HAWAII: GIRLS WEEK

Here we are standing outside the Airport after picking Heather and Nicole up and surprising them with beautiful Hawaiian Lei's. They smelled SOOOOOOO good!

After our fun week in Hawaii with the guys and the kids, they all headed back to the main land while my mom invited Julie and I to stay an extra week with her. She also flew in my sister Heather and sister in law Nicole to enjoy in the fun! And oh, did we have FUN!!! I was a bit worried at first because Nicole is a girl who likes to get up and go, but mom, Heath, Ju and I are more the "lay by the pool and do nothing everyday" type. Would Nicole have fun? I wondered. You'll find the answer if you read her blog and you'll see that we've taught her a new trade: "Relax by doing nothing"! We all LOVED every second of our week of doing nothing but lay by the pool, shop, go to the spa and eat!

Thank you to Mom for an amazing week of girl bonding and relaxing for all of us. This is one vacation we need to turn into a tradition!!!!

Here are some pictures of our fun:
After picking the girls up at the airport we went up to the North Shore to watch the Surf Competition they had. The waves were 20-30 feet high. The picture doesn't even come close to doing them justice. I didn't get a good picture of a surfer but when you saw a guy surfing the wave, you REALLY saw how HUGE it actually was!
One day we drove up to the Temple and did a Session. Everytime I've been to Oahu we've gone to see the Temple but I've never been inside. It was really nice to be there with my mom and sisters!
One night we ventured out to watch the sunset and ended up sitting in the dark laughing and taking silly self portraits. I'll spare you the "worst" ones but here are a few!
Nice finger up the nose Ju!
Proof that we ate and ate....
and ate!!!
Oh, isn't she's so sweet!
Heath and Nic
Mom and Me
Uh, oh! We're busted! But, for the record, these bags were divided between 5 people so its really not that much!
My two crazy sisters in their matching, yes, I said matching, swim suits! (they weren't matching on purpose, so to speak. They live in separate places and like the same suit. When they bought the suits, who knew we'd all be in Hawaii together, right?)
Nicole wondering what she should do next? Get in the pool, keep reading, order a Virgin Lava Flow? Oh decisions decisions!! Life is so hard!
Momma enjoying her book!

Me. Not sure if the face is so sad because its my last day or if I'm devastated about my TERRIBLE hair. Seriously people, if they judged putting people on "Survivor" strictly by how their hair dries naturally, I'd NEVER get picked. It's TERRIBLE!!!!!!!

I can't end this post without giving a HUMOUNGOUS shout out and heart felt THANK YOU to my Hubby! He is THE BEST husband in the whole world to leave me in Hawaii while he flew home, on the red eye, with a layover, with all four kids (crying et al as they said good bye to their cousins, Hawaii and me). With the help of AMAZING friends and neighbors, Adam was able to man the fort doing homework, making dinner, packing lunches and all the stuff in between, while I enjoyed an extra week in Paradise! Thanks Babe! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!