Sunday, November 27, 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

One of our favorite things to do while living in Spain was to share our "American Thanksgiving" meal with our Spanish friends. This year we introduced our friend from India to turkey, mashed potatoes and gravey, sweet potatoes, stuffing, and pumpkin pie! I think he liked it all!
Matt and Scott drove over from Boise and seemed to enjoy Mom's cooking too. We missed Johnny and Mary and Mark. I'm sure as time goes on it will be harder and harder to get all four of our children home for the holidays. We are so thankful for family and friends and the chances to be together!

Now let the Christmas craziness begin!

Maui Memories

It's raining in Portland but I'm remembering the sun in Maui as I pick my 10 favorite pictures!
Nakalele Blowhole
Sea Kayaking
Snorkeling
A picnic on the 'road to Hana' while enjoying the wild ocean action and being terrified watching the young teenage boy dive into this!
Hiking to a Waimoku Falls....
A sunset sail....
A short plane trip to Molokai and a mule ride to visit the leper colony which is now a National Historic Park. A separate post about this is coming!
We rode DOWN the cliffs that you can see behind George!
And plenty of time for relaxing and reading on the beach!
When do we get to go back?

Sunday, November 13, 2011

I can't believe we're in Maui!

As our plane taxied to the gate at the airport in Kahului, Maui, a little girl a few rows behind us was so excited that she just couldn't stay quiet. Her sweet little, super excited voice just rang out with "I can't believe we're in Maui!!!!!!" The smiles and laughs from the adults on board confirmed that we all felt exactly the same way.