Hawaii 10

The last week in September me, my mom, my husb, my sisser, my bonus pa, my baby, and my baby in my belly, went to Hawaii.  To be honest, we didn't do a whole much besides enjoy the beauty, relax, swim, sun, and shop.  Ry, Tate, Mir and Myself went to Oahu just last year.  My mom and Steve visited a couple of years ago.  Between the 6 of us, we had blown 2k trying to fulfill our tourist obligations. 

This time, we just relaxed and enjoyed the best of that lovely island... 

That is the way to do Oahu in my opinion. 

Just relax.... and gain weight.

My cute fam.

Poor Ryan had the worst sinus infection, cough and runny nose on our way there. 

Being on an airplane for 6 hours is not fun when those guys are bugging ya.

  See me and happy Tate.  Happy.

 Ry, not as giddy..
I forgot to say this at first, but there are aaalllloott of pictures in this post.

I always notice that people apologize for that, but pictures are my favorite part of any blog..

I don't think I would read blogs without pictures. 

Then it would just be a newspaper. 

Boring. 

So, I was going to apologize for that, but I just talked myself out of it.

Not sorry.  Enjoy my pictures.

And my internal dialog.

The time change in Hawaii is brutal for yittle girls.  The night we got to Hawaii we drove straight to the Hawaiian Hilton in Waikiki.  Highly recommended. 

Everyone else went downstairs for dinner. 

Me and Tate were done. We went straight to bed. 

Ry couldn't even wake us up to eat the pizza he had brought us from the restaurant.

The picture above is Tate eating said pizza when she woke up the next morning.  At 4:43.

We didn't ever really adjust.  We just kind of stayed on Utah time. 

Which meant we were asleep by about 8 every night that we were there.  It was funny.

There are some pics of us on the beach in Waikiki that first day we were there, however, the above picture is the only one that will be appearing here.  You see, I had decided it was time for me to transition to a tankini.  I bought one the beginning of July but didn't really wear it this summer, with me being so busy dying on my couch and all.. So, I busted it out in Hawaii. And I will just say.  I will die fat in a bikini before I EVER wear a tankini again. Either that or maybe I bought the wrong tankini.. Either way, it will take awhile for me to recover from seeing myself in those pictures.  I sometimes have the hardest time wrapping my head around the fact that I am not 19 anymore.. Ahh.. 19.  That was a good year for me and my body... 

Does anyone else have that problem? 

Anyways. Seriously.  Those pictures better never see the light of day. MIRANDA!

After being in Waikiki for 2 nights, we headed out to the Ko Olina Marriot.  It was beautiful!  The whole reason why we all went back to Hawaii was because Ryan and I had been invited to stay at this amazing, beautiful, highly maintained, 5 star resort, for just 60 short minutes of our time.. They almost sucked us in to their timeshare bologne, but at the last second, my kick a** assertive smarts joined us, and I saved our family lots of money. Ryan bought me 2 purses with matching wallets because he was thankful to me. 
Gosh.. I'm long winded.  So one morning while we were out on our lanai we saw this ship pulling into the marina.  IT WAS THE BLACK PEARL!  NO FREAKING KIDDING!  We ran as fast as we could (thats a lie, we walked and sometimes jogged) across the weird field thingy to see it.  It was awesome.  The detail on the boat was amazing.  It really was so cool.  So so cool.  It was really the real live black pearl.  They had just finished filming the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and I guess The Black Pearl lives in the Ko Olina Marina.  Lucky us.

Here is Tate and Grandpa and Ry playing in the pool. 

 Grandpa would throw Tate in the air, and Ry would throw the football up, and Tatum would catch it.

Fun. 

Poor Tate doesn't have any brothers and sisters to play with when we go on vacation. 

Its actually pretty sucky sometimes. 

She is lucky to have really fun family that enjoys playing with her so much.

If anyone says they have a hotter Grandma than Tatum has, they are lying.

Famous Giovannis shrimp truck. 

Gave everyone gas and a belly ache.  Glad I didn't touch the crap.

Ryan brought head lamps to Hawaii.  If you know Ryan, that doesn't surprise you. 

We don't leave home without headlamps. 
They almost always come in handy. 

In this particular case Ryan wanted to take Tatum and Steven to find sand crabs. 

They did find some.  Tatum really looks like she loved finding them. 

She is exactly the kind of gal that loves things with creepy, wiggly, pinchy legs.

See?

One other thing about Tatum.  She DOES NOT break rules.

Really.  She doesn't.

So, when Grandpa pulled her in to the decorative pond/waterfall for a late night swim,

she didn't take well to that.

Boys night out are not for this girl.

She was much happier to be back home with us. 

On the fold out couch
With a Shirley temple

Watching Greys Anatomy

We did do one touristish thing.  We went on a catamaran boat to go snorkel, and see dolphins. 
We did snorkel.  Tate even tried her hand at it.  We saw some cool fish for just a second, but it was in deep water, and the waves were really wavy.  It was to hard to hold on to her, and keep us close to the boat.  And I thought we might both die. Despite our very floaty life jackets.  She didn't dig it much anyways.
It kind of creeped her out.  So she went back on the boat with Grandma. We didnt see dolphins.  They lied.

My little Tatum is so freaking cute huh? See The Black Pearl behind her?

The really mean/scary/bossy captain called  Tatum up blow the conch shell. Its really neat when your kids get to do neat little things like this.  It makes them feel special, and makes for a good memory.

The reason why it sssuuuuccckksss to share a bed with little Teeetum.

Tatum.  Cute little Tatum

Parents. Cute little parents

I feel like this photo is Christmas card material

Tatum was mad in this picture.  It had to do with a snickers bar, and me being immature.

Just so everyone knows, it sucks to go to Hawaii with skinny cute little Mir.  She is a babe.

Our last night in Hawaii we met up with my Aunt Lori (my dads sister) who lives there, for dinner.  It was great food, beautiful view, and good to catch up with my auntie and cousin.  A perfect way to end our trip!

Oh, and look!! I'm a photographer! 

Secret:  Its super easy to be a photographer in Hawaii.

June/July/August Happenings

Holler! I am back! I realize its September but ya know what, don't judge me. Because at least I can admit that I am a blogger slacker/loser amongst the millions of things that I have been slacking/loosering on this summer. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. So ill bet I am well on my way to excellence. Ill let you know...

So in the month of June we had some big changes. First of all Tatum was out of school as of the last day of May, so I needed a bb sitter. My little sister Taylor came to live with us for the month of June. We had a great time with her. She is so fun with Tatum. I have never seen a teenage girl take so much time to make a little girl feel special. They really love each other so much. Tatum really loves her so much. It makes Miranda mad. :)

But the thing of it is, nobody in this world will dress up with Tatum as super heroes and make up skits and songs with her all day.

Here they are.

Taylor dressed in my liquid leggins, swim suit bottoms, rain boots, and a towel.

Tatum dressed in leggins, unders, and actually very fashionable winter boots.. and a towel.

You should know the towels are held around their necks with scrunchis.

Their skits were hilarious, and their raps even better.

So cute.

The last weekend Taylor was with us, we took a little vaycay to the Park City/Heber area.

These pictures are out of order, but every time I try to move pictures the blogger gods get pissed and screw up my whole post. So just bare with me here.

On our way home from our vaycay on Sunday we stopped in Park City for the farmers market there. Its called Park Silly Sunday and is the funnest thing. They close off main street in PC and local vendors set up their junk. I love vendor junk. I bought some secret sauce to make salsa and cheese. I love farmers market cheese also. Which just reminded me that it is still sitting in the cheese drawer untouched. I'm going to go get it now.

Tate and Tay got their faces painted..

On the secret path that we found from Heber to PC

This is in a humongo crater across the street from the Zermatt hotel. It is a warm hole in the earth where people learn to scuba dive. Its like a bajillion feet deep and scares moms when their kids stand on the dock. I made them sit. We can only sit on the dock in our family.

See the out of order pictures? See them?

These are secret path pictures.

And now we are back at to Zermatt.

This is the quiet room outside of the spa. Its is mine and Tates favorite place. They have delicious lemon water, fresh fruit, spa music, and comfy chairs to read in.

Nobody was in the lovely quiet room this day. Just so you know. I dont let my child act like a weirdo in nice quiet rooms while other people watch.

Zermatt also has a lovely little gelato shop. We love this place! If tate is in a funk, this is where cute little Ryan brings her to help make her happy again. This girl love gelato. Really loves it.

Okay so some quick other things that happened in June..

I quit my job. My career. The one that fed me and Tatum and supported me for 5 years while I was a single mom. It was a GREAT gig with 3 weeks of paid vacation! What the?! I know I know, but sometime in the last year, Tatum begging me to be an "at home mom" has gotten to my heart. And sacrifices are worth it to spend the time with my daughter. I cant get this time back. I am almost half way done raising the girl! In the same amount of time that I have had her, I will be almost done with her. And she wont need me anymore. She will be at high school football games. Driving. Probably kissing boys. OMGosh. She better not be. I hope she is homely.

Anyways. I quit my job. It was a hard, good move.

Because on June 18 I found out I am pregnant.

YAY!

JULY 1st thru 4th 2010

My sister Kasey got married in Lake Tahoe. It was such a beautiful trip. It was quick.

Flew in on Thursday July 1st and out on July 4th. I had never been and it is such a cool place. I wish we would have had more time to explore and hang out.

Kasey and Kris got married on a yhatish boat out on the water. Cool huh?

July 5th - August 5th

I puked and puked and laid on the couch and puked and didn't move and puked and cried a few times. Tatum watched TV. My little sister Devyn moved in with us. I puked some more.

Stephanie came and cleaned my house for me. Ryan got scared I think.

I puked.

August 5th-10th

Wiped my face off, took a shower and headed to Vegas for my families annual girl trip.
We had a great time. I felt good, got a little sun, did a little shopping, ate a little food.

It was fun. And much needed.

August 10th - Present.

I am trying to get my life back on track. Oh I do not do well with change, and let me tell you, there has been a plethora of change around here.

Ive heard that being a stay at home mom takes about a year to adjust. A year is a long time. Its so different to not have anywhere to go or anything to do and not wear earrings.

And you know what else. Sometimes in July I would go to sleep in some comfy clothes and wear them the next day, and sleep in them again that night and then wear them again the day after that.

That is a change. And not a good one I tell ya!

We are making some improvements though.

My house is staying clean.

I am putting on make up,

and I even cook dinner!

No more popcorn for dinner around this house!!

(although i still don't wear earrings much)

Having Devyn around has been a fun change. She has been very helpful, and it has been fun getting to know her so much better. She is just an 18 year old little gal finding her place in the world. That is such a crazy time in every ones life, and I'm glad that we get to be a part!

That's about all for our summer. It went by fast but my gosh am I glad its over. I am so excited for fall, and holidays, and new life chapters! I will be keeping up so much better on this little bloggy of mine, and I will also improve on taking pictures! I suck at that!