Hawaii !!

Jeff and I had such a fun time in Hawaii last week. We went to the Island of Kauai and stayed in some condo's there, with my Dad, Kristin, and my my brother David. It was so fun just to be able to relax, and have a little break from the kids. Thank you soooo much to Crystal and Jeff's mom for watching the kids. Sorry to my mom, who was unable to make it, due to weather. I know they really had a good time. I was a little worried about the weather at first, but it was usually about 75-80 deg and sunny. It would rain at times, but then it would clear up right away. We were able to see whales which was really cool, eat some yummy food. Probably too much food and stayed up playing games and just hanging out. We were able to be there for Valentines Day as well, and I told Jeff that he is going to have to top this every year. It was a very nice evening. Sorry there are so many pics, so bare with. There were just so many picture and hard to choose which ones. Hope you enjoy. By the way, i don't like any of my pictures, so bare with them. I have decided that I am not very photogenic.

Our First day there, we took a tour of the whole island, that way we would know what we wanted to do later in the week.






Just some random pictures





We were able to see a monk seal just relaxing on the beach. These pictures are down at the Princeville hotel, which was our favorite place to snorkel. We saw some awesome fish.




This is the light house. You can do a lot of whale watching from here.




Today we went to a Luau. I love going to Luau's the dancing is so fun to watch, and you can't beat the food. This is where Jeff tasted his first poi. Can't say it's on his favorite list of foods.






This day, Jeff and I took a 4 mile hike up the NaPali Coast. It was VERY muddy and very pretty. The views were great and the waves were big. We missed David on the hike that day, because he was feeling under the weather. I may have gotten him sick, but as of now, I going to deny that accusation.






One of our favorite things to do, was boggie board at Hanalei Bay. Next time we decided we are going to take surfing lessons.


This is out first Hawaii Sunset. It was very pretty, and we made it just in time. It's amazing how fast the sun goes down.



Here we are at the Wyamia( SP?) Canyon, they call it the Grand Canyon of Kauai. It's very pretty.

This is a picture of a rooster. I back when they had hurricane Iniki, it scattered all of the roosters all over the island and now they just roam all over the place and crow whenever they want to. They are a little confused.


I don't really remember where this is, but it was very pretty. Awesome views.


This is us at our first and most favorite Ke'e Beach, looking down at the NaPali coast. There is David waving a hello.

These are to torro root fields, they use the root to make poi. For those of you who have not tasted it, it's a really nasty pasty tasting stuff. I really don't understand why they use it, but they sure have a lot of fields. Yucky.


This is our stop at the spouting horn. They call it that, because the water, when it goes under the rock, it splashes up the whole there and makes a big splash. The waves were not to big that day, so we didn't get to see it very big.

Happy Birthday Ashlie !!

Today is Ahlie's birthday. I can't believe my baby girl is 3 already. She started her day out by having her favorite breakfast chocolate donuts. Then for lunch we went to McDonalds. We will celebrate with family later and open presents and have cake, then on Saturday she will have a party with her friends. So I will post pics this weekend.

Things about Ashlie

Loves to color
Loves princess anything
Loves Little Mermaid
Loves to dress up
She loves her brothers
Loves to learn
She doesn't really have a favorite food. We are lucky if we can get her to eat.
She has the cutest little giggle
She is very nurturing
Gives the best kisses

Ashlie we love you very much and are so lucky to have you in our family. You are our little princess. Happy Birthday sweetie.

Ok, I just had to post these pictures of my 2 handsome boys. It's getting so fun, because finally they are starting to accept brandon as a sibling. They still shut the door on him sometimes, but for the most part they are starting to play with him. Last night Matthew was being really silly and brandon was busting up, and then trying to copy Matthew. Matthew turned to me and said "mom I'm such a good big brother" with the biggest smile on his face. It makes me so happy to see how much brandon loves his brother and sister.

I did it !!!

Well , I did it much to my friends and family's disbelief, I am officially off caffeine. It really wans't to bad, and I didn't even get a bad headache. But, at least I did it. Yea me!!

Denver Stock Show

The other day my Mother in Law and I went to the stock show. The kids really had a good time looking and petting the animals.

So the other night, Jeff and I were on our way to the temple. Ashlie was up stairs with Jeff, and he told her we were going to the temple. She came up to him and said "Daddy I want to be a princess," So Jeff told her to go and get one of her dresses. And she said" No a princess like mommy, so I can get married. The kids call me a princess when they see my wedding picture on the wall. So Jeff proceeded to explain to her that one day she will get married, but not today. She didn't quite understand, and was crying and throwing a tantrum that she could not come to the temple and get married. She was very distrat. It was very cute, and about broke my heart, when she came down in her cute little dress and wanted to go.

Christmas 2007

Ok, So I am a very big slacker along with everyone else, So I don't feel to bad. Here are some pictures of our Christmas. I was filled with fun and excitement. This year we went to Jeff's parents and his Brother and family came from Texas. So we had 16 people in the house for a week and a half. It was so fun to have everyone there, and there was never a dull moment. We had fun making ginger bread houses, sledding, bowling, and hour and hours of playing. Christmas morning was so fun, but VERY crazy. It was such a joy to have everyone around and for the cousins to get to play. Christmas eve we had a wonderful traditional BBQ and the Sister Missionaries came over to join the craziness. We read the christmas story and the kids had fun acting. I got to play a Sheep, what great fun. The missionaries brought a great spirit into the house and sang a wonderful song. Hope everyone had a great holiday and a great New Year.