Elder and Sister Byrd

Here is a picture of my mom and dad with the kids on the night before they left for Africa. Jaiden had to be tickled to get a smile on his face for the picture. We are so excited that they get to have this experience but we sure do miss them. We love you Mom and Dad!

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"...I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." 1 Nephi 3:7

ALOHA!

Me and the kids were pretty sad that Justin had to leave us to head over to Hawaii for some work that needed to be done over there. He was working for two weeks over there. The first week I headed down to Blanding to spend some time with my parents before they went on their mission but the next week I was begging him to come home almost every night. Ha ha, I don't do very well as a single mom. So for the third and final week our sadness came to an end when we were able to join him out there while he finished up his work project. Sara and her kids were also out there with her husband so we were able to spend lots of time with them too. We had to stay close to the hotel while Justin worked because we didn't have a car but we had so much fun out there.

Fish pond :)

They had entertainment outside our hotel in the evening sometimes.
I was able to watch these dancers from my room while the kids slept.
I love the music that is played for the tourists, it is so relaxing.

I loved the flowers that were everywhere.

Emily and Jaiden at the Honolulu Zoo.

At PF Chang's

Farm Day!!

Found the cutest little farm at Thanksgiving Point this week. Me and my brother Sam took the kids over there. $3.50 for adults and $3 for kids, not too bad for city prices I think. Although shouldn't the kid price be like $2 or something..$.50 off isn't that great I say. The kids loved it and it was one of the few things that I actually found quite relaxing in this crazy city. Hmm, I guess I feel at home around a farm. I don't know.

A guanaco...? Looked like a llama to me.

Audrey's favorite animal

Jaiden's new timeout :)

Jaiden loved the pony rides.

Splashing in the warm Spring sun

For Memorial Day, Justin was on a business trip so I hung out with my sister Emily for the evening. We went for a little swim and it was fun with my two crazy kids. :) This was Audrey's first time swimming and we found out that she is a natural born swimmer. If you put her on her tummy in the water she would just start kicking her legs and she would get this really serious look on her face.


Jaiden has never been too fond of swimming so he had a fun time splashing on the steps. He would come to the edge of the pool, splash us, then hurry away. He is so much fun.

Flexing his muscles.

Penguins!

A few weeks ago, me and my sister-in-law Sara took Jaiden and Sara's little girl Emily to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. Emily was a little scared of all the swimming creatures but Jaiden couldn't get enough. He loved seeing all the fishies. The penguins, I think, were his favorite though. The aquarium was set up so that you could see them swimming around and diving in the water. It was very cool. They also had jelly fish, sharks, alligators, turtles, stingrays, and other various sea life. The sting rays were cool because you could pet them in an open aquarium.

It was very hard to take a picture in there because it was pretty dark and I just really don't know how to make my camera do what it is supposed to do.

Jaiden hiding in a coral cave.