spent a few days in Honolulu with the girls' great-grandmother Ani.
And then headed for the Big Island to visit grandparents Pippi and Ru.
Tidepooling at Ho'okena and touching a sea cucumber.
Linnea found a little boy that was just about her age. They had fun playing in the pools.
Building sand castles with Ru.
A shark!
Turtle watching with Dad.
And learning to bodyboard with Ru.
Flying!
A little tiny Christmas package!
She even fit in Mike's stocking (which was made by Pippi)!
Christmas snuggles.
Linnea was Ru's apprentice baker and cookie decorator.
While Juliana perfected the one eyebrow stare.
Christmas Eve fondue. Yum!
Linnea had lots of fun checking out the Christmas lights at Kilauea Military Camp.
And she made us a gingerbread family for Christmas (with some help of course...)
Juliana was very appreciative of her Christmas presents, especially this CD ;)
She's a very smiley baby!
Feeding the pheasants from the porch was one of Linnea's favorite activities.
We tried to get a nice picture of Nea and Ani, but someone was feeling a little goofy...
Four generations of ladies!
Ani loved snuggling with Juliana. Apparently it was mutual!
Sweet baby!
And sweet toddler.
Linnea's first time on skis. We took her to the sledding hill close to our house.
She did a great job!
And took a few spills...
...but she didn't mind!
Getting the hang of it ;)
Juliana came out with us too, but when we got home she went to sleep with her arms straight up in the air. We were a bit worried she had frozen solid!
Practicing her mastery over the playgym birds.
Big sister adoration ;)
It's good to be prepared...you never know what dangers may befall you when coloring.
Linnea dressing herself ;)
Attack of the sisters!
Linnea comforting Lander after his surgery. The poor guy suddenly developed an abscess on his chin and had to have a four-hour surgery to fix it. He wasn't too happy about it!
The Cabin at Steamboat, where we escaped to for a nice long (and cold!) ski weekend.
Linnea's first time on the big mountain at Steamboat!
Our friend Kate came up with us for the weekend. She was a great skier, and put us Coloradans to shame!
Linnea liked watching the Superbowl, but Juliana prefered examining her Dad's Coors Lite.
Snowshoeing (or "bearfooting" as Linnea calls it)
