Sunday Sunday

Well- today was great! I went to a part of the island I had never gone to before. We first went to a hotel beach... walked all the way down the beach, found a great spot to set up, let the kids walk down to the water- only to find out that there were jelly fish in the water.
We then packed everything up- and went to Kohala. Doug (Amys other brother) lives in Hawi next to Kohala. He took us around to some of the sights around the town. We went to the lighthouse...which was awesome. After we went to the very northeast part of the island to see a beautiful valley.
After sight seeing this... we went to the windmills. We had to break in to the field (more like climb a fence) and run down to get good pictures. On our way back up to the cars... Amy and I noticed someone coming- so we all started running. I got some good pictures of everyone running up the hill and climbing over the fence. We the got a lecture form Kainoa for trespassing. It was great!

Saturday...and Sunday morning

Today we went to celebrate Kameles 6th Birthday at the Wiakoloa Hilton. We had a blast! The Perez and Session families are awesome!! The kids had a great time in the pool and on the beach! Happy Birthday (party) to Kamele.

Hawaii here we come...

Today is the BIG day!!! We had an 11 hour flight- but it was ALL worth it!! I was able to get some great plane pictures of us landing... I was impressed with the zoom on my little camera. We got off the plane to Amys brother and wife greeting us- I got laid for the first time in Hawaii. I was so excited! After the long flight, we went to Kevins moms house for some great Hawaiian food and this was a great beginning to the rest of our stay!! Hope you enjoy the pictures of our trip!

ONE more week!!!

Only one more week!!! Next Thursday at this time we will be on our way to the wonderful island of Hawaii. I am not looking forward to that flight... however...it will all be worth it for the 10 amazing days we will be spending on the beach and with our friends.

23 more days and counting....

23 more days and we are off to Hawaii!! I cant wait for the next 3 weeks to pass by. We were invited to go with the Perez family to their renewal of their vowes on the big island of Hawaii for 10 days. We are all so excited for this trip!!

Nana and Papa come to visit

Grandpa and Grandma Hansen came to visit... and it was great!! This is the first time since Steve and I have been married that my dad has made it out to visit us and the second for my mom (she came to Charleston when we had Morgan).
In case you were wondering why my parents have never made it out to visit... I will explain. My mom always takes a week off to visit her children when they have children to help out... and since Steve and I have not had any children in 3 years and my other (3) sisters will not stop having children... we are not on that priority list:).

My parents came out for a week to see our family, our home and to see a little bit of the South East (we joke that my dad really came out to take a tour of the submarine- hes into that kind of thing). It was a great week- fast but great. The second day they were here I took them to Fort Clinch to walk around the beach and take pictures. I took some awesome pictures, put my camera in my lap to chat for a bit on the rocks and next thing I know.... my camera is falling down the pile of rocks like a pinball in a pinball machine. Needless to say- about 200 pictures and my camera are at the bottom of hundreds of huge rocks. Not a great moment for me. So later that day I went out to buy a new camera and take more pictures of nana and papa being here.
We went to the beach a few times, to the submarine museum in St. Marys, GA, took a ride on base, walked around downtown, went shopping, planted trees in the back yard, celebrated papas 61st birthday and of course just hung out around the house. My dad was also able to take a tour of Steves submarine on Saturday and enjoyed every minute of that! We had a blast and didnt want to see them go. I hope it will not be another 6 years before we can get nana and papa to visit us again!!

Grandma finally came. The three days before she came- Morgan had been talking nonstop about grandma coming to town. We had a great time while she was here. Steve had to work everyday but was able to be home for dinner. The kids and I were so glad we had the chance to spend time with her. We went to the beach a few times, walked around downtown Fernandina, went to lunch, grilled out, went fishing in the pond behind our house and of course the kids favorite- went to ice cream. It was a great weekend. We cant wait until the next time grandma comes to visit us!!