Aloha

Our vacation to Kauai, Hawaii was awesome! We were there 6 nights and had a wondering time. I loved the smell when we walked off the air plane.. it smelled tropical. Yes, we did take millions of pictures and sorry I couldn't decide on a few so there are a ton!

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This was our luxurious hotel, The Kauai Sands. Ha ha it was really old.. we had some sweet green shag carpet though. It was cheap, it was right on the beach and we left early in the morning and came back and crashed so cheap was the way to go.

This was the beach at our hotel

Wailua Falls

Hanalei

Spent all day every day at the beach relaxing

We went on a kayak trip that had amazing views and hiked to Secret Falls

Secret Falls

This was tree tunnel road, it was my favorite road

Waimea caynon- they call it the grand canyon of the islands

The upper right picture is a mountain called King Kong. It was in an old Indiana Jones movie

Pu'u o Kila lookout- this was the most breath taking view we had ever seen. I wanted to just sit there all day and take it in.

This is a monk seal that came and slept on our beach the whole day. There are only 33 that come to the island of kauai. There are volunteers that you call if you see one and they come and rope it off and educate you about the animal and sit there until they leave.

Snorkeling was amazing! The fish were so bright and colorful. We snorkeled every day for hours and hours

This is Po'ipu beach, our favorite place to snorkel

The food was amazing there and especially the banana pancakes at a small family restaurant.
Our favorite place to eat had these delicious hawaiian polish dogs with pineapple relish..yum.. I still crave them. If you ever go to this island you have to go to Puka dog. More favorites were this Korean bbq restuarant, shave ice with macadamia nut ice cream, kalua pork tacos and fresh pineapple.

Hanalei Bay

Tunnels beach- also a great place to snorkel. We got to swim with a sea turtle and it was awesome.

View of the Napali coast- 17 miles of no beach

Opaeka'a Falls

I love this tree

I got up at 5:30 our last morning there and watched the sunrise. It was beautiful and Braeden sure missed out! It was so hard to leave this amazing place. Every time we drove by the hospital we wanted to stop in and see if there were any jobs, but we didn't and decided we could go back real soon! For those who want to go to Hawaii I would definitely recommend Kauai.

July Fun

I can't believe that summer is almost over! We have been very busy this past month. We went to southern California with our best friends Travis, Amanda and their little one Treyden. We stayed at their grandparents house and it was so much fun. We spent a lot of time at Huntington Beach and the boys had fun body surfing and boogie boarding. It was a nice relaxing trip that was much needed. Then we had a family reunion in Mount Pleasant, Utah. Braeden's parents flew out to come to the reunion and we all had a great time. After the reunion his parents came down to hang out with us for a few days before heading home. Next week we are off to Kauai, Hawaii! Sorry there are a lot of pictures.. I took a lot!

Cassidy, Amanda and I at the Tuacahn amphitheater watching The Little Mermaid

Family Reunion, Zion & New Harmony

Smore time!

Braed and Cam acting as oxen for our pioneer day skits.. ha ha I love this picture

Zion

Cute little Harper

Cousins

California

Boston, Vegas and Girls Camp

Well June has been a very busy month for me. I went to Boston at the beginning of June and it was beautiful there. I was only there for a short 23 hours (yes I said short). After my work meeting I only had a couple hours to walk around and explore, but some day I hope to go back and stay a bit longer!

We went to Vegas for Braeden's 27th birthday. Braeden wanted to eat at the Bellagio buffet and then after we went shopping at the outlets.

Then it was girls camp and it sure came fast! Our theme was "your happily ever after" it was a talk given by Elder Uchtdorf and if you have never read it, it's a good one. Our theme song was your happily ever after by Jenny Phillips, it is a beautiful song and I think you should listen to it. Each ward chose a young womens value and we chose Knowledge. We wanted to dress like nerds at camp. It was so fun to hang out and have fun with the girls. I loved girls camp and it was where I gained my testimony of my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I loved how peaceful it was and how there were no worldly distractions. Sometimes I forget the important things in life and I was reminded of those things. It was a great experience to plan and prepare and make it a wonderful experience for these girls and I learned so much. Can't wait till next year! Enjoy all of the pictures!

Boston

Vegas

Amanda and I

Amanda, Travis and Treyden waiting in the long line for the buffet

Girls Camp

I must of got a flat tire on the dirt road driving to camp... thank goodness for the kind gentleman who went off the mountain into town to get my tire fixed