3rd anniversary

Jared and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary while we were in San Diego! That morning, Kai stayed with the grandparents and Jared and I got to go to the temple. I have always wanted to go to the San Diego Temple and it was wonderful and so beautiful inside! After the session they asked us to do sealings for a few minutes. We were somewhat in a hurry to go to Sea World but we couldn't pass up the chance so we stayed and it was so fun to be doing the same exact thing we did three years ago. It of course took longer than they said but at the end the sealer said something that really struck me. He was talking about the Abrahamic promise and that it is posterity but then he said why did the Lord command Abraham to sacrifice Issac if his promise was posterity and then he said because Abraham needed to learn something about Abraham! That really hit me. We all have to go through our own challenges and sometimes they seem to be the exact opposite of what we think should have happened or what the Lord would want to happen. But they happen so that we can learn something that we need to learn!

All in all, it was a great anniversary and it has been a wonderful three years! I love being married to Jared and love that we now have a little family! It is so fun!

Because sometimes we just need to smile!

The other night we were in a drive-thru line and these guys were in front of us! How many things can you guess are wrong with this! We came up with at least 8! Stay tuned for that list, but here is a hint to help you! They ordered drinks and food!

11 month

My baby is almost not a baby anymore! She had her 11 month birthday on Oct 16th! I just am so sad to see her grow so fast! On the 17th my cousin Stephanie was killed in a car accident and it just makes me realize how precious life is and that I need to enjoy Kailie, Jared and everyone else in my life while I can because we never know when we might be gone!

(Hiking Kae'na Point at sunset)
We have been trying to enjoy this beautiful island while we are still here. There is just so much to do and see and not enough time to do it in. Here we are hiking Kae'na point, a nice hike right along the ocean! Of course, we did it at sunset which meant we were walking back on a holey trail in the dark. Thankfully our friends girl had a reading light in her pack so at least we could see a little bit!Kailie has discovered some fun new things this month! She loves to climb over things although sometimes we just think she doesn't realize that she can go around so she just goes over or under everything and then usually gets stuck and then cries until we help her!
We all went to the water park, Kailie of course had fun just playing in the kiddie pool. Her and Brinley have matching swimsuits!
Coming home from our San Diego trip Kai got super sick and a had a high fever. I loved it just because she was so cuddley and just wanted to be held all the time! A few days later this rash appeared so we figured she had Roselo which makes sense because we couldn't figure out why she had a fever but nothing else!
We gave her some Cauliflower soup and she LOVED it. We couldn't shovel it in fast enough for her and as soon as the spoon got to her mouth she would put her hand up in her mouth for some reason we still don't know but she sure loved it and made a mess as well.

One day she just discovered her tongue! She was playing with it and trying to stick it out, unfortunately the child is tongue-tied so it doesn't go out to far but she tried and then she drooled everywhere. The funny thing is she hasn't done it since.
Just kicking back in her seat after eating a full meal! I think we all wish we could do that!
Little miss attitude! I love this picture just because I think it is a glimpse of what she will do when she is older. In reality she was just looking away when I snapped the photo so it looks like she is rolling her eyes but she is too sweet to do that already, plus she hasn't quite figured that one out yet
Kai and Brin just playing at the beach. We bring the play pen to contain them because otherwise they just eat all the sand! Yummy! Kailie LOVES those rice rusks!

Some new things that she has learned include: waving and clapping, standing! Climbing! Maam, ddaa, more food, meat, cheese, milk! Roseollo, ,peek a boo, no no no,

San Diego

It has been about 10 years since I have been to San Diego but I have always loved the city! This trip we did a lot of things that I have never done before and I love the city even more now!

The best thing about it was the weather! It was colder than normal which was awesome for us! Oh how I miss wearing Jeans and Sweater and Scarfs and Shoes! One night Jared had a work party and we didn't realize it would be outside needless to say it was super cold but Kailie all-wrapped up enjoyed the appetizers. Here she is eating a taquito , she would not let us take it out of her mouth!I got to see my cousin Gail and her husband Jamie. Gail has lived in San Diego for as long as I can remember! It was so great to see her.

Jared's parents drove all the way from Utah to meet us and we got to do a lot of fun things with them. We went to the air and space museum one of my favorite things was all the Space things they had there so here is Kai showing off her space suit!
This was my favorite plane!! Aren't baby anythings always the cutest?
One day while Jared actually went to his conference, Kai and I walked around the boardwalk in downtown with Jack and Carolyn! It was beautiful and full of fun things to look at! There was a whole walkway dedicated to the military! This was the best memorial (a sailor kissing his nurse upon returning home). It was huge!!
We also got to go to Sea World. Did you know that it is free to Military active duty and their families! (At least for now, they just got bought by somebody so who knows if they will keep doing it) And did you also know that it is super expensive for everyone else! We had no idea it was so expensive $ 60 per adult!

Needless to say we still had fun enjoying the animals , the shows and the rides. Even though it was a bit chilly , Jared and I had to go on the two wet rides! Kailie seemed to have fun and even watched the shows! Of course her favorite thing was all the people. If you can't tell in this picture she is trying to grab the girls hair! (can you tell what animal is in the background? More to come on those)
The whole gang after a wet ride, hence why we are wet!


I was so excited to fly both ways with Jared! This is a first for us since Kailie and it was nice to have the help. Unfortunately we weren't sitting together on the flight home, of course!! Kailie was so good and slept like this almost the whole flight, we figured out at the end it was because she was sick and had a fever. Her first fever, she was so cute and only wanted to be held and cuddled all the time, that was a treat for Jared and I!

(Dave)

This is Dave and Eddy who we got to stay with . They are awesome fun guys . Eddy is a doctor and was actually Jared's roommate from Med School . And Dave is a Lawyer and a amazing cook who just decided that he didn't enjoy be a Lawyer and thinks that being a Doctor is the way to go and yes Jared tried to talk him out of it! Dave and Jared met on their mission , then were roommates at BYU. Funny that now Dave and Eddy are roommates! By the way they are both single so if you know of anybody just give the shout out!! (Eddy)

We had such a good vacation. We just hung out, relaxed and enjoyed good food, good friends and good family, good shopping, all in a good city!

Our little Klingon

What do you think?

I think she is pretty close!

P.S. Is it weird that I compare my child to made up characters see here for a Simpsons comparison!

We are back from the city of

We are back from our vacation/ work conference in the city of this

and this

and this!
Do you know what city this is?
Hopefully because it is one of the coolest places around and I would love to live there for awhile.
More details to come!

Aloha Oe West Family!

We had another Aloha Oe, this time it was our dear friends Tyler, Janna and their cute baby Lily! Tyler and Janna were our first friends as a married couple.

(Lily and Janna at the water park on their last day here on the island)
We met our first Sunday in our new ward after we got married. Earlier that morning there was an earthquake and all the power was off but we still went to church and Tyler and Janna were there. They had canceled church but it was fun to meet them and we were so excited that there was at least one couple in the ward that were young and had no kids and we became instant friends.

(Tyler climbing a really old ladder after jumping off some sea cliffs on the Big Island)
We have had a lot of good times over the past three years, we went to the Big Island and jumped off cliffs, drove where we weren't supposed to, swam in an awesome hot springs pool and even got our car washed conveniently at the end.

( All of us at the volcano on the Big Island)

We also kayaked the Napali Coast together and not to mention our weekly Relief Society surf group that we had on Thursdays, had many of game nights and dinners, Janna was even my piano teacher! We are going to miss you guys and hope to live by each other someday or at least meet up somewhere fun!

(Kai and Lily's last time to play together)

ALOHA OE