Aloha Oe Hawaii!

Camden looked like quite the tourist at Pearl Harbor with his visor and his brochure. He spent quite a bit of time walking around and pretending he was reading the brochure. The other tourists were laughing, but unfortunately each time I tried to take a pic he stopped reading.


Camden with mommy's sunglasses. This kid has a love for sunglasses these days!

Unfortunately we have to leave this beautiful place tonight. We will truly miss it here. It really is an amazing place and SO Peaceful! We have all LOVED it here and hate to say goodbye, especially to Grandma Suzie. She and Grandpa Judd have been AMAZING! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! We spent our final days playing at the beach, watching whales, hiking, going to Pearl Harbor, and the boys and I went to the Dole pineapple maze (largest maze in the world). Tayson was pretty darn good at finding the different points in the maze and we all had a blast, while daddy stayed home and cut out a tree in the yard and did homework.
Not sure when the next time will be that we will post. We've got to figure out internet access in AZ. Goodbye to all our wonderful friends and especially Brady's mom here in Hawaii. We will miss you all dearly and have had a lot of fun hiking, flying kites and hanging out, and hello to our friends living in AZ that we get to see very soon. On to the next ADVENTURE! Aloha Oe for now.

Tayson "surfiing" as he calls it

Tayson loves the water, even when he gets trampled by a wave. Check it out!

Also, Tayson had a great quote this week that I can't pass up sharing. Brady was out fixing a sprinkler in the front yard for his mom, and Tayson came out and asked "Dad, what are you doing? Are you trying to get that thing to sprink?" Makes sense where he got that idea from. Brady busted up laughing, it was pretty cute though Tayson didn't have a clue what was funny.

Happy B-day Camden!

Happy Birthday Little Man! It's hard to believe you are two years old now. You're growing up too fast.

Happy Valentines Day!

Tayson made his Valentine for everyone, but still wants to keep it for himself so I told him we could take a picture and then all of his friends and Nana and Papa and everyone can see it. This Valentine is for all of his friends and family near and far away. In the past two days Tayson as really gotten into this holiday wanting to make Valentines at every possible moment. He seems to think any craft he makes at this time is somehow a Valentine, no matter what it is (truck, handprint, etc. ) just because it is around Valentines Day. Happy Valentines day from Tayson and Camden.

Best Hair Ever

Last Monday we had the opportunity to go hiking with Brady's brother and his family to a lighthouse down by Hanauma Bay. It was a gorgeous view of the island and we even got to see a whale way out in the ocean splashing around. Best part was Tayson's hair. Check out what a lot of wind and a little humidity does to this kid's hair. You all wish you had hair like this right? It was pretty cool. It was fun to do some hiking again, it seems like it has been quite a while since we've hiked as a family. The last time I hiked anywhere was with the young women in our ward in South Salt Lake up to Ensign peak when Camden was about five weeks old (Brady had to work so it was me Tayson and Camden that went. Tayson is quite the trooper when it comes to hiking. We are excited to get to Oregon and check out the hiking up that way. Brady and I used to hike quite a bit when we were dating here in Hawaii, but since having kids we haven't gotten around to it much lately. Hopefully we can change that.

Access Surf Hawaii

Last saturday we got to go with Brady to work. He got the opportunity to help with Access Surf Hawaii instead of going into work at the hospital(a program that allows disabled persons the opportunity to surf and just get comfortable with water. Check out the website www.accessurfhawaii.org They do it the first saturday of every month. The kids and I got to go down to the beach and spend the day with him and just hang out and play while he helped out. It was a lot of fun and he enjoyed the experience. It was awesome to watch people with amputations or paralyzed or other things like kids with autism, be able to surf. There were so many families there hanging out all day, you could tell there were a lot of regulars that come each month with their whole family to enjoy the experience. Talk about family bonding, it was so fun to watch.