:) :) Hawaii : ) :)

my two hula girls! I missed them alot being in hawaii! Monroe tells me all the time now " I missed you mom" its so cute

almost as cute as my hula girls but not quite-at a work dinner

Place of refuge; this place was a place people could escape when they had broken a law back in the day. they had crazy laws like womeon couldn't prepare the mens food, or if you walked on royaltys shadow youd be killed, so theres this place for them to go to make it right basically. Anyway heres Bretts mom trying out a costume !

some pictures say a thousand words and some you just dont know what to say!

Ziplining snack break at the Mac nut hut

riding up to do the ziplining on this crazy bumping ride. thats Bretts parents next to him. They were able to meet up with us when we were in Hawaii which was alot of fun!

about to go down a zipline : ) I was pretty scared on some of them. cant believe I did it but Im so glad I did! Way fun and Way scary!

Also Place of refuge. At this rock one of the kings wives( his favorite wife) had runaway and hid behind this rock after a fight they had had. When he came looking for her, her dog barked and gave her away so the king found her and they madeup and she went back with him. so we tried to recreate that for ya!

also place of refuge. this is the walls to get in and they were something like 17 feet deep!

Another random statue by the pools at the Hilton

Sunset at the beach at our hotel.

Boat ride out to go night snorkeling with the Manta rays. crazy! it was really amazing. to bad I dont have a water camera! The divers were on the bottom of the ocean shinning bright lights up to attract plankton and we were on the top of the water chinning flashlights down and the Mantas would swim and flip in right by us- way cool

it says caution falling coconuts- just a cool beach we went to one day : )

brett and his dad, hiking down the steepest hill to try and find some waterfalls...that we never found. but there was a black sand beach! and we did get a ride up with some really cool hippies!

classic sunset pic

oh april! I miss you! My friend former District managers wife and me at Kareoke(how do you spell that? I know thats not right!) they just moved away : ( :(

lunch by the beach : )

thanks for working so hard Brett so we could go on a fun trip!

ohhhh! home again home again! no place like home!

Pre-school Grad. Oregon Coast. I heart summer

Berkley Graduated Preschool! she had such a fun time with Miss Kim and Miss Jodi this year! and her little friends

start of our vacation
We had a busy Memorial Day weekend that started at stone henge(a war monument) and ended up with was getting a mini van! woot woot. In between we went to 2 cheese factories in Tillamook (I know you thought there was only the one but you were wrong). Then we went to a lighthouse, Goonies Beach with the 3 rocks, a waterfall, then Astoria for the Goonies house Goonies Jail a giant column and some loud Sea Lions. It was fun to have a little family vacay. Im so glad to have a bigger car now and the kids love it too! I think we're still trying to convince Brett how awesome it is, anyway heres some pics : )

We like the cut outs apparently- farmer Monroe and her cow Berkley

Tillamook Cheese Factory. some Icecream to start the summer right!

on the way down to the lighthouse. I like this picture more than the lighthouse so yeah.

the column- forgot Im scared of heights till I got to the top and opened the door. then I remembered pretty quick!

the only time I hope to see this

Goonies house

they were really loud

staying at grammas while gramma was gone yes I know how to spell grandma

so im a blog slacker. these are from a while back-begining of may when I stayed at my moms and babysat while they went to Hawaii with my sisters. good times with the cousins.
pj party with popcorn watching Megamind

decorsey park

ahhhh adorable- they are about 9 months apart. they are both starting kindergarten this year. wish it was in the same state : ( we miss you Hallie!

this was at my old elemnetary school it was covered in dandelions and the kids just ran all over the place

what? nothing weird about this picture. my older sister had a short layover in seattle before going to Hawaii. this was her present to my dad from the middle east where she now lives- also too far : (

Easter pictures : )

for some reason eerytime I post these this post dosn't stay posted, and turns into a draft. Anyone ever have that happen? anyway easter pics