From Snow to Paradise

The tail of a whale.

A whale had just breached (came out of the water).
Fish from our snorkeling adventure.

Our first morning in Hawaii and a beautiful rainbow before the rain.


Trey and just returned from Maui, Hawaii! It was my Christmas present, 5 year Anniversary gift, Mother's Day etc. We had a wonderful time and it was great for us to get away. Of coarse we missed our precious little girl. It was so exciting getting off the airplane in Birmingham and rushing towards her. She jumped out of my mom's arms and came running to us. What an amazing feeling. Here are some pictures from our trip. The highlight of the trip was getting to see several whales. They have migrated from Alaska to the Hawaiian waters to have their calves. We went snorkeling one day and while we out there we were able to see several different whales. I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break as well.

Snow Day

As many others have posted or are posting about the Blizzard 09 in Alabama, we are joining in. Ella Joy wasn't sure what to think of the snow at first. We headed out to church since Trey had ushering responsibilities. As we left the snow was really coming down and it was windy outside and the snow flakes were hitting her in the face she was wanting to go inside. The ride to church was fun because she could see the snow hitting the windshield. But of coarse when we got out, she buried her head in my chest and wanted to get out of the snow. We made it home in enough time to still have plenty of fun in the snow. Once she changed clothes and got outside with her daddy & Jude Allday, all was forgotten and she loved it. Ella Joy would sing Frosty the Snowman all through the holidays ( her Mimi taught her this song) so on Sunday she just chimed right in again. Hope you all enjoyed the snow!