my guys

this should be mister & sister!

down under

last week i was lucky enough to go to australia w/the fox crew for our fall 2009 shopping trip.
we stayed in bondi beach for a few days, and also went to melbourne to meet with
the fox australia team. we had an action packed 4 days...shopped til we dropped, went to a friday nite footy game in melbourne and got to sit in our own private box?! stayed at this luxe casino, ate some fabulous meals, hit the bondi markets and also the surry hills festival. i even tried vegemite...a little wierd- sort of tastes like soy sauce, but has a
peanut butter consistency??? it was my first trip to australia and i LOVED it. loved it. can't wait to go back.
the only bummer was not seeing any koalas...everyone says they're mean anyway?!

bondi beach, sydney

bondi beach-view from our hotel lanai

the girls at the surry hills festival in sydney

tiana, craig (fox oz), me & carrie play tourist in melbourne

carrie, me & tiana enjoying the footy game in melbourne

the view from our private box at the footy game

spring break- hawaiian style

we just got back from a week in hawaii, where we were celebrating buck's retirement.
it was so fun to spend some quality time with the fam(s), hang out with kali, eat all our favorite island
delicacies and log in some serious beach time.


lanikai beach

another beautiful day in hawaii

celebrating my un-birthday at morton's with lin & lar

buck's retirement party after party @ mac 24-7...SUMO SAIMIN!

kali & her cap'n get ready to party

buck (cap'n) & thad
(we still aren't sure why cap'n is wearing a birthday hat?!)

nonabow, kali & sara at the outrigger

a little tropical scenery

thad stalks a peacock at the zoo

our fave zoo exhibit-the white gibbon! loved this guy

a big monkey

don't worry....we were behind a big fence

kali LOVES her unkie

sara & thad enjoy their lava flows pool side at the ihilani

dancing kali

kali's dad made this video...it's genius...don't die of the cuteness.

some bunny loves you

we had a great, mellow easter in bend.
thad made his first quiche ever, and we celebrated with mimosas...
amy came over and brought us a DEE-LISH lemon upside down
cake! so good. we dyed easter eggs- i was super excited to try
a new technique i saw in one of my magazines---putting rubber bands on
the eggs before dyeing them?! they turned out amazing!
thad set up an easter egg hunt for me and everything...
some bunny really DOES love me...

our easter egg master pieces

forced family fun...

just kidding!!! (about the forced part) it was such a nice
day on saturday, we busted out a little pilot butte hike with
mister. he made it no problem. the view was gorgeous!