Trip to San Diego

Old Town San Diego - great Mexican food there too!

The Birch Aquarium: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Anyone want a new pet? Graceful, yet scary!

Jared is finally taking a picture with me (still at the aquarium). I put on deodorant...I promise!

Kids looking cute outside of the aquarium. Nothing like having a whale tail in the pic...

The kids LOVED the beach. Camdyn and Kaelyn spent most of their time digging in the sand (Kaelyn built and Camdyn destroyed...)

Jadyn built his 'castle' closer to the water - the waves devoured it soon afterwards. No biggie...He spent most of his time jumping the tide rolling in.

We're Finally Back!

We finally were able to move back to the White Mountains - even if it is Eagar (I'm a Show Low girl at heart...ha). It is beautiful here and even better that we don't have to endure those nasty summer months (March thru Oct) in the Valley - nasty.

I'm so fortunate to be able to have a garden here! It's been a great experience. My mom and mother-in-law have been a great source of advice and wisdom.

Our home! I waited to take a picture of it until after we had re-painted it. It used to be blue with cream accents and white trim - yikes!

Camdyn's 2nd B-day

Yeah! I blew out the candles on my cupcake. Eating the marshmallows was the best part!

Camdyn blew his candles out (with the help of a little spit...) and loved opening his presents. He didn't need help from anyone, much to the disappointment of Jadyn and Kaelyn

Island Dreams

Jared and I went on the 'Zip and Dip' tour - we zipped across 8 ravines and literally cooled off in a pool of water with a waterfall flowing into it. Mt. Wai'ale'ale, the highest peek on Kauai, is towering in the background. The peak is rarely seen because of prevalent cloud cover.

On our Napali coastline tour of the island, we encountered humpback whales, sea turtles, and of course, dolphins. They loved to 'ride' the waves of our boat.

Jared and I in our 'finest' after we attempted to catch some waves on our boogie boards. We got pretty good right before we left to come home. This was my favorite activity!!

Air Ventures took us into the sky for an aerial tour of Kauai. This is the Napali coastline - so awesome!! I got sick towards the end. It's a good thing I didn't take the helicopter ride!

Jared and I hiking the Kalalau Trail above Ke'e Beach heading towards the Napali coastline. We hiked alongside another couple who were barefoot and very 'granola'. When we reached the Kalalau Beach, they decided to strip off everything to bath in a waterfall. Not too great!!