Valentine’s date
Hiked up Koko Crated first to an awesome view of neighboring islands!
Dave let me design our Valentine’s weekend date for today and mom kindly took care of two cute little boys for about 8 whole hours! First we grabbed coffee, then hiked up Koko Crater (1100 steps to a great view of Molokai, Lanai and Maui), then to the Hale Koa for a swim, mai tai and dress for the third part of our triathlon date: dinner at a Sicilian restaurant we’ve been wanting to try since we moved here (Taormina was awesome!). We had such a great time. I really enjoy having an adventure for our date, and Dave appreciated working up a good appetite Thanks again, mom – it was so fun! But of course we talked about our boys and missed them 
(Note: I’ll post pictures to the album tomorrow, so check back again G.G. Love to all our family and friends, and the boys say thanks for their Valentine’s cards!)
At the restaurant, wearing a dress from Mary and jewelry from Mom!
Like it was some kind of sacrifice to spend the day with two cute kiddos who adore grandparents???? hahahaha! We had fun, fun, fun. Lots of time to talk, snuggle, “readabook[s]”, playground, make lunch, . . . what can I say, ummmm, you still weren’t gone long enough to make cookies. Sam thoroughly “car washed” the big red wagon, including wheels and tires while Ben got thoroughly disheveled in the ensuing mud, and then Sam and I used a brush and water on the deck to clean it, while Ben continued to paddly in the ensuring mud! Sam “fixed” the slightly askew sprayrer on the end of the hose, but not until after we’d all gotten pretty wet and had loads of giggles. Sam chased and captured beetles, of course, and Ben got to hold them. I still can’t remember everything, but it was a fun day! Thank you!
That sounds like a glorious Valentines Day!! Ken and I decided to not do anything special but, we did use it as an excuse to buy our favorite cookies at the market ;-P LOL