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All the Wardrop cousins & husbands

The WHOLE Wardrop fam was in town. The only people missing were our missionaries, Dallin & Chase.

Life

I've been thinking lately about how life is just plain ol' crazy sometimes. I look at blogs of friends and think, "man, her life looks perfect. They have everything going for them!" And then I look at my own blog and it, too, seems like we have no troubles. We tend to only share the good things-- which is fine, because who wants to read about something bad? But my friends, I'm here to tell you that our life is not perfect. We don't just go on vacations and take fun pictures all day long. No. We have a real life, too. So, I'm committing myself to blog more about real life, rather than just sharing pictures of my cute kids.

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Ok, so I just wrote a really long post about how "real" our life is and when I was done, I reread it and decided no one wanted to read about that. Lets just say that it involved my attempt at being a good mom by taking my kids to see Rio, kids running up and down the aisle-- not caring about the movie, then hitting up the sales at Borders, waiting in long lines, getting out of line to go potty (only to be too late), changing Brody's diaper while Brynlee LOCKS herself in the bathroom, me climbing under the bathroom stall on the dirty floor to unlock the door for angry customers also waiting in line to use the bathroom, and having to carry two screaming kids all the way to the 2nd to last parking space at the mall while my arms are on fire. See? Life is not always so glamorous.

Hawaii

I apologize in advance for the picture overload. I just couldn't narrow it down. We had so much fun in Hawaii a couple weeks ago. It was great to spend time with family in paradise!!

Waimea Falls

Waimea Bay

Trent has been in Hawaii for the past couple months, so it was fun to meet up with him again. We've missed Uncle Trent!!

Turtle Bay

Brynlee & Papa

We were able to go to the temple while visiting Laie. You can tell how much the people missed going to the temple during the 2 years of renovation when it was closed. Our session was packed!

(We were having a slightly "off" day and couldn't manage to take a normal picture.)

Polo Match

All of the sibs went skydiving. The Airfield was right by our beach house, so we were able to watch them all fall out of the sky from our back yard. I think this one is Trevor.

Shortly after this picture was taken, Brody got swept away by a giant wave. Riley had to run after him and scoop him up by his legs. So scary! The poor kid got a huge gash on his tummy and was scared of the ocean for the rest of the trip.

Riley, oh Riley. This is what happens when you don't let your wife help you with sunscreen. He used one of those sunscreen sticks and made this cute pattern on his forehead. I'm not sure what he was thinking... that it would "blend"???

One day we went on a hike to Manoa Falls. It was a beautiful hike, but it poured rain the entire time! The kids were such troopers. Bryn kept telling us she was "coldy". I had to hide under a tree to take this picture so my camera wouldn't get wet.

Sea Life Park was definitely a highlight of the trip for the kids. Bryn was in heaven, and even Brody seemed to enjoy himself.

The setting of the Park was gorgeous...

Every time the sea lions made their little ''bark" noise, Brynlee would put her hand on hear ear and say "Mom, you hear that?"

We had a great time. Thanks mom and dad for a wonderful trip. We enjoyed every minute of it! We love you guys!

Aloha 'Oe