Monday, December 2, 2013

Paradise continued

After breakfast at McDonalds,we lathered up in sunscreen, checked out if the hotel, and headed to the beach.  The sun was shining and the temperature was perfect.  

The two hour time change resulted in us waking around 5 am.  I will say when you arrive at 9:30 am to the beach, you get a a primo piece of beach.

The kids were immediately delighted with the sand, sun, waves, and water temperature.  Joe and I sported our goggles and went right to fish watching.  

We stayed until we were starving and thirsty then headed to lunch and to our condo. We had Little Ceasar's for lunch.  The girl who helped us must have been new.  Apparently, 'hot and ready' is for the mainland only.  We got it hot, but we had to wait for it to be ready.  At $20 for a cheese pizza, one order of crazy bread and two Icee's, this was our best find for food in terms of price!

We were too early to check into our condo but they let us swim and hang out at the pool.  We also did some shopping for things we couldn't find in Portland in November (swim suits and shirts, giggles and swim shoes).

After check in we hit the grocery store and then took in the sunset.

Mason eating it in the churn.  This quickly becomes habit for him.


The proof is in the hair!


Could it be any more beautiful?!?


My three boys!


A beautiful end to a perfect start.

Our trip to Paradise...part I

I would say we have been planning this trip for at least for one year.  Last Thanksgiving when we realized we were going to be on our own for Thanksgiving (siblings with their in-laws), we decides to go on vacation.  With time share points and airline miles (for 3 of 4 tickets), we were set.  

A minor complication consisting of a move and a new job with no access to paid time off for the first six months didn't stop us from making it happen anyway.  Our Thanksgiving Luau was booked on March 8th, 2013.

The count down started about one week before and I don't think any of us slept the night before we left.  Weather forecasts looked questionable but we stayed hopeful...

An uneventful flight found us in beautiful Maui at the Marriott for night one.  We arrived a bit too late for the beach but enjoyed authentic Hawaiian food for dinner and a pool with cool color changing lights.


Monday, November 4, 2013

Car-pool lane

I have a weird job.  Noelle sat buckled in the front seat and SimMan was in his suitcase in the back.  Off to Hood River.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

First day of school

It can only get better.  Mason missed the bus (it came early) and Tanner couldn't get his locker open.