On our first morning in Hawaii we both got up before sunrise and went out to explore the resort and the beach. The sand was a really cool salt and pepper color. It was a little misty and we only saw a couple people so it was very peaceful and super awesome! We slso saw a couple cats which we ended up seeing a lot of cats on our trip, I wanted to bring one home. I'm sure Hawaiian cats are way more layed back :).

Hawaii!

Brett and I are back from our week in Hawaii and it was amazing!! Everything I ever imagined it could have been and more. Of course having a break from three kids adds to the super vacation factor. I have over 300 pictures- don't worry I won't post them all but I will post some more later after I've finished the recovery process from a long vacation (i.e. laundry, house cleaning, grocery shopping, sleeping etc. :)) I'm ready to go back! This picture is at our resort. I would highly recomend it - the Waikaloa Beach Marriott, the vacation would have been amazinng even if we never left the resort.

Baby Pilates

I came into the living room and found Luka just hanging out like this and jabbering to herself. My first thought was that she was trying to exercise, but when I asked her what she was doing she replied very matter of fact, "Hide momma! Hide!" Um, I can still see you Luka, but it was a good try! :)

Boston's Birthday

We had a lot of fun at Boston's Birthday Party. Bridget is amazing for throwing such a fun party with a baby only a couple weeks old! Everyone had so much fun! We got to play, eat good food, and see family. It was a good time. And Brett had fun going for a ride in Bridger's 'borrowed' Jeep after they practically dismantled it. It was a nice one I have to admit. I tried to get a picture of them as they came back from their ride but it turns out you have to turn the camera on for it to work! :)

Children's Gardens

It had been a while since we went over to Thanksgiving Point because we've been really busy, so I wanted to take the kids since it was the last week of school. We went to the Children's Discovery Garden (inspired by Lauri pointing out the new part) only to be told my membership had expired. Guess it's time to renew! The girl was nice and let us in anyway. They had a lot of fun and surprisingly there were only a few other people there. I forgot how much the kids love it there. Lukie loved following her brothers around and being one of 'the boys.'

Memorial Day

Car Show With Cousins

We had a fun weekend with the Pedersen side of the family at the car show and swap meet. There was some cool stuff and cool cars. We had fun picking our favorite cars. I love seeing all of the old stuff at the swap meets. My favorites are the old pop bottles, and the ride on toys for kids (we've got to get one before the kids are too big!). The kids all had fun with their cousins, and thank Heavens Aunt Emily remembered snacks and water! It was a really fun weekend, thanks for coming guys!

Mud!!

Random Sampler II

Just some pictures of more happenings around our house. We visited Grandma Lu on Mother's Day, we made yet another visit to farm country, Clay learned how to ride without training wheels!, and Luka loves swinging with he brothers.

My Latest Project

My knotty aulder cabinets in my house are a little on the plain side. I decided to do a little fixing up in the master bath. I forgot to take a before picture so the before (bottom) is the hall bath which looks just like the master bath used to. The top picture is the finished product. I sanded the cabinets down re-stained them and re-varnished them. I think they turned out pretty okay for someone who doesn't have clue what they are doing :). (Of course it's hard to tell in the pictures, but well hey, it took forever so I had to post it)