The new little ones

3 very special babies were born the last few weeks that I am excited about. First picture is of my new nephew Preson Joseph Stubbs. Congrats Janie, Chris, Zac, and Abby!

The next two are Xander and Alexa Crawford. Congrats Chersti and James! I am so excited they finally get to start their family.

I can not wait to be able to see all 3 of these precious babies when I go home at Christmas.

Hawaii trip

I went to Hawaii from September 27 to October 6 and we had a blast. I went with my sister, Heather, my roommate, Athina, and our friend, Amy. This are just some of the pictures we took. I think between the 4 girls we took 800 pictures and I still don't have some.

The first series of pictures is us in the airport (it took forever to get there because of layovers and late planes) The scenery pic is outside on the balcony of the time share. It was beautiful. I loved Maui!! I am so glad we were there for 5 days. Then there's Skeena and Heath in the kitchen ready to head to the beach.

The second series is us on the first day taking a drive around Maui and stopping at different locations. We went to the blow hole and to one of the hundreds of beaches.

These pictures speak for themselves. The scenery and especially the sunsets are gorgeous. We tried to see the sunset every day that we were in Maui. The middle picture no joke looks exactly like the picture on my credit card.

On Maui we rented snorkels for the whole week. One of the days we took a boat cruise out to Molakini....which is a crater off of Maui. They stopped at turtle town first and we got to see and swim with the turtles. But it is illegal to touch them so we just watched them. At Molakini we saw alot of different fish and there were even eels. They fed us lunch on the way back on the boat. It was a good time for all. Look at the pic of Heather on the middle right. She fell in love with this floating device and we had to go rent one for her. Before the floaty she was freaked out to go out snorkeling. After the floaty she snorkeled all over. For some reason it was a safety blanket to ward off sharks too because she was all of a sudden not scared of sharks any more. ???? lol

From Maui we then went to Oahu. I was not a fan of Honolulu when we got in. It is an ugly city. It was like a mini San Fran. Too much traffic and scary areas. Too commercialized. It got better when we got to our hotel in Wikiki. Still alot of people but it was beautiful. All these pics are not all from Oahu but the middle pic is us at the hotel and the top left is me and Heather with some turtles on one of the beaches on North Shore. Bottom pics are us at dinner at Bubba Gumps (that was on Maui though)

We went to PCC (Polynesian Cultural Center) We saw shows at a few islands and then went to a fabulous Luau. We all got lei'd there! I didn't want to stop eating the food was soooooo good. We went to the big show after dinner. I would definately say that if any one goes to the PCC go early because there is so much to see and we didn't get to go to much. Some day I will go back though. Hopefully sooner than later.

On our last day we went to Pearl Harbor and the swap meet. I am so glad we went to Pearl Harbor. It was a great experience to see the place where WWII started for the US. There was a film that brought me to tears. So many people died that day. We then took the boat out to the USS Arizona memorial where most of those who died on the battleship are still entombed. The memorial is placed on top of the ship and you can see some of the ship under and on top the water still.

This trip was definately put in my top 3 vacations of all time. I already can't wait to go back!!

Hawaii

Hi everyone! So I just got home from Hawaii today. It was a blast! It is as beautiful and relaxing as I have every imagined it would be. I absolutely loved Maui. Now Honolulu...some parts are pretty, like in Wikiki where we stayed, but I did not like the city of Honolulu at all. As soon as I get all my pics on my laptop and then get my laptop working again (I am on my roommates right now) then I will post pics and blog about where we went.

I am off to do homework and study.

Have a fabulous day!!!