Poipu Kauai

We decided to go to Kauai to celebrate our 3rd anniversary and leave the kiddos behind to make it our second honeymoon.

We arrived Saturday afternoon and found this view from our hotel room:

Lace thought the road to our hotel was pretty awesome.

Woke up at 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning not yet adjusted to the time difference, so we decided to go watch the sunrise

Took a short little drive up the coast in our sweet Dodge Charger

Monday we found a sweet little beach hidden away in the jungle. It was awesome

Tuesday was our adventure day - we found this cool thing called 'Queen's Bath'

Really cool fish in there and some cliffs to jump off of

Then we went to the 'Womb of Hawaii' - a huge cave with freshwater in it and an underwater tunnel that leads to a tiny room. 

The water was freezing and it was a little creepy being pitch black, but it was really cool

Wednesday we sailed up the Na'Pali coast and saw some dolphins

Lace got really seasick along with half of the boat - so they all hung out depressed in the back

Those of us that weren't sissies got to enjoy some pretty awesome views

Thursday we stuck around the resort and relaxed

Played some checkers

And just enjoyed being in Hawaii. 

We also jumped off some cliffs there on the beach but didn't take any pictures.

The hotel offered us a bottle of champagne for our anniversary, we told them that wasn't good enough and demanded sparkling cider instead.

All in all it was fairly decent trip.

Turning Two at the Zoo is Coo

For Paris' birthday we took her to the Hogle Zoo.  She loved it.

The lions were sleeping so we had to be quiet

But the sea lions were wide awake and playing

The grizzlies rolled around in the water together playing. It was pretty awesome

And we learned that tigers are one cat that actually likes water

It was fun to be two at the zoo

Then we got to come home to a Purple Princess Sofia Party

And bust a move

She got her own iPhone so that's how the rest of the day was spent

We finally convinced to color with us

But the absolute best part of the day was that she got to BE Princess Sofia!

She was such a happy princess

Fun. in Milwaukee

Got to see the wisconsin cousins and enjoy a saturday with them

Exploring the museum

And having the most wisconsin meal ever created:

Beer battered brats, sauerkraut, bacon, & beer mustard on a bun with a side of beer-cheese potatoes.

A heart attack on a plate. And it was delicious.

Got to go to the zoo and see real tigers

Got to see the Brewers dominate the Reds

And the band fun. preformed for us

Oh yeah and I did some work stuff too. 

But even that was awesome -

Because our CEO got up and taught the whole company about the Holy Ghost

The editor of Forbes magazine told us how awesome we are

And College Gameday came to thank us for sponsoring the Rose Bowl

You're welcome College Gameday.

It was a super fun week.

Oh and this was my fortune with my meal in the airport. So that's exciting.

Freedom & Fireflies in the Air

We went to the land of the potato to celebrate our freedom this year.

We got all red-white-and-blued out and watched the parade go by.

Stuffed our face full of watermelon

Bounced all around on the trampoline

Took our very first ride on a horsey

Roman was very popular with the ladies

Then we came home and used our cereal bowl as a hat

And squished the cat

And celebrated being free again. Because you can't celebrate freedom enough.

God Bless America