Thanks to the immense generosity of the Spafford's, the four older kids headed out for the big island of Hawaii to stay a week in Sue and Dave's beautiful rented home. It came fully equipped with the best company you could ever ask for, a swimming pool, huge common areas to laugh and get caught up on Downton Abbey in, and these macadamia nut chocolate peanut clusters that are such a guilty pleasure I feel I need to go talk to my Bishop...
We loved exploring the island and all the black sand beaches. Loved the turtles sleeping in the sun...which we immediately copied to our great happiness....
Joey Spafford has got to be the singuarly most loveable person on the planet. I'm never with him that he doesn't tell me he loves me! He was game for everything!
Our gang on the beautiful black beach...
We went whale watching at sunset and saw some whales!
I think everyone decided they hated our life when in an 18 hour period we got a call from Sophie that involved a wound on her head involving blood (come home right now!), a scary call from Katie after a somewhat serious car crash, James losing his housing in San Francisco, and a friend getting a cancer diagnosis!!!! Mike was still putting out stake crisises while swinging a golf club as David looked at him incredulously... Ahh! Vacation!!!!!
It all worked out with Sophie surviving, Katie just a bit traumatized, our friend hopeful, and James finding new housing!!!!
After putting out a few fires, we were able to have a most enjoyable, romantic, funny trip- and we love our family so much!!
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