Spring update in photos

 Lamb kiss giggles

Treats at the St.Patrick's Day parade

 Hiking the Kasota Prairie

 The last day of snow play

 Putting on some miles

I'm tired...picture update, again

 Maya and Kate in a bamboo tunnel

 Me standing by a tree, yup, one tree.

 

Look atop that rock, upper left.  That's me, for scale...

 Maya picking her own banana

 Brian for scale, in a lava crack.

 Breakfast time

 Picaboo

 Our little hiker

 Mom and a hurricane tipped tree and roots

Whale watchers.

A few more pictures...

These pictures are pretty self explanatory.  It should be noted though, that in the picture of Kate and Maya waving, Maya is doing a pretty good 'shaka' wave.  (Hang Loose)

Hello 2015!

We're having a nice start to 2015.  Knowing that we are about 80 degrees warmer than Minnesota right now helps!  If you're not up to speed, Kate, Maya, my mom and I are in Hawai'i to visit family and tour the island.  I took a bit longer than I expected to upload pictures, so this will be light on words and heavy on pictures.

Maya caught red-handed on the red road to the black sand beach.

 At grandpa Tom's with home grown goods.

 More of the bounty....

 One of our favorite critters...

 More harvesting...

 At Hilo Sunrise Bistro, where Grandpa Tom and Auntie Melissa made us some ono grinds...

 Kate, off Maya duty on the lanai...

 Grandma Cher touring the lava fields...

 Grandma Cher at the Waipio valley overlook...

 A Maya sized palm...

 Maya's nap nook in our rental house...

 More harvesting...

 Maya pointing out one of our roommates (see next photo for close-up)

 Our housemate, George the Gecko

That's it for now, we're headed to Grandma Judy's soon.  More to come as time allows.  Aloha!

Maya's Vacation

While Brian and I were at camp last week, Maya had a blast hanging out with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  Most of the Knutson/Sutter readers have already seen these/taken them, but I thought the rest of you would like to see them too.

Maya spent the first part of the week with Cher, Laur, Jill, Tricia, Tony, and Charlie up in Duluth.

Then she spent a few nights with Mindy, Jon, Natalie, and Harvey.

 

Then, back to grandma and grandpa for a night before we came to pick her up.  She's already looking forward to spending a week with them next year.

You know it's spring in Minnesota when...

you get the first tornado warning of the season.  This one didn't end up touching down, but Brian got some video of the cool clouds that came along with the warning.  I was with a couple hundred students in the basement of the campus center.  Don't ask me what Maya is doing.

Rainy day fun

We've had a cold, wet spring and so Maya has taken it upon herself to create her own swimming experiences.  Here she is on the couch trampoline, jumping into the pool.  Note the two layers of bathing suits.