Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Newest Kid
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Christmas Baking Time!
I think for years I have taken for granted my mom baking for Christmas time. I didn't realize how much work and time was involved but I am faithfully carrying out the tradition. These recipes were passed down to me from my mom and hopefully I can pass them down to my kids as well.
I love Christmas and presents and the whole Santa thing but I the older I get the more I love the Christmas traditions. So here is to Ben and I and carrying on our families traditions along with making our own traditions as well.
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and for those of you that received some baked goods from us - beware of the red and green cookies because even I admit they taste a little like cardboard!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Thanksgiving - Hawaiin Style
You can see Peter's pastures, some of his cows and the ocean - What an amazing view!
We went down to the ocean a couple of nights and it was so beautiful. We were on the north side of the island and so the waves were pretty high - at least to me. My only complaint about the whole vacation was I could of spent more time on the beach but I never seem to get enough time at the beach. There is something so relaxing about sitting on the sand, listening to the waves and soaking up some sun!
We were on our way to dinner and stopped at this beach - needless to say I went to dinner with wet shorts...
I thought this was a great pic of Ben!
I was trying to body surf but all I seemed to do was end up with a suit full of sand!
Probably the highlight of the trip was getting to go on the Piiholo zip line. They are putting a zip line in on Peter's ranch across a beautiful deep gorge and so a bunch of us got to go! It was so much fun and if you are ever in Maui you need to go on that zip line!
Peter and Ben on the Zip line landing called the Tree House.
Ben and I getting ready to Zip line. Aren't we all geared up! LOL
Look close you can see Clay and Bobbi Tryan going down the zip line.
Well besides doing all of the tourist stuff we also got to rope. Ben has been wanting to win a Hawaiin buckle for a long time now and he finally got it done. He and Alex Shulman were the Gold Plus champs and he is sporting a new buckle - yeah for Ben. I also roped but didn't get anything done.
All in all it was a great way to spend Thanksgiving!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Oh no - My Truck!
I am so thankful that I am okay and my wreck wasn't worse than it was. It could have been pretty bad. Oh and one more thing - thanks Ben for not getting after me about this....