I heart Kauai

We just got back from a family vacation to Hawaii. It was perfect! It only rained one morning and we even got to see some whales. We flew into Kauai late Friday night, woke up the next day and just relaxed on the beach. Me being pregnant was super white got burned the first hour. The sun is so hot there. Sunday my skin got a break while we had family home evening (it was stake conference on the island), ate a fabulous Sunday brunch at the Marriott, and saw the "Grand canyon." Monday we laid around again at the beach and hiked to Kipu falls. Tuesday we went to another beach. Wednesday we made our way to Princeville. This is the most beautiful part of the island. It's extremely lush. We went snorkeling and went to Queens bath. Thursday we ran errands in the morning cause of the rain and then laid at the beach in the afternoon. Friday we soaked up the last bit of sun, saw the whales and then flew out that night. Goodbyes are always hard but seeing everyone get on the plane to Utah while we sat and waved to them was sad to say the least. We survived the long 10 hour flight there and back and it was so fun to spend time with family. Mac loved all the attention he got. He preferred Scotty and my dad over both Drew and I, which was a nice break. Thanks mom and dad for the best week.

I'm apologizing right now for the overload of pictures. Between me and and my parents we took over 600 pictures and most of them turned out great. Here's what we did.....

Went to Princeville....The boys eating Top ramen. My family loves raw top ramen, since we were little we have ate this as a snack.

Queen's bath...

Waves filling the bath while the boys try to hang on

We went to Hawaii's grand canyon..Not too exciting but what else do you do on Sunday?

We Hiked to Kipu falls where the boys and Roo jumped off the waterfall and swung on the rope swing...
It wasn't the easiest hike with two babies, a very large pregnant belly, and a nonexistent trail.

The boys jumping off the falls Drew on the rope swing

Mac very rarely left my Dad's side

We played on the beach....

Spring has Sprung!!

This weekend was perfect. The weather was great (I have a horrible sun burn to prove it) and conference was fantastic. I love, love conference weekend. We are so blessed to live at a time when it's possible that every member of the church around the world is able to hear the same message at the same time.
Mac is totally boycotting the camera. All I wanted was a picture of Mac in a beautiful blossomed tree and he would not cooperate. So Drew just lifted him up in front of the tree while Mac screamed.

These are my favorite pictures. Sunday morning we woke up to no rain! I'm sure all of you have heard about the storms that have been hitting the Midwest; well it's been crazy wet. Since the forecast on Sunday was 68 with no chance of rain and conference didn't start until noon; we headed to the park. Mac was having a blast playing with Drew.
Tonight our friends invited us to go the park with them and while we were there we ran into another family in our ward and their 2 dogs. The only thing that made Mac smile were the dogs. He got more shots today and has been grumpy to say the least. At 18 months Mac weighs 32 lbs and is 35 inches tall and is perfectly healthy:). It's hard to believe that he started out at 8.7 lbs and 21.5 inches long.

5 Things On My To Do List:

1. Finish the dishes I left in the sink from dinner last night
2. Drop cookies off at a friends house (without a car it's rough):)
3. Go look through another house, hopefully this one is better than the ones we looked at Sunday:)
4. Video tape Mac talking and dancing. This has been on my list of things to do for weeks now.
5. Laundry

10 Things I Enjoy:

1. Finding a good book (any suggestions, the one I'm reading right now is not doing it for me)
2. Sun bathing/ being outside in the sun
3. Traveling
4. Hiking
5. playing board games
6. music and going to concerts(did)
7. The View (I know it's my one fault:)
8. new recipes
9. gardening even though my thumb is far from green
10. making Mac laugh

Places I've lived:

1. Orem, Utah
2. Logan, Utah
3. Lexington, KY

Suddenly a Billionaire:

1.Buy a house
2.Buy a second car
3. Buy a king size bed
4. pay off Drew's school loans
5. Tithing, invest, give away ect.....

5 Jobs I've Had:

1.Party Land employee
2.Taipan Trading employee, off and on since I can remember:)
3.night time supervisor at USU gym
4.secretary for a hear center
5.office manager for therapist.

5 Things Most People Don't Know About Me:

I eat Top Ramen for breakfast at least5 days out of the week. And no, this isn't a pregnancy thing.

I love left overs. I think everything taste better the next day.

I love movies. When my parents would go out of town; me and Nat would rent a bunch of movies and just veg out in front of the TV for days at a time. It was great sister bonding.

In the near future I want to purchase a pair of chickens. Drew thinks I 'm crazy but it will happen:)

I can count on both hands how many times I have made our bed in the three years we have been married. My house will be spotless and yet I wont be able to bring myself to make my bed. There's something seriously wrong with me.

thanks for the tag Roo, this was a fun one!