Paradise

Paradise is being with family.

Paradise is having no worries.

Paradise is vacation.

Paradise is love.


Sometimes pictures are better then words. Here are some of our 392 pics we took :)

Gecko Heaven

We still have 2 days left, this is the longest vacation I've ever been on and I'm loving it. So far we have accomplished quite alot on our vacation...including having lots of fun.

Breanna's FAVORITE part of the vacation is.....Geckos!


She has been intrigued and amazed by these little guys since her Grampy introduced her to them at their condo. All day and night she wants to look for geckos. We found the best place ever was the Turtle Bay Condo and the road going to the temple which had multiple geckos at each lamp post up and down the ENTIRE road! Wahoo!

At the condo at turtle bay there were about 5 geckos that would show up each night on the window....Breanna would look for them all day too! She's getting really good at saying gecko, you can actually understand it, unlike most of her other words.

Grampy and Grammy took Breanna gecko hunting while they were out here and she just was in the most fantastic mood if she is looking for them...even if she is beyond exhaustion from all the going, going, going we've been doing.

Her great-Grandma and great-Grandpa went searching for a t-shirt for her that had a gecko on it before they left Hawaii....they found one after a lot of looking. Well, she has worn it quite a bit since then, carries it around with her if she's not wearing it and sleeps with it in her crib at night.

I convinced her to go to bed tonight....with NO CRYING...because she got to take the gecko t-shirt to bed! so cute! (Thanks for the fantastic present G and G!)

Anyways, I will be posting more when I get back and download my pictures on my new camera my parents got me for an early b-day present, yipee!

Hawaii here we come!

We're leaving on Tuesday morning for HAWAII!!!! Wahoo, i'm so excited to go, I can't wait!

Last time we were in Hawaii.....







We are staying for 2 weeks, we will have family out there, mom and dad, grandparents, uncle and aunt and michelle and todd!!!

I just can't wait to jump in the ocean and relax on the beach.

Top 10 things we will do in Hawaii:
(No particular order- excited about all 10:)

1. Ocean and Beach - by far the most exciting part :)

2. Snorkeling


3. Jump off the rock at Waimea (Rob)


4. Build a sand castle (Breanna) - no pics b/c i haven't done that yet :)
5. Watch the sunset

6. Play in the WARM rain (no flooding :)

7. Surf (Rob)

8. Hike to a waterfall

9. Go to the temple

10.Visit the PCC

Breanna's first movie

I love summertime because there are so many family friendly and free activities. Here in Washington and in Colorado there are free children's movies at 11AM on a weekday. While visiting in Colorado the grandparents brought Breanna (and cousins) to a movie.

It was her first movie in a theater and I believe she did pretty well for her first time! She only lasted about 40 minutes, but that was pretty great! She only sat still for about 15 minutes and then walked back and forth between the 6 of us the rest of the 25 minutes she lasted. Then I took her out in the hallway and let her run wild for the next 40 minutes or so.

Fun times! I was impressed, they even had booster seats for the little ones so that they could see the movie better.

As you can see in the pic, Breanna's favorite part of the movie was her new favorite snack....Popcorn! Now the bag is almost as big as her, but that didn't stop her from chowing down!

Glass Museum

First of all thanks to EVERYONE for the great advice and encouraging words from my last post. Here's my update....this is the 4th day we've gone WITHOUT a bottle!!! Wahoo!! Now, it's been way harder for me then for her to give it up....wierd right?

The first night was the hardest, 45 minutes of crying, but after that it's been no more then 10 minutes and sometimes no crying. So now, I'm glad I'm doing it, but glad I waited this long also b/c I really don't think she was ready at 1 year. She was sick and teething for 2 months and I couldn't have handled anything else at that point :)

My only worry is that she has not drank ANY milk in 4 days. She will not drink it if it's not in a bottle. Any suggestions would be very welcomed, b/c I feel like she needs those calories and the hydration. I've tried a 4 different types of sippy cups, ones with straws and also just drinking it out of a cup (which is how she prefers water). I even tried chocolate milk today (a mom in my ward suggested this :) but she wouldn't even taste it!! So, I would love more help b/c she needs milk and she loved it in the bottle, but is on strike b/c I won't give it to her in a bottle.

Here are some pics of when Breanna and I went on a day trip to Tacoma. There was a ship festival and on the walk there we passed over a bridge that connects to the Glass Museum. We didn't go in, but these are pics of all the glass you could see in the bridge on display. It was an awesome bridge! Also, fyi, this was a SUMMER day, notice the clouds and Breanna in her warm clothes. Today is 90 degrees, finally, but man alive, it just does not get hot here!