Halloween

Our traditional craving and lighting the pumpkins:

My spooky kids

(so happy they picked the same costumes as last year! Bless their sweet hearts!)

Hawaii trip

Here's our trip in a nutshell:

Starting off the trip right.

We stayed right on Waikiki. Here's us with Diamond Head in the background.

That's one looooooooooooooong drive.

Climbed to the top of Diamond Head.

 Manoa falls trail. SO cool! Imagine hiking through the rain forest with lots of bugs and mud. :) No, it really was cool. A lot different then our regular sagebrush and dirt.

 Went Snorkeling at Hanama Bay.

  um... picture for the kids.

 

Walk down Waikiki at night. (This seriously was such a romantic walk with colorful lights on the palm trees and music coming from all the different restaurants.)

Pearl Harbor.

And of course, the Pineapple Express Train. WHAT?! You went to Hawaii and didn't ride the Pineapple Express Train??? Totally missed out! :)

yeah, Jerek looks pretty happy about it anyway

For my sister:

Polynesian Cultural Center

the guy that lights fires and climbs coconut trees. Rach, is this the same guy when you were there???

 Enjoying our night at the luau.

 Wilimauna Falls.

I'm LOST!! On the search for Jacob's cabin, but, of course, we didn't find it. (alright, maybe only Andrea would appreciate these ones.)

the stream that leads to the heart of the island, or so we are told.

Barely made it to the temple open house. Started the day we left! 

And one last sunset at the beach before hoping onto the plane.

And.....

it's been so long you probably thought I just stayed in Hawaii. Right now, I wished that I did. Although, that island got really little surprisingly fast. I just miss the carefree days, no whining children, no responsibility, and that beautiful thing we call sun. My house has not been at its cleanest lately and my children have been naughtily disobedient. Meaning they disobey with a smile on their face and an evil laugh escaping from their lips. They know I'm too lazy to do anything about it. And that pretty much sums up the last 2 weeks since I've been home. Nice. Welcome home mommy!

(us on the beach somewhere in Peaceful Land)

Aloha babe!

The long awaited trip of joy coming my way.

taking a nap

I don't remember the last time Addi fell asleep during the day. She gave up on naps a long time ago. But she will do anything to be with her grandpa.....

(This picture is kind of cool cause it of the light shining on Addi. Maybe if she woke up and looked in the light she would see an angel. :) or 'beam me up, scotty!' )

Emmalee's special day

Emmalee was baptized & confirmed this last weekend. She was beyond excited for this day! Jerek & I took her to dinner the night before to celebrate. On Saturday we played all day with grandparents and when we came home, to our WONDERFUL surprise, my sister and her family were in our garage!! Having her cousins here was the icing on the cake for Em! We had some family and friends that were able to come and we are so grateful to them. It was such a fun family filled weekend! On Sunday night, Emmalee came into our room, gave Jerek a big hug, and said,"Thanks dad, for baptizing me!"

It was indeed a very special day.

Introducing Addi, the BIG 3 year old!

Happy Birthday to my sweet 3 year old!

 new jammies

 love the singing princess card and new jacket

 Birthday present. Played with for 5 minutes and said, "I don't like this dolly mom. I don't want it." Dragged it around by the hair for a few hours. Big sister said she wanted it and now Addi loves it.

 Princess party with a few friends. Can't have a princess party without a prince!

 Dinner at the park with the family.

 ummm...... dipping cheetos in peanut butter.

 On the bounce house!

Riding bikes to the park after eating chocolate pudding. It was a good birthday!

The pop bottle win

We had a carnival at our school a couple of weeks ago. Each class had a dance to perform. Blake's class danced to a '50's song. He kept his hands in his pockets the whole time! And Emmalee decided not to do it. She said she was too shy. (huh.....)

 They also did a pop walk, where you walk around the numbers and when the music stops, you hope that they call out your number. Both the kids won a well decorated soda bottle. Emmalee's has stuffed animals on it. And Blake's was covered by a sheet, with a ton of candy hidden under it. SCORE! He was really, really excited.