Bryce Canyon

Spring hit and we got behind on posting the second half of our Spring Break vacation. After 2 days of Zions we spent the last day in Bryce National Park. Here It was a long day. After hitting every wide spot in the road, and every parking lot the made, we made the long trek home. It was worth it, hopefully the kids will remember it.


This is one of the views, from one of the many overlooks in Bryce Canyon.


Ricky thinks he is such a great photographer, but I took this picture with my little point and shoot. I think it turned out great!!


This is the whole group of kids, probably the only time they where all in one place and holding still. It didn't last very long.


Sage and Kenadee posing infront of one of the overlooks.


Matt Draper taking a picture of the epic vista.


Matt risking his life on the edge of a cliff, taking more pictures.


One of the last short hikes that we did, I think this one was called Inspiration Point.


Lots of Love to go around on this trip. Jade and Jake where sooo cute.


Even siblings where caught hugging. Here Hunter gives his big sister a big hug.


Sage and Kenadee love spending time together.

Zions Camping

We took the kids down to Zions National Park for their spring break. We did a lot of hiking, as saw some amazing things. It was impressive how well the young kids did hiking. Grandpa Webster came with us and made it that much funner. we where also joined by the Drapers and the Wights.


This is the first waterfall that we hiked to, the emerald pools.


Here is our brave band of little troopers.


Paxton did great great in the backpack.


Hunter and Me at one of the waterfalls on the emerald pools hike.


Jade and Miss Mo, a common sight on our hikes. Mo is such a good sport.


Paxton was still able to take his naps, though we are not sure how?


Jon is so great with the kids, these two small munchkins are always a big hit!


Hunter and Sage could have handles more, but as you can see Jade and Paxton are done hiking.


Sure footed Hunter makes his way along a narrow shelf.


Sage is quite the extreme hiker, all that dance time is paying off.


Trouble always comes in two, and here they are. Actually these two boys are very well behaved and play great together.


Sage negotiating a small crack in the wall of a slot canyon.


Can you spot Hunter, why go over when you can fit under?


We stopped by the Zions Ponerosa family camp and Hunter was brave enough to try the zip line! Thank goodness Mason and Max where brave enough to go first.


Sage also thought it looked fun and took a ride on it after Hunter.


Here are our 2 little dare devils.


Here is our dining accommodations at our RV sight, it ended up being a pretty nice place. Though at first sight we tried to find another place.


Jon playing kick the can with the kids in camp.

Kauai, "under the sea"

We had a lot of fun in the ocean on our trip. Ricky got an underwater housing for my camera and that's how we got the underwater pictures. We saw lots of turtles and cool fish when we went scuba diving, it was so much fun. We also did a lot of snorkeling. I still think my favorite memory was the whales, they are so big!!


We were in a large Zodiak cruising around chasing the whales. We got really close a couple times and even saw a mother and her calf breach together. Ricky was too slow and missed getting the whole thing on camera.


This is the calf, it didn't come clear out of the water like it's mom did, but it was still pretty cool.


Here is the proof that the boys swam with dolphins.


The Tutles were so awesome, they reminded us of Finding Nemo. Disney nailed the turtles demeanor.


Here is a baby turtle we saw while snorkeling.


Can't get enough of the dolphins!


Here is our group shot from our dive. I am on the left, then Ricky, then Dixie and McKay Robinson.


I couldn't resist, this is one of the best pictures of Ricky in Kauai, he is not in many shots, the quality of this shot makes up for the quantity of shots he is missing in.

Kauai, Beaches

Kauai is the land of awesome beaches! We found some secret beaches that we had all to ourselves. Our favorite beach was the one that we had to hike down the coast just to get to, it was where Fantasy Island was filmed. The second time we went there, Ricky and McKay were able to swim with some wild spinner dolphins, it was a definite highlight for sure.


This is our secluded little beach that we had to hike into, it was awesome.


Same beach, we couldn't get enough of this place!


One afternoon Dixie, McKay, and I took a nap on the beach and Ricky vanished for a couple hours and came back with a whole bunch of pictures, this was one of them. He has more on his blog @ www.prolineimagery.blogspot.com.


This ship wreck beach right by our condo.


Ricky found this beach at the end of dirt road, don't tell the rental car people!

Kauai, Waterfalls

We saw a ton of waterfalls, some off the road, some we hiked too, and one we got to Kayak into.


This waterfall was right off the road, it was kind of far away and there was no trail to get any closer.



We kayaked a mile or so up a river, then hiked just over a mile to get to this 80' waterfall.


Here is a group shot at the same falls.


This swimming hole with an amazing waterfall, was only 5 minuets off the road.


Same swim hole waterfall.

Kauai, Helicopter ride around "The Island"

We had such an amazing vacation in Kauai this last week, I had a hard time deciding what to post. So I decided to do it in mulitiple posts. One of the highlights of our trip was the helicopter ride around the island. I was absolutely terrified for most of the time we were up in the air, Ricky insisted that we went with the oldest helicopter on the island because it was the only one that did not have doors. He thought it would be better for photos, and though he was right, it was scary! I even took a few pictures myself. In the end, it was awesome!!!