Hawaii March

Last year we went to Hawaii with a couple of our kids, and we had invited Kimber and her husband to go with us but they couldn't because she was about to have a baby!  So she and a couple of the other kids asked us about having another trip that would include the grandkids, too.  Taylor, Lindsay and Kimber and their families came with us and we had such a good time! It was a lot of fun showing our grandkids all the things we love about Hawaii...

tiny crabs in seashells

remembering the fallen heroes at Pearl Harbor

One minor mishap... I ripped the toenail off my toe while snorkeling!

snuggling together for some tv time

getting splashed by the waves

the Temple in Laie

the Polynesian Cultural Center

Waimea Canyon

the Napali Coast

Mermaids on the beach

turtles on the beach!

tidepools and waves crashing on the rocks

being together

so much luggage!

keeping occupied on the plane...

feeding the fish at the Waiohai

looking for turtles in the surf

climbing trees!

Sunsets from our balcony

Once Upon A Time...

Wow, how time flies! 
I don't think I could recap everything that has happened, but I'm going to try.  My daughter Lindsay recently brought my attention to another person's blog and it made me remember that I had a blog once upon a time!  I'm going to try to spend some time every day catching up on my blog.

Tonto Natural Bridge

One of the activities we wanted to do with everyone was a hike.  Tonto is really beautiful and a fairly easy hike, so we thought it would work.  It was a perfect day!

We gathered in the parking lot while everyone arrived and we figured out which trail we would take.

We were treated by seeing a wild herd of javelinas in the parking lot.  They had a few babies, too.

Grandma          Ben & Tessa,        Robbie, Emy & Brad,       Nicole, Taylor and Emma

Catherine, Noah and Ethan        Lindsay & Ivy           Nickie, Richard & Bennett                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                               

first stop... a little pool where the river meets the trail

the trees were all changing colors and it was beautiful!

it looked more like Fall than Winter, but it was amazing.

Taylor and Emma

This was one of the prettier spots

Richard and Bennett

Taylor, Nicole and Emma

Nickie, Richard and Bennett

We reached the bridge!

Brad, Emy & Robbie

Lindsay, Ivy and Wesley

Catherine checking out the cave

Ben and Tessa

Catherine, Noah, Ethan and Uncle Taylor

Grandma & Grandpa

Wesley and Grandma picking out souvenir rocks

another beautiful spot

crossing the river sometimes was a little tricky

it was a good thing we had lots of helpers!

hiking back up the trail 

someone was getting a little tired!

but Wesley cheered her up...

the bridge from the top...

 Yes, in spite of what the the bench says, Ben DID survive...