Sequoia National Park

Following our Hawaii trip, we decided to take a day trip with the Browns to Sequoia National Park. The views were breathtaking and despite Ellie having some potty accidents it was a great day.

 The mountains are just beautiful. The only drawback were the extremely windy roads and carsickness. I was able to hold my lunch in by driving for the day.

 picnic time

 They found their perfect walking sticks

 Ellie had an accident and somehow we forgot her spare change of clothes that day. Daddy fashioned pants out of his jacket for her

 She sure is brave!

 The new style of "pants" were not conducive to rock climbing. Ainsley sacrificed her pants for Ellie

Snow in April! The girls loved it 

 On our quest to see the biggest tree

 We love snow

 There it is- The sherman tree

Overall it was a great day and we were in awe of the size and beauty of the Redwoods.

Best of Hawaii

Our family trip to Hawaii in March with the Browns was definitely a once in a lifetime trip that was perfect for little tots. We were lucky enough to have Space Available from Travis Airforce base in San Francisco work out for us. We stayed at cabins on the beach at Bellows Air Force base. We stayed for a week and went to a Luau, our favorite restaurant Haliewa Joe's, saw our friend Sami and her family, hiked, went to Dole plantation, and the guys even got a golf game in. Here are some of our favorite pictures from the trip and I won't bore you with all 300 we took there. 

Beach babes

 Sunrises on the beach

 The babe tent!

 Dole plantation pineapple maze

 watch out for those puddles Ellie!

 "Mom that isn't a pineapple!"

 Ohh the sass

Shaved Ice!

Daddies being good sports getting their hair done

Dole Plantation

Luau at Hale Koa

Ava not amused with Daddy's Happy Hour jokes

The pig!

My minis

delicious dinner!

We all learned how to hula!

too loud for Ellie

loved our mornings on the beach

The three amigas!

Lighthouse Hike

Hardcore hike with all the adults carrying a kid - lucky mine was in utero!

The craziness of our rental van

Visiting Pearl Harbor - everyone standing where they were born. I represent Teeny Babe

Ferry to the monument

breathtaking

Junior Rangers with the Arizon flag

The guys making breakfast for us and dining in our back yard.

Mahalo Hawaii- One of the best trips thus far!

We rode back in Space A in jump seats with a giant aircraft engine. (Yes Ellie tried to climb up there)

Jump Seats and ear plugs

Aunt Jen the super mom and aunt!