9 days of bliss {day 5}

{Day 5}

Just another day in paradise....

9 days of bliss {day 4}

{Day 4}

Sunday was a wonderful, beautiful day.

We started the day off early by attending the Lahaina first ward's Sacrament meeting.

It's always a thrill to go to church in a NEW place.

Not only is it exciting, it's great to see the love and dedication of Saints around the world.

The Speakers were AWESOME!!!

The Polynesian's have a whole lot of love to give and are a very loyal and humble people.

I know if I lived here I would learn so much from them

After church, we went to our FAVORITE breakfast place,

~THE GAZEBO~

This is the BEST little, teeny, tiny restaurant Hawaii has to offer, in the middle of nowhere, and frankly, the best in the world!

{in my opinion}

It was sooooo good!

Thanks to the Kastelers for shedding the light years ago

We enjoyed white chocolate chip macadamia nut pancakes with coconut syrup and whip cream. And veggie omelets smothered in Hollandaise.

Oh yeah baby!

The rest of the day was quite relaxing and peaceful albeit we didn't treat it like a typical Sunday.

I sat by the pool and read . and read . and read while Joe and the kids rented a standing surf board and played at the beach ......

ahhh, life is good!

Oops... Joe got in a scrap match with some coral.

I think the coral won

This is what 0% body fat looks like

Love these little friends so much

My sweet girls

Taking a little time out

I love that Joe is so spontaneous and adventurous.

He loves to play with the kids and is such an amazing daddy

Somebody isn't happy with me taking sooooooo many pictures

Although I know he'll thank me later :)

Joe standing on water

Waiting for the big one

I keep thinking the days can't possibly get any better....

and then they do

simple is better...

My resolution for twenty ten.....

be helpful

that's it.

be helpful

I know it doesn't seem like much, but it means so much to me. If

everyone, including myself, could "be helpful", the world would

be a better place...

9 days of bliss {day 3}

Are you getting sick of this yet?

Sorry to torture you with 9 days of pictures, but I really want to document this

trip for my kids, make sure they remember how much fun they had...

{Day 3}

More sun . more food . more fun

We went to Leilani's for dinner and had their famous Hula Pie.

What is Hula pie you ask?

It is a rich, decadent chocolate shortbread crust with a wonderful Macadamia Nut ice-cream layer topped with more rich chocolate and then smothered in whip cream and more chocolate.

It's the best dessert after spending the day in the Sun.

They say this is what the Sailor's swam to shore for in Lahaina!

I believe it

~Aloha~