"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 14th, 2008
Day 10 We started the day by feeding the koi at the Villa. The kids enjoyed that quite a bit. This video is in respose to me asking, "what do you like about the koi?" We hosted a "clean out the fridge" dinner on our last night. We had Paul, Shannon, and Paul’s friend, Cyrus […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 12th, 2008
Day 8 A fun day spent snorkeling and playing in the pool. dinner at Leilani’s. After dinner, DH took Grandma for a walk along Kaanapali’s Boardwalk, and I took the boys back to the Villas. Day 9 This day was a big highlight for me. Most of the day was spent in the water, snorkeling and bodysurfing. Late […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 12th, 2008
Today, we went into Lahaina to ride the glass bottom boat, The Reefdancer. While waiting to get on the boat, the boys played on some old cannons. We walked around the big banyan tree, where they were having an art show. We walked into the bottom of the old Lahaina courthouse. It used to be […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 7th, 2008
Day 5 DH took the boys for the day. They played in the pool and ocean all day. The required jumping on the bed at a hotel… I took Grandma Margaret for the day and went exploring. The first place we went to was a Historic Printing Museum in Lahaina. Margaret taught typography on the […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 4th, 2008
Today was a big day for us. I mean BIG! We decided to rent snorkel gear for everyone since the boys did so well with Snuba. We went to Baby Beach in Lahaina. This is a terrific beach for little kids. It is only 4 feet deep a long way out and there is a […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 2nd, 2008
DAY 3 We drove around the west/north part of the island, beginning in Kaanapali and ending in Kahului. It is a gorgeous drive and a nice alternative if you don’t go to Hana (which we didn’t this year.) I am not sure what the name of this area is, but there are a bunch of […]
Posted in FAMILY on Oct 31st, 2008
ALOHA! We just returned from an 11 day vacation to Maui. We took Grandma Margaret with us this year. It was her first time, and she got to see her other son, Paul, who has lived on the island for the past 6 or so years. DAY 1 Paul met us at the airport and […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 24th, 2008
How ironic is it that the one day we were all finally able to get together, it was the last day of summer and it rained… ALOT! Oh well, being the true Northwesterners that we are, we still enjoyed the zoo, while everyone else stayed away. We practically had the place to oruselves! Tanya and I […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 16th, 2008
Can you believe this man just turned 60? I hope I look half a good… We met at Racha Noodles on lower Queen Anne for dinner. Here is Dado modeling ‘R’s new tie. He could make the tie bob up and down by just moving his Adam’s Apple. It was so funny. The boys enjoyed […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 16th, 2008
For our niece’s ("P") 13th birthday, DH and I purchased tickets to a "VIP Shopping Night" at a local mall. The evening began with a small dinner and party for our other niece "K", who had just turned 10. She spent the day with her dad (my brother), horseback riding, so this was a nice […]