Photo Fun

I am a point and shoot photographer/blogger. I use the auto setting or the beach, snow, party, museum setting on my digital camera. I do not read owner's manuals and I have issues with Snapfish, Publisher etc. However, I found a fun site, http://www.picnik.com and it works for me. They are based in Seattle and I have had fun playing with photos. This picture of Sam and Hawley was taken by the Snapsisters, but I added the text after trying many fonts, colors, borders and tones. For Emilyn's pic I gave it the poloroid look, pretty pink and a fun font.

What is for Dinner?

Some people are always worried about their next meal. Max is one of those people. When we vacationed with our boys sometimes we did not have three meals a day. Max would get to bed and say, " I didn't get lunch today!" We would be in a hotel, condo or tent and he would throw those words down like a challenge, like I am not going to sleep until the parents in charge(PIC) fix it by getting me a meal. We would explain that we had a late breakfast and an early dinner and so it was fine to just have two meals. Not so with Max. Also, he likes to know what is coming for his next meal. In Hawaii, before he took his last bite of breakfast he wanted to know where we were having dinner or would we be having lunch that day. Mark and Karen witnessed this obsession while vacationing with us and have a whole new respect for this problem. We always tell him, don't worry, we've never let you go to bed hungry. It doesn't matter. The kid wants to know what's for dinner. Most days it is the first thing he asks me when he comes in the door after school. I better have a plan, cuz it makes him nervous.
Someday, I imagine him telling his therapist, "hey, my parents took me on vacations and sometimes they only fed me twice a day." Hope he isn't too scarred.

It's Over.

I didn't realize there was a factory for my problem.
Hanauma Bay
My guys.
I'm not sure what Max is saying here but the other two are not buying it. Maybe he saw a turtle and pretty girl told him about it?
The gang before dinner at House Without a Key.
Vacation is over, guys back to school, work tomorrow, 13 loads of laundry and 27 items ironed this weekend. Oooh, it was fun, but reality is back and my tan is fading fast. Hope you enjoyed the show!

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety JOG!

Collectively, as a group of 4 adult and 3 teenage guys we gained over 20 pounds while on our trip. I took an unscientific poll today. Thank goodness we were active, thank goodness we left the island when we did. It is NOT pretty but oooh it was fun, and yummy good. We are all back on the eat less, move more. It is pretty easy as there is no made to order breakfast or happy hour here on the main land.
Except Sam... he didn't gain any weight, he swam out to the rock, ran up Diamond Head and really was active. And he can say no to dessert and he is a growing boy. NOT. FAIR.

North Shore

North Shore is where the surf pounds. We spent an afternoon on Waimeia Beach. Basically getting a good bum kickin'. It was a red flag day, meaning rough, so Sam was not able to jump off the cliff. I told the boys that if their Grandma had been there she would have put a towel over her head and cried. My Mom doesn't swim so water makes her nervous. The hubby and Mark went in with the guys. I didn't mean to go in, but I did. Don't ask. Sometimes the lifeguards would announce that it would be a good idea to get out for the next fifteen minutes. They can predict the waves. Cool.
We followed this fun with the shrimp vans. Close your eyes, slap the table, bring tears to your eyes GOOD! The guy in charge was really funny. So polite to us and then would turn around and just bark the orders at the cooks. It was like a Seinfeld episode.


Yes, Mark is drinking coconut milk!

Car Envy

We have a friend, Jay Z. He is a long time friend of my parents and he comes to their place for Sunday dinner. He bought a new car and I have mentioned a few times that I like his car. Very pretty. Well Jay, in Hawaii I had one just like yours, only twice+ the size, brand new and just as beautiful. Oh, and I had a driver.