As requested... Here are a few pictures from our trip to Kauai last month.

Super excited to see Uncle Cam after a long day of traveling!

There are chickens and roosters everywhere!

Snorkeling

Building a sand castle

Caleb enjoying the underwater scene.

Touring the largest coffee bean plantation in the U.S.

The coffee bean walking tour

My sweet little hams

Dressed up for dinner out.

Cabe and Uncle Jake

On our way up Waimea canyon. It started raining and got fogged in before we got to the top.

View from the north shore

Visiting a light house. Can you tell how upset Cabe is not to be able to go in it? They had recently roped it off and we had driven several hours to see it. :(

Zach and Uncle Cam

A brief moment of calm

On a nature walk

Having so much fun at the beach!

Uncle Jake helping Caleb ease into the whole crashing waves experience.

At the beginning of our whale watching/dinner cruise.  This was in the first 5 minutes before I got sea sick. :(

Aunt Kate and Uncle Jake

View of the south shore

Riding up with the Captain!

Aloha!

                       Because I am am feeling guilty for not posting... and because I think he is cute. :)

Photo Book

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I recently made this book for my grandma and thought I would share it with all of you. There might be some pictures you have seen before, but hope you enjoy it anyway. 

Nathaniel

Our littlest Hiester....

Birthday Celebrations 2012

Here are some pictures from the boy's birthdays this year. Zachary turned 5 in October and wanted to celebrate his birthday by doing 5 nice things for other people. So... with his own money and his own idea we bought 5 matchbox cars and wrapped them with a little note that said, "please enjoy this random act of kindness".  We left a couple at the park and handed out the rest to boys we saw out and about. It was so neat to see Zach's face light up at the joy of giving.  Zach keeps talking about how many things I will have to do on my birthday. Yes sir, 33 acts of kindness. I think I am going to have a busy day. :)  

Caleb turned 6 in November.  It is hard to believe that it has been six years since we brought home our little man. It is a joy to watch him grow and learn.  Caleb has been into all things from the cars movie and it was really fun to make him a cake to match his enthusiasm. Happy Birthday to my favorite Irish twins!

 

 Ready to go do some random acts of kindness

 There weren't any children at the park, so Zach left some surprises.

 Zach's Monster truck cake.

 Seeing the cake for the first time! Last year I made a peanut butter and jelly cake thinking he would love it... Lets just say I needed to make up for it. :)

 Caleb enjoying his birthday pancake!

 Making their personal pan pizza's

 Caleb's McQueen cake

Loving his monkey card.

Merry Christmas! 

May the new year be filled with many more blog posts! 

In the mean time... aren't they adorable?

Happy Fall

Happy 1st day of fall to you! And so begins my favorite time of year. As tradition would have it, we started the season off with pumpkin pancakes topped with whipped cream and nutmeg.  Yum!

The boys are playing soccer this year and having lots of fun.  I must admit to having a slight crush on the coach. :) Nate has started toddling around, which has limited my picture taking, but here are a few...

Watching the game with grandpa

Practicing

Score against Caleb? Nice try

Zach taking it down the field

He shoots... he scores!

 

 This picture really show their personalities. Love it.

Camping on the Coast

Several weeks ago we went on our annual camping trip to the coast.  It was awesome to get out of the heat and breathe some fresh air.  We have been surrounded by fires for the last month and the timing of this trip couldn't have been better. The boys didn't want to leave and we all had a great time!

Fern Canyon (beautiful)

He is growing up too fast

Grandpa!

Ready for bed