Some Christmas

These are just some pictures of Christmas morning!!

Curtis and his Facial hair

So this is what Curtis has looked like for the past about 4 weeks. They were having a beard contest at work so he was able to grow it out for a while. It actually looked better then I thought it would. If he would have kept it trimmed up and looking really good I would have liked it better. But because they were having a contest he just let it grow.
This is what he looked like when he shaved it into a handle bar mustache!! EEWWWW GROSSS!! The contest was over on Christmas Eve and now he has to go back to work so he had to shave it off anyway. I wouldn't let him keep that. So now he's just back to his 12 year old babyface!!

More nails

So I had these nails on for a little bit. My instructor at school really wanted to do some, so I let her. They were pretty, but they were also pretty hard to work with.

This is a set that I did, the pictures are not very good because they're from my phone, but you can still see it. It took me a long time to do a whole set of camo, but they were cute.

This is what I have on right now, I can claim that I did these ones too. If you can't tell there is some glitter on the tips, I really like it. Just keep me in mind if you ever need a nail service. Or glitter toes. Those are so cute!!! I need a picture of them on here.

Sorry!!

So it's been a really long time since I posted anything. Sorry, I'm kinda busy. So these are just some cute pictures of my kids. They have this bus, and it's got blocks that you put in it, but Olivia likes to get rides in it. And Caden doesn't mind pulling her around. It's way cute.

And this is our 3rd little monkey. We had our Ultra sound on Dec. 5. Curtis worked the night before, so he got home at like 7 AM, and the appointment was a 9 down in Provo. So I get up to get ready and he lays down. At like 8 I'm in the bathroom doing my hair and Caden comes running in, "Mommy, Daddy sick." But he thinks that coughing means you're sick. So I asked him if I should check on dad, he said yes. Sure enough, he's over the toilet. I said to him, "you could have just told me you didn't want to go, you didn't have to fake sick." So needless to say I went alone, Curtis likes to go, but he couldn't. But I made sure I left the kids with him!! ha ha

Nails

I figured since I am taking a nail class and my nails will always be different, that I should share my nails with everyone. I wish I could claim that I did these ones, but I didn't. It's really hard to do them on yourself. But I will hopefully be able to. These are my Halloween nails, since I'm changing them, hopefully today, I thought I would share them.

Pumpkin Carving!!

These are our pumpkins we did for Halloween this year!! We forgot to buy pumpkin carving knifes so we just use sharp knives, it doesn't work as well. That's why they're not SOOO great.

We Love you, Grandma

So the day that we got home from Hawaii, my grandma passed away. She has been sick for a while, but is was all kind of sudden. She was doing pretty well, and then all of the sudden she just went downhill. But I'm glad that she waited for us to get home. I feel really bad that we were gone when she needed the most help. I also feel bad that I asked my parents to watch my kids while we were gone, because a couple of days after we left, my grandma moved in with them. But they said it was ok because a lot of people came to help with things. My mom told me that every morning when my kids would wake up they would go in grandma's room and Caden would say, "Hi Grandma Alpine." If she was awake she would talk to them. I'm glad they got to have that time with her. I am sad I wasn't there to see it. The funeral was just this week. It was really good. Very touching. I feel bad that we don't learn things about our relatives until we go to their funerals and hear stories about them. Then you wish they were here so you could ask them questions. But anyway, it was beautiful, and we love her very much and will miss her.

Happy Birthday Livi!!

Olivia is finally 1!! Yeah!! Her birthday was on the 9th. So a few days ago, but that's ok. She loved her cake, and her presents. There are two cakes because we had two parties since my grandma was sick and living with my parents they couldn't leave and come over. So we had one with Curtis's family, and one with mine.

Some More News!

So we have some more news for everyone. It's probably not what people expect, but then again, maybe it is. So if any of you have looked at our Hawaii pictures, you may have noticed a little something growing. Yes, you're right, #3 is coming in April. April 15 to be exact. Well it probably won't be that exact, I can never wait until I'm supposed to. So we're hoping for an April Fool's Day baby. But just so everyone knows and doesn't ask, we're not finding out what it is, so don't ask until it's born!!

HOME SWEET HOME!

So we're finally home!! It feels great to be here. We spent 7 wonderful days in Paradise. It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. We left on Monday Sept. 29. It was my first plane trip. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. So I guess I'm kind of dumb when it comes to putting pictures on here. I was going to put them on in order and kind of go through our trip with you, but I'm kind of computer dumb, so just be happy you get pictures!!

These are penguins. Did you know there are penguins on Maui? I didn't. But there are, they actually lived at the hotel. Not ours, but one that we ate at.
This is Curty trying to trick me into eating shrimp, He did get me too. But that picture is later.

This is a "train" ride on the Maui Tropical Plantation. If you go to Maui and you want to bring Pineapple home, then get it from there. Everywhere else we found was about $10 a pineapple, we got 6 for $23. Airport ready. So yeah, good deal.

Another picture on the Plantation.

So I know this is kind of a random picture. But, if you look at the right of the bumper, under the #2, see those lines, how tiny they are? Well, let me tell you what happened. Last day there, right? Trying to kill some time because we had to check out by noon and our flight wasn't until 8:48 pm. So we thought we would drive around to see some different beaches. Well we are so lucky, that we got rear ended. But you can see in the picture, not that bad right? Well, we got the guys info and everything, I called the rental place and they said just come in and fill out and report when you drop the car off. So we're like ok. We were fine, everybody was fine, minor damage. So get back to drop the car off, they don't notice it, but we, being the good people that we are, tell them, and then a manager has to come look at it, and he says, yeah, turn it it. So we go in, fill everything out. We hadn't bought the insurance that covers us if someone hits us. It was like $25 a day. But we didn't even know that until we returned it. So finish filling everything out, and the lady says, ok, you'll be getting a bill in about 2-4 weeks. I was like, excuse me? It wasn't our fault. That's when she told me we didn't buy the right insurance. So I said, I'm not paying for it, and she was like well after you get the bill, you can send it to the other guys insurance to try and get them to pay. So basically if they won't pay, we have to. I'm so ticked off. I thought we were doing the right thing by telling them, because they wouldn't have even noticed if we hadn't. Anyway, that was our last day. Moving on......

This is where we ate, that had the penguins living there.

This is from the outside looking in.

There were also flamingos and swans there too.

This is the shrimp


This is the bottom of the seven sacred pools after you pass through Hana.



This is the top of them





This is a little further away.

And this is it emptying into the Ocean.

This is what happens if you're not careful on the Road to Hana.

This is on our dinner cruise. Curtis and I found out that we're not cruise ship people. I was too sick to eat. He ate, but then we just ended up sitting in the back where it's less bouncy. We took the same kind of boat when we went snorkeling, that experience was worse. I actually threw up on that ship. Well, over the edge. Yeah, we're NEVER doing that again, or anything like it.

It was beautiful though. This is from the boat.

This is on the way to Hana. We rented a motorcycle to do it, that was really good. I think that was Curtis's favorite part. I didn't get any pictures of it though. I kind a mad. I have some movie though so it's ok.
This is another waterfall on the way to Hana.
And another one.




Oh, this is the plane ride.


So is this. The very first one, that's why we're so happy.
Clouds


I just thought this was funny. This is in the airport.
Of course Curtis had to find a local officer. This guy has been driving this thing for like 10 years and they just bought him a new one for like $16,000. This little thing instead of a car. I don't know?


This was at our Luau at the Royal Lahina. Very good food, very good show. I recommend it.

We had some stole aways in our luggage. So we sent a picture to Caden. We still managed to stay under 50 pounds. I was surprised. All around it was an excellent trip. It was really long though. We were ready to come home. Thanks to my parents and everyone else who helped watch our children since this week has been a crazy one. We won't be taking a trip for a while.