Our life....an ongoing vacation

Pic of the week :)

So I have an awesome friend here (the one we went sky diving with) and we have had a blast.  We have gone all over the island and have been to many beaches.  Here are just a few of the things we have done and Tayden has been awesome for most of it. 

         

                                                                                                           We forgot his hat so we improvised.

First ride on a boat out to the Pearl Harbor memorial. 

Rainbow at Waimea Bay.

  Our happy pineapple at the Dole pineapple plantation.                                                                        
                                                                                                     

Playing the stick game at the Polynesian Cultural Center. 

These tattoos are definitely real :)

Nap time at the beach (with sand everywhere!)

Oh what a fun week! We leave for Idaho on Monday! So hopefully we will see many of you soon!

Love, TLt

Falling with style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Surprise!!! We went skydiving!!!!!!!! So we purposely didn't tell anyone because we didn't want to get talked out of it.  We jumped from 14,000 feet and it was absolutely amazing!!! We don't have action shots of Tyler because his tandem partner didn't have a camera.  My friend Marielle is here for vacation and she was the one that brought up the idea and we love her for it! It was the most amazing feeling.  We can't quite explain it so maybe you should go try it! :) I would write more but the pictures pretty much explain it. 

 My tandem buddy was named Wally and he was awesome! He has been skydiving since he was 18 so I felt pretty safe. He was a goofball. 

 Oh boy!!! Here we go!!!

 Good bye land...

 and hello sky!!!

This is where the real butterflies kicked in because I am hanging outside of the plane and Wally is standing inside.  

 We can fly!

Going through a cloud. 

We survived!!! And we have certificates to prove it haha!!

It was absolutely amazing and we just might have to do it again :)

TLt

We made it back home

 We went to the southernmost part of the USA.  It was gorgeous and extremely windy.

 Tayden found his favorite spot in the whole world...on daddy's shoulders!

 He looks like his dadda.

 "What's that?"

 "Take that!"

 We hiked to a green sand beach...it was cool but we all agreed it was not worth the 5 mile hike.

 We found a fun restaurant close to our favorite bakery!

Sea turtle on a black sand beach.

 We visited an ancient Hawaiian refugee land.  There were some amazing wood carvings.   

 Look closely and you will see we are pulling a "tayden face."

So we absolutely loved our trip to the big island with our friends Maddie and Ivan! They aren't in these pics because they were usually the ones taking them.  It was a great trip and we are back home safe and sound :)
TLt

The first signs of summer!

So much has happened since the last time I wrote anything, but summer is definitely here for us!!!

Tyler finished school!!!! This picture was right after his last final.  He came home and took a much needed nap on the floor by Tayden.

     His new blocks from a friend that moved away.                                                                                                 All we can say is that this is going to be    
                                                                                                        great blackmail later on.


We are now on a trip to the big island (Hawaii) and we are loving it! We have been here a week and head home tomorrow.  I will write a blog or two more because we have so many pictures!

Tayden tried his first food not from a jar...fresh papaya  

                  

 We found our favorite bakery in the world!!! It has malasadas (special donuts) with passion fruit frosting!!! AMAZING!!!
It is the "Southernmost Bakery in the USA!!!"

So Tayden didn't actually eat anything but we thought it was funny :)

                                                                                                      This is the volcano steam vent.

Tayden loved going on walks and playing with daddy.

We love waterfalls,

 we love our Tayden,

 and he loves his turtle!!!

This is a before and after shot at the beach.
 Before: no sand on the mouth. After: whole body (including inside of mouth) covered with sand!He loved it!

 

Tayden found himself in the mirror :)

We have other great news...Tyler got an internship for the whole summer with a company in boise!!! We are so excited!!! He is really excited to get some experience and take a few months off of school.  Look for more pictures in the next few days :)

TLt