Pumpkin patch fun!!

We had soooo much fun going to a pumpkin patch the other day to pick pumpkins and play! All of the kids had SO much fun playing on the hay bales, going on a tractor ride, picking pumpkins from the field, and stomping around in the mud!

Cute brothers!

Sweet Kaia!

Kickin' back!

Hog pig hunting!

Will and Wes C. from MLS went on a business trip to the LA area, and on the way back up, fit in a wild pig hunt! Wow! They had a lot of fun!! I would say that this is definately providing for the family!

Fun with Grandma!!

We looooved having Grandma up for a long weekend while daddy was away! Chet and Zane, and mommy had so much fun with Grandma! We went over to Newport to stay and play, and the boys had so much fun playing on the beach and in the hotel pool! It was the perfect weekend!

Fun at the beach!

Chet and Zane had soooo much fun playing on the beach! It was perfect weather! They had fun digging in the sand, flying a kite, and chasing seagulls which we lured in with pieces of bread, then the boys chased them away before they could eat too much!

Having fun flying a kite!

An all time favorite....chasing seagulls!

Sea Lion fun!

We also went to the bay front in Newport, and enjoyed watching the sea lions! Chet and Zane had so much fun watching them! It was quite entertaining! Animals are always fun to watch!

Aloha!

We just came back from a week trip to Maui! It was wonderful! We meaning...Jessica, Zoe, Kai, me, Chet, Zane, Angie, and Nancy! Will and Ryan if you didn't know loooove hunting, and have the whole month of September booked for hunting, and Will also had a hunt in Idaho in October, so we don't get to see much of them during hunting days. So...Will and Ryan suggested that we go somewhere....somewhere like Hawaii! How can anyone say no to that??! So we went! What sweet husbands we have! We had so much fun...and the kids had a blast playing in the pool and on the beach everyday! It was sooo much fun getting together with my cousin and his family that live on Maui, and getting to know them a little better! We loved the sunshine, the warm weather, beautiful views, and special friends over there! But, we are so happy too to be home once again with daddy! Daddy makes everything whole again, and home...Home sweet home! =)

On our way to Maui!

The whole group at the Portland airport! Mindy so kindly took us to the airport...thank you!

Chet and Zoe had so much fun taking pictures with their cameras....they even told us where to stand and how to pose! Too cute!

On the airplane! Auntie Angie, Zoe and Chet!

The Maui Prince...

The Maui Prince was so beautifully landscaped...it was so pretty!

And the flowers were beautiful and so fragrant!

Maui Prince luau!

We went to a luau where we were staying, and it was so much fun! Zoe impressed us all by letting this lady wrap this fabric around her to make a dress, and then later she wanted to get on stage (when we were asked) and dance the hula with Angie, but when she got up there, she got scared! This is really something for Zoe who's not as outgoing as cousin Chet! Way to go Zoe!

Shaving coconut from the inside of the coconut shell!

An afternoon in Lahaina!

We went to Lahaina for the afternoon, to shop and look around! This is where we ate, at this fish house, and it was Delicious!! I had macadamia crusted mahi-mahi with this rice that was soaked in coconut milk! Oh...it was SO good!

The view from where we ate!

We went to this cool banyon tree in Lahaina!

Mommy and Chet!

Randon pictures!

Nana with all of her grand kids!...Zane, Kaia, Zoe and Chet!

Isn't it wonderful that kids can have so much fun with the simplest of things!

Mommy, and Zane!

This was one of our favorite stops on the way to the pool, and/or the beach! The Maui Prince has a huge pond filled with koi!