Hawaii......

So.....here are the last photos of our awesome summer vacation.

Our last leg of the trip....we landed on US soil.....

and that is always an incredible feeling for me. There really

isn't a good way to describe it other than to say that

I love my country!!! Here we are in front of our awesome

hotel. We are getting ready to leave for the Luau.

I guess one of the best things for me about going on vacation

is noticing the beauty that surrounds me. The sunsets

were magnificent. The beaches awesome. Here we pose at

the luau. I really loved the luau. The food was wonderful. The pig

was incredible....I will pass on the Poi....it was awful!!!! Is there

anyone out there in blogland that likes Poi???? Please let me know......

also the second worse thing I ate on the trip was.....Vegemite.

No.....don't let anyone tell you that it is an Australian substitute for

peanut butter.....and yes.....we tried it the way Australian's really

eat it thinly spread over a lavishly buttered piece of toast.

Of course I knew that my awesomely athletic son would be able

to surf! What I didn't know is that Jeff.....just 3 days after

turning 50 would be able to do it as well!!! Jeff & Lincoln

had a ball surfing the waves of Waikiki.

Lincoln said surfing was really exhausting. No wonder all those

surfers look so fit!

Here Jeff & Lincoln take their lesson.....on dry land.

I am so happy that they got to try surfing.

......and I will save the best for last. I say best only

because it was incredible to be at Pearl Harbor. Our countries

resting place for so many soldiers. I admire and respect the men &

women that have died for me. Have protected our country

for me to have the life that I have. All though we didn't get to tour

Pearl Harbor long enough....we did get to see a lot....and it is somewhere

that I will definitely go back to see again.

All in all this summer vacation was absolutely terrific.....as Lincoln says

it was our last family vacation since Lindsey goes off to college this fall....but

I know that isn't true....a lot of awesome vacationing lays in front of us.

I hope that you have an awesome & wonderfully creative day. Over the

weekend I traveled to Nashville TN....to visit Kim Hanauer. I met her

at Silver Bella. I attended her wonderful art retreat......'My Favorite Things'.

I can't wait to show you the awesome things we created. I got to

sit at the table with LuLu & Kana.....beautiful Bellas. We had

so much fun. It was awesome to catch up with them.