"There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1

Monday, October 19, 2015

After Goodbye Thoughts

As I'm witting, the kids have all headed to the airport leaving us on our own for a few days at a small Bed and Breakfast in downtown Lahaina where we now have time  to look back on the past week and continue to enjoy the moments as we remember  them.
It has been so good to enjoy a summer holiday kind of beach time, coffee times, host each other, celebrate Thanksgiving and even a bit if Christmas - packing a year's worth of family time into one week.








On Friday Kristal and Shaun made their  delicious signature Mexican fajitas with all the trimmings!

Saturday morning, true to some of our traditions, we made waffles with vanilla custard. I lost count of how many came out of the brand new waffle iron.



When the kids finished their waffles, they made bracelets.



And when the adults finished, some Christmas gifts came out! The kids do a drawing of names  between them as families, and it was decided they wanted to see the gift opening.



And it was pool time again!






 A moment of sitting still - which had to be documented!


For the most part we had beautiful weather but
even when the raindrops came they always left behind
their beautiful reminder of God's promises
kept for every generation.
What more can we ask?
 

6 comments:

Anita said...

Sounds like a truly wonderful celebration. All the best as you remind yourselves of God's richest blessings

Kathy ~ Artful Accents said...

Enjoy your quieter time in the next couple of days, and savor the memories. :-)

kelly ens said...

What a wonderful way to make some amazing memories!
Love the picture of you and your granddaughter in similar bathing suits - very cute!

Beck's Bulletin said...

Such an amazing time together!

Kathy said...

What great memories captured here. I can imagine you will scroll through all your photos a lot over the next while:)

Julie said...

The photos all speak for themselves - the love and happiness shared by all is so evident! Lovely memories.