After an adventurous day yesterday and a late night out (late for us, anyways) getting up early was not what I had in mind. And by early, I mean 8:00 AM. Hey, don’t judge, I’m on vacation! But, we had to get up early because we signed up for a glass bottom boat tour that Continue reading
After a couple of days of lounging around the pool we decided that we were ready to do something different. It was time to find our sense of adventure and take a road trip around the island – and today was the day to do it. Since today was the day the cleaning crew arrived Continue reading
Day 2 in Hawai’i was our most relaxing day yet. Today’s plan had absolutely nothing on the agenda. Love that! The kids woke up at about 6:15 AM and I awoke shortly after. We hung out on the patio for about an hour. We had our regular morning visit from the neighborhood cat too. Ethan Continue reading
Our second day in Hawai’i was actually our first full day in Hawai’i. The kids, of course, woke up bright and early – I’m talking 6:30 AM early. Actually, now that I think about it, considering we are on Hawai’ian time, they got up at the same time that they do at home. What I Continue reading
Aloha from the big island! We were so glad to finally arrived. The day started out full of excitement with us getting up at 5:00 AM to get ready and head to the airport. After packing our last minute toiletries and loading up the car we were finally on our way around 6:00 AM. We Continue reading
How is it that my kid graduated from kindergarten already? Six years have come and gone so fast! I really believe that I had no concept of time whatsoever until I had kids. Kids really put things (and life) into perspective. So, here he is – my little peanut with his kindergarten teacher, Ms. Amanda: Continue reading
Nothing says summer like homemade peach iced tea. I made a batch today with green tea, Paradise Tropical Tea and a pureed fresh peach in a Lipton Ice Tea Brewer. Fill the ice tea brewer with water, as per the instructions Add ice to the fill line on the pitcher Put two green tea bags in Continue reading
Happy 30th Birthday, Macintosh!
Happiness is a journey not a destination. Over the last few weeks I have finally started feeling older. I know I’ve been saying that 40 is the new 30 and that my husband has manage to teach Violet that Mommy is “29 forever” but I still feel like I need a really big change. Don’t Continue reading
On Sunday, August 26th Miss Violet started getting a little cranky in the afternoon, had a little bit of a runny nose and seemed a little warm to the touch. As, what I considered fairly experienced parents, we thought she was coming down with a cold. Boy, were we wrong – WAY wrong. Brian ended Continue reading