Hawaii pictures!!

This is at our Luau. It was fun to make all the things we are wearing. We also ate dinner and watch a fire show that they did.

This is the waterfall that we hiked up to. It was so pretty. Sorry the picture is a little blurry.

This is on our dinner cruise. We ate steak and crab legs. Josh loves his Hawaiian shirt. We bought Brady one and he is not so sure about it.

This is when we went on a sail boat and went snorkeling. I was nervous at first because the water was really deep. Once I got in I was ok. It was amazing all the different types of fish that are swimming around you. Snorkeling was one of our favorite things to do. We also liked wearing swimming suits everyday.

Josh snorkeling. He was waiting for me to jump in. The water was so clear. It was beautiful.

This is at our hotel. We could have stayed longer if we would have had our kids with us. We wanted to see them at about day 8.

This is the beach at our hotel. We loved laying there and at the pool. We loved that there was not very many people.

This is also at our hotel. We had such a good time on our trip. I can't wait to go back. We did so many fun things and we also had time to relax on the beach. We enjoyed every minute of it!! Thanks Josh for taking me!! And also thanks to all of our babysitters, Clint and Megan, Grandma Janet, Grandma Susan and Grandpa John, Cassie and Seth. We couldn't have gone without all of your help. Thanks again!!

Getting back to real life

So we are back from Hawaii. We had so much fun. I can't wait to go back. Yes....I'm already planning. We have been back for 2 days and it has been so crazy!!. Getting back to real life has been an eye opener. We came back on Brady's Birthday and we made it in time for his program at school (we thought we might miss it). He was so excited when he saw us walk in. He did such a good job. He is such a smiler.

When we got home Libby was asleep and when she woke up I noticed she wasnt herself. I decided to take her into the DRs to get her ears checked. She did have an ear infection and they did a chest x-ray because she sounded weezy. The x-ray showed air bubbles in her stomach and her intestines were enlarged. Her stomach was very extended and was as hard as a rock. Next thing I knew we were admitted to the hospital. They thought she had a kinked bowel and she was really dehydrated. They gave her an IV, had to poke her twice. It was so sad. She hated that IV. Once she got hydrated things started to move around in her belly. I could just feel her belly roll. Final diagnosis...... viral infection. Who knew!! I think the nurses were glad when we went home because she CRIED ALOT! Now that we are home, she is doing better. She is still not herself though.

Thanks Amanda for taking Brady and Grayce while we were at the hospital.

Hawaii pictures will get posted soon. I still need to put them on my computer.

PCC, Mark Eubank, and Snorkeling

Kerri is sound asleep in beautiful Hawaii, so I'm writing a "guest post". If it displays as a big mess, well...I'm a rookie.

We're here for nine days and when I talk to people who are only here for four days I'm not sure how they are going to have any time to relax. We have so many plans to see and do things that we'll have to sneak some R&R time in from 3-4am.

We started yesterday morning at around 5:30am with a five mile run. I love running listening to ocean waves. It was so beautiful and the air actually has oxygen in it!!

Yesterday we went to the Dole Plantation, the North Shore, the PCC, and the Temple Visitor's center.

The Dole Plantation was first. The tour was interesting, but the highlight was definitely the pineapple at the end. It was so fresh!! I had no idea there were so many types of pineapple.

After our taste of pineapple we were famished, so had to make a quick roadside stop at a shrimp shack for lunch. We had steak and HUGE prawns for $11. Worth every penny and a whole lot cheaper than the $9/gallon milk. The shack doesn't do justice to the food. If you've ever eaten a burger from Brand X in Springville, you understand.

After lunch we drove over to the LDS Temple Visitor's Center. The temple was in really bad shape and was missing the angel Moroni. At first we were shocked then when we got close we realized it was under construction. We went into the visitor's center anyway and had a tour from our favorite weatherman, Mark Eubank. He is as friendly and bubbly in person as he is on TV. When he walked across the room Kerri and I both looked at each other and said, "Is that Mark Eubank?" You'd have thought we were a couple of groupees following Sheryl Crow (the hottest 40+ woman on the planet).

After the visitor's center we hit the PCC for a few hours. The PCC is incredible. I didn't realize that all of the Polynesian cultures believe they migrated from Hawaii to the other islands.

I just realized how long this update has gotten, so won't bore you with many details. Suffice it to say, the PCC is incredible. Coming to Hawaii and not seeing it would be like going to Yellowstone and not seeing wildlife.

I'm such a bad-ass with my tat! Kerri said it made me almost as manly as the Somoans who slapped themselves in the face so hard it made me hurt.

This kid was a rookie tree climber. He went up about 10 feet, but the other guys were at the top of the coconut trees.

After seeing all of the manly things the Polys did while were there I think Kerri was thinking about taking this guy home in my place.

After the PCC we went snorkeling in Turtle Bay. We didn't think the PCC would be topped, but the snorkeling was incredible. It took us a minute to stop hyperventilating, but once we did the fish were beautiful. We didn't see any turtles this time, but we're told they're there most of the time. We'll head back later in the week to see if we can swim with the turtles. We're snorkeling most of this afternoon on a cruise where we're supposed to get to swim with dolphins.

And last, but not least...I had to share a couple of flower pictures. They're everywhere and they're beautiful.