Hawaii Trip

We stayed at the same hotel where we honeymooned 25 years ago. It's changed a bit, but it's still beautiful and right on the beach.

We went to this amazing luau. Great food, great fun. Germaine's Luau is awesome.

Wiiiiiiiiiii a Snow Day

Wooooo hooooooo. We're snowed in. Can't get into or out of our driveway. It's 1/8 mile long and we've been stuck before and my brother-in-law had to pull us out with his tractor. Unfortunately, this tractor that he also uses to plow out our driveway is not working at the moment so we really don't want to get stuck. We're homebound until 1) someone else can plow our driveway, 2) the snow melts enough to drive on it, or 3) it's spring. Until then, it's like a free vacation day: sledding, playing in the snow, playing games, watching movies, etc.

Since we're all home, my daughter decided to set up a profile for me on a Wii game, "Your Personal Coach." It's fun but a little weird working out to a cartoon. I've been working out with Gilad on FitTv, you know, a real person. But, this Wii game is supposed to be a workout specifically made to meet your own personal goals. I'm going to do it for a few weeks and see how that goes. I'll miss Gilad and his funky pronunciation of abdomen.

I've been on Phase 2 of the South Beach diet which is super easy for me. Fruits, vegetables, lean meat, cereal, wheat pasta, cheese, etc. I can even have popcorn on this phase. I have cheated by drinking hot chocolate, but decided that snow days=hot chocolate.

Our Vacation

We just returned from a week-long vacation to Santa Barbara, California, where I was born and raised. We had such a great time. My youngest, as you can see from the photo, loved the sand. He even loved eating the sand. His favorite activity was to take a handful of sand and throw it at me and then laugh. He loved splashing in the waves and sticking his hands in the wet sand.

He loved it when we buried him in the sand, especially when he peeked his little toes out of the sand. He even helped bury himself.

Love that wet sand that sticks together and makes the perfect sand ball to throw at an unsuspecting brother!


We all tried to body surf. Some of us were more successful than others :).

It was such a wonderful vacation and so much fun to spend time with my family. We had a great time.