A Tropical Visit to My Sista...

It usually is a pretty fun time when you get to visit your sister. When she lives in Hawaii...it is especially awesome to visit her! Cory was awesome enough to suggest that my sister and I go visit our other sister at her tropical home for a couple days and then my mom and other sister decided to come too! So all five Madsen girls were able to spend a few days together in this:

 

 

There are a lot of pictures here and most of them are not in any particular order... but here it goes...

We spent lots of time relaxing to the sound of the waves on the beach and playing in the ocean. It was so nice!

 

 

We did go on a little hike and this sign and horse were next to the trailhead to greet us. We were a bit apprehensive for the first little while.

The hike was no cake-walk.  Especially for this preggo lady! My face was beat red...it was my idea to go on the hike but I decided that I like hiking a lot...when we are done:) It was still super fun though and through all the huffing and puffing- there was a lot of giggling and chatting.

 

 

Another request of mine was to visit Giovanni's Shrimp Truck. Cory and I went to Oahu on our honeymoon and were told about this place and I literally craved it anytime I thought about it for the next 6 years! It is so tasty!

 

 

Monica was a great hostess. We all squeezed into her apartment and slept on air mattresses on the floor. Taylor and Sydney were kind enough to let me have the one extra pillow.  It was really fun to see Monica's home, work and way of life. 

 

 

Just for the record...this is about 20 weeks pregnant.  I feel like I am getting huge already- so all the walking that we did was pretty good for me!

 

 

It was so fun to be able to spend time with my mom and sister's and so awesome to be able to be at such a beautiful place! We made so many memories and had a blast!!!

 

 

I was so grateful for Cory who took on both the mom role and the dad role while I was gone and for his mom and all her help too! They made this awesome adventure possible.

And I have to say that as wonderful as Hawaii was...paradise is definitely when I am with my little family! I sure missed them...in fact, I may have cried a teensey bit when I talked to Brig on the phone after only being gone one day. That may have happened. 

Aloha!