hawaii hilites

WARNING: This is a very very long post.


We went home for a couple weeks.
We had SO much fun.
I took a lot of pictures.
This is about a fourth of them.

We went to the beach EVERY SINGLE day we were there.  I became a pro at packing up and spraying on sunscreen and the girls became pros at handling the waves and playing in the sand. They LOVE the beach - everything about it.  On this day, I found these cute mermaids washed up on shore.

Love the slippers, Kina.

Malia in the little circle. I love this school.

A little Hizzouse Reunion/Girls Night In/Baby Shower for Titi at Leimana's house. I love/miss my girls so much! Highlight of the night was Vance's spaghetti (soooo delish) and doing our music video to OUR song "Best of My Love".  Low point of the night was when one of us (I won't mention any names in case she reads this haha) was trying on Leimanas' Mrs. Hawaii crown and it dropped. Leimana (who is now Mrs. America) was like, "Small kine. At least it was just the Hawaii one" . . . but we still felt really bad.

I love seeing Tali's face like this - pure joy.

Malia in the muumuu she wore to church.

The beach was THE highlight of this trip. We got to spend time with lots of different friends and enjoy the beautiful Hawaiian sunshine everyday. Uncle Ali'i and Uncle Inoke buried the girls this day . . . Tali was jealous.

Papa is planting a few new papaya trees in the backyard, so he had the girls help him get the seeds started. They were so excited to help.  I'm looking forward to showing them their little trees on our next visit.

A few days after we got there Inoke, Tali and Amalani came. I love being home at the same time as Tali - takes me right back. And the girls love playing with Amalani.  They all had so much fun.

Grammy got the girls matching swimsuits and we thought it'd make such a cute picture with all four of them together.  Yeah, this is the best we got.

We didn't eat out too much while we were there - no budget and trying to eat a little healthy (keyword trying). But of course I had to get my carrot cake fix at Ted's. I have so many memories of driving there with my girlfriends during my college years to get slice. It has a lot to live up to and it didn't disappoint.

My little brown Malia

One morning we side-busted on Kamehameha Preschool with Ame and Hazel.  The girls had a blast playing dress-up, painting, singing, crafting, playing and eating snacks. Makes me wish I was a little bit Hawaiian.

 

"Malia"

One night we made puppets with Grammy.  Malia wanted a dragon (of course) and Kina, who has been wanting EVERYTHING Malia has lately (a whole other post), wanted a princess dragon.  

 Best friends

My mom is trying to sort through some of her stuff and found a box of old clothes she's saved since my childhood.  That's me, Tali and Joseph on the right and Malia and Kina on the left wearing the same dresses. I love it!

It was an awesome trip.  I love being in Hawaii, but even more I love watching my kids in Hawaii.  Thank you Wayne for making these travels possible.  I am so grateful. Thank you Mom and Dad for ALL you do to make our trip so enjoyable.  We love you so much and miss you already.

 Me and my girls