Happy New Year!

We had dinner at the Otakes' house earlier in the night, at their annual New Year's Eve party/Sky's birthday party (She turned 5.). Turns out, 2010 was a productive year. Apparently, each family was told to bring a new baby to the party this year. Here are the new babies that arrived in 2010: (From L to R) a 9 month old, a 1 month old, a 6 month old, two 3 month olds, and a 2 month old.


And, here is the view of the fireworks at midnight, from our lanai. This is the last year of the big bangs, since a new law goes into effect tomorrow regarding fireworks. Fireworks have always been a huge deal here in Hawai'i, especially the illegal aerials. But, this year, all fireworks could be set off from 9 pm to 1 am. Permits had to be purchased in order to use of possess aerial fireworks. We got home in time to see the craziness ("the war zone" as I call it) below our house. Because of the new law, this year was supposed to be a crazy one, so we closed up all the windows and put the kids' A/C's on so that the smoke wouldn't fill the house (which also seemed to help with the noise and all the kabooms that shook the house). Just take a look at the video.



We were blessed in 2010 with a healthy, sweet little baby Zack. It will be fun to see him and Chase grow in 2011. Here are some of Daddy and Mommy's new year resolutions:

* To be a better husband and father
* To be a better wife and mother (she copied Daddy)
* To go to Bikram yoga 2-3 times a week
* To keep my blog up-to-date