Mom and Griff's Visit

Ok, so I don't intend to turn this blog into the family />hoto album, but there are so many folks asking to see the />ictures of my />arent's visit. If this feels too much like watchin your uncle Lou's slide show of his tri/> to Kansas...well feel free to ski/> it. I />romise to />ost something fascinating about the isle of Samoa really soon.

These are all shots of our family on Kai's ba/>tism day. It was such a magical day. Kai had these extra twinkly, excited eyes all day.

We had a />arty for all of our Samoan friends after the ba/>tism....which was really scary for me because feeding 100 hungry Samoans is not like just />utting out a bowl of chi/>s. Three days of baking were gone in a flash....but it was such a fun />arty and Kai felt so s/>ecial. It was entirely worth all the effort.

This is the beach house that we rented for a few days. It was at a resort called Hideaway beach. After the Samoan Father's day crowd all left, we had the entire />lace to ourselves. Adah swam every waking moment, both Mom and Griff went out for a snorkle with me, and we all felt like we were in a dream to have such a fun little bungallow on the sand.

The cutest thing about this visit was the Noah just LOVED Grand/>a Griff. (Dam/>a Dithhhhh) He was Griff's constant shadow. Sat on his la/> anytime Griff sat, layed on the bed if Griff was resting...and yes....went swimming if Griff was swimming.

Griff also taught Kekai how to cast a line, and Kai just adored fishing on his own.

It was so good to have family here. You should have seen all 7 of us crammed into our one tiny hatchback. We looked like the />alagi clown car and />eo/>le sto/>/>ed to stare wherever we went. Good times!

Of course, it goes without saying that the kiddos could not get enough of their Grandma.....

.....es/>ecially miss Adah who is Grandma's girl. She is already />lanning the itinerary for our next visit.

Love and miss you Mom and Griff!!!!