Saturday, November 29, 2008

Giving Thanks 2008


We are grateful for family....

...and food and full bellies...

...and love in our home.





Sunday, November 9, 2008

Mahalo Maui!!

Well, I'm finally getting around to posting some pics of our Maui trip. As expected, it was incredible. What an amazing place!! We had such a great time with my Mom & Dad and my brother Cory and his wife Lisa. We spent the large majority of our time snorkeling, boogie boarding, site seeing, and eating. Here are a bunch of pictures to prove it. Enjoy!



One of the "Twin Falls" on the Hana Road.

Pretty amazing spider. We saw several of these while there.

A view of a sacred pond from inside the "Garden of Eden".

These trees were amazing! We couldn't believe how vivid the colors were. They really looked like they had been painted.

My hottie by the pool....

Pic of Mom and Dad. The scene behind them was in one of the opening scenes of Jurassic Park.

Me in front of a small waterfall.

Me doing what I loved the most.

Me with a few friends.

Me tormenting Mom with a dead crab.

Not a great place to surf, but a beautiful place to sightsee.

We had a lot of fun boogie boarding, but some of the waves beat us up!

Playing in the surf.

Me and Ame in the Garden of Eden.

Me and my Pappy!

Playin' on the lava rocks.

Mama's Fish House was expensive, but the food, setting, and service was great!

There were some incredible plants.

This was taken by a GREAT snorkeling spot in Mekena.

Me going down for a closer look at something.

Lisa (my sis-in-law) french-kissing a parrot.

This guy made hats and baskets out of palm reeds. Pretty profitable business!

All of us at the Pupu Lounge at sunset.

My Bay Watch dad!

Not bad chocolate....we didn't ask what the special ingredients were....

Me, Mom, Cory, and Lisa at the falls.

Beach babes!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Monday, September 1, 2008

First Day of School--2008

These are a week old, but we finally reached that wonderful time of year again when we send our kids out the door each morning to catch the bus. I just don't know if Amy is going to be able to handle all of the quiet during the day! I'm sure she'll manage somehow. The boys were pretty excited this year because they are all in a brand new school! We went to the open house and it is REALLY nice!! Kenly is just excited, as usual, to be getting older and to soon become a "teenager." They are truly incredible kids and we feel extremely blessed to claim them as ours! Have a GREAT year, guys!!


All four....which consist of:

Kenly

Kaden

Jordan

....and of course, Tanner!

They are a wild bunch!!

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Fun Saturday!!

We had a really fun Saturday yesterday! Our friends, the Merritts, called and invited us to go to a place called Five Springs that is about an hour drive from Powell with them. It was beautiful!! We all had a great time and now know of a great nearby place to go camping.

Kenly in front of the lower falls.

Amy wondering how she was going to scurry down this long, flat, slick slope.

Me and the kids on a bridge over a really pretty creek.

It was a little bit of a steep and dangerous climb up to the larger upper falls, but it was worth it.


Indiana Jord by the creek.


When we got back from Five Springs, we quickly got ready for an 80's party at one of our neighbor's house. We don't have a lot left from that decade, but we did the best we could. I only wish that I still had some terry cloth shorts and a velour v-neck. Then I would have really been stylin'!

80's Dance pic:-)

Us and our friends, the Cooks. Sweet stache Nate!!