baby snuggles

I just love snuggling up to my kiddos in the morning! I wish it could happen more often. Keilani definitely loves to get cuddled and her mommy loves to cuddle her!

babe and I

The lights to the pool and hot tub are now fixed finally! So exciting!

So tonight decided to test it out!

Ice cream and hot tub what could be better!

ice cream

Having this covered pool has been so nice!
We have spent nearly everyday outside swimming, and relaxing!

Beautiful Butterfly

The past 2 days every time I have visited my garden I have found some beautiful little critters. Yesterday was a beautiful Monarch butterfly and today a gorgeous dragonfly. It is the perfect addition to my garden!

Happy 37 Jon

Today is Jon's 37th birthday! I am so grateful to have him as my BFF, my sidekick, my plus one, my eternal companion, and love of my life

Family photos!

My good friend Joe took did a little photoshoot session for us! It was the first time in many many years we were all together. I am so grateful for him doing this for us, as the family is expanding, it will be a lot harder to be able to gather all together again. It was a memory I will cherish forever!



My mom and dad and all of their children



Papi & Mami and all their grandkids



The siblings



My mom & dad



Jon and I



Jon, Me, Julien, Logan, Kia Ora, Eden, and Keilani



Audrey & Joey



Audrey, Joey, Kate, and Emmeline



Kim & Nick



Kimberley, Nick, Sophie, and Levi



Thiefaine & Maruia



Thiefaine, Maruia & Teave



Raphael, Scarlet, Gabrielle, and Benjamin














I forgot to ask for individual shots of Alex!
He is the lonely heart right now... <3 p="">
Beautiful candid shots

We're going home!

Saturday we started our long trek home! I was not looking forward to another long drive back to Lake Jackson, but could not wait to get back home and seeing Jon! Once the car was packed, I headed up to BYU to pick up Julien and Logan from EFY. We fueled up, picked up breakfast and hit to road!

Oh how I will miss beautiful Utah!

We stopped in Albuquerque for the night.

Today is Julien's 16th birthday!

I can hardly believe how fast time has gone!

Julien is an amazing young man with so many wonderful qualities!

He has the biggest heart, is smart, helpful, super talented (He played the piano beautifully) and he loves to have fun!

How to decompress after a long drive????

The next morning we were up early determined to drive straight home no matter what!

It was long and hard and tiring!

2 days, over 25 hours in the car, 2440 km....

I'm exhausted!