Strike a pose!

We took the boys to get some photos but forgot to put these up. Here they all are for your viewing pleasure. Check out the lil studs!

Noa's nonchalant look

Noa and Micah with their million dollar smiles....watch out!

A lil brotherly love...

A lil more

I got nothin for this one.

GQ...hey ladies!

This was right before we cut Noa's hair. We were trying to grow it out till he was 5 but didn't quite make it. :)

Cuteness.

Diggin the leg out...

"Oh what was that? You want me to look crazy cute? Done."

A lil rustic look.

Micah's finger is a lil rebel but Noa's smile was too pure not to get this one.

That is one good lookin lumberjack.

"What's that? A lil more cuteness needed?"

This was an awesome closeup...lady killer.

Micah got scared...

He felt better snuggling with big bro.

That's all folks. I'm catching up on all that we missed. So be ready for a flood of posts.

Summer Fun!

It's been a crazy summer and our boys have kept extra busy. Here are some of the things we've done so far.

Swimming Lessons

This was Noa's first year swimming solo. He's usually in the Parent/Tot class with me. I thought he'd be scared, but he couldn't wait to leave me and jump in the water.

Micah got stuck with me and at first he hated it. Not to mention the pool's heater was broken so the water was freezing. He screamed and cried the first two days and it wasn't until Tau came that he started to love it. Thank goodness for daddies!

He loved to jump into the water, especially when we weren't ready so you always had to be on your guard. He was very attached to the pink and blue ducky and loved to throw them in the water and then rescue them.

Noa wasn't so sure about getting his head under the water so he made sure to make up his own rules for all the under water games they played. He's no dummy. He loved to splash and to jump in holding the instructors hands (as long as they promised to catch him and not let his eyes get wet).

On the last day they let all the kids go down the slides. I made Tau go with Micah, but felt bad after waiting and waiting for him to come down only to find he had had to scoot himself down the entire way. Micah still thought it was fun though :)

Noa got to go with his instructor. He told me later that the slides were his favorite part, but I've never been able to get him to go on them again with me. Maybe that's because mommy dunks him. What nice instructors.

BYU Summer Preschool

Noa all ready for his first day of school. Such a cool dude :)

 We thought it would be a neat experience for Noa to go to BYU's preschool this summer. It's pretty awesome and after we had orientation I wished I could be the one going to preschool.

 He's in the morning class which is great since he wakes up so early. Micah wasn't so sure about being up before 10 am.

Noa loves the structure of preschool. They get snacks everyday and go on lots of field trips around campus. They even have their own private playground. He gets to help take care of a lot of pets and his favorite one is a tarantula named Webby. He likes following all their rules and helping others keep them as well.

It's amazing how much he's already learned this summer. I think Noa's most favorite part of preschool though is that he gets to go with his daddy to work everyday and when Tau picks him up he always gets to ride on Tau's shoulders back to the office.

Noa learning about fire safety. I love this picture of him paying such close attention.

Sports Camp

Noa stopped playing sports at home and when people would ask why he didn't want to play he said he couldn't play sports and that he wasn't very good at them. I asked him who told him that and he said I did! I was shocked. "When did I tell you that?" I asked. "Mom..." he huffed "you told me I couldn't play sports on Sunday." Oops. I guess I should have been more clear about our playing sports on Sunday rule.

To ensure I hadn't crushed his confidence all together, we signed Noa up for Itty Bitty Sports camp in June. He got to go for four days and learn a new sport every time (soccer, basketball, football, and baseball). They always started with warm up stretches and then went to 6 different stations. At the end they would huddle together and do a group cheer about that days sport and get a special treat.

His favorite sport was soccer. I only have pictures of the basketball day because I forgot the camera, but you can tell it was a lot of fun. He's quite the natural. Just like his dad.

Here's a little video of him showing off his skills:

FOOOOUUUURR!!!

We had some family fun and went golfing. We've been a couple of times since it's been warm but we're still catching up on sharing our spring fun.

The boys love golfing. Whenever we pass by the miniature golf place Micah yells out "GOLFIN!"in hopes that we are headed there.

Check out that form...it's kinda of like Happy Gilmore. ;)

 

The golfers looking on to the next hole...they are so focused.

Micah got tired of the putter and decided to start using his hands.

Check out that landscape...this was a very classy golf course.

Noa does a lil victory dance after he drains a put.

Cool guy alert!

"Not now Mom, I'm driving!"

Future Nascar driver?

We had an Easter egg hunt at Mom & Dad Uda's house. The boys loved hanging out with their cousins and finding some candies.

About Time!

Slacker in da house....it's been a while. Here is a quick catch-up. November 2011 we some fun! Here are a couple of pics from Thanksgiving. We went over to Rob and Jordan's. 

The boys doing their kung fu thang. :)

A big happy family...smile Rob!

We had a surprise party for Mom and Dad to celebrate their 35th anniversary. Anita and Sonya flew in to Utah. Mom and Dad thought they were going to watch they boys while Sarah and I did a weekend getaway.

Here's my cute niece Talia striking a pose.

Sonya with our cousin's sweet daughter.

Anita, Mom, and Malia. Malia drove from Cali with her fam to come for the get together. Thanks for the quick visit Malia!

My stud nephew Kaleo at the local playground. Gloves were messin up his shaka :)

Mai and Leo getting some energy out.

Yeah we put our tree up in November people. 

And we let the boys do one too...Micah somehow lost his pants in the process!?

What is Christmas in Utah without a trip to temple square. My beautiful wife Sarah is camera shy but I got her to pose with Noa here.

December 2011:

GINGERBREAD HOUSES! Yeah boi! Noa, Warren, and Polika had a gingerbread par-tay.

We ate dinner at Mom and Dad Uda's house and the kidlets did their reenactment of Christ's birth. Noa and Micah had some pretty important roles. They decided that the shepherd and monkey should have light sabers...ata boys :)

All the grandkids got some presents from grandma and grandpa. It was a fun night. And we ended the night with a little talent show. Noa sang the Spiderman song 3 or 4 times...but it was a hit every time.

Family time at the Provo Beach Resort. We are VIP members. 

I gave Micah his first haircut. 

It was the last time Sarah let me touch his hair ;)

America's next dance crew watch out...Noa bustin a move.

2012

Sarah went straight boy scout on us and built an igloo with the boys. Noa was so excited and couldn't stop talking about it when I got home from work. 

Some grandma time. They went to the aquarium for the day and had a blast.

Noa and Micah got some clothes and a Spiderman card from Nana and Pop-pop Ioane. They boys played with it for days. Here is a quick video of them. They would jump and shoot webbing all day. It was some fun stuff.

Road Trip!

We took a trip to AZ in March to check out Aloha Festival. Noa was a little more excited than Micah. 

Right when we got there I put the boys to work cleaning the car ;)

Talia and Micah. We went to a small kids amusement park for Mai's bday. It was hot but really fun. Here are a bunch of photos of that day.

Mai at Peter Pizza...I think that is the name, with her ice cream cake. 

Some pics of us relaxing in AZ.

 

 Caught my beautiful niece digging for gold...we all do it, right?

Wow that was long. Stayed tuned for our dope April and May 2012 highlights.