Apple Picking on the Farm!!

I always love going back home to the farm. No matter how short the visit, it seems to always be able to put a smile on my face and refresh me. There are a lot of times when the day gets to be too much or things just don't seem to be going my way just thinking of the fresh air and gorgeous flatness of the country, I seem to be able to make it through!

John and I stool the kids from my sister and went apple picking! These kids are quick pickers and I'm sure my sister would let people borrow them for work!! :)

After we finished our apple picking, the kids wanted to show off all that they had picked! Definately enough to fill the back of the vehicle!! Winston even started taking pictures of everyone (I think he has seen his mother take a few pictures)!!

Of course at the end, we all had to taste the produce....I think we definitely all agree Lawrence apples are the best!!!!

Hawaii--part 2

More fun in Hawaii....including measuring our arm spans versus that of a very large bird at the lighthouse and wildlife refuge on Kauai.

John and I had fun at a luau put on at the resort which featured delicious food and the best fire dancer on the islands!! Very impressive.

We finished our trip with a kayak adventure and swimming under secret falls and cliff jumping. I never thought I would be willing to jump off a perfectly good cliff but aparently I got a wild hair....it may have taken me a while but I did eventually jump. If you look closely at the rope that is in the bottom right picture, you will notice the severe fraying of the rope. By the way, my husband along with multiple other people were using this to swing on...really glad it didn't break while someone was using it!!

We went on a tour of the Hawaiian Village that we rented the kayak from and I found the doctor's house!!!

There is a cut out wooden pig in the picture above, but of course it just wouldn't be me if I didn't find the living animals on the trip...oh yeah and the statue Schnauzers on the bench in the lobby!!

We also had the opportunity to see some of the most gorgeous colors and flowers!!

CE in Hawaii--part 1

So, I think I have take long enough to get this updated onto my blog....many things have happened to delay me finishing this but my procrastination and frustration with computers has played a large roll!

So in June, John and I got to take our second trip to Hawaii together! This time to Kauai with the excuse that I had continuing education to go to. We got to spend a few extra days having fun just the two of us before and after the conference as well thanks to my generous boss.

We stayed at the gorgeous Grand Hyatt...absolutely the nicest accomodations I have ever had!

We had fun touring the island and even got to see the caves that were used in the last Pirates movie!! I'm not going to lie, it was pretty amazing to know that I was standing where Captain Jack Sparrow once stood!!

Our trip to the north shore had multiple stops along the way.

We also had a lot of fun around the hotel as well. The resort itself was about 5200 acres...including resteraunts, a golf course, multiple connecting pools with tide pools as well as a personal spa (which I did spend some time at)!

We even watched a wedding from our balcony eating chips and salsa with our feet up!!