Week Three

We manage to fill the days here with no problem of wondering what to do.  Some golf, some tennis, some beach trips, happy hours at home and dinners out.

Walked around the beautiful Four Seasons Hualalai golf course

Gina had the smallest Mai Tai ever

              Group shot with a special guest of Colleen and Jay’s!

                   Mauna Lani beach day

        Beautiful dinner at the Canoe House for Valentine’s Day

                   

  The sand at Mauna Kea is perfect for Paddle ball 

I finally made it into the clubhouse near our place, I’ve been dying to check it out!

Halfway

We’re just over halfway through our time here and it feels good, not rushed.  There’s been lots of great beach and pool days, happy hours at each others places and dinners out.

Happy Hour at Tommy Bahamas 

Nino at the Fairmont Orchid

Kona Brewery pizza is the best!

Valentine’s Dinner

We splurged and went to the Canoe House at the newly renovated Mauna Lani Hotel and it was very good!

         The end of a beautiful evening…

Big Island, Hawaii

 Paradise

We arrived Sunday night after a turbulent flight, it was great to get on the ground in our little piece of paradise on earth.

Monday morning breakfast was hosted for us by Gina and Gary, so nice to have friends here too! Then off to Kona to do the big grocery shopping for the month.  Ted loves to stock up the snack cupboard which is great, but we won’t have the grandkids here to help eat all this stuff this year!

Yesterday we went to Hapuna Beach, the sand and ocean is so beautiful.  Perfect spot for a game of paddle ball.

Later in the afternoon Ted played doubles with some 4.0 players at the Fairmont Orchid and he had a great time, and I spent time by the pool reading and chatting with people there.  A great start to our month here…

New York - US Open 🎾

It was a quick turnaround for us going to New York after being home only a few days from Disneyland, but we made it work.

We packed a lot into our week there; watching the tennis matches, sightseeing in the Big Apple, Central Park, zoo, One World Trade Centre for a dinner looking over the city, and much more!

Disneyland Family Adventures

It’s been awhile since we’ve made our way down to see Mickey and Friends so when Jen, Rick and family said they were going we decided to join them.  Barry and Alex joined the adventure too so it was a lot of fun.

Grandkids Staycation Here

 Jen and Rick's 22nd Anniversary!

We were happy to have Ruby, Bennett and Miles left with us for a couple of nights while Jen and Rick headed to Whistler to celebrate their 22nd anniversary.  It's kinda crazy that 'the kids' have been married that long, it really does seem hard to believe.  Seems not that long ago that Rick came to our house and asked us if we had any objection to him asking Jen to marry him.  We knew that he would be a great husband and so of course we gave him our blessing. So fast forward 23 years and now they're celebrating where it began and we were quite happy to look after the kids.

Miles loves to play Beyblades, he’s always up for a match

       Also Lego, he makes some awesome warrior robots!

           They all got in on creating shrinky dinks…

…and these two even had fun waiting for them to bake!

             Our resident vintner checking this year’s crop.

    What do you do when it’s hot?? Lemonade stand of course

Waiting for customers also creates some downtime to enjoy

Of course some faithful yearly customers showed up 😁

These are the summer memories we love and that will stay in all our hearts for years to come!  🥰

Cultus Lake

 Summer's Here!

Once the weather heats up it feels so good to find a spot to soak it in, especially with family and friends.  This year we rented a lakefront four bedroom cabin at Cultus for three nights and enjoyed every minute of it.

The fact that we caught a couple days of the first heat wave of the season was pretty perfect for floaties!

Jen, Rick and family popped in with lifelong family friends Robyn, Troy and their kids - we were so happy to see them after such a long time!!

"Cabin Crew"

We woke up to cooler temperatures and quite a breeze so we had to break out the warmer clothes, but at least we only had a few sprinkles of rain.  Colleen, Jay, Sue and Derrick headed home after two nights, then Rick dropped off Ruby, Bennett and Miles for an overnighter.  

The cooler temperatures didn't stop these three from going in.

And towards the end of the day when things slow down it feels good to settle in, skip rocks, play cards, and just chill...