Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Rotten Rigby Reunion

I'm a little behind in blogging, so I'm trying to play catch up. Back in August, we had the 2nd Annual Rigby Family Reunion. We decided to kick off the reunion at Lagoon and then head up to Bear Lake for the rest of the weekend. I apologize for the million pictures that I posted. I finally figured out how to make a collage (I'm kind of technology retarded), when I was almost done uploading the pictures. So, I only made a collage of the Lagoon pictures.

My boys had a blast having my Mom and Dad at Lagoon with us.

Beckett got a little sick at Lagoon.. He kept crying and complaining about his tummy, but luckily after a little cat nap he perked up and felt a lot better.

The next day everyone headed up to the lake. We spent the next few days hanging out, eating, boating, playing games, and eating some more. It wouldn't be a Rigby Reunion without
delicious food!

Matt and Emily
(they recently got engaged! We are so excited!)

Baby E and Beautiful Miss K

Handsome R!

Lil' Cousins

Adorable Baby H

Biker Bryan taking a snooze

My nephew Tyson

The Hubs and I on the boat
(Can you tell why I love this place so much? So beautiful!)

Miss A and Little S

(The Hubs, Miss A, and Spaz)
Showing off on the tube

About to be dumped...

...the deed is done!

All the kiddos lined up for the treasure hunt

The girls

Water Games


The kids playing my favorite game, Human Foosball! We didn't get any pictures of the adults playing...not sure why.
Hobby

Our little family in our reunion shirts. The shirts were one of my favorite things about the reunion! We took a huge group photo in them. The front said, The Rotten Rigby Family Reunion, and the back said...


This Stinks! Why am I here?

The inspiration behind the shirts...my Grandpa! He is one of the funniest guys I know, but can be quite grumpy. "This stinks! Why am I here?" is something he would definitely say!

Beckett throwing a tantrum

Lil' L with a popped bubble on his head :)

Savanah and Lynette

Vanna White and the Spaz during the auction

We had a ton of fun and can't wait until next year! Thanks to everyone who made it a huge success!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Little Bugs Preschool


Our Little Man on his first day of school

Last week was Wesley's first week of Preschool! I can't believe he is already in his second year, and next year he'll be attending Kindergarten! Time flies by so quickly! This year I decided not to send him back to his first Preschool and switched him to one that my neighbor does out of her house. There were a couple of things that appealed to me, one being that the 4 yr olds went for 3 days instead of 2, and the second being that Miss Ammber lives right down the street! I get to walk him to school every day and I'm really enjoying the one on one time with him!

Wesley is so excited to be in school again! That goes for me too :). Wesley truly has a love for learning. He has been obsessed with writing his name recently, and he has gotten really good at writing a lot of other letters and numbers. I am so proud of the improvements he has made over the past year. He is a little smarty pants, if I do say so myself! One thing that I really want to improve on is working with him after school. Last year he wouldn't really talk about what he learned at school. This year (although he's only gone for a week), we talk about all the things he learned about on our walk home. He is retaining a lot more than he did last year and I can't wait for him to start reading!

Lately,Wesley is looking so much older to me!

Wes the Goofball

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Final Day: Wailua Falls and Wiamea Canyon

I bet most of you are sick and tired of reading about our trip. Well...this is the last post! We kept our last day pretty laid back. We spent the morning packing, checked out of our hotel, then hit the road. Our first stop was Wailua Falls. They were only a few miles from our hotel, so we decided to stop on our way to Wiamea Canyon. Most waterfalls on Kauai are only accessible by helicopter, or are located on private land. These falls were located right off the road and there was no hiking involved (definitely a plus!). The falls were gorgeous!


You can't really tell in the pictures, but the falls actually drop in three different segments, not just two.

I don't know why it looks like I have no eyebrows in this picture!

After the falls, we grabbed a quick bite to eat and then headed towards Waimea Canyon. The drive over to the south shore is a little bizarre. The scenery goes from lush and green, to dry and red! When we first entered the canyon, I thought we had been time warped to southern Utah!

The red dirt and dry trees reminded me of my college days.

Waimea Canyon has been described (I think by Mark Twain) as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. And from looking at the pictures you can see why!
Us at one of the lookouts

The Canyon looks a lot like the Grand Canyon, the only difference is that Waimea is
smaller and a bit greener.
The wild chickens in Hawaii crack me up! They are EVERYWHERE!

We stopped at a lookout point that looked in the opposite direction of the canyon. In the distance you can see the island of Niihau. It is the smallest inhabited Hawaiian Island. It is privately owned, and a small native Hawaiian population of about 150-200 live there. We did some research on the island while we were there and discovered that the Robinson family owns it. Rob's family owns property in Hawaii and their name happens to be Robinson. We are still looking into it to find out if it is Rob's relatives that own the island, or some other Robinson Family :)

After looking at all there was to see in the Canyon, we decided to grab a Hawaiian Ice and head back to the East Shore. It was amazing once again to notice the climate change. When we left Waimea Canyon, the temperature gauge in our car said 91 degrees, and it was a dry heat! By the time we hit the southeast side by Poipu, the temperature had dropped to 79 and you could feel the moisture in the air. So bizarre!

As you can see, I was a little bored on the drive back. I had convertible hair the whole trip! Once we made it back to the East Shore, we stopped at Lydgate Beach to relax and kill some time. It was quite relaxing to watch the waves and catch up on some reading. Once the sun started going down we decided to go freshen up at our hotel and grab a quick bite before headed to the airport. We decided to grab dinner at our favorite little Hawaiian BBQ stand one last time...and it did not disappoint! Yum! I am craving some teriyaki beef just thinking about it!

Although we were sad to leave paradise, it was nice to come home! Rob and I were lucky and got a few extra days to relax before the boys got home. My parents had taken them up to Bear Lake for a short little trip. It was extremely nice to get unpacked and recover from jet lag before taking on the roll of a full time mom again! Thanks again to everyone that helped us with the boys and Shera while we were gone! And a special thanks to my wonderful husband for planning the whole trip! It was amazing! I love you babe!