My Trip to Hawaii

Ryan was in Hawaii, yet again for a business trip. I was at home playing the martyr. He called one Saturday morning and said to get ready to get on a plane. This was the view from the condo balcony.

This was us at Spouting Horn.

Us trying to snorkel for the first time at a locals favorite beach on the north side of the island.


A light house that we were too late to visit!

The water was beautiful, I couldn't get enough of it. I took this on one of our many runs along the beach.

Our second time snorkeling. This time we were much more successful and didn't have to fight the current, although it was very cloudy and cold.

The flowers everywhere were so beautiful. I am modeling on that I picked up on our walk.

This is Waimea Canyon. It was so lush!

Abigail's 8th Birthday

Abigail is now 8, I can't believe it! Where does time go? Seriously? Ryan was in Hawaii for her birthday so we took lots of pictures to send to him. She got to decorate her own cake. Pearl just lying around. Mail from Grandma is always the best.

Let it Snow!

We were visiting a McDonald's in Mesa on Dec 30th and it started snowing. We all had to run outside to experience the real magic!

The Eclipse

These are taken with my phone so they are not that great but I had to record that we were crazy enough to stay up until 2:30 to watch. We did fire up the jacuzzi and watch while floating in warm bubbles, that made it a little more bearable. It did look really neat but no different, in my naive opinion, than the other eclipses that I've seen....

Little Handprints

What would I do without little hand prints? This little girl is smart, she figured out how to climb onto my bathroom counter and unscrew the lotion bottle and paint the mirror. The next question I asked myself was "where was I during all of this?"...

Pearls Quite Book

This was the present that Lilly and Abigail made for Pearl this Christmas. We ended up making it two days before Christmas and could only use what we had in the house. It turned out pretty cute considering...

On the Mountain

The week before Christmas we were able to visit my grandparents who live out in the middle of no wear (about an hour drive on a dirt road outside of Marana). We helped them get ready for Christmas company. We also took a "real Indian Jones" ride and explored.

Christmas Ligths at the Temple

It's not the best picture but at least it documents that we do get out of the house occasionally.

Now that I look at it again we all look like zombies!

A Clean Garage!

This might be silly to everyone but me. It was the best Christmas present that I got this year. Ryan had the week before Christmas off and used his time to make me deliriously happy. I had to take a picture to prove that at one time we could park the car in the garage.

LIlly's Birthday Cake

Around December is birthday month and we get sick of cake. This year Lilly asked for ice cream cake. It turned out really yummy and was huge. Here is the last slice after eating if for a couple of weeks. Mint chocolate chip/Oreo/cookies and cream!