Utah!!!

It was so great to be home again with family and friends!

We hiked Ensign Peak with Adam's Family ... it was lots of fun and a beautiful view!
Four generation pictures with with Grandma and Grandpa!
Besides Anniston's Birthday Party that's about all of the pictures that I took - sad huh! I really need to be better at photo documenting all of our happenings.

Leaving Hawaii

We miss this place so much!!!

On our last day in Hawaii we decided to wake up early and watch the sunrise...as you can tell from this picture, Anniston was still pretty sleepy!

Unfortunately, we were a little late for the sunrise, but it was still beautiful...although super sad at the same time knowing that this would be our last time at the beach for a long time.

We LOVED our two years that we spent in Hawaii!!!

Saying goodbye to our two amazing friends and RA's in Hale One! We love you Afu and Lyzz!!!

It's Official...

I am a College Graduate!!!

From BYU Hawaii

Bachelor of Science

I will say that it feels good to have accomplished the goal.
We will now be off to Start PA(Physician Assistant) school in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The program starts May 18 so we will be in Utah for two weeks and then off to Pennsylvania May 1, for awhile.

Princess Anniston

Our little Anniston Kalia is almost 10 months old! Wow - time has gone by so fast! She is currently 17lbs. 13oz. and is 29 inches tall! She makes us smile and laugh all of the time.

I love this picture because you can see Anniston's little teeth. She now has 5!!! 3 on the top and 2 on the bottom.

Anniston sometimes likes to sleep sitting up - well, if that's what you would call this! She is so funny!

Bubbles...Bubbles...Everywhere! She loves to play with bubbles! It's really funny watching her catch the bubbles and then look at her hand awkwardly like..."uuhhh, where did it go?"

She's definitely a beach bum! She loves the sand, sun, ocean and everything else at the beach!

Anniston loves her many books! She has a lot of toys, but she can be entertained for a long time with just a simple board book. Hopefully she'll enjoy reading when she's older!

Besides all of these things she also likes to wave "hi" and "bye-bye" to people, clap her hands and cheer at Daddy's basketball games (she's a great cheerleader!). She likes to eat lots of thing...including PAPER...Why is it that kids like to eat paper so much??? Anniston is a great little dancer...every time she hears music, cell phones or any noise for that matter she boogies and shakes her whole body! It's really cute and funny!

We are so grateful to have our little Princess Anniston in our family! Love you baby girl!

Why Pictures?!?!

For Christmas Adam got me a new camera and I LOVE it! Taking pictures has now become one of my new favorite hobbies! It's so much fun. I took a photography class and our instructor wanted us to write why we wanted to take pictures...so, here's my reasons:

"I want to capture the everyday moments of my family…the beauty of a smile…the laughter of my children. I want my pictures to tell a story and to be a recorded memory of my life and the lives of those most dear to me.
I want to capture the beauty of nature and the amazing creations of our Father in Heaven.

I want to REMEMBER! My life has already come and gone so fast…recorded partially through words and pictures…but the majority of my life…having neither. Through the pictures that I take, I want to remember the moments that I lived and cherish the memories of all my yesterdays. I want to remember the people that have graced my life and made me who I am…their beauty, strength, love, and tenderness. I DON’T WANT TO FORGET."

Well, I guess that I didn't put that I wanted to take engagement photos, but that's what happened the other day and I had a BLAST doing it! Thanks Afu and Tui for letting me take your pictures! Here's just a few...

P.S... If any of you would like me to take your pictures - let me know! It's good practice, plus...I love doing it!

Kauai

So, I have the BEST HUBBY ever! For Valentine's day Adam decided to surprise me with a trip to Kauai. He woke me up at 4:26am and said that I needed to hurry and get ready so that we wouldn't miss the sunrise. He had everything ready for me including tennis shoes, which he led me to believe that we were going on a hike to watch the sunrise.

Well, after 45 minutes in the car and a turn onto the H1 freeway- I said, "Where are we going? We only go this way if we are going to Aloha Stadium or to the Airport!" He then pulled out a hand made Valentine's Card with a poem inside that indicated that we were on our way to Kauai!!! I was super excited...Kauai was the only island we hadn't been to and we both really wanted to go before we pack up to leave Hawaii in April, but I honestly didn't think that we would get to go. However, we DID...and it was...well, AMAZING!!!

Thanks Adam! I love you!


Here are just some of the MANY highlights and pictures from our GREAT Kauai trip...

My TWO Valentines!!! What a cute picture taken at sunset!

There was a seal sun-bathing on the beach!!!

Another cute one!

A "Blow Hole" Called "Spouting Horn"

Lighthouse

Inside of the dry cave. This was a HUGE cave in the mountain with a beautiful beach in front of it.

One of the MANY pictures that Adam took at Sunset.

Kissy, Kissy!

This is one of Anniston's favorite things to do with Daddy! We just happened to snap a great picture during the sunset!

This was taken on our Waimea Canyon Drive. We thought that the red dirt with the water flowing over it was pretty neat!

Beautiful Landscape!

Our Cute little Family at the top of Waimea Canyon (AKA - Grand Canyon of the Pacific) - which is an amazing sight.

Another Canyon Pic!

Glass Sand Beach! I'm not sure if you can tell, but the so-called sand on this beach is really GLASS - all different colors of glass that have been smoothed over by the water. It was pretty awesome!

Here's Adam and Anniston finding pretty sand glass to add to our collection of Hawaii sand!!!

Anniston Kalia in her cute Valentine's dress!

A pretty picture on our drive around the island!

This is just one of the few different waterfalls that we were able to see in Kauai!

Of all the beautiful things of this "Garden Island"...what was Anniston's favorite? The ROOSTER!!! Go figure! There are chickens everyone here...Adam now thinks the rooster needs to be the state bird!

Cutest Picture of Anniston?

Please leave a comment of which ONE of the pictures below you think it the cutest of Anniston.

Thanks!