Hawaii

Dallin's parents are the sweetest! They brought us on their trip with them to Maui, and we all had a blast together. I feel so lucky and blessed to have such amazing and fun in-laws.

On this trip, Dallin and I decided to make a video to document our adventures. We thought it was be a fun way to show what we did! This is the first video we have made together- Dallin recorded all of the videos and I edited. We plan to make many more movies together to document our life adventures!

We stayed super busy every day in Hawaii, and drove nearly the whole island by the end of the trip. Of course we stopped at the fruit stands along the way and ate some pretty delicious stuff. On our second day there, we drove up to a Volcano crater. It was 80 degrees at the bottom, but it seriously felt like winter once we made it to the top. We were freezing. But, it was a breath taking view and we felt we were on top of the world.

We ended the trip by driving the Road to Hana. It was beautiful, but such a long drive. The 10 hours in the car were all worth it though once we made it to Hana and went on the most amazing hike. First, we hiked through a Bamaboo forest and I've never seen anything like it before. It felt so dreamy. Then we made it to a huge waterfall- that Russ decided to wash off under, despite the tour guides warning of falling rocks :)

We took a boat out to snorkel in the middle of the ocean, which was one of my favorite things from the trip. We saw huge sea turtles, tons of fishes, and even an octopus!

I was so proud of Sherrie because she conquered her fear and snorkeled for the first time in her life on our trip!

Carmel

On Saturday, we went to Carmel with our friends Greg, Madeleine, and their son Max. They were great tour guides and showed us around the town since they have been many times. It is really such a beautiful place. 

We went to a hidden beach called Treasure Cove (I think) and it has the most amazing white sand and green water. 

We also did the famous 17-mile drive and stopped to walk along the water a few times.

Life Lately

We went to San Diego a few weekends back for a friends wedding and to visit family. Here we are in La Jolla Cove with Kathy and Tyson. I sure miss those cute kids of theirs!

This is our favorite breakfast place in San Diego- it's called Brockton Villa. You have to get the "Coast Toast", it's basically french toast stuffed with really good stuff!

After we got home from San Diego, of course we saw Spiderman in 3-D. Dallin was excited- if you know Dallin, you know he has quite the passion for movies!

We also went to the Muirwoods, just north of San Francisco, and hiked around the trails for about 4 hours. Man those are some tall trees!

Finally, we fixed our bikes, and have started riding them again. First stop- Stanford's campus. It is crazy beautiful. We rode around and checked out the new business school buildings which are really great.