Hawaii - part 1

We just got back from the most amazing vacation in Maui. Thanks to all our great babysitters so we could leave the kids home. Shane attended a conference in Hawaii so he got some CE done. We stayed at the resort where the conference was held, and it felt like we were in a dream the entire time. We have so many great pictures I'm going to post them in groups. Here we are getting ready to go Zip lining. Something we had never done before and I want to do it again. It wasn't at all scary and we are both afraid of heights.

Brad and Tammy also came with us on the zip line.

This is our group that we spent the afternoon with. They were so much fun. It took about 4 hours to do the course. Here we had stopped to eat lunch.

This is the platform we stop at. We hit the white square and then there's a long spring that slows you down. You can see from this picture the valleys we went over were amazing.

Just finished a run. You can see the springs all bunched up. They would straighten them out before the next couple came. There was a little hiking involved after each run so you could get to the next one.

This was the only run were we walked up on a tall platform and sat on the edge to go.

The guides

The view

Most of the runs were like this. The guide would hook us up then open the gate and let us go.

The Unimog we road up the mountain on. Shane decided this truck needed to be added to his list of toys he should own someday.

Sadie

Sadie is growing-up so fast. She is an amazingly kind person. She is so easy going and fun to hang out with. She is such a good big sister to Tyler and Olivia. Happy Birthday Sadie!!

Grandma and Grandpa F always give us a present to open Dec. 1st. This year it was a gingerbread house kit. It doesn't have much candy left on it now.

This is one of my favorite pictures because it reminds me of a very fun vacation.
During this vacation we went to the Imax with the Dorius family to watch Kung Fu Panda. The kids are holding posters of the movie. They had a box full of posters to take when we left the movie. We didn't make it home with any of them. As you can see Tyler was ripping his already. During the movie Tyler walked up and down the isle sampling everyones popcorn. When the movie was over his shirt was full of it. At some point during the movie he must've gotten full because he started putting it down his shirt. We were just happy he wasn't crying.

Tagged

We've been tagged by lots of people and of course we never respond. So Rach and Bri this is because I love you guys.

Kimberly's......

5 joys
My family
Music
Soft chocolate chip cookies
waterskiing
camping


5 Fears
Someone in my house
Being robbed (I lock the doors all the time)
The car running out of gas
Someone stealing one of my kids
Dying


5 obsessions
Running
24
House picked-up
Laundry washed (I'm not to fast at putting it away, just as long as it doesn't stink or stains don't set in)
Reading


Surprising Facts
-I love to can. Yes I said love. Nothing makes me feel better than putting all the food in the pantry and bragging about it. Plus, it just tastes way better than store bought stuff.
-I hate the sky coaster at Lagoon. It's the ride that goes from one end to the other above the trees. If you want to lose a few years on your life take your little kids on it. They don't have seat belts and your little kids can slip under the bar. I'm getting freaked out just thinking of it.
-I think Christmas is so much more fun now as a parent, and I LOVED Christmas as a kid.
-I dream in color and I can remember most of my dreams.
-My shoulders and elbows are double jointed

Halloween

Halloween was fun. Sadie was a witch, Olivia a puppy, and Tyler a giraffe. I helped with Sadie's class party, 1st graders are so cute. They laughed at most anything. I told them a story called spoky Luke that has body parts we pass around. Jello was his guts, chalk his teeth, noodles his hair etc. Our family carved pumpkins a few days before, went to a ward trunker-treat, and got a few tummy aches.

Pinata

Saturday we had a Halloween party with Kimberly's cousins. The kids loved the pinata. Sadie broke one of it's legs off. Olivia wouldn't hit it and Tyler thought it was great.