Sunday, November 14, 2010

Hawaii 2010

Papakea!!! Another great vacation. This is the view from our Lania. We walk the beach every morning and go to sleep listening to the waves roll in. It is like heaven.
We had a great time with Cooper and Casey and Luke!
Kevin and Joylene Quick, Luke and Casey and Josiah and Melanie and Dave and I all had a great time at big beach!
Cheeeburgers in Paradise is my favorite place to eat. Live music, great food, and fabulous company, listening to the ocean and watching the sunset....what could be better?
Tyler Millward and his wife Carri live here and they came to see us a few times. Nora is a a doll!
We went on a snorkel trip to Molokini on a boat. We swam with Turtles and saw lots of cool fish. Josiah wnet crazy with his underwater camera!!
I think Luke had fun even though it was way out of his comfort zone!
Putting at the condo...by the way I think I won!
Cooper got to get into the ocean with his grandma and was even liking it until his dad came to rescue him. I think Luke was afraid I would let go. Cooper was pretty scared of the ocean at first but he loved the sand.
Balancing on a long board....I didn' post the picture of Luke for reasons I won't mention here. Casey and I and Josiah all "walked on water". It was great fun!
Dave and I took a bike tour to Haleakala....the Crater. We left at 2:30 in the morning and drove up to 10,700 feet. The sinrise was beautiful but it was COLD! Then we rode a bike down the hill.
It has been great and now we are ready for the next big adventure that awaits us at home. Chelsey and Brett Wedding...here we come! Life doesn't get any better than this!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Chelsey 's Birthday

That is alot of candles!!!
Grandma and Grandpa stopped by to see Chelsey for her birthday.
Chelsey opened presents on the deck with Brett.

Jackson Family Reunion 2010

Cooper at his first Jackson reunion! He doesn't know which Jackson yet.
The kids entertained themselves all day in the sand.
Who needs a boat????
Delaney likes to put shoes on her hands to crawl with. She still won't walk but loves shoes!
Casey and Cooper at the lake.

We played the see food game and Dave got an onion to eat.....it was pretty funny.
We rented a house 20 minutes from Bear Lake in Ovid. There were encough beds for everyone and we didn't have to set up tents or cook over the fire.

Chelsey lead the nieces and nephews in a rendition of Proud Mary. Chelsey made a great Tina Turner.
Rachelle getting Jenika ready for the beach. We spent the whole day at Bear Lake in the water. The kids built a sand swimming pool, Josiah built a turtle, and Luke got sun burned. We played football in the water and everyone got tackled and dunked except Dave who wouldn't take out his hearing aids. (Who would have thought hearing aids could be a form of protection!)

Bryson, Jackson, and Russell were tutored by Grandpa Dave.
Whit and Griff
We are not sure what Rachelle is doing!!
Delaney was busy packing to go to the caves.
This is what Dave looked like for much of the trip. He was readding "Driven" by Larry Miller.
We went to the Minatonka Caves.

Monday, July 26, 2010

2010 Cousin Camp

We had a great two days! We painted shirts, had races, played duck duck goose, had a scavenger hunt, went to the movie (How to Train a Dragon), roasted marshmallows, slept in the tent and went to Lava. All together and loving it!
What would we do without Aunt Chelsey!
Bubbles!!!
Jackson in the lead of the Gunny Sack race!
Ready Set Go!!!Bryson
Russell
Josi
Jessica
Jackson
Cutler
Jenika
Sierra
Josi soaking up the sun at Lava
Cutler just hanging out
The painted shirts....what artists! Everyone had a great time and went home worn out!