The Kahuna Klan Times

What Happens in Vegas...

So last weekend my sisters, mom and I headed to St. George for our annual girls' trip. I don't think we stopped talking the whole time, I actually had a sore throat by the end of the trip! It was way too fun. We went to Vegas to see a show, and then shopped till we dropped (literally). I'm so lucky to have such a fun family. Thanks girls, love ya!

Terry Fator. If you haven't seen him you should. He is amazing!

My lovely mom and lovely sisters!

At the awesome flower display at the Bellagio

Spring Break

For Spring Break this year we were lucky enough to take a trip to San Diego. The first day of our trip was Easter Sunday so we visited the San Diego Temple. Beautiful! What a great way to start a vacation. Cam, Aubree and Cammon got to go back another day and do some baptisms. It was Aubree's first time since she just turned 12. It was a great experience for her!

Disneyland

We were gonna stick to San Diego, but we got free tickets to Disneyland, so why not? We got the kids up at 6 am, left at 6:30, and didn't get back home until 11:30 that night. I don't know if I've ever been so exhausted in my life! It was a rainy-ish day, so there were no crowds and we got to ride everything several times. Spencer had a perma-grin on his face. His favorite was Splash Mountain. He crowed with delight every time we went down that giant hill. It was so cute.

The new Buzz Lightyear ride where you get to shoot lasers and defeat the evil Emperor Zurg. Very cool!

Ya gotta take a picture by the whale, don't ya? Why can't my kids ever smile? They think they have to pull faces every time.

Tide Pools

One morning at low tide we went out to some tide pools to see what we could find. There were tons of little crabs, sea anemones and sea snails. And lots of surfers too! This was a beautiful but more rocky area of beach and a beautiful day.

USS Midway

We spent a very interesting afternoon aboard the USS Midway, a retired aircraft carrier that is now a museum. It was unbelievably huge, and quite an experience exploring the labyrinth of the lower decks! On the main deck (4 acres!) they had about 20 old war planes...

Spencer explores a real cockpit...

The boys get debriefed on the next mission...

And somehow they all ended up in the brig! Maybe we should have left them there.

Sea World

At Sea World, the boys liked the shark exhibit the best. We went in this giant tube under the water, and the sharks were swimming all over above us. It was awesome!

This was the new ride, "Atlantis." It's a cross between a roller coaster and a log flume. It was very awesome. The kids rode it several times in a row--until they had the stop the ride for Aubree, who got in trouble for switching seats in mid-ride! Oh Aubree, how embarrassing!

Aubree and Adam got to feed and pet the dolphins. Aubree said this was the very best part of the whole trip.

Ew! Sardines!

Beach Day

Thursday was our beach day. Well, we went to the beach EVERY day, but we spent the WHOLE day at the beach this time. Everyone wore wetsuits and they boogie boarded for hours. They came out looking like a cross between a raisin and a lobster! They had a blast though.

Okay this was our lovely beach house, or beach "shack." If any of you saw our first apartment after we were married, think of that and you will get a feel for our 4-star accommodations on this trip! The kids thought it was awesome though. It was RIGHT BY the beach!! What else could you want!