Cousin Time

Collin & Casen came over to play the other day! They are such good and sweet boys and it was really fun to see Collin and Maya play together! (for those that don't know, Collin & Casen are Dave & JesseAnn Mink's boys. Dave and I were best friends growing up and it is SOOO fun to see Maya & Collin becoming friends as well!)

Big sister helping out!

After Family Home Evening, we like to have a short "testimony time." Aliyah usually runs around and watches us. Well, last testimony time, Maya said that she could help Aliyah! It was soooo cute and so funny! She got right behind Aliyah and started whispering in her ear. After she was done helping, Maya ran off and we all clapped for Aliyah. Aliyah LOVED it and started laughing!

Kangaroo Zoo

Maya is at the age where she loves to tell me where she wants to go and what she wants to do that day. One of her favorite places is the Kangaroo Zoo (a place that has a bunch of blow-up slides and trampolines!) We wanted to share her favorite place with dad. As you can tell from the picture...he loved it...but, I'm not sure how much Aliyah liked it! :)Maya loves going down the big slides! :) She was a "little nervous" the first time, but did great.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

From Maya & Aliyah: "Happy Valentine's Day!" Maya making a Valentine card for her daddy!
Dad has been out of town and gets home late tonight, so we decided to surprise him with some homemade valentine's! :)

I love my husband...

it's 10pm and I'm exhausted and am going to bed. But, my sweet husband just left to take our angel Maya to the doctor. Her temperature has ranged from 100 to 104 over the past two days and she just can't seem to kick this fever. The only appointment the after-hours doctor had was at 10:20. I offered and offered to take her, but he insisted on him going and me going to bed. So, that's what I'll do, but my heart is just so full of gratitude that I had to share my feelings.

More Hawaii Pictures

Okay, so one of my favorite things about Maya...her personality!!! It is just bursting out of her little body! :) She LOVED the beach.
The following pictures are from our whale watching boat ride. Ken took this one...pretty amazing. My handsome husband on the front of the boat. He was like a little kid when we hit the huge waves! I was getting a little nervous, but he had no fear. (ahhh....another problem with pictures....I'll post this one soon!!! :)

Lest ye think that the boat ride was nothing but a whale watching magical adventure, the truth is...I got sea sick and threw up 12 times!!! :) This next picture was taken right after we got off the boat...don't look too closely at the sweater and skirt hem!!! Yuck!!!

Just one of the family...and, oh yeah, in case you haven't noticed...I cut my hair! I took ten inches off and donated to Locks of Love. It is a great organization which uses the donated hair to make wigs for children with rare diseases and cancer. If you're interested, check out their website: www.locksoflove.org

Date night to a Luau!!! SOOOO fun!

Aloha!

Well, it's time to catch up! We spent the last 10 days in Hawaii visiting Ken's mom. She is leaving on a mission to Romania and she invited us to come and stay with her and her husband Barry. We had such a wonderful time and the girls were great travelers! Here they are enjoying some pineapple!
There was a park right next to the beach! I spent a lot of time in the park, but I didn't mind...I felt lucky to just be in warm weather!
(Okay, so I want to add more pictures, but my computer's being funny!!! Maybe tomorrow you'll get more from our trip!)

These next few pictures were taken just a few days before we left for Hawaii. My brother, John, came in town for a few days and we went skiiing at Sundance. It was SOOOO much fun!