Hawaii

Austin and I at the top of some Mountian in Kauai.

Our trip to Hawaii was shall we say memorable   It was our last trip with the Farm Bureau and a great one to end with.  We decided to make a trip of it, so we went a earlier   We went to the island of Kauai first and were there 4 days, and then made a short flight to Owyaho, and spent the remaining 3 days there.  We and many others from Idaho and other states came down with a food poising from a dinner that we attended on the USS Missouri   The dinner was a great experience, but being sick for the flight home was awful   Austin had it worse than I did on the plane, but I had it worse longer.  We had a lot of fun, with a lot of fun friends.

Austin getting his feet wet for first time on a beach in Kauai.

More sights in Kauai

I loved the ocean from clear up I couldn't tell the sky from the Ocean.

Taggert hitched a ride to Hawaii...he was a trooper.

 A blow hole on the island of Kauai.

I loved this lighthouse with the ocean.

I really didn't want my picture taken, not feeling to hot.  This is on a beach in Kauai again.  Kauai was so laid back  and quiet, we would love to go back and just hang out there.

We decided to try fresh coconut milk, it is clear and not so good.

Austin of course had to get a picture of the farm ground.

This was the flag that was flying in the USS Missouri when there was a surrender of the World War II at sea.

There belongings went under the bed.

I made Austin and a friend Greg go lay down in the bunks so we could see how small they were.

Showers

More little bunks

I thought the boys would love to see that they played some chess, this was squeezed in to a little place on the ship.

Mail room.

Model of the USS Missouri which all of the pictures are of.

On deck, big gun.

Austin and I with the USS Missouri behind.

Pearl Harbor memorial

Active Navy battle ships in harbor.

Arizona 

That is part of the sunk ship in the back.

More of the sunk ship under water.

plaque of names lost in Peal Harbor battle.

Austin with a view of the memorial.

The flag above it was cool.  The atmosphere on the memorial was incredible.  It was very reverent, and everyone spoke in whispers.

Where the surrender was signed on the USS Missouri.

Dinner on the deck of the USS Missouri.

Sunset on the beach behind our hotel in Honolulu.

Polynesian center.  This guy could climb that tree like no other.  We learned that he was  a prince from his island.  There weren't any other individuals with tattoos like this.  These were given to him as a infant and the fact that he survived was amazing.

Each island had a float with a dance and a song.  

This guy from Samoa played this with his nose.

Going into our Lual at the Polynesian center.

Our Farm Bureau friends.  Back...Greg and Gwen Anderson, Jacob and Shantell Andersen, Duck and ? Mumford

The program before the dinner.

The roasted pig...it was good.

The last day before we flew out we went snorkeling.  It was ok, we were not feeling  so great, but we did it and saw some cool fish.

Christmas

Nothing is better than a lot of pictures of Christmas to bring back lots of found memories, of family, fun, and love.

We decided to make suckers this year to give away as gifts and well to eat too.  It turned out to be fun, thank goodness for Grandma Tubbs she let us barrow her sucker molds, and we were grateful that had some memories of making suckers with his mom.  The boys had a terrible time waiting to get a chance of the perfect lick.

Maestin loved his yo-yo and got pretty good at it.

Ruxton go a music set with all kinds of fun instruments.

Addler reading his book.

Patiently waiting for they next gift.

A thank you hug and Christmas, Addler and Holdan

Holdan got a gun!

We had to buy dad a piggin string to try and entice him to rope more!

There is nothing like Christmas to bring the hugs and thank-yous out!  Addler and Ruxton.

Maestin worked very hard on this gift for his mommy.  It is so cool he carved the letters for Tubbs Ranch out of wood and then put nails in the top and strung it through an old rusty pipe.  He knows his mom well.  I loved it.

They all go a isle to paint and write on.

Maestin trying to figure out his circuit robot car.

A close up of the sign Maestin made for his mom.

St. John Christmas Party

The primary had the program for the Christmas party and I had three boys in it.  Here is a picture of the primary.

Holdan and Braylee trying to stay entertained until Santa.

Addler doing his part he played the xylophone for one of the songs.

Maestin

Holdan

Aunt Maysi and Braylee

Holdan and Santa

Maestin and Santa

Maestin

Code: Family secret 11-14-11

 We had a family activity about a week ago , where the boys each had to find a red peace of paper.  On the paper was a letter.  They had to put the letters together to make a word.  The word was the answer to a question we asked them......

This is what they found...the question was what are we getting that is new?  They were pretty excited and already very concerned that it won't be a boy.  I told them not to worry too much our chances are pretty good on the boy side.  All pretty crazy I know.  Was a big secret for a long time, not any more they cannot stop telling people!!  Funny thing is this secret can't be "hidden" for long a lot of people guessing our secret already.

skating

Once a month the Delta Skating in Pocatello has a home school day for kids to come and go skating.  We love it and have had a lot of fun going.  We work all week on accomplishing all our tasks happily, so we can earn the trip.  This day we went with our friends from Malad.

Left to right:

Spencer Ward, Lance, Addler, Ruxton, Katie Joe Davis, Maestin, Davis Larsen, Dallin Ward