maui

todd and i were able to get away and spend a week in maui (technically i had a conference but really it was a vacation)..... and thanks to our wonderful mothers who watched our kids for us (they split the week) we were able to go alone and spend some much needed time together. THANK YOU MOMS!!


...and as an additional bonus my college roommate lisa and her husband brian planned their vacation to coincide and met us over there. so we got a little fun adult time too....and she is 7mo pregnant with her first so it was a great last hurrah for them!



.....it was a fantastic week. we were in south maui at wailea beach. we soaked up some beach time. snorkeled a bunch. hung out at the resort that lisa and brian were at and cruised the lazy river with the swim up bar........

.....enjoyed a beautiful island sunset


......we did this fantastic hike up into the rainy jungle. we were soaked by the time we reached the top. it was a far different place than the sunny beach we lazed at the day before.




....went on another great hike through a bamboo forest into a waterfall and swam in a tropical lagoon....very island-fabulous.



...it was so amazingly restful. we certainly missed the kids but so wonderful to have a little time to ourselves!
mahalo!!!

mama's wedding

as usual i am a couple of weeks behind in this post but after 30 some years of single life my mom got hitched!! WAHOO!!!

before they left we had a little ladies night out for her at a little hawaiian place.....she was a good sport!

then they 'eloped' to kauai and tied the knot on 9/10/11 (very cool wedding date if you ask me).

....and then she had a reception when they returned. it was a very nice gathering with chocolate and champagne (the kids loved it).


they did this sweet little ceremony with mom's grandkids and george's grandkids welcoming them to each others family....


.....and what a great picture of the campbell grandkids

we are all super super happy for her and george....congrats!!!