February 12th

The first day of our trip we went out to snorkel with dolphins. We did get to swim with thwm and see them under water but for only a few minutes and then they were gone. We also saw whales. Intersting fact: When the whales are in Hawaii the moms are strictly there to breed and have babies. They do not feed at all. When they have a baby, the baby will eat 40 gallons of moms milk a day. The milk is so thick that if you put it in a glass and turned it upside down it would not come out........think Dairy Queen Blizzards :). We also hiked up Diamond Head Crater for some awesome views and then drove around the island. Here are some pics of the day:

HAWAII

Justin got to go to Hickam AFB in Oahu for his 2 week tour with the reserves so.... naturally I wanted to tag along! Its been so pretty here, we want to bring our kids next time we come. Some of the highlights have been snorkeling with dolphins, seeing the whales, Hiking Diamond Head, Having a Luau on the beach on Valentines. We also visited Pearl Harbor and had pineaple whip cones at the Dole plantation.....yum! Here are some pictures:

Grand Canyon

We decided to take a last minute end-of-the-year trip down to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. We had a great time and the weather was absolutely perfect! The kids became Junior Rangers and earned their badges for the park. Maybe one of these years we will drive the extra 5 hours to get to the south rim......

Little K

little k is turning one soon!

Posting again...

Wow! Its been a long time since I posted. Life has been kind of crazy with three kids, one of them a baby.......a high maintenance baby........a baby who wants my CONSTANT attention. So I have been feeling guilty about abandoning my blog. I will try to do better. I guess I better start taking pictures again! It seems like we are always forgetting the camera.......

We (I guess I should say B and I) are looking forward to school starting this week, Kaylee is only looking forward to "lunch, recess, and seeing my friends". I keep telling her she has way too many years of schooling to feel that way about school. Come to think of it, I didn't start liking school until I started college....

Anyways here is to getting on top of this blog thing!

Disneyland April 2010

We took the kids on their first trip to Disneyland and had a blast. B and K had such a good time. They were chosen to be in the Jedi training and recieved their certificates saying they were official Jedi. Little K did pretty well and we were so glad that Grandma and Grandpa were there to help out and enjoy Disney with us. Here are some picures...

Christmas Sing-A-Long

This is B singing his Christmas song that he had been learning in kindergarten. He is the boy in a red turtle neck on the right/middle. I am also posting a picture of him sitting on Santa's lap. Santa asked him if he had been a good boy this year. His reply - "Yes, but my sister has been naughty" Santa - "Oh?" B- "Yes, she likes to scare me when I am in the shower." Just look at Santa's face in this picture! His teacher and I got a good laugh at that one.