so professional

here are some of the professional photos jenni had done while we were visiting in hawaii. you'll notice they are all of coen and beckett. that is because the one's with us in them are bad. real bad. jenni probably couldn't speak of it on her blog because the photographer might see and feel sad. anyways, they made me laugh out loud when i saw them. we are in the most awkward poses ever. and you'll never get to see them. sorry if i got your hopes up. the boys are cute though... so enjoy. 

jenni is thirty!

so, did i mention that the whole reason beckett and i went to hawaii was to celebrate jenni's 30th birthday? yeah, it's true. you are probably thinking it is weird that so many of my friends seem to be turning thirty this year. i just hang out with people that are much, much older. i am very mature. anyways, here are some nice jenni pics that i happen to have on my computer. unfortunately, i do not have the pictures from freshman year of college where we pretended we were boys that were peeing in urinals. you'll just have to imagine what those look like. or not.

 happy birthday to jenni!

aloha... again!

here is part two of the pictures! also, we did some professional pictures... so you can see those later. exciting! thanks for the fun trip thelens... you are quite the hosts! we'll be back... and we'll bring matt with us next time for sure. a week away from him is rough, but fruity drinks at a fancy hotel in hawaii helps ease the pain. next time we visit there will be one more thelen than we left. eep! can't wait to meet that new baby in the fall! 

it's a volcano!

a coffee mill

poolside in kona

aloha!

i was stressing about how to post all the hawaii pictures... and i am just going to do it in two parts. so... here we go! also... i don't remember the fancy hawaiian names for things, so don't judge me!

coconut island 

hilo

black sand beach

ice cream break!