Avik Turns 1

Well, the weekend ends. Rylan just went to sleep and now we sit back and remember another hectic weekend. We had great fun - the entire family hiked Manoa Falls trail, Jim went out and partied on Saturday night, and we all went to Avik's first birthday party. We have photos from everything except Jim's night out, which happily went undocumented, until this brief description. Ernest, Matt and I went to the Red Elephant to hear Yasuko Hayakawa, a pianist from Japan, play with local guys DeShannon Higa and Abe Lagrimas. Good jazz stuff in a nice place with maybe 75 other people. Abe is our old favorite from when Doug and I used to see him when he was still in high school. At this show he played vibes and he, and the rest of the band, sounded great. They recorded the entire show so we will have it on CD some time. We then went to The Dragon Upstairs, a nice place down the street, where the band showed up for an afterparty and more tunes. I don't remember exactly what happened after that, but pizza and a japanese surf band were involved.

Ok, here are some photos and commentary on the rest of the weekend...

First thing on Saturday morning we had to harvest a bunch of bananas. Here Rylan enjoys the spoils.

Later in the day we rode the bikes up to the Manoa Falls trail head and set off.

This is after the hike is over. Rylan had not hiked enough yet and was still running around up until we strapped him back into the bike seat.

First thing on Sunday Rylan ate cereal on the steps with mom. He does this every other morning with dad, but this morning dad was still recovering from Saturday night.

Here is Avik - the son of coworker Lawrence and his wife Chetna, but I always spell that wrong. He was surprizingly in control during the cupcake consumption.

Because there were so many adults and the area was contained the parents got to relax a little too.

Rylan is already working the ladies in the crowd. Here he holds a flower for Elise. Actually, he ran right on by Elise and tried to eat it.

Well that is it for this weekend. Rylan still is not talking, but is getting closer, perhaps. If anyone want high quality versions of the photos just let us know, medium quality is available through this site. Leave a comment so we know you are actually looking at our blog. Thanks everyone. Aloha...