heaven

I went a little overboard on the pics for Rachel.

Off to Maui... We spent the first 3 nights in Wailea And then moved to Kaanapali and settled into our little piece of heaven. This was our breakfast nook with a view of the humpbacks The kids loved the pirate ship (and yes I made them wear these matching mullet hats the whole week) BIG deal that our completely freaked out little swimmer is sliding head first into the water. It was abnormally windy while we were there so the beach was not a happy place. The kids tolerated the sand whipping their faces for about 20 minutes and then we were out.

The best part about the trip was hanging out with my sister

and her boyfriend, Sam, who live in Anchorage.

Rich and Chris had a hard time keeping up with 23 year old Sam

but loved the excuse to golf, snorkel, watch basketball games,

visit the pool bar, etc. with him.

Our favorite travel companion, Auntie Deesh.

The dudes new favorite thing is to hug and then

body slam eachother.

Sweet but I see many bloody faces in the future.

One of many reasons the worship their Bomp.

We all slept hard.

We waited in line for almost 2 hours for breakfast at the Gazebo.

Charlie was not impressed.

Charlie was frozen in this position for about

10 minutes while Lulu gave him a back tickle.

One of the million reasons they worship her.

Waiting for our car to go to dinner

We probably ate 10,000 calories a day.

And had some of my favorite meals ever.

Heading home.

Not happy to be back to normal.

We miss you Maui.

And will be back in 730 days.

Our friend is back.

So relieved this little dude is finally feeling better.

We thought our sweet little Char was turning into the devil.

But he is back.

A little sassier than before

but nowhere near as naughty as he was while sick.

hardy har har

That little one is laughing so hard

he can't catch his breathe.

And they did this about 36 times.

I hope there is just one time in my life

I make someone laugh this hard.

Big bros are so fun.

The anatomy of a picture of Will.

In his defense I think I was taking pictures of something

that could potentially be used against him in the future.

I wish I could remember what it was.

This is how things go down when the camera comes out.

#1 crying, whining, slapping away at me.

#2 running (think distance between subject and camera)

#3 anger. (can you hear him screaming "STOP!!!!!!!!!!")

#4 Defeat?

Is it sick that I love that I can do this to him so easily.

Remember the sears catalog?

I don't think I ever got one all to myself as a kid

but I worshipped the one my next door neighbor had.

I think I remember borrowing it and making a deal

with Santa or god or whoever was in charge "out there"

that if I could just have one myself I wouldn't need any presents.

I think I also "knew" that it was ok to make that deal

about no presents because I "knew" that whatever

got circled in the catalog would be all mine.

Cause thats how it works, right?

Well, our little friend is now obsessed with Playmobil.

He got a Playmobil catalog in his hot little hands last weekend

and has fallen asleep with happy little fantasies about

owning all those $200 castles and boats and fighting a

pirate/knight/dragon war right there in his room.

nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea

We've had it all around here this weekend.

Every blanket, sheet and towel has been washed at least once.

By Chris I might add...lucky me! (thank you)

Every muscle in my body has turned to flab

because I have not left the couch in days.

If I get barfed on again I might lose my mind.

But they are both pretty sweet and super pathetic

and we're enjoying the snugs and lap naps.

Please, please let these dudes get better

and the snow melt so we can leave this dungeon!

brotherly love.

This probably shouldn't have inspired me to take pictures.

(Chris says "nice camel clutch?")

And I probably should have stopped here?
The joy on Will's face is kind of disturbing?

Charlie, here's a list of moves we can start working on.

Might I suggest the reverse frankensteiner,

gorilla press gutbuster or

the facebreaker knee smash?

For some reason I think this makeup hug was forced.

Hopefully my camera will be ready when Charlie turns on him.