we made it!!!

david's ship pulling in the harbor. look about the center of the picture... it's a grey dot just above and next to the white buildings... i was at a friends' house and they have a great view of pearl!

and for today's beach... we went to the kahala resort and hotel. it was gorgeous! (we did go there last week, but the kids wanted to bring daddy to see the dolphins!)

that cute man i love. he might have been as excited about the sea life as the kids (maybe moreso!)

today, she was most excited about the rays.

the view...

another view...

the good life...

playing "runaway train". it had the women behind us in HYSTERICS! but the kids loved it...

the love of my life!!!

all five of us!!!

me and my love...

playing on the beach...

her "treasures".

jam found a stick...

and was so excited about it!

and you can't quite tell here, but sissy is SCREAMING because she got whacked in the head with the stick. the end of the stick.... (although, i do think it was unintentional... just trying to show his "treasure" to daddy!)

lunch at the resort. it was raining and he wanted his towel on his head. (nevermind that he was ALREADY soaked from the ocean...)

back at home. my kids rigged this up. by themselves. they put a rope on their cart so they could pull it... how ingenious!!

daddy loving on his ipad!!

jamey and his new cars...

getting a haircut before daddy got home...

playing barbies. she was wonderful and let me take an hour nap first!

yes... we have koi ponds all over our malls... don't you?

daddy is home. we have been lounging on the couch in the evenings... hence no blog posts! but it is so good to have him home. i love being married to someone i love so much and can miss so desperately. i love that my kids are so happy to have him home, and that he WANTS to spend time with us and his family. (which also means a break for mommy... especially at bedtime!)

i got our new computer today... while i was waiting to buy it with our insurance money, it got more broken! and the prices of computers went up. but, when you figure we had to pay our deductible and the $200 price difference, not a bad price for the new computer. the guy was trying to sell me on applecare today, which doesn't cover kids (or husbands) dropping the computer. my insurance does! i think i sold the guy on my insurance!!! haha... sorry apple. i am a huge fan in all else, but your applecare doesn't cut it for me!

ALSO!!! they found the 1000 pics i thought i lost! i could have kissed the guy. just kidding. but i was so excited!!! and he showed me how to find them at home. mmm... technology...