I'm in Hawaii!

and it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!  The ocean and sunshine and sandy beaches are, in my opinion, THE very best part of God's creation.  I am always happiest at the ocean...when it's hot and sunny...and preferably with a drink in my hand :)

Here are some pics :-)

Upgrade to FIRST class...what a great 6 hour flight!

On Monday it drizzled rain off and on almost all day long.  The sun did come out for a few hours in the afternoon, and we all enjoyed it greatly.

This is the view from our balcony.

Caleb and Sam ready to body board :-)

Sam

Caleb

Caleb at the slide at the pool at our resort.

Sam on the same slide

Life is GOOD!

They played volleyball all afternoon.

building a sand castle

Lisa and I are getting lots of relaxing and reading in!

View from our dinner table last night

Caleb had swordfish and ona (evidently another kind of fish)

I had island vegetables and jasmine rice and added chicken to it.  DELICIOUS!  Lots of cilantro in with the Maui onions, sweet peppers, broccoli and carrots!

we got a free dessert.

homemade icecream sandwich...mmmmmmmm Good! And yes...we all four shared it!

the end of day 1!