Beach'in it

This is what I miss...

watching the sun go down and playing in the sand 

pure relaxation!!

Catch a wave....

Oh how I wish the above picture were clear!

One of the things as a mom I have anxiety over is "how is this going to go down with the kids?"

I never know if Rems is going to freak out or if Cam won't be interested or if Zoe or Noah will pitch a fit.  I know I know welcome to parenthood.  

We decided to take a chance on surf lessons.  Everyone loved it. 

Some only wanted one turn (Noah)

Some couldn't get enough and spanked us all (Cambridge)

Concentration face

What to do on vacation....call security!

I should have a picture of the security team at the Marriott because they got called TWICE!

The condos we stayed in had a kitchen, so the first night there, we left Cam in charge and Brian and I walked down to the little hotel market to grab snacks.  We were gone maybe 20 minutes.

Came back to this big Poly security guy coming out of our room.  "Can we help you?"

"We had reports of a small child in a cape running up and down the hallways knocking on doors"

Yep that would be mine.  He escaped Cam's watchful eye to go do his own thing.  Of course when I asked Noah what he was doing his response was,

"mom I just missed you"

The SECOND time. Our last night there the kids were too tired to go out to eat.  Brian and I ventured across the street to the Roy's steak house.  Cam called us or we called him about every 20 minutes just to make sure no one had escaped.  We had told Cam to lock and bolt the door. We returned and knocked.  No answer.

Called Cam's cell phone No answer

It had only been 27 minutes since I last talked to him.

Called the hotel operator and had her call the room

3 times.

Called his cell phone again

17 more times.

Banged and Banged on the door

No answer.

At this point we are starting to feel a little panicky.

Are they in there?

Where did they go?

Are they ok?

Called security.

She couldn't get in

Called the head of security.

He finally got the door open.

ALL of them FAST ASLEEP like TOTALLY OUT - ZONKERED

Had to yell in Cam's ear to wake him up!

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I will get back to Hawaii but I'm going to take a commercial break and talk about today.  Sometimes I get this little voice in my head that tries to convince me I have no friends or no friends that really care.  I know in my logical mind this isn't true, but face it, we are all busily consumed by our own little lives.  This is where I have to STOP and mention the fabulous people around me.  I was txting a PTA friend today and mentioned Remy's surgery and she said she didn't cook but could order take-out like a pro and to HOller if I needed Anything!  And she is that type that I know I could Holler and she would help.  And she is not the only one.  I am surrounded by people like that and I am grateful.

Ko Olina - Worth It!

We travel 5000 miles and the first people we meet live about a mile from our house.

Awesome awesome beaches

AMAZING Pools

I think we had shave ice everyday

The view from our room!

Ready Set Break

Spring Break

We typically do a stay-cation.

But with Remy's surgery coming up, I said we were going to go Big

I think I burned up every Marriott point and Frequent Flyer point the hubs has.

Hawaii here we come

ALOHA

or in Remy's case

Ha-Lo-Ha

"I like to fuss"

Zoe first solo!

She wasn't scared, didn't cry. 

I wanted to puke a bit.

But she was fine

Took second place!!!

I love you the most

Ever have that debate about who loves who the most?  Noah told me he loves me the "Super Bat Most" - now that is love!

Egg Drop