Hawaii Post #2

Our favorite thing we did in Maui was the Road to Hana. We had so much fun finding waterfalls and seeing the beautiful scenery. The only hard part was when we were done we had to come all the way down the road with out stopping, all 636 turns. Needless to say we were a little nauseated by the end.

The Three Bears Falls

This first waterfall is the Three bears falls. It was really fun. Russ and I made our way over boulders into the pool to get under the waterfall. Noelle was making her way and slipped and fell on a rock and hit her head and cut her hand open. She stayed with my mom and Alyssa on the bank. Alyssa was such a trooper. It started raining but she was having so much fun picking up the rocks.

The first waterfall we actually tried to find was 4 falls, which we had directions from our Guide book. We had to hike through a bamboo forest and then across a ditch. Well we could only find the ditch and not the stream that would led us to the waterfalls. We ended up walking through a cow pasture but got this cool pictures. After an hour of searching we gave up. We were so disappointed that we didn't find it, that night we looked on the internet and found more instructions on how to get there. My mom, Russ, Alyssa and I went back a few days later to find it. That adventure will be another post.

We stopped at the "Garden of Eden" this was really beautiful. Many different flowers and trees. This one we are standing next to is a rainbow eucalyptuses tree.

We also stopped in a little town to get Banana bread and pineapple. The picture above is Russ after he climbed over lava rocks.

Hawaii post #1

I am going to do a few posts about Hawaii since we did so much and have so many pictures. First thing was that I was terrified of the flight. I thought Alyssa would be awful. Well to my great surprise she was wonderful. She was very tired and ready for a nap on the way there. With the help of our friend benadryl she slept from take off to landing. I had debated a long time about giving her benadryl or not since it is not approved for children under 4. I found an old dosing chart for her age. Benadryl use to be approved for children 3 months and above. I gave her about 1/2 of what her dose would have been. She had no problems and slept wonderful. It was a good choice. But of course she woke up at 4 a.m. Hawaii time the first few nights.

We loved the beach. Alyssa was very timid at first, she loved the sand and would make me get the water in her bucket and did not want to touch the water. One time Russ was helping her in the water and a big wave came and covered her, he pulled her up. She was a little scared but okay.
For the first picture, Alyssa was loving climbing in and out of her stroller. she decided to climb in the basket underneath and couldn't get out with out my help, I had to take a picture first.

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day to my wonderful husband! He is a great father to Alyssa.
We are celebrating Fathers Day instyle this year =) and enjoying ever minute of it!

This and That

We are going to Hawaii in 2 1/2 days. We are so thrilled! The only thing we are worried about is the plane ride. Anyone who knows Alyssa knows that she does not like to sit still or be contained. Can you imagine this 6 hour flight???? We are going to bring a bag of toys she has never seen, a few mickey mouse club house DVD's and cross our fingers that we survive! Any other suggestions???

I also cut my hair short, shorter than it has been in 14 years. I am not sure I like it at all. My hair grows fast so that is good but in the mean time I have short hair, sniff sniff. You may see pictures later, I guess.

Smarty!

Congrats to my super smart husband! He was awarded the Woodbury scholarship. This is the most prestigious scholarship at UVU. We are not only excited to not have to pay tuition next year but it is a well deserved award and he has worked very hard to get it! Congrats!

Happy Mothers day!

I know Mothers day was a few days ago but I am just getting around to blogging about it.

I absolutely love being a mother. It is so much better and wonderful than I had expected. I always knew I would love it but I didn't know how much love I would feel for my child. It is indescribable.I truly can't imagine life any better than this. I wouldn't trade being a mother for anything!

I also want to Thank my mom for teaching me how to be a good mom. She has always been a good example and she is my best friend.

California retreat

We went to Newport beach California for a little get away. My cousins husband graduated from Weber State, they wanted to celebrate, so of course we said we would love to join them.

The first day we went to Laguna beach. Alyssa was tired so she was being very "girly". She did not want sand any where on her. She wouldn't touch the water or anything.

We also went to Disneyland. We were able to go on quite a few rides. Our favorite was Space Mountain. I am sad that we didn't get to take Alyssa on more rides. She went on Pirates, Jungle Cruise and It's a small world. She loved it's a small world. She stared at the "kids" and danced to the music. Alyssa was terrified of Mickey Mouse. I thought she would love him because she loves Mickey Mouse club house, but when she saw him she screamed bloody murder.

We went to Huntington beach as well. By then Alyssa was a little happier and actually enjoyed the beach, she touched the water and had fun playing in the sand. Mostly she loved taking Cohen's hat off and putting it back on him.

We loved the sun and warmth, maybe we will move there =)