Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

Saturday we all went to pick out some pumpkins for Halloween and a famous Laycock pumpkin dinner.

Oh, precious. I want one.

Here's the three winners that came home with us that day.

And here's the beautiful winner that I took home that day! I sure love my wonderful wife, Larissa. She is so perfect for me and so fun to be with.

Lacey's Volleyball Game VS. UH

Friday night Lacey was able to play in front of thousands of people at the University of Hawaii arena. It was awesome to see her do so well in front of so many people and against a very good UH team. I guess UH is currently ranked in the top 5 in the nation right now.

When UH was 24 and about to win, Coach Navalta had one more sub left. So he put Lcey in to serve and made a comment about it to the other coaches saying, "If we're going to lose, I want to do it with a bang!" In other words, Lacey's serves are awesome and it made us look good even though UH ended up with the final point! Nice job, Lacey!

Sunday Afternoon Drive

Larissa and I decided to take a scenery drive around the island. (I guess everywhere you drive around here is a scenery drive.) We found a few awesome spots that we hadn't visited yet. These first two pictures are from up above Honolulu. You can see as far as Diamond Head Crater to Ko' Olina. It was a fantastic view. That is Diamond Head right in the middle back of this picture.

Here's the view a little more to the right side. You can see Pearl Harbor to the right.

Here is the famous "From Here to Eternity" beach where the famous kiss scene from the 1953 movie was filmed.

This is on the north east part of the island, a place we rarely pass by.

Cory's Birthday - October 1st

We had Cory, Lacey and Logan over for a little celebration of Cory's 22nd birthday. It was fun to hang out and watch him open presents.

What else was fun was that my mom and Katelyn both joined us for the whole thing! It was great hanging out with them all night through video chat. We love technology.

To avoid wasting candles, we put two sets of two candles next to each other for 22. A lot easier, and not as much wax on the cake!

Kona Temple Trip

Larissa and I took a trip to the Big Island to visit the Kona Temple as the Laie Temple right next door to us is closed for renovation. We woke up in Laie at about 3:00 AM in order to be on time to the 8:00 session in Kona.

Our favorite spot at the Temple was here in the back.

Interesting wheelchair. This must be for those who want to go off-road.

We stopped somewhere to take some pictures and right there in the water were about 5 sea turtles within just a few feet of us in the water!

Isn't she beautiful!?

We have been to the Big Island once before with my parents. They took us on a little excursion where we swam and snorkeled with dolphins and visited this bay in this picture as well. Without a doubt this is our favorite snorkel site we've seen so far. We rented a kayak this trip and paddled out about a mile away where that Captain Cook monument is to the right of Larissa. It is truly amazing out there. Once we got back we looked out where we had just come in from kayaking and we saw spinner dolphins all over the place jumping out of the water. Awesome experience.

We caught a nice sunset on our way back to the airport to come home to Laie. This temple trip was one of the more fun days we have ever spent together. Focusing on the Temple and the beautiful creations of our Heavenly Father all day truly was the best way to have a perfect day in Hawaii.

The Pali Lookout

It's views like this that we are really going to miss when we are back in Utah.

It is VERY windy up at the Pali Lookout. In fact, that is why I am holding on to Larissa, so she doesn't blow away.

Fun fun.

Man o' War

We've finally learned now after just 3 1/2 years of living here that when you see these things scattered along the beach that you probably

shouldn't get in the water!

If you look closely at my ring finger just below my upper knuckle two parallel strands of stings. Although small, it was surprisingly painful.

Clegg Family Fun...

A few weeks ago, our dear friends, the Clegg Family came to Hawaii. They stayed in Ko'Olina and we got to hang out with them Friday night and Saturday day. It was so great to see them.

Friday night they came to the PCC and we got to see the new amazing show. It was so great. It made me cry even. It really reminded me how much I will miss it here when we leave. It was all about Family and the importance of Family. I LOVED it.

Chris, Cathryn and Baby Clegg. I guess there was a "green" dress code that night.


The next day we all went to the Water Park and it was a BLAST! Papa Clegg was so awesome and made us honorary members of the family that day. He was so sweet and paid for us to get into the water park. We couldn't believe it. How kind was that?

Chris and Cathryn going down the Big Yellow slide.


So much fun with my love.


The Clegg Boys and Ryan. What fun.


Two man tube...



Ready, set, GO! They raced on this slide, and Chris won by far.
Not too bad huh?


Overall, I would say we had an EXCELLENT day!

Thanks Clegg family. We had so much fun with you guys. Hope your trip was fabulous.

"What's with all the babies?"

Kim, Hillary, Shanae, Nate, Lily, Crew, Kali, Mason, Jocelyn and I all went for a hike the other day! We hiked to the Light House out by Waimanalo. It was amazingly beautiful and full of the best company a girl could ask for.


Before we got started, the girls got out the umbrellas to "make sure they were in working condition" while we packed the strollers and got all set to go.
For some reason, the umbrellas brought for possible rain, were much more fun to play with in the wind.
Unfortunately, the wind was a little stronger than the girls...


...and one of the umbrellas escaped...
Shanae was awesome though and chased down the runaway umbrella! She is FAST!



Nate, Krew, and Jocelyn were all extremely interested in all of this umbrella action...in fact we had to do everything in our power to convince the boys that they did NOT need to play with the umbrellas like the girls!


After getting ready to make our way, re-capturing the umbrellas, putting AWAY the umbrellas, packing the strollers and making sure we all had enough water, we began our expedition! It was SO much fun, every minute.


I couldn't believe how much energy these two had the whole way. They were amazing. We adults kept wishing we were getting an equivalent workout!


The view was incredible. I kept thinking about how much Ryan would have loved to take a MILLION pictures of the scenery.


After a while of walking, we stopped to smell the roses...or look at the waves off of this enormous cliff. (I was so scared that one of the kids would blow right away--but luckily we left with 100% of the people we started with!)


I was so happy that Krew was SMILING while I was holding him! He is such a great kid. So CUTE!


Kim is so gorgeous. She is holding Mason here, her youngest of three cuties!


Arrival at the Lighthouse...


Shanae, Kali and Krew


Me with Kali and Lily, we told them to do their BIGGEST smiles.


Krew is so adorable, and Shanae has to be one of THE FUNNEST moms in the world. She and Krew were laughing so hard here. I loved it.


Live Aloha, right ladies?

On our way back down from the lighthouse, a guy was walking up and passed us all. He loudly implored, "What's with all the babies?" We just laughed and laughed. It was fun to have everyone there together. We should have given him the simplest explanation..."We are Mormons" and then he would have understood completely! I love kids and I love THESE kids. It was such a blast the whole day. Hillary, Kim and Shanae kept saying things like "life is just so different with kids" or "sorry we are going slower" or "we could have been done by now if we didn't have the kids with us". I think they were worried about me (what nice friends) because I don't have any little ones of my own yet, but I hope they know that I meant it every time I said that I was enjoying every second. Life is so much fun when you have loved ones to share it with! I love you guys!


Aloha and Mahalo!


GIRLS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT I HAD SUCH A GREAT DAY WITH YOU ON THIS HIKE. I LOVED EVERY MINUTE. THANKS FOR THE FUN, EXERCISE, COMPANY, AND GREAT MEMORIES!