The days until we go home are starting to go by pretty fast. The smell of
the air and the sounds of waves are needing to be ingrained on my being so I can
remember them when we get home. The kids have decided that we need a pool at
home, they are getting way to used to being able to swim every day. The people
here are so amazing. The feeling of Aloha and the relaxed atmosphere really
does bring out the best in people.
We had our pictures taken with the "bird man" in Lahaina when we were here
6 years ago. When we were in Lahaina last, we saw him on the street again and I
let him know we would be back before our trip was up for more. We visited for a
few minutes and I mentioned how we had our pics taken last time but never had
them mailed out or got back to pick them up. He let us know he kept most of his
pictures and if we could give him the dates and year he could dig it out and get
it for us. He called and let us know that he spent time going through boxes and
found it. We were completely amazed.
The beach is still flying flags and dangerous shore break signs so we knew
it was a pool day again. Brooklyn continued with her book,the kids made new
friends, I got slightly farther in my book. The kids all trickled back to the
condo and we started getting ready for an afternoon in Lahaina.
I wanted to take the kids in for more pictures with the birds on front
street. It was a great time. The kids all looked so cute posing with the birds
and we created quite a traffic stop. Many people stopped to watching our cute
little kids and the birds. Cammie was so cute holding her Red headed parrot.
The photographer was trying to get her to smile and look at the camera but the
only time she would smile was when she was looking at the parrots. I'm looking
forward to seeing the pics when we pic up the CD.
Home from Lahaina and back to the pool. Cammie was enjoying the time in
the hot tub when she saw "the bad lady" coming up to the tub to clean the filter
and take her water tests. Cammie sat on the edge next to the filter and pulled
her toes out of the water. The lady bent over next to her andI engaged her in
conversation. Cammie looked up at her with big sad eyes and said to her "I'm
sorry" then again a couple minutes later. As Grant put it, you could see her
heart melt and she continued to chat with us and not say anything about Cammie
being in the hot tub. This made her very happy and she jumped back in.
Back at the condo I made the kids their favorite meal of homemade hamburger
helper. Something we haven't had in so long since we cut so much meat out of our
diet. We have cheated lots on this trip and so we picked up some organic grass
fed Maui beef and enjoyed a great dinner with the kids. Then back to visiting
and then curling up together in bed to watch some movies.
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