Hawaii

Never was there a sadder girl to go to Hawaii.  Longest 9 days of my life, and I even got to evacuate for a Tsunami warning (which luckily turned out to be a few harmless waves instead of 5-7 footers as predicted).  But while I was in HI, things were very productive and went well.  So here's what I did:

...ate a lot of meals at "Ruffage", a raw food restaurant, 

texted Emily pictures of "our" new sandals,

sat on the beach twice and made lots of phone calls and answered emails, 

dragged my groceries around on and in my suitcase, which was also full of very expensive produce, 

had lunch with some doTERRA team members after going to Michael Ballam and family's ward where I got to help interpret some of a priesthood class for a few deaf members.  After that I went to see my friend Tessie (so sad I don't have a picture of Tessie who I met on the beach this summer, and who is a missionary at the PCC!)

took a picture of the log my kids buried this summer, which is still standing in the same spot (also found them a cool shell which we think was the one that was too stinky to take on the plane this summer, so they left it at the beach house we were renting), 

did an oil class at Michele and Olivia's massage studio, where I met this wonderful woman Beth, who reminds me in all ways of my wonderful cousin Joy, 

cracked up laughing while on the phone with Colin as I passed by an Elvis impersonator outside the Royal Hawaiian,  

and had lunch at Whole Foods with Keahe, after a busy week of doing trainings at the spas at Royal Hawaiian, and Sheraton.  Whew, it was a busy week!!  

Hotel California

Great jump, Tiff!  Your hair looks awesome!  This is our favorite hotel in CA (because it has a great pool).  The night before we had a doTERRA business training with some of our Sacramento leaders, and later today is when I leave for Hawaii.   

Now that's an on purpose belly-flop!

Apple Hill

Traditions are fun, and that's what Apple Hill is!  We're glad we got to go again this fall.

Tiffany was very excited about these cool feathers she found:)

Fun times at Tahoe!

During the 2 months we lived at Tahoe, we went to the lake a few times, and took a couple fun bike rides.  Then it got too cold, so we spent a lot of time inside by the fireplace!  Here we are before the coldness set in, having fun with Calvin's homemade kayak and jumping off the dock.   

Devon and his cool balancing act!

Crawdad bake

There's lots and lots of crawdads at Lake Tahoe.  So we caught some, cooked them, and ate them.  The guys were pretty into it, but the girls thought it was kind of gross.