The Big Island

On our flight over to the Big Island we saw a beautiful sunrise. The pictures do not do justice to the beauty we witnessed.

We got off the plane and drove straight to the Volcano park. Grandpa woke up right as we got there. I must say that this picture does not due justice to the normaly handsome young man granpda is. Him allowing us to take this picture just shows the charming sense of humor he has.

Stacey, Grandpa, and I infront of one of the craters. You can see one of the plumes rising in the background.

These two pictures are in front of and in Thurston's lava tube. It is a place where the lava flow made a tunnel into the ground, it is pretty cool. We were able to walk about 100 yards into it.

Another big crater that still is smoking from part of it.

Here we are all 6 of us.

We are just having a good time!

Anniston's mode of transportation to go on the hikes when we couldn't take the stroller. She seemed to enjoy the ride.

We walked out a bit to get close to a part where the lava was coming out and hitting the ocean.

Here is a better picture of all the steam, smoke, and ash. It was pretty cool. There was constant steam from the lava hitting the water and ever few seconds we would see a big blast of black ash being thrown into the air.

The road you can see use to be a main road that was traveled often...until the lava flowed over it. You can kind of see the mass of back that covers the road.

This is Anniston Before.....

.....This is Bethany after....

The two pictures above are of Rainbow falls. It was a pretty waterfall.

The above three picture are at Akaka falls. I think they said that it is 481 feet high! This was a beautiful little hike to see this water fall.

This is the Kona Temple. It was closed when we drove over to it.

Me and the Sisters..Bethany, Rachel, and Adam at a black sand beach.

Stacey, Bethany, Rachel, and Adam on the black sand beach.

Stacey took a picture at dusk on the black sand beach.

What can we say? The Big Island wore us all out! Here we are waiting to go back to Oahu at midnight and our flight was delayed. What a fun two day trip!

Anniston's 1st beach day!

This was her first official day at the beach...we have been down before, but to day Anniston had her swimsuit on and got in the water (1/4 the way) She really LOVES being outside. She can be fussy and screaming and all we have to do is walk outside and she calms right down. With that said, it is needless to say she loved the beach. She didn't even mind getting her legs in the cool water.

Happy 4th of July!!!

This was Anniston's little red, white, and blue outfit for the 4th

Crystal and Anniston at our breakfast celebration

I went on a hike called the "Crouching Lion" I call it Hawaii's Angel's Landing. It was a shear drop on both sides of the trail for a little bit.

We went up to Turtle Bay to see fireworks. While we waited for it to get dark we played Phase 10, Anniston wanted in on the fun. Right before the fireworks were to start, it started to down pour on us, everything turned in to chaos. Everyone was running in every direction tyring to find cover. Stacey and I ended up in the middle of the field huddled over the stroller with an umbrella over our heads and our rear ends getting soaked! I wish we had a picture. The rain let up after 5 minutes and then we watched the wonderful fireworks! Welcome to Hawaii.

Happy 4th of July! I love the USA! (even though right now I am not a fan of it's politics)

Father's Day

For Father's Day Anniston got all dressed up for church. Also this week Anniston passed the 1 month mark. She is getting SO long. I can't wait to get her next measurement. She is becoming very alert, she holds her head up well now and loves to look everywhere around the room. She is also starting to make little noises as she looks around. She is so cute!

Anniston's Blessing

Anniston Kalia was blessed June 8, 2008. She was so beautiful in her little white dress. It was a neat experience to bless our first baby.

As you can see in this picture the Laie Temple is in the background. I really like this picture because it reminds us that Anniston was born in the covenant and that she is sealed to us for time and all eternity.