Documenting life...: Kauai

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Kauai

Oh my goodness....I am in love with Hawaii! We just got back from a week in Kauai. Left the kids with Jaspers mom (she is wonderful) and went with friends Emily and Greg. It was soooo relaxing and rejuvenating. We did so much....helicopter tour, zipline, scuba diving (which I failed miserably at), hiking, and laying on the beach. Aaaahhhh....the sun felt so nice. Anyway, I'll get to posting a bazillion katrillion photos in the next few days, but here a few favs. I can't even tell you how good it was to be with Jasper....and no kids....for so many days. Heaven.

17 comments:

Lindsay said...: Just by seeing those 2 pictures I'm so excited to see what others you've got and I can't wait to hear about it!

P.S. I heard you paid a visit to Dani -- rrrrrrrip! Love her!; February 2, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Bethany said...: oh, cute picture! After we spent a week in kauai I seriously looked into living there. I loved it. what a great christmas gift!
-bethany; February 2, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Meredith said...: I can't wait to see all of the pictures. I have a ton of pictures of rainbows from when I went to Maui with my family in high school. It's so beautiful! I'm glad you had so much fun!; February 2, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Emily said...: Wow! Who took that amazing picture of you and Jasper on the beach! I had a blast! I love the rainbow picture as well. Can't wait to see them all!; February 2, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Michelle Arnett said...: I have missed you!!! I have checked your blog everyday for the past few days to see if you were back yet. Can't wait to see your bazillion photos! Love ya.; February 2, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Colette said...: Awesome pictures. How fun for you guys!; February 2, 2008 at 11:57 PM
tiffunny said...: 2 words - I'm jealous!!!!!!!; February 3, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Anonymous said...: Wow! I is wonderful there, isn't it? The pictures are already beautiful. Can't wait to see the rest!; February 3, 2008 at 7:57 AM
Amber said...: I don't think I'll be able to look at your blog for a while- those pictures make me so jealous I want to cry! With the new baby, we won't be able to take a good vaca in a while.

By the way- you look SOOOO skinny in that picture!!; February 3, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Brian and Kim said...: Welcome back and yeah!! for having a great time.; February 3, 2008 at 12:03 PM
manda carol said...: that one of you and jasper is WAY too cute! I wondered where you were. Can't wait to see more pictures! Glad you enjoyed your trip and got back safe and sound.; February 3, 2008 at 12:19 PM
paige said...: How FUN! I was jealous from the moment Emily said you were going. I can't wait to see more pictures! P.S. I am jealous about Hawaii but also just jealous that you got to go ANYWHERE kid free. :); February 3, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Mel said...: How fun! I'm like 80% happy for you, 20% jealous. I don't get it though- why would you want to leave Utah in January?; February 3, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Rachel Clare said...: I LOVE vacations away from the kids. It's hard to leave them, but once you're there, SO NICE! And, you picked the best island, if you ask me. Kauai is breathtaking.; February 3, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Sarah Welsh said...: Hey, you didn't invite me?!?!
Seriously though, glad you guys could go, it looks like you had a great time!; February 3, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Jennifer said...: Oh my gosh how awesome! We went on a cruise to Hawaii a couple years ago and we loved it too!
You two look cute!; February 3, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Anonymous said...: How stinking fun to go to Hawaii kidless!; February 5, 2008 at 9:50 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.