Memorial Day 2012

MEMORIAL DAY 2012

We drove down to grandma's house for the memorial weekend and took a VERY scenic drive up in Vernal. We thought we were headed to the Flaming Gorge...but no. Its okay. It was a fun adventure. I cannot for the life of me find the picture of the whole family together! urgh! oh well. we stayed at grandma's and saw Avenger's, played a lot of basketball and hung out! Miss you guys!

Hawaii Final: Part 13, Weekend Wrap Up

Date Night in Waikiki

A beautiful walk at sunset...and I only had my small camera! ah! But we got a lot of pictures, which just speaks for seriously how beautiful the night was. We had a cute little tag along Pepper Jean, and she got her ears pierced! Which inspired us to get Taelin's done the next day, which ended up being a day of relaxing and spending time with some amazing friends that we love.

As we say goodbye to Hawaii...we feel ready to leave after 2 weeks, and mommy is ready for daddy to start driving again (his license expired so she got to drive the whole time). As we headed home for a red-eye flight, we got celebrate Dakota's birthday and have one last hawaiian meal by our gracious hosts the Allred's. :) Thanks guys for an amazing vacation and for being amazing friends! We love you guys and we miss you!

Hawaii Part 12: Hunama Bay

We couldn't miss out on Hunama Beach - a world renoun snorking beach! Daddy and Mommy each got to swim with sea turtles, thanks to Spencer! Kelton and Chase each got a good try and did really well! They got to see fishes! Evan helped by putting the coral that was on the beach, back in the water and Taelin as usual snacked the whole afternoon and played in the sand :) What fun!!!

Hawaii- Part 11 P.C.C.

~ Liae, Hawaii ~ Temple and Polynesian Cultural Center ~

 Hawaiian Temple...it was HOT, but the grounds were breath taking, we all wanted to jump in the fountain, some more than others :) But I realized when I was tempted...Evan was probably trying to figure out how to do it :)

 The Luau, not amazing food...but very authentic and colorful. The purple rolls were amazing!

 we asked the kids to look like the statues, and this is what we got :) halarious!!!!

Kelton was learning fire batton training from a samonan warrior. He got really good!

I'm sure they were thinking, "I can do that!" Well, not very far. These guys are amazing!

 Day 2: Parade of Color, it was amazing to see each Island have their own very specific culture and colors, dances, and food! I will never look at an Islander and think they look the same! Thaiti has the hip shake!!!!!

The kids got maps and each place we went had tattoo options and their stamps/tattoos meant different things, my kids were all stamped up by the time we left. And when we went back for Day 2, that was their favorite part!

We weren't allowed to take any pictures at the show, but here is Kelton with one of the warriors in the BREATH OF LIFE show, it was AMAZING. The Luau, I could have done without, but the show was awesome!!! Fire twirlers that licked fire and then lit both sides of their torches on fire...it was awesome. Everyone sat riveted on their seats.

Hawaii Part 10: Bellow Beach

Daddy's sand castle projgect :)

 Mommy and Tricia going for the waves!

 While the mommy's were out, Daddy got some mermaids and a mer-man. What a treasure!

 Kelton and Taelin got stung by jelly fish! :( They cried and cried, and after 20 minutes of hot shower water, they're legs go stif from the poison that traveled up to their hip joints. But in the end, Daddy pulled them to walk and their legs were back to normal. Taelin got a golf ball sized bump on the top of her foot, Kelton got these awesome scars that looped through both legs and up one arm. They were even there for his classmates to see when we got back.

Kelton trying his luck at boogie boarding. He had a ton of fun!

 Daddy got lots of waves, but mommy isn't a great photographer...yay!

After Daddy had his turns, all the kids got to get some help from Daddy and get a taste for boogie boarding, even Chase below with his broken collar bone :(  

What a great day at the beach (besides the freezing wind, pelting rain, lunch in the bathrooms and everything getting soaked) but then it got warm!!!! 

Hawaii Vacation Part 9

 


USS MISSOURI



On Monday, the older kids and the Daddy's went to the USS Missouri. It was amazing! The boys told me all about the HUGE guns, the galley, the fun beds and the ladders everywhere. They were very impressed by the ammenities of life on a ship. The mommy's and younger kiddos went to the splash park on base near the Allred's house, it was little, but the kids had a blast (until mommy forgot about Evan's swimmer diaper and he had diahreha...ick!)!

 

Hawaii Vacation Part 8: Sunday Pictures

My kids were being stinky...mental note: take family pictures first :)

We drove up the coast on H3 and enjoyed a beautiful sceneic route. The kids played well as I took the Allred's pictures, but were stinky by the time it was our turn.

Hawaii Part 7

 Saturday, after the swapmeet we headed to the Bishop's Museum and checked out some WAY fun science! We got to see real lava poured and from 15 feet away, we got HOT! We were front row, and the kids loved it all! There were so many fun things to poke, slide and try out...we were busy for hours!

 

black light tunnel towards the lava room!

We went to a Sesame Street building full of Elmo's world, snot machines, the digestive tract and a full kitchen/grocery store full of fun toys...keeping the kids busy while mommy's strolled the babies outside to sleep. :)