Roca Partida!

G and I took a trip to Roca Partida, of the Socorro Islands in Mexico to go diving. We took a boat 280 miles south of Cabo san Lucas and this is what saw....

Endless sky, flat horizon, and a tiny little rock formation.

We also found lots of sharks and manta rays and new friends and relaxation. It was delightful!!

Camping trip to Mt Rainier

We drove out to Mt Rainier for a long weekend - and camped at the Ohanapecosh campground. We had the sweetest little camp site with a stream running next to it, the kids were enchanted.

We went and hiked the loop at Paradise, it was gorgeous.

We found frogs and tadpoles...

And beautiful views.

O has a new bestie, his name is Tiger.

And we stopped at the Grove of the Patriarchs.

Vacation - part IV

We went swimming at Tia's sister's house... first time Fi and O got in a pool with a slide!

Fi was hesitant to go down the slide at first, but by the end of the day, she was going down without anyone catching her and swimming to the steps by herself.

It was a fun time and the kids can't wait to go again. We had a blast!!

Vacation - part III

 We drove out to Pt Reyes for the day, to visit the Pacific Ocean.

We decided to dig a hole.

A big hole!

Vacation - part II

Kids got to play in the backyard of Auntie J's house. She bought a slip and slide and then, of course, there was a hose...

After everyone got dried off, we hung around in the chill out lounge...

Lounging.

Our family visit to Califiona

We drove down to California to visit family. Grandpa took the kids to the zoo...

Fi got to feed the giraffe!

Who knew they had purple tongues??
And then there are the flamingos, a family favorite.

Picture of mama.

Tia! Tia was visiting from Spain, taking pictures of the kids in front of her parent's house. This is one of the pics that ended up on our 2012 Christmas card.

Sorely missing Hawaii beaches...

Need I say more?

HAWAII!!

We went on a Hawaiian adventure with some friends of ours. We got to stay on the magical island of Maui. Here are some pics...



Obligatory sunset photo:
We took a helicopter tour and Fi slept through the whole thing...
Catamaran tour brought a dolphin sighting:
Fi was in love with the chickens.
Fi and her papa going into the ocean:
Oh, and there's a baby on the way! Here's the baby bump...
G molesting the baby bump at the luau...
And our friends just a little too happy at the luau...

All in all, a fantastic trip.