ATV Tour in Kauai

Jay and I went on an ATV tour when we were in Kauai. IT WAS AWESOME!!! It poured that day so it made it nice and muddy! We had a great time and enjoyed every minute of it!

This tunnel went through the mountain side! It was so dark and cool. It was at least a half mile long.

Because it had rained so much we weren't able to swim in the falls because of the intensity in the water. They had a warning for flash floods.

This country side is where alot of famous movies have been filmed... Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and alot more. The hotel we stayed at is where they filmed the current movie with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, "Just go with it". One of the scenes was shot in the cabana that Jay and I got massages in!

At the very end we were all covered in mud, cold, and ready for a shower!!!

Jay and I will definitely do this again. It was a great way to see the parts of the island you can't see in a car. We had a blast!

Kauai 2011

Jay and I just got back from a 7 day vacation in Hawaii. It was AMAZING! We had a celebratory dinner in place of a wedding/honeymoon that we never had. This picture was taken at a restaurant called the Beach House. It is labeled one of the most romantic restaurants in the world. It was fabulous!

We got lucky and saw an amazing sunset. It was the clearest night we had all vacation.

Jay was very excited that our rental car was a Mustang!

I was just very excited to be in warm weather!

We stayed at the Grand Hyatt on the South shore, it was AMAZING. This is the view from our room. They had a pool that winded down the gradual hill towards the ocean. It has a slight current and a water slide. There was also a saltwater pool that connected to the ocean.

Jay and I hiked around the beach every morning. There was a ton of trails that left the beach we stayed on. We were very exhausted by the time we went back for breakfast.

This was our first morning there. The weather was great all but one day.

This restaurant was known for their leeche sangria. Jay loved it and said it was amazing. They came to your table and made it fresh every time you ordered a glass.

Playing in the ocean!! The beach in front of the hotel was very private so it wasn't busy ever!

He got a little to close!!!

We went to a luau at the hotel on Thursday. They are know for one of the best on the island. It was great. They made all the February birthday's go up on stage and dance. It was great, Jay was an awesome sport!

We didn't have one meal that was bad! All the food was amazing and we ate at some really cool places.

One day we drove to the North shore. We drove until the road ended. (You can't drive all the way around Kauai) This is the dry cave on one of the beaches. It was really neat to be able to walk all the way in.

This was the wet cave. It was about 10 miles North of the dry cave and it was at the end of the road.

Roosters were EVERYWHERE!!! They started to get irritating at the end of the trip but they sure are beautiful. And we did see a couple cock fights, very entertaining!

This is the view from the restaurant at the hotel called Tidepools. We had another amazing meal with a great ambiance.

The day after it rained there were huge snails all over the road by our hotel. Jay managed to smash one on our hike but it was hard not to because there were so many.

Another morning hike. Amazing views everywhere we went!!!

These were all taken within a five mile radius of our hotel.

These pictures are from the night Jay and I setup to be our special "wedding" dinner. It was a great evening!

This picture doesn't do it justice but there was a mile long stretch of road to the hotel with the coolest tree canopy over the road. It was gorgeous!

On our last full day we went to a newer distillery in Kauai. Jay got to do rum tasting. He was in heaven.

They had amazing rum cake and fudge sauce that I did sample!

On our last day we had AMAZING hot dogs at this local place called Puka Dog. They were so good and they made the best homemade lemonade I have ever had. Jay and I had an amazing trip!!! It was really hard for me to leave the boys. It was my first time away from both of them and they were sick when we left. Luckily, I have an AMAZING/WONDERFUL/GREAT mother who came and stayed with the boys. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU Memay!!! We love and and are so blessed to have you! Jay and I hope to take the boys back to the same resort in 2013!

My Boys

Jack is into everything these days so we have to move our ottoman's in front of the entertainment center so that he doesn't beat on all the buttons. So now, I have to come out and remove him from sitting directly in front of the tv. I was so excited for him to crawl, now I am wishing he still wasn't moving! I am one exhausted momma!

I am so lucky to have two gorgeous little boys. Jay is helping me to say handsome instead of cute because Conner's sentences and vocabulary are getting so good. The other day I tried on a dress to take to Hawaii and Conner says, "Mommy you look handsome!" It made my day!

Jay stopped and got Conner ice cream on the way home from swimming last week. They were all out of chocolate chip cookies at the hotel. What a nice daddy! Conner had ice cream everywhere!

Our little crawler is everywhere and into everything in minutes!! I can barely keep up with him. Cypress isn't loving all the grabs. Jack keeping trying to crawl over the barrier into the remodel. Oh, and the bathroom is a favorite too!

Conner is very into showing Jack where to go as well. The two of them are definitely double trouble!

Pardon the runny noses. I thought all we were going to have this week was running noses and a little cough, boy was I wrong. Thursday, Conner go fussy and started to run a fever. Jack got diarrhea and then yesterday, well.... lets just say both boys are sick with one coming up, the other coming out. I have changed bedding on every bed twice yesterday and I have two loads of laundry in this morning from last nights activities! I can honestly say, this is the hardest job I have ever had. On a positive note, I am looking forward to Jay and I leaving for Hawaii this week. It will be our first vacation alone since the boys!