What am I to do?

We made a trip up to the Salt Lake area for the weekend. We spent the afternoon with my brother at a pizza and play place. It was a lot of fun.

We did glow-in-the-dark mini golf.Played a lot of games...
Bumper cars for Kenzie. Jordan was too small.

And now a little story.....

Makenzie was watching all these people play the "jumbo claw game." She wanted to have a turn, but it was $3! What a waste! But I caved in. She was so excited that she didn't give it any thought and hit the button real quick. Out comes the ugliest neon green monkey!!! She wasn't suppose to win anything because now I have to figure out how to get it back to Michigan! Seriously this thing is as big as she is!

Sherman Camping Trip

We went camping for 5 days with the Sherman family up Beaver mountain. It wasn't the same without Tyler though! We have missed him so much! Including all the adults, we also had 6 kids under the age of 5 and 3 dogs to watch after.... which means we stayed busy!

Here's Tyler's Dad trying to get cell phone service by finding the right spot. He was fun to watch.

The kids were fascinated with their Uncle E showing his mad skills of wood chopping.

Makenzie helped with stacking the wood by the firepit.

Enjoying some watermelon!

Gavin loves loves loves dogs.

Here he is playing with Mocha.

Jordan in the morning trying to get warm.

I love those mountain cool mornings!

Ready to go four-wheeling.

Uncle Will with the kids!

Poor Kia! I just love this picture because it shows the exact emotion she was feeling--exhausted. She ran so much that first day that she just lazed around the rest of the time.

Trying to play ball and keep the youngest two out of the dirt for awhile!

Dirty Face #1

Dirty Face #2

Dirty Face #3

Okay-- Gavin really had more than a dirty face. The pictures hardly represent how dirty he got!

Yes, he got a bath every night, but you wouldn't know that even a half hour after!

King of the mountain!

He definitely sharpened his walking skills that week.

He is full on walking now!

The kids favorite part of camping was the four-wheeling, which we did every morning. They loved to just play on them and pretend the rest of the day.

Basking in the mountain sun in a cool reclining camp chair!

I think this picture is so funny with Errin and her dog Sampson.

( We got them hooked on the Hunger Games.)

Just trying to corral the two trouble makers so we can enjoy a few RELAXing moments without worrying about them getting too close to the fire, eating dirt and rocks, or running away.

Gavin got his own tent!

Yes this little man almost made me go home after the first night was practically sleepless for me.

Luckily his own tent solved most of the problems!

The END!

Picture Time

A shout out to Bridget Crane who took pictures of my kids. Thanks again! My bunch weren't the easiest clients that evening, but she still captured some good ones.

9 days of paradise!

I wish I could say this was a second honeymoon, but unfortunantly not everyone comes to Hawaii to vacation! Tyler has had to work 12 hour days and also prepare for a presentation this last week. We played all weekend long, but everything in between I've enjoyed by myself. Although it's not what I prefer, I'm not complaining!

A pineapple plant at the Dole plantation.
It takes 20 months for a pineapple to grow before it's ready to pick.

I ran about every morning at a nearby beach/park.
I even swam one day.

I went up to the North Shore and found a beach which I shared with tons of sea turtles.
What a sight!

Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay!
We went at the perfect time-- early Saturday morning before all the crowds and before you had to pay admission and watch a preservation video.

It was so fun to hold hands and snorkel together! We saw such a variety of fish. Tiger striped, black and white polka dot, neon colors, trumpet fish. We saw schools of fish. We saw a sea turtle. It was all amazing!

On the way up to Laie, HI. We drove up the east side of the island.

On the grounds of the temple.
Unfortunantly it has been closed for extensive renovation.
Enjoying a refreshing and delicious shaved ice together!

We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center which was amazing!
They had a pageant on canoes in the lagoon.

Tyler learning how to dance!
Luckily he didn't capture me doing the same thing!

We got real leis and participated in a delicious luau!
Without fail, Tyler can fall asleep within seconds anywhere!

He's taking a snooze before the start of the evening show.

And here Tyler is getting ready to go to work. These are his Class A uniforms, which he never wears to work. He just had a presentation and interviews that day. He normally just wears scrubs or his ACU's (camo) to work.

The view from the hotel room with the full glass wall/windows. We were on the 24th floor.