Kate and Michelle come to visit!!!

Alright! So we have been in Hawaii a little over 3 wonderful months and lots has happened since we arrived! For starters, Kate and Michelle came out to visit us!! They arrived just about three weeks after we did!! All of us thought it might be a little crazy since we were still living in a hotel, but to ALL of our surprise, their timing could not have been better, and the trip...AMAZING! here are a few pics of the things we did!

We had an awesome dinner on the beach! Kate and Michelle went sailing!

Hung out with some locals!

We went to a luau! ALOHA!!

Doesn't' Parker look like a little local!!!!

Our dinner is almost ready....

Dinner is served!

We swam!

Umm and we ate...again!!!

We visited Pearl Harbor

Parker posed for a photo op!

We visited the Dole Plantation and ate lots of pineapple!

Took in some beautiful scenery!

Kate took this pic and I just love it! Parker and Jeremy are two of a kind, he is such an amazing little boy and Jeremy is an amazing father!

These two love the beach!

We had such a great time with the girls and cannot wait for them to come back!

On the road again!!

Hello faithful followers of The Nelson Family Blog!! So it has been awhile since we have updated this thing, but I assure you it is with good reason. We are finally settled in our new home located in Pearl City, Hawaii on the island of Oahu! Needless to say we love it here and are having tons of fun and making great new friends! However, much has happened since we left good ol' Quantico, VA. So here is a little picture montage of how our jaunt across the country went to include all of Parker's birthday parties, time with family, and road trip fun!

Our first stop.....

Birthday party at Grammy and Papa's house in West Virginia!

Special Agent OSO cake!!!

We went to see Papa Phil's old cars and had a great time!

Then we were off!!!

Aiden could not get close enough to his daddy in the front seat!

Carter was relaxing!

And this guy was an angel! We could not asked for a better traveler.

We got to go play at Auntie Nicole's school and Parker had so much fun!

We got to see baby Henry for the first time and ...

Parker got to hang out with Aunt Darian, who is absolutely loves!

Of course he had another birthday party in Missouri thanks to his NaNa, this time it was a Toy Story theme.

Buss Lightyear even showed up! John came dressed as Buzz and Parker could not believe it!

It was an awesome visit, and then we were off AGAIN!

Finally, Parker's birthday parties ended with one last party at PaPa and Grandma's house in California and clearly this was a Mickey Mouse themed party!

He loved everyone singing Happy Birthday to him!!!

Then we were off one last time, to Anaheim, California to visit the mouse!! Disneyland here we come!!!

Parker helped PaPa prepare for the trip by calling others on the CB and PaPa put in directions!

We went to Rainforest Cafe the first night we were there to celebrate once again Parker turning 2!!

DISNEYLAND!!!!

Grandma and Parker on the Buzz Lightyear ride!

It was a long day so in the middle Parker took a nap on Daddy's head!

Parker got to wear an awesome birthday pin so everyone knew it was his special day!!!

One more family ride before we went home!

He was just beat!!

Then it was time to board the plane to paradise!!!

Horseback Riding!

So Parker is a regular cowboy! Today we went to the stables here on base with our new friend Cherie who owns a beautiful horse named Silky. We met Cherie a couple of days ago when we were driving through the stables looking at the horses. She offered to let Parker and I ride her horse if we were interested and we totally were!! So today we put on our boots and had an amazing time!

Parker was in charge of the hook to clean Silky's hooves! That's Parker waiting for his ride...the horse in the background is Finn
That's Cherie and Parker riding Silky, she is 16 and 1/2 hands tall!! Parker wasn't scared a bit!

Look at Parker, he took the reigns!

Then he wanted mommy to ride, so I hopped on and we took a lil stroll around the arena! We are for sure going to go riding again really soon!!!