Aloha!!

Ok, overload of pictures. But these are from our trip to Hawaii. We went the end of February to Oahu with Homeshield's top ten salesmen and their wives. We had so much fun, we stayed at the Turtle Bay Resort this time, and it was amazing. Baby Shay came with us, and she was seriously the BEST baby the entire trip, even though we discovered days before we left that she had a double ear infection, and when we got back home that she had RSV probably our entire trip! 

Anyways, we had so much fun, and we definitely did not want to come back home, except to get Calvin of course :) But he had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa Butikofer up in Rexburg, or "papa" as Calvin calls both of them. I felt bad that we took Shay and not Calvin, but he had so much fun up in Idaho, that he will never know the difference :) 

  Shay and Berkley loving the beach (in the shade of course!)

 Waimea Bay

 This lookout was so pretty, and we saw whales everywhere! I have never seen a whale before and I could have sat here all day and watched them.

  Waikiki Beach with "Duke"

           Jess and I tried paddle boarding in Waikiki!! It was so fun, and I saw a sea turtle out there!

           This was our hotel view :)

            LOVE the beach!!

                           Luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center

 We found out on February 23 at dinner that Kendra, an employee at Homeshield, and one of my friends passed away in a terrible ATV accident. Kendra and I had become close this past summer in Kansas City. She and I would text all day long, and then she would come over almost every night when she was done working and we'd have some girl time. I have never had someone close to me pass away, so her death has been really hard on me, but I know she is in a better place and can't wait to see her again. I suggested that we throw our leis from the Luau the night before into the ocean to celebrate Kendra. It was a small gesture, but I felt like she knew we had done it, and it gave me such a warm feeling in my heart.

   As we had been letting our leis go for Kendra, we did not realize that Courtney Cox was watching us the entire time! She was nice enough to take a photo with us, and said she was very sorry for the loss of our friend.

 Apparently her show "cougar town" was filming at our resort, because in the lobby we met the actor who plays her ex- husband!

         One final pic of these cute patootie little babies! They both did so well on the trip, but both had RSV when we got home. Poor things :(