Not to be confused with potato sack… I am so excited to share this potato hack!!! We LOVE baked potato night for a school night supper. I usually have a variety of toppings (selected from what’s already on hand) like butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon, ham, chopped tomatoes, salsa and green onions. It’s inexpensive, filling… Read More
Priority A1a after our trip was to get thank you notes written from my birthday. I don’t care what anyone says, there is nothing better than a good, old fashioned, hand written thank you note!! And I do subscribe to the “better late than never” philosophy :-) I call Elsa my toddler. Tiring her out… Read More
I’ll conclude our incredibly wonderful vacation from Los Angeles to Disneyland to Hawaii with the “ohana” photos we had taken on the lagoon at Aulani. We scheduled a private portrait session with the Aulani Photopass photographers about a month ahead of time. I looked into using other local photographers, but am so happy that I went… Read More
We did two different tours of Oahu during our week long stay – one by land and one by air! The East Oahu Shoreline Tour was booked through E Noa Tours. We wanted to explore the island, but just didn’t know how easy that would be on our own. This was a narrated bus tour that gave a… Read More
One of our very favorite mornings was spent aboard the Kai ‘Oli ‘Oli on a snorkel cruise. We sailed out of the beautiful Ko Olina marina, just down the street from Aulani, first thing. When boarding the boat, the littles asked the captain if he thought we’d see any whales. It was the tail… Read More
If I was told that only one thing we did over the course of our sixteen day trip could stay ingrained in my memory forever, I know without a doubt that it would be our time at Pearl Harbor. It was one of the most moving experiences of my life and I am so very… Read More
When I was researching things to do in Oahu, I read a lot of mixed reviews on Waikiki. But, it just didn’t seem right to go all that way and not form our own opinion, so we headed out one afternoon!! And we were so glad we did!! The beach was really quite lovely and… Read More