I’ve been planning this surprise trip since the beginning of summer. Nat & Tyler thought we were going to Portland and were not very excited to go. (We’ve already been there.) The day before our trip, David and I surprised them with the news and they were thrilled! They’ve been wanting to go to Hawaii again. A bonus second surprise was meeting the Chiu cousins out there.

Nat booked a reservation for afternoon tea for just us girls

Farmers market

Tyler got to play a round of golf with Uncle Way at Ko Olina golf course. The golf course was really nice

While they played golf, the rest of us hung out at the lagoon at Aulani

The kids got plenty of shaved ice

The kids had a lot of fun and are already looking forward to going back together

Tyler started his senior year yesterday. Summer vacation felt so short this year. He was excited to start school. A friend of his came to pick him up and they carpooled to school. He only has 4 classes this semester and a zero period so he’ll have plenty of time to play lots of golf.

We missed spending 4th of July in LA this year and made up for it with a quick weekend trip before the month ended. It took some coordination with both kids and their part time jobs to ensure they got the weekend off, but we made it happen.

As soon as these two reconnected, they could not stop talking.

Uncle Steven challenged Tyler to a push up contest (and lost)

Cousins

Nat and I got matching permanent bracelets at The Grove

Po Po got her regular haircut from her favorite stylist

We had dim sum with cousin Alan and family. It was nice to catch up.