Aloha

What a long weekend. We left after Zachary got out of school Friday to head north for the family reunion. It's a bit different heading up there now and needing to stay in a hotel instead of traveling to Gouverneur. Zack has just a few more days of school and Friday is a half day then he's done til September.

He's keeping us busy this week with three games...tonight, Wednesday and Thursday. Amanda came back with us to stay a couple of weeks so she will get to see him play. He did a great job on his last game with THREE hits in a row. Wow, everybody was so cheering for him and he made it look like "what's the big deal?" lol The last game marked his 2nd, 3rd, and fourth hits.

We got our closing funds last week on the house sale so in the bank it went. I had to pay my Dad back for the bridge loan to get the painting contractor going (thanks Dad) and paying a couple of many bills and booked a trip for this Thanksgiving.

Wednesday November 21st we fly out of Philly with a layover in Minneapolis and another in Honolulu before we get to our final destination of The Big Island in Hawaii. We're spending 5 nights at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort. The Big Island has a very diverse climate ranging from snow skiing on the mountain to rainforests before you get to the ocean, and everything in between.

A couple things on our to do list is to see the volcano and to take a submarine tour. We will book those as we go. Oh, and I think we will be shipping lots of Kona coffee home. mmm mmm 2nd only to Jamaican Blue Mountain.

Assume that there will be lots of photos.