Eating out

Few more pics of the night. Tanner was sick and Amber stayed home, Tony was working - but we had a good gathering.

Eating out

Met up with family at Cafe Trio or something -had a great time seeing everyone. Brooklyn wanted to make a bunch of faces this is only two.

Dancin

More room he has the more territory he can cover!

Day of playin

Just a day at the Koens's

Rental

Lauara found me a place downtown. It took a little haggling because everyone wants a year lease. I got a 6mon lease. It is just a studio. The bed is behind the living room couch, but it is actually really nice and the couch is actually big enough that two people could sleep on it end to end and not touch. It will average $50 a night which is a whole lot better than what i found in any decent hotel. Course one problem is Ruth Chris is next door and I will smell those great steaks every day.... Im about 50 yards from the trax. Plan on having everyone over for a swim! indoor pool.. and there is a Jacuzzi on the roof overlooking the city.. cool. I move in Feb 1.

No new news today. Went for a walk around downtown today after I exercised for an hour. Walked up and down town trying to figure out where some of the condos are Ive been looking at. Responded to an opening at a nice place but havent heard back yet. I think the craigs list has some highest bid deal going on. A lot of nice places to eat I walked past....just what I need... My left arm has really been bothering me - a lot of pain for some reason. Kind of keeping me from planning a ski trip. If it keeps up i may have to plan a trip home for a check.

Still cute.

Happy to be back

Back in UT

Just a few hours and back in the snow...what a great world we live in --this is fun.

Footsteps in the sand

My footsteps home.

Night

A night veiw of the local moon. Very romantic. Too bad...

The last evening

These start looking all the same.. kind of like -you are unique -just like everyone else. Tomorrow I fly out - just enough time for breakfast and another walk on the beach though. I will call Mima, my friendly taxi cab driver, she is 73 and a hoot. She took me to and from the helecopter ride, - told me she was my advise mama, Never get married Mickey -no, no, no -- women are bitchy and just want your money... she bought me a box of candy with the first tip I gave her...ha.

Blue water

Just another plain ole day at the beach.

By the pool -my Island Passion - yum

Lunch

Had lunch on the beach my last full day here. My head is officially burnt,,cant comb it ,,not that my comb over matters much here..

Sunday in HI

This is the Piinani ward. I did make it..but strange thing. the ran out of sacrament bread so they just stopped serving toward the back and out in the lobby. So quite a few didnt get any...SO What I should of said..WHat kind of church are you running here in Maui,,but I didnt say anything, Just caught a taxi back to the hotel and let the bishops members complain. There was over 300 people there -I sat on the stage at the back of the cultural hall. Everyone that got up to speak started with Aloha, and everyone responded -Aloha...weird.

End another day

End another beautiful day. Another picture from my room. Then I went walking on the shoreline and stopped at another resort for a 'quick steak' and at the end they gave you a bowl of sour apple cotton candy.... Almost as good as Mcdonalds...almost.. Still havin a great time. Sat in the jaccuzzi with 8 other LDS people this evening also. Found where the chapel is. Starts at 9 though. What are they thinking....this is Hawiaii!!!

Co-Pilot

I was setting up front - it held 5 plus the pilot. I couldnt use my phone for a camera because it is an airplane rule...so I didnt get much actual flying pictures. The DVD is from the on board camera though and filmed the whole trip. -not for the faint of heart......

It was cool from the inside. It was an hour ride.

Ok this wasnt me but this is what it looked like. The DVD will be mailed to me, so Jen can see my trip first,,the only thing missing in this wonderful ride was the music to jurasic park and I can fix that.

Sunset 2

The day started with a great spa treatment and ending on a calm sea ride. Mahala

Another beautifull eve.

Yo ho ho

It was a nice breeze, we did see several great sites of whales leaping out of the water , but is it a little like trying to take a picture of lightening. never know when it will happen.

This was the end of the second day - these are real flowers around my neck. I bought the shirt so i wouldnt stand out... I just finished an hour of bliss at the spa, and am pretty relaxed. Ive an hour and off to the sunset cruise.

The native girls are hot here.......

Luau

Having fun.

Retired Dadio

This is fun. I have a few days in this beautiful place. Going to a Luau in a few minutes. Got a spa appointment in the morning and a Champagne sunset sail in the evening tomorow and a helo ride Saturday. Just trying to stay busy......heh heh.

My first day draws to a close.

A veiw from my room. Life is good.

Maui

From the Hotel Entrance - Not too shabby

Maui!!!!!!!!

Well I didnt sleep at all last night so I should snooze on the Maui flight--cant say that very often. Setting in the SF airport I feel like I fit right in...at least half the fellow travelers should participate in the biggest looser series...then most of the rest look like this is their last trip...literally.. I could lay amongst these guys on the beach and look pretty lean and mean.. to them at least. I better be careful -I'll be setting next to someone for the next 7hrs. Depending on who they are I will probably just snooze anyway.... IM off!!!

Eating?

You know,,,we've done this for years trying to shove this good for you bologna down their throats and we never learn. Evie though has learned to let me know -with a big yech at the end, I quit after that. I guess I am learning.

She is beginning to warm up to papa..but still let me know that mama is #1.

Eating out

I should start a WISoS -what I should of said- because I usually dont. While eating at the nice rooftop resturant -nice and quitely - my next table pair overheard me say Virginia and started talking to me that they knew all about va and had been there.. I said oh are you guys local? Oh yes -we live in the Avenues, have you heard of it? ,,,wisos- oh- isnt that what the homeless say? but I said oh. and flashed my redvelvet coconut icing slice of cake at them..

Big brother

Now she smiles at Papa

Ok -Pull over.. Too much chocolate milk

Keep your eyes on the road

Well it is busy being retired. I did finally make it to the Family Research Center in the Joseph Smith Building. Had a lot of -elderly -sisters crowded around me with a million questions - few of them about geneology. Got started with a few mishaps and then went to our favorite Rooftop Garden resturant. I bought the first level of rosetta stone. I'll get started soon on that. Will be leaving for Maui Wed morning for 5 nights. Should be fun. Dadio

Here In Utah!

Staying in the Red Lion! for now --there was a nice food basket waiting for me here at the hotel. Thank you Laura, especially the bag of mm peanuts mmmm. There is a shuttle to several ski slopes from the hotel..I'll have to check it out. yeah - Im here! but I am sad, I forgot to hug Lizzie.

Setting in CA Long Beach airport.. Beautiful. My planning worked. Flying out to Ca first and then back to SL was to avoid any delays -in Atlanta just overr 2000 flights cancelled already -HA. The only problem is that I didnt get a window seat -note: if you dont get a seat assigned when you make a reservation -your're setting in the middle... the lady setting in the window seat never opened the window - what a waste. I snookered a window seat on to SL so I will play my part... Man - leaving DC at noon and in Ca at 3:30...what would the pioneers say.... man...