Especially

Back in the swing.
Feels so good to be home.
Even doing laundry.
Especially doing laundry:)








Oh I LOVE my little family.
And max's coconut purse I brought back for her.
She loved putting things in,
Zipping it up,
And opening it up to pull things out.
Brennan keeps calling his "sus" (surprise souvenir) a "ki-tar".
I am so tired.
The red eye is more brutal than child birth.
What an amazing trip.

Made possible by:
Dr Sean (A.K.A. best husband on the planet, seriously, the man is a saint)
Mama nacho (MIL who watched my kids all day, bless her)
Mama C (my mom! got me there, treated me there, and got me home, I love you!)
Family & Friends (all of you!!! Who talked me into taking a leap to do something that terrified me--leaving my kids for some much needed alone time).
Couldn't have done it without any of you!

Love,
E

Goodnight Hawaiian Moon

I cannot remember a time where I have flown overnight on a flight when the skies were clear and there was a full moon over an ocean.
Remarkable.
The entire sky lights up.
The clouds illuminate.
White and black.
The moon glows across the ocean of glass until the it falls off into eternity.
Quiet
Calm
Romance
That God let me enjoy.
Making me feel so small and tiny.
so cherished.
To have been able to glimpse God's view of this beautiful creation called earth.

Less white.

One
Last
Stop.
After a day at hanalei bay.

Aloha!

As in goodbye:)

Love,
a less white emilisq.

B/C with me that is all it comes down to.
White.
And
Less White:)
There is no form of tan.
And hopefully never red.

Time to get my kids back on this blog!!!
Hot dog!
I'm leaving on a jet plane:)
Mahalo.

Glub glub

Here fishy, fishy!

Mac nut

Breakfast.
Love me some mac nut.

Happily contently homesicked

Today it rained us out.

We had to keep running under the big trees on the beach to not get soaked.
Finally around dinner the sun came out.
We hopped in the car and drove to the hanalei pier for sunset.
The Bridge to hanalei below.
5-7 cars one way at a time.


All of the foliage overgrows onto the street signs and telephone poles here.

   

   

Hanalei is so pretty.
The water was flat and calm tonight.
Picturesque.
I watched all of the little kids playing in the water with their moms and dads.
It made me so homesick!!!
My heart is aching for my little babies and Sean.
I can't wait to hug and kiss them.


     

         

It has been a GREAT trip!

I am homesick.

Happily and contently vacationed homesick:)

Roaches

Yep, my new best friend here.

I don't think I'm cut out for the tropics.

Puka Dog

Think pig in a blanket,

But bigger.


That's the best way to describe a puka dog.
I tried to explain it to Sean as we ate them.
Got to tango/FaceTime with the kids.
We were eating lunch.
They were eating dinner.
Today I am really starting to miss my kids!!!


Gecko in the shower with me.
Picture me running out of the shower naked and screaming,
"mom!!! Get my phone! Tiny, baby gecko in the shower! Hurry before it gets away!"

I have completely adapted to the no doing hair philosophy of Kauai.
As well as the no need to really shower philosophy.
The ocean counts enough.
Just re-wet the hair,
Throw it up,
And you're good to go.

Tunnel of trees.


Jackie, mom, me below.
Smoothies on beach chairs.
We talked about probiotics and sugar.
It's a long story.
Just know I'm considering cutting back on my sugar.
And I might be picking up some progesterone cream for my hands.

Went to this beach.

Where they filmed the night time surfing scene of "soul surfer."
Jackie told me this.
The locals know all of the hot info on the movie.

"showered" off.
Threw on some clothes.
Went to the movie.


Jackie told us she saw the beach the day before bethany's shark attack.
Lots of sharks.
Perfect waves.
But no one cared bc they just had the surf bug.
And here I am screaming over geckos.
and cockroaches on the wall.
Harmless geckos!
gross cockroaches!
She also lived on bethany's street and saw her out running with her dog after the attack.
Everyone seems to know Bethany here.
And not bc they want to claim they know someone famous.
It's just a small community.
And everyone knows everyone.
I love the feel of it.
I teared up more times than I can count during the movie.
And now I'm going to read her book.
As long as the big fat toad from outside doesn't eat through the walls to come eat me.


I am finally remembering who I was before I was a mom.
Running has been great.
Forgot how easy it is to run at sea level.
The addiction might be back.
or not.
Forgot how nice it is to just talk and talk and talk and talk.
Without being interrupted.
Having a train of thought that not only pulls into the train station, but leaves for another destination!
HA!!! HA!!!
I knew i was down in there somewhere.
but man, I'm ready for mama to come back out too.
My lips are antsy for those little Gibson cheeks:)