Aquarium

The other day we went with our friends the POPELLS to the aquarium.  We had so much fun.  Everything we did was FREE too, it just cost to get inside the HUGE aquarium.  Cannot wait to go again with Dalin! Enjoy some pics and videos:)

cool Octopus

Cool Owl

And cool Turtle!

FISH!

Playing in the fountain!

CRAB

DOLPHINS!!! I COULD WATCH THESE ANIMALS ALL DAY LONG!!

Taelin so excited he is so close to a dolphin!

COOL!

What is this man doing.....haha his dancing was HILARIOUS!

AMAZING!

Love it!

Taelin grabbed Sephanies hand and was TAKING her for a walk...rather than walking with her....it was cute!!! They had to hold hands the rest of the time their!

Sea Turtles!

BABY SEA TURTLES

HUGE SEA TURTLE!

Taelin trying to get them!

Another cool dolphin show!

Such a pretty view

Fun playground

BSU, Mowing Lawn & Shoes

i love my BOISE STATE BRONCOS SO MUCH! My mother in law sent me some awesome nail polish and I love how it turned out:) GO BSU!

Fun Video of Taelin

 Taelin LOVES to help mowing the lawn...he is now tall enough to hold onto part of it and push it with us!! It's adorable! he is such a good helper!

Taelin also likes to wear my shoes...silly boy!

DAVID ARCHULTA

Saturday the 15th was a really fun day.  we started the day off by going with Dalin to help volunteer with some fund raising the cheerleaders were doing.  it was raining the whole time we were there.  But we still had a lot of fun.  There was a bounce house and music going on, so Taelin had a great time too.  We came home and took a big long nap and then Dalin went to do his homework while Taelin &  I played.  Dalin came home around 630pm and we left to go see DAVID ARCULETA! We met 3 families down their from our branch and stood with them.  It was so much fun.  I am glad that it finally stopped raining too.  Taelin liked seeing the guy drumming and almost fell asleep.  Near the end of the show I needed to go sit down.  We sat down by the Sgt Major of where Dalin works at....Dalin was nervous that that's where I chose to sit, but I had no idea! haha He was their with his wife and kids and they were really nice!! His kids ended up giving Taelin their light up sword and HUGE snoopy they had won.  Taelin was in HEAVEN! He wanted to dance with his sword and knight people.  It was seriously so much fun.  Here are the pics from the night:) Videos to come soon!

Running out on stage!

Playing 1000 miles on the piano! So good!

So intense!

Taelin was getting so tired, but was seriously SO GOOD!

Looking right at Dalin...Annette this pic is for you! He was really looking at you!

Tug of Rope

Sunday the 9th we went to the NAHA TUG OF ROPE! It was so incredible! 
The Naha Tug of war (那覇大綱挽^?) is an event at the annual festival held in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. Its roots may be traced back to the 17th century. Held on Route 58, it is a battle between the East and West teams. This correlates with the competition between two rulers in the Naha area in days of old ^[1]
The event draws some 25,000 attendees annually, and is preceded on the prior day with a parade celebration on Kokusai Street (also in Naha). In 1997 the event was first logged in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the largest tug-of-war event in the world.^[1] The rope weighs some 40 metric tons.
The festival begins with men dressed in traditional Okinawan garb standing on the rope facing in opposite directions to symbolize the battle between East and West. A myriad of performances take place along the rope's length, from martial artists of varying ages, to older women performing a sort of fan-dance. It is a international event with Japanese nationals, American military, and tourists in attendance. Just before the start of the match a man dressed in the garb of the Ryūkyūan kings stands on a wooden platform hoisted in the air on the shoulders of men standing on opposite sides of the rope. The "king" is carried on this platform down the length of the rope, before the festival starts, and the two kings perform a ritual sword contest.
The main rope, over one meter in diameter, has many smaller diameter, but very long ropes extending from it, and the participints pull these during the contest. The contest lasts 30 minutes and the challenge is to pull the other team a total of 15 meters. If neither side pulls the other the 15 meters, whichever side has pulled the other the furthest wins.
After the 30 minute time limit expires, one side is declared the victors, and they are allowed to climb on top of their rope to celebrate. It is customary for participants to cut apart the rope, and take a length of it as a token, and so throngs of people using tools ranging from their pocket knives, scissors and hacksaws set on the rope cutting lengths of it to commemorate the festival.