Our Friends on the Best Vacation Ever!

Chris and Melissa Lema took Seth and I on this amazing Hawaiin vacation and we enjoyed it so much! Along with us, they also brought along their super cute little kids, Emily (3 1/2) and Christian (2), who we just adore, and their friends Neil and Shelley, who are just so much fun! Here are some photos of us with our friends:

Christian at Ko Olina... in my sunglasses!! SO cute!!

Melissa playing with Emily and Christian, who only became a little swimmer on the very last day, in the lagoon!!

Emily took some time out from her busy life working in the sand to rinse off her mom's chair!!

Chris giving his little boy a ride around the lagoon!

Shelley and I out on the jetty waiting for Seth and Dominik to surf by. (Side note: Seth saw a sea turtle on his way in! How awesome?!)

Me, Shelley, and Neil enjoying Seth and Dominik's surf lesson by Uncle Sparky!

Emily and Christian at Ko Olina. Emily's smile was provoked by saying, "whatever you do, do NOT smile for this picture!! Don't do it, Emily! Don't you dare" I heart reverse psychology... they're SO cute!!

Having little kids around gave me an opportunity to build sand castles-- I'm just "playing" with the kids, you know, to be "nice." We even caught a couple little minnows for the moat!!

The Guys at Benihana-- Neil, Seth, and Chris!

The Girls at Benihana-- Melissa, Me, and Shelley. So tan and happy!! (And the food was excellent! Almost as good as the show!!)

Christian and Emily in their leis!! And Emily with her pretty plumeria in her hair!!

Me and Emily at Senor Frogs! Little did she know the balloon animals we're coming and things were going to get even better! She was digging the music here and took a brief time out from dancing to take a picture.