I’ve been at the conference for the past few days so I don’t have a lot to share, but Skylar and I did enjoy a lovely evening walk just the two of us after getting dinner, when Susan and Parker decided to cab it home early.
And Parker and I fired off a sunrise shot from the beach while mommy and Skylar engaged in early morning Yoga.
We made lays with fresh flowers at the Hilton Hawaiian village. Then we walked around for 2 days with our custom necklaces so we could be official Hawaiians. After that the flowers started to wilt and generally fall apart. Beauty is fleeting. The circle of life. Nature is fragile. Insert catchy idiom here.
We arrived on Saturday and everyone was pretty exhausted from a full day of travel. 7PM Hawaii time felt like midnight. We woke up at 5am Sunday morning and set out into the dark.
After walking down the beach we reached another hotel where tons of tourists were lined up on rocks jetting out into the ocean, where you could see the sun rise over Diamondhead.
Hawaii here we come!
Parker is No.1 – literally.
I made everyone come with me to the CapitalOne Tennis Class in D.C. on Sunday for the qualifiers. Next year we will try to go for family day, which is the day before.
The kids had fun, but 2 hours was about their max. Lots of fun vendors there, so that helped considerably.
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Skylar had a blast at Petra’s birthday party running around and climbing, jumping, etc. I was nursing a hang over with coffee, otherwise I like to do the kids activities too…
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Parker’s first day riding the bus. I thought Susan was going to ride with him…
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Parker and I traveled far, far away from home to go camping with the boy scouts. All the way to Lake Fairfax. I think I could have walked home if I really needed to.
We went for a hike, while the other adults tended to the grill, then came back, ate, the kids ran around in perpetual motion for an hour, ate smores, ran around for another 2 hours and by 9:30PM it was time for lights out.
The picture in the tent is a selfie that we took right before drifting to sleep. The flash on the phone was way too bright, hence my grimace.
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Parker and I had the rare occasion to spend some time together, so we played some tennis and then hit up the play area next to the courts.
You would think I’m the Paparazzi with the way he covers the camera at the end of the video.
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