Saturday, October 17, 2009

It's been a crazy, busy and fun several months!
We got a little behind on our blogging...due to computer glitches,
a bit of laziness, and a lot of traveling!
Here is a long (sorry) recap of what the Findlay's have been up to....
Chris and Melissa go to Hawaii
Chris and I had the opportunity to spend a week in Hawaii
in October for a little work, and lots of play.
This is the great hotel we stayed at...the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

This was the amazing view from our room. It was beautiful!


We did the token touristy stuff in Oahu,
like visiting the Dole Pineapple Plantation.

We got to see the beautiful temple and took
this picture during the 5 minutes that it rained on our entire trip.




We had a great dinner at the Polynesian Cultural Center Luau.

This guy from Samoa was hilarious. Had to get a picture with him.


We spent some time at Pearl Harbor.
This flag is over the USS Arizona Memorial.





Operating a submarine looks pretty complicated to me!


We had a lot of fun spending time with a few
of Chris' co-workers from Microflex.


Waikiki Beach


On our way to Honolulu, we had a bit of a detour
to Portland (courtesy of Delta Airlines).
So we went to the temple. It is a beautiful building, tucked in the trees.





Family trip to Reno/Lake Tahoe


We went to Reno with our friends the Heatons
for the Air Races in September and got to spend
some time on the rocks at Lake Tahoe.






Back to School!

Cameron is a 6th grader and Jack is in 1st.
My days are free!!!

Kaitlyn is loving 9th grade..




Spending time with family


We took Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen and
my parents up to Bear Lake for a day...
And Jack tried to beat grandpa at old maid.




We spent time in Meridian, Idaho for family time
and the blessing of our newest member, Izabel.








We also went to Washington for our yearly visit...


Spent some time with the animals at the fair...



and pretty much
Lived at the Lake


We took several trips to the lake for lots of beach time with friends and family







The climbing tree is a hot spot at the lot.
The beach is always better with friends!


Camping trip to Palisade Park in Manti





In July we took a trip with several friends to a great campground
just outside of Manti for some lake time, golf and 4 wheelin'.






This is a view of the campground and lake. We had a blast!

It was a crazy, fun summer and it went by way too fast!


3 comments:

Miss Jackie said...

Holy cow busy people! I am lucky to have even seen you guys all summer!! hawaii looked AMAZING!! So fun! And of course, all your other trips too! (not AS fun, but still fun! :) )

Islander said...

It is about TIME!!!
Great recap of a whirl wind summer/fall for the Findlays! I'm so glad we were apart of some of the events. You all made many happy memories for sure.

Stephanie said...

Wow that was a huge post. So many fun things and all in the sun. Today it's totally rainy here, so all your pictures make me homesick for the sun! Love the Hawaii pics, it looked and sounded like a blast.