By the Far Side of the Sea

So- a little late, but we wanted to post about our incredible time with Bubba and Grandma (Chris' parents) a couple of weeks ago.  I think we crammed more stuff into 10 days than we've done since we've been here!  The kids put together a "luau" for Bubba's belated birthday complete with "fire dancing" and imu ceremony, where the pig is dug up from the ground.  In this case it was a plastic horse but close enough. Lallie made a volcano cake complete with remote controlled truck (Bubba's new hobby).  We of course took them to all the good snorkel spots including Kealekekau Bay where we all kayaked across the bay.  Unfortunately on this day we traded dolphins for people and didn't see a single dolphin.  We did however have the pleasure of cramming in with a couple of hundred other humans - which I have to say is not quite as incredible as swimming with wild dolphins.  My father doesn't believe in sunscreen, not sure if it's against his r...

I started this post on Thursday, and here it is Tuesday! Oops! Sorry, this mommy of 4 is crazy busy!                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am choosing to be thankful, though for the past few days I have felt                                                    sad. I am really feeling the fact that Hawaii is the most isolated land mass in the world. I am missing loved ones so much that I just feel sick sometimes. BUT, as I draw near to God in each moment of pain, He gives me enough strength for today, and hope for tomorrow. So, I am THANKFUL! Hello beautif...