Peek-a-boo with Grandpa

Grandpa Wayne and lil' Savannah. Taken at Ty and Karie's house during Tyler's B-day party.

Helicoptor Ride followed by a Hawaiian "Pukadog"

Wayne and I are so happy we spent the money and made time for a helicoptor ride while visiting Kauai. We rode in an Hughs 500 which has no doors and only 4 passengers plus the pilot. It was absolutely amazing. We spent a little over an hour in the air and made 2 landings to wait out the storm. Landing in a helicopter on a mountain side is absolutely crazy! Wayne and I were shocked when the pilot said we were going to land to wait out the storm. We looked down and all we could see was trees and brush. The pilot was an ex-military and also an ex-narcotics officer. He is very skilled and we had a safe landing. We saw wild boars, purple phesants, goats and hikers along with hundreds of waterfalls, all compliments of the morning rain storm. At first I was scared I was going to get air sick, but I didn't. After our helicopter ride, we stopped a locals favorite called "Pukadog". They feature fresh squeezed lemonade and hawaiian hot dogs. You can view their website at "pukadog.com". These hotdogs are huge, placed inside a hole made in a bun. Filled with great sauce. Picture this : The grill for the namesake hot dog here has vertical hot metal spikes; doughy rolls are skewered onto the spikes, creating a puka (hole) and a bun that’s toasted both inside and out. One the three sauces (don’t miss the spicy jalapeno) and six tropical-fruits relishes (go for the pineapple) can be piped inside the bun, followed by a crispy grilled Polish Sausage or veggie dog. My favorite was the Hawaiian mustard but Wayne liked the papaya and pineapple. No matter, it's all simply amazing!

Can you say Hula Pie?!

What a yummy dessert Hula Pie is! We had this last night from a little restaurant called Dukes here in kauai. It starts with a oreo cookie crust, macadamia ice cream about 6 inches thick, covered with more nuts, whipped cream, chocolate and caramel syrup. To die for. I didn't get any pictures so maybe we'll have to have some again tonight so I can take a picture. We've been busy site seeing as well as snorkling. The boys got to go golfing 2 days in a row at a Jack Nicholas course. They have had a great time. Today we are going snorking again, followed by pictures at sunset and then a nice dinner. Tomorrow Wayne and I are going for a long awaited helicoptor ride over the island. This was a must do for Wayne. Here are a few more pictures with our friends Tammy and Randy.

Aloha!

Wayne and I are here in Hawaii enjoying the sun and the beautiful scenery here in Kauai. We are here we our friends Tammy and Randy Bockas. Tammy and I have been friends since we were 5 or 6. So a very long time!

Today we started out at 0600 with a drive to the canyon (Hawaii's grand-canyon). We have a great time and the views were beautiful. (more pictures to follow). Afterwards we went snorkling. I think this was Tammy's scond time, but her last time was 24 years ago. She had a tough time at first but once she caught the hang of it, she had a great time. I'll attach a picture of the turtle we seen today.

In a Jam!

Last night Jocelyn and Brandon came down to make some jam... I invited Sydnee to come and help us and she was more than willing. Wayne had gone golfing with his dad so he was a little late for dinner. Joce and Brandon made it down about 6:00. After dinner Brandon was so kind to offer to drive to Brigham to pick up Sydnee. Of course with a little pit stop at Walmart for some containers, Sydnee talked Brandon in to buying her a 10 pack of lip gloss! What a sucker uncle Brandon!! When all was said and done we did a batch of blackberry, 6 or 7 batches of raspberry and 2 batches of peach. It is so nice to have access to all of this wonderful fresh fruit. My kids all love freezer jam. Syd took some raspberry home with her and she was happy.

We got some good and some bad news yesterday. Wayne was wrestling with our little nephew Braden on Sunday and Braden got hurt. He twisted his ankle so we hoped if he gave it some time it would feel better. Unfortunately his let still hurt this morning so his parents took him to the doctor. Braden actually has a hairline fracture in his ankle. (That was the bad news!) Good news is actually only fair news... Bradens fracture is old and they figures he hurt it originally about a month ago and Wayne's little wrestling stunt just re-injured it.

Busy week ahead as we get ready for Hawaii!! I'm so excited!!!

Sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa's

Last night we had Sydnee spend the night. Savannah was sick so she wasn't able to come. We started with dinner at Richardo's. Sydnee had already eaten so she ate chips and drank pop. After dinner we went home and I gave Sydnee the lastest clothing purchase I had mde for her. I am quite proud of what I was able to get for m $100. Sydnee had a personal fashion show for Wayne and I. After the fashion show, we did clean up and headed off to bed. Syd slept in her little sleeping bag on our floor. In the morning Syd was awaken by grandpa yelling at Hank for chewing up the extension cord. She spent an hour playing pool on our kids pool table. We picked apples, played with legos, made an apple pie, decorated a halloween trick or treat bag and went to the country store for some candy. Not too bad for all of this by 1:00!

After all of this we went to the celebration center with Jocelyn and Brandon, had a riot!!! I loved all the rides but the big swing make me sick! It was still fun. After the Celebration Center in Logan, we drove to Layton to dinner with all of the kids at Tempanyaki, It was super tasty!! We all loved it. Then we came back here to our house for home made ice cream and apple pie. I'm sure glad Jocelyn had a birthday and let us celebrate with her late.

Our Dog Hank!

No doubt about it, Hank can be a real pill. He has chewed up so many things I couldn't even begin to list them all. $19 off of my dresser to start, the mail off of the couch, my new wreath I had just bought the day before at Tai Pan, a bunch of Jocelyn's wedding announcements and he even got to the cats tail! But inspite of all that, he's really a cute puppy with just way to much energy for his own good. Here is Brandon helping to get rid of some of that energy productively with good clean fun! Hank loves to jump and so today I thought I'd see if we could get some of this captured on camera. He was very cooperative, and Jocelyn did a great job behind the camera.