Fashionistas on the beach in Makena
Wow! It actually works! I guess I'm going to have to go back and try to edit some of my previous posts - that would make the blog much cooler!
As you can tell from that picture, we just got back from Hawaii a few days ago. It was a great trip. My family is still there - they don't get back until tomorrow. Totally unfair.
It was an uneventful trip - great for Hawaii. Kristi got a nice sunburn the day after we arrived, so that kept us out of the sun during prime daylight hours, but that's about what I'd planned on anyways. I actually picked up some sun, which is amazing. We stayed in the Kahana Falls in Kahana (above Ka'anapali, and then commuted down to Makena every day. Kind of a waste of a couple of hours, but it's a pretty drive, and it's so nice down at that end of the island (and at the Ziegler's condo), that we didn't really mind. And it was nice to spend time with family, which we don't get to do too often out here. And let's not forget the gorgeous sunsets....
The find of the week was when I bought a rashguard at the surf shop. After Kris got burned, I got really paranoid about getting too much sun, so I picked one up to keep the sun off while I was in the pool. By the time we'd left, Dave, Elaine, Julie, and Meghan had all gotten them too. I'm such a trendsetter!
We started on the road to Hana one day (the back way), but it was kinda gross and rainy, and I could tell that Kristi's stomach wasn't going to be too happy driving on that windy, undulating road, so we turned around and went back while the rest of the family forged on. However, I did manage to haul her around the north side of the island one morning. It really is gorgeous and serene up there, even if some parts of the road are SUPER tiny. It helps a lot that they've obviously repaved it since the last time I was on it though.
The food was great, as usual. Kristi made some awesome Banana Macadamia pancakes, there were steaks and ribs on the grill, chocolate covered macadamia nuts (which might have made it back home to Jersey too), fresh Ice Cream sandwiches, and lots of Lapperts. Perfect! The only problem with the trip was that it was too short. Hopefully we'll be able to turn it into an annual event though - that would be the best!
The other big news is that I no longer work for Neovest. One of my customers, ESP, made me an offer, and it seemed like the perfect time to make a move. I think that the opportunity for growth is much better here - I was starting to get a little stale at Neovest. So far, so good - we'll see how it shapes up!