Vacation Check List: Complete

I think it's impossible to have a case of the Mondays while you're on vacation. Everyday is a great day.. even Mondays. We started this Monday off with some family photos. Sam had an awesome idea to hire a local photographer to take our family photos. We met him at the beach by the Four Seasons - (which is a very pretty and picturesque. There were also a TON of turtles out on the beach! Which was awesome to see.) Despite his wild crazy hair, he was a super friendly guy and had some great ideas. Below is just one of the sample of the pictures he has already sent us. I can't wait to see the rest!

After our cheeks hurt from smiling we headed back down to Hapuna for another beach day. Mark has just decided to accept the fact that the waves are not near as big as last January and embrace the "baby waves". The baby waves kept the boys entertained all afternoon - I don't think Logan came out of the water once. 

The rest of us found shelter from the wind near the rocks/cliffs. It has been SUPER windy this week, which is a bit of a downer - but at least it provides some relief from the scorching sun, 

 

After the beach we all went our separate ways. Jon and Sam went into Kona for a luau and Dan and Karen for a dinner cruise. Mark and I took our kids into Kona and checked some things off of our "vacation check list". There are several things that Mark and I always like to do while we are on vacation.

1. Go to Jack in a Box. Since we don't have Jack in a Box at home we like to stop there at least once to have egg rolls, curly fries and mozza sticks. It was no luau or dinner cruise, but the kids LOVED it! (Though they're not impressed with their mom taking their pictures 1000x a day).

2. Go to Ross. Carson definitely benefited the most from this trip. I got him some new onesies and little sweatsuits. Katie got a princess cup and Logan got Antonio/Octozord and a mooger (if you dont know, dont ask.) Mark was extremely embarrassed that I was taking this picture.

3. Go to Target. Mark banned me from taking any pictures in Target unfortunately. But there we stocked up on keylime and banana cream pie yogurts, some new Rapunzel undies for Kate and a new dress for me. The ONLY thing I can not cross off of my vacation list this trip is vanilla coke. :(

4. Have a caramel frappe from McDonalds. I don't know why McDonald's at home does not make/sell these. If you want to compete with Tim Horton's you should bring these in to rival their icecaps. They are far more delicious and waaaaaaaaay cheaper.

My vacation check list is complete. If I had to go home tomorrow I could do so without any regrets. But thankfully I still have a couple more days of beaches and sunshine (and maybe another order of egg rolls and caramel frappes. haha)