Tender Mercies

Can't you tell we're all sisters? They're basically my favorite girls.  I can't complain about the view either!  Alas, the vacation I had been planning for and looking forward to for so many months has come and gone.  But now I have so many good memories!!  My dad put me in charge of our itinerary, so I had the fun responsibility of coming up with the activities for all of us seven to do during our week on the island of Kauai.  I'm not going to lie; I spent a lot of time planning and researching all the things one could do in Kauai, and I somehow managed to find a handful of things that would satisfy everyone. I don't have all of the pictures from the trip, as most of them are on my dad's camera (who is still vacationing in Hawaii!), but I did get some on my phone.  The rest will just have to be on another post! Saturday May 25th: -We all arrived in Kauai in the late afternoon. Right when I stepped ou...

We are going to Kauai, Hawaii in 44 days!! And when I say "we," I mean me, my husband, my mom, dad, and brothers and sisters! It is literally going to be a family reunion.  I can't wait until I can take my own pictures in Kauai! But I would be ungrateful if I didn't thank my parents and my Heavenly Father for making it possible for us to go.  My dad bought tickets for them 10 months ago, but I wasn't planning on going until February when my little sister got her mission call and I realized I wouldn't be seeing her for nearly 2 years.  So my sweet husband said, "you're going to go to Hawaii with your family," and I called up my dad to ask him if I could join them.  He was excited about my coming, and even offered to buy me tickets. I was speechless! (I have to say that I was not in any way fishing for his help in buying tickets.)  Now we could afford to send my hubby too!  Patiently we waited until we were out 60 days before our travel dat...