Hawaii Day 2

Thursday we decided it would be best to start our vacation with a full day of sitting on the beach and just relaxing, just the way every vacation should start :) We headed over to the beaches around Kailua and Lanikai.

We swam, snorkeled and happened across a couple sea turtles feeding in the grass out in the water. I may have swam down and touched one... (even though I guess your supposed to leave them alone... woops.)

These were some of our favorite beaches on the island for this time of the year!

For lunch we ate at Buzz's Steakhouse, a highly recommended place!

On our way back to Waikiki we took the senic coastal route and stopped here by Makapu'u.

Saw some whales out here also.

For dinner on Thursday we headed over to Ono's Hawaiian Foods and it was a true Hawaiian dinner. It's nothing fancy but the food was so good, and several locals had told us about it. If your ever in Honolulu, it's a must! (be sure to bring cash)

Hawaii Day 1

Landed in Honolulu and got our rental car (thanks former Hertz employee Megan + Lane's a gold member becuase of work travel). Got upgraded to this:

Can't complain about all the driving we did. Not when your drive looks like this:

Checked into our hotel. Got upgraded to a better view. Thanks Hilton Honors.

Sat on the beach, watched the sunset.

Had dinner on the beach at Duke's. Fresh Island Poke & Kalua Pork Sandwich Mmmmm.

Figured we better quit while we were ahead, or before all our good luck ran out :)

Aloha!

Wednesday: hitting the slopes Thursday: hitting the beach!

Working on our Hawaii blog post!

Then I'll work my way back, all the way to Thanksgiving :) I'll get caught up... promise!

Thanksgiving 2011

For those of you who doubted I would ever add some pictures to our blog, here you go!  Most of our free time has been spent working on our basement (& not the blog) and it's SOOO close to being done now.  Pictures of our completed basement to follow!

Thanksgiving was hosted at our house!

 We also followed tradtional and walked around and saw all the fun downtown Christmas lights in SLC.

Family Photo Shoot

I fully intend on updating the blog with all the fun adventures of the holidays. But for now, these are the cute people that I have been spending all my time with ...

Gunnison's 1st Birthday

This sweet little boy has been in our lives for a whole year now, and to celebrate we threw him a little Cowboy Party! "Howdy Partner"

Danelle might have liked it even more though.
He LOVED the cake. He didn't hold back at all.

So much, that he went for it face first :)






Danelle our Cowgirl:

This is as far as he got with his cake.
(do you like my cute drink dispenser in the background) ;)

I wasn't expecting him to be interested in his presents, but boy was I wrong.

Like most siblings, Danelle was kind enough to help.

Do you think he had fun?

Here's the link to his "Happy Birthday" song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElKK9BY0sco

AND eating his cake:

http://youtu.be/AqmexgQt5Ak