You Have to Read This...

Abe's oldest brother, Ben (the potter), has written and published his first book. It's titled Remembering Isaac. It's a really great book, both Abe and I really enjoyed reading it! You should definitely check it! You can purchase it from Amazon.com, the link is below. If you read it let me know what you think! We're both pretty impressed with Ben's writing and he's already working on the sequel! Hope you enjoy!

http://www.amazon.com/REMEMBERING-ISAAC-Joyful-Niederbipp-Remembering/dp/0615276067/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242949387&sr=8-1

Our Hawaiian Vacation

The Beach
This is our favorite beach spot. It has some really nice waves for body surfing and boogie boarding. AND it's usually not very crowded.


Barbers Point Lighthouse
We went to a luau here at Barbers Point. Great food and great entertainment!


Relaxation...
Can you tell how relaxed we are? And it's only the 2nd day!


Sunset
I love taking pictures of sunsets, so I had to snap a shot of this one!


The Dole Plantation
Gotta love pineapple...and pineapple ice cream...and chocolate-covered pineapple!


Watchin' the Waves
We found this beach that is lined with volcanic rock. Very interesting.


Parasailing
We went parasailing one day...so much fun!

Snorkeling

We went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay. It's probably the best place to snorkel in Oahu. The coolest parts was swimming along side a giant sea turtle...surreal!

Pearl Harbor

This is the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. We took a boat out to it and were able to see the sunken battleship.

Skydiving

The best part of the trip (at least for me!) was skydiving. Abe even took our camera with him. This is a shot he took of himself floating back down to earth.

Down There

Abe got this shot of the airfield we took off from. They dropped us out over the ocean at 13,000 feet up, and then the winds pushed us back inland.

My New Addiction...

Here I am after surviving my first jump (behind me is the guy I jumped tandem with, he's made over 5200 jumps!). It was the scariest, most awesome thing I've ever done! I will definitely do it again!

Well, hope you enjoyed our pictures. I know I enjoyed taking them! :o)

Ice Cream Cones

Jake and Logan love eating ice cream cones and for some reason, they have to eat them in our front yard sitting there on the sidewalk. But it makes for a cute picture!

Easter

Wishing all our family and friends a very wonderful Easter!

Sight Seeing

Last weekend, my parents and my brother and sister came to visit us (I think they're just sick of the yucky Utah weather!). On Monday we drove up to San Francisco. That was my first time there. We saw the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, China Town, and Giradelli Square.

Then we stayed overnight in Vallejo, and then the next morning we moved onto Faifield which is home to the Jelly Belly Factory. Visiting the Jelly Belly Factory has been a dream of mine because I LOVE their beans! It was fun to see how they are made. I wish I worked there!
Then we drove to Old Sacramento to visit the California State Train Museum. My dad really wanted to do this and we all followed grudgingly, but Abe and I both thought it was a pretty cool museum. And of course, the boys thought it was AWESOME!

It was a fun little trip and I'm glad we got to spend time with my family.

Clover

This is the newest addition to our family...a sweet little bunny we named Clover. She's loves to run around the backyard and Logan loves to chase her. Abe even built her a really nice house to live in too. I never thought I was much of an animal person, but a bunny isn't so bad!

Spring Has Sprung

Well, it's been spring here for at least the last month, but for all you back in cold and dreary Utah, here is what you have to look forward to (and what we're enjoying right now!)