Newport Harbor

Taylor, Holly, and I went down to visit Gina and Andy at their condo at the beach the other day. It was so beautiful down there.

This is Andy, Gina's husband, and he gave us our very own harbor cruise! It was so pretty.

Taylor was ready and didn't mind her life vest at all.

He was snoozin' on someone's dock.

Andy let Taylor drive, but she was freaking me out because she kept saying, "I do it!" and moving my hands. I might go crazy if I hear much more of that!

We went all the way out to see these guys. It was so neat to be that close.

You can see both Newport piers.

                                                 Taylor had a little PB&J while on the boat.

I think I am just now thinking how much I will miss my friends from my old school because it's almost time to go back. I will really miss seeing these two and talking and gossiping and venting. I'm really sad about that. We had some really good times. I know I will see them it just won't be the same.

Thank you Gina and Andy for showing us around down there!

Now I am sad because I am not ready to go back to work and I'm not sure about the big change of going to a new school. Two weeks left :(

Airport

Last week we went to the little airport in our city and had breakfast and then looked at planes. It was cute. The kids were excited to see the planes. A guy who was working on one of them let the kids get in and see the inside.

Taylor just loves Sammy or Nammy as she calls her.

Travis did fly too, but I didn't get a pic...sorry Travis.

It was a cute little place for the kids to see planes!

Oahu

Finally I was able to go through all of my pictures. My photoshop decided to stop working :( Luckily Tawny came and got it all set up again. Thank you so much!

So, here is our trip in a nutshell. I posted all of the pictures on Facebook, but had to really slim it down for this and it's still gonna be long.

We drove a minivan all week. Taylor and Gavin had matching toy laptops that kept them pretty busy in the car while we were sightseeing all over the island.

The view from our condo. Our condo was a three rooms and two bathrooms. Perfect for two families and a grandpa. It was on the tenth floor so we had a great view. It was walking distance to the beach and caddy corner from the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

They feed the fish there at 8:00am each day. Jimmy and Nate took the kids down on the first day in jammies.

Taylor and Gavin got in some good grandpa time. They watched movies and played.

She calls him Grandpa ill. Not Gil.

My dad had a cheeseburger. The first one in two years! They must not be big on them in Korea :)

We got to visit with our cousin Ashley and her husband Jacob. He is in the service and they are stationed there right now. It was fun to catch up with them. That is my mom's sister's daughter.

Of course she had a tropical smoothie...

And wore flowers on her ear...

and swam in the ocean...

played in the sand almost everyday...

imitated what fish do...

and got sandy feet multiple times.

It was beautiful there!

Our family

Don't know how they got that smile out of Taylor. I think she was squeezing my neck really hard and she thinks that funny...hence the smile.

That was my sixth trip to Oahu and I have never seen the Kahala Resort, but that is the prettiest place on the island in my opinion.

Taylor and I in a hammock.

Dinner at Duke's our last night there with the cousins.

We swam a lot at the condo too!

No wonder she slept 2 hours and 45 minutes on the way home! She was so comfy.

It was such a good trip, but of course so sad to say bye to my dad. That was really rough. Taylor really liked Hawaii and everyday I asked her if she wanted to go home or stay in Hawaii and she would say, "stay Hawaii."  She was such a good traveler!

Sneak Peek

We are back! I have so many pictures and so little time to sit and edit and go through them. I have started though. Since my computer is being wierd I will post a few real quick.

Overall, the trip was a success. Taylor was great girl on the airplane, both ways. She took a long nap each ride which helped a lot.

Can you tell she was excited? She was all about going on a plane in the sky.

The most important reason for the trip... see my dad. It was great.

And skipping WAY AHEAD... I LOVE this picture. It's one of my favorites so far...

I have so many more. I will post more soon I promise!