Back to Hawaii!!

I just had a major "mother moment" and was completely projectile vomited on by my baby during Sacrament Meeting!!  WOW!!  Big thanks to Deon who jumped right up and followed me out to help clean up the damage... I came straight home and started up the washer!

Lydia fell asleep and so it gave me a couple quiet hours to put this post together...

Last Monday Shane, Lydia and I & Joe and Lisa jetted off for a quick stay in HAWAII!!

Shane had a couple more days of work at the Laie Temple... and Joe was coming along to help.

Lisa came along to keep me company... mighty fun company I might add! :)

The other girls were left home in the care of our sweet friend Blaire.  Thanks Blaire!

We started out at a condo near Turtle Bay Resort that left a little to be desired...  We affectionately named it SC or "Sicko Condo"...  We chuckled at the sign on the door that asked us to "Please remove your shoes".  Apparently other people before us didn't get that message because there was no way I was taking my shoes off in that place...  the floors were filthy and my little rolling, almost crawling Lydia had to be guarded so she wouldn't roll off the sheets we placed around on the floor.  It was just plain dirty... Lisa really enjoyed the gecko running up the wall... and the stains on the towels and bedding.. needless to say the "girls" were hoping for a little bit more paradise than that...  So the next day we checked out and moved over to the Turtle Bay Resort.  AAAAH...  Paradise was found!!

Shane and Joe worked hard and... Lisa and I played hard...

We walked around the resort, lounged on the beach, visited the Dole Plantation Plant for Pineapple Dole Whip...

Spent a few hours shopping at Aloha Stadium's Swap Meet...  Took Ukulele lessons with Tutu Janet... (my girls were so excited that I bought them a nice one... Tayler, Saige and Kenna are all getting pretty good after only one day!)

Lydia was reintroduced to sand... which she was much more mobile in... and she ate lots more of than a few months ago when we were here.  (Possibly why we had projectile vomit in church today? :))  She spent some serious time playing peek-a-boo with us in her car seat.  She was a trooper on both flights... hardly a peep (we were SO happy that we had an extra seat between us BOTH ways!)

But she did have a couple "moments" to remind us that we had brought a baby along... like a freak out on the beach and more than a few "blow-outs"...  all in all she was fantastic!

I was surprised to see the new trick she learned... after leaving her "sitting up" in her crib... I came back in to find this...

We ate yummy food and took snacks to our guys.  We were happy when they finished up early Thursday morning so that we had a couple of days to play all together...

We saw turtles...

Swam at the resort...

I mainly posted that splashing one because of Shane's arm...  has anyone seen a "farmers tan" quite like that???  Oh, and by the way Joe and Lisa both agreed that Shane won the splashing contest!

We snorkeled...

hehehehehe...

Ate Shaved Ice at Motsumoto's...

Actually we ate lots of food because we couldn't let Joe and Lisa go home without trying all the yummy stuff... like malasadas from Leonard's, breakfast at the Hukilau Cafe and all the other "trucks" around the North Shore.

Lydia splashed in the water with us...

The boys jumped off the rock at Waimea Bay...  LOTS!!

And then humored me... and themselves (and those around) with jumping shots...  does anything say "happy" more than a jumping picture???

And just to be clear Lisa and I can jump too... just not off really high cliffs!!

We laughed and laughed and laughed... played cards at night... and noticed new fashions like this ALL OVER along the North Shore...

Is that comfortable???

It wasn't long enough... but it was fantastic!!  Thanks for coming with us Joe and Lisa, it wouldn't have been the same without you!!