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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Christmas 2010

Christmas Morning. Santa Came! Madison was so excited and couldn't wait to get started.
 Parley couldn't either, well after he ate a piece of bread that is. 
 A very BIG surprise from Santa. There were two very excited kids who sat in the car and played without the car even moving for over an hour.
 Just look at that face. These faces we kept seeing from both kids made it all worth it for Santa. Well... yeah it did.

 Getting ready for the first drive. Oh, boy. Its a good thing it doesn't go to fast... Yet. It is locked on the slow setting or gear I guess you would call it. It is a car.
 They had lots of fun driving it. Parley liked to change from reverse to drive and drive to reverse with out  Madison knowing it. They got to drive it on Christmas since there was no snow, but now they have to just sit in it to play because there is now too much snow to take it for a drive. Oh well.

Halloween 2010

Picking out the perfect pumpkin, but there are soooo many to choose from....

 The masterpieces are revealed!
 The lighting of the jack-o-lanterns.
 Someone is the cutest tiger ever. Roaaaarrrrr!
 Two very excited kids were ready to go trick-or-treating.
 This year we went with some very good friends. We had tons of fun hanging out with them. All the kids got plenty of candy. And moms and dads got to have a good chat.

Maui, Hawaii (Oct. 2010)

Ahhhh, Hawaii. Enough Said.... (Beware you'll have to scroll more than normal to see all of this post. But there were so many pictures I loved I had a hard time choosing out of the more than 200 we took.)
 Jerry and I had soooo much fun in Hawaii. We went to Maui. The first picture is the view from our condo. We drove around most of the coast and stopped and got out at various locations. We would hike or look at the view or buy fruit, or banana bread, or Jerry's favorite... Mango bread.
 Below is us in front of the Iao Needle. Most days you can't see the top because of the clouds. We were lucky to beable to see it.
 We attended the Old Lahaina Luau. The food was great and the show and dancing wonderful.
 One of our snorkeling adventures. We bought a waterproof pouch for our camera so we could take under water photos. I really like the next three, but we have many more underwater photos. Including pictures of sea turtles. Yes we swam with turtles and it wasn't even on a tour. It was just at the beach and coast at our condo.


 This picture is from Jerry's and my favorite beach. It's called Big Beach. The waves that crash here get quite large and washed me up on the beach and dragged me back a couple times, on multiple occasions. Definitely not a beach for children. The sand was great and the wave fun and... we swam while it rained. It was a pleasant warm rain and no lightening or thunder. It was perfect.
 Another photo from our condo balcony. The colors are amazing. We could also see a couple of the other islands (Lanai and Molokai) if you looked out more.
 This was just after we took wedding photos. That is why we got to spend time in Paradise. Thanks so much to Kyla and Brandon.
 Some of the coast along our drive to Hana, the jungle and less populated side of Maui.
 Some of the blow holes around the coast. Too bad the water wasn't spraying at the time, but still cool.
The black sand beach. This sand was crazy coarse, but very beautiful.