Aloha Hawaii!

Scott and I were privileged to spend a week in Honolulu, Hawaii last week.  I was invited to present two of my research papers at an education conference and Oklahoma Christian University was very generous in supporting  me in going.  Luckily, Scott had exactly 5 days of vacation left and was able, with a generous coworker's assistance in covering his shift, to go with me.  Leo stayed with my parents and had a great time being spoiled entertained by them.  We flew to Houston on Friday, 7/27, got Leo settled and left for Oahu bright and early Saturday morning.  We rented a great little red Jeep which proved to be quite fun as we toured the island.  We did a ton of snorkeling with brightly colored fish and beautiful, HUGE sea turtles.  Had the most AMAZING snowcone EVER...yep, they put sweetened condensed milk on top....HOLY MOLY!!!!   We were also able to go to a luau, Pearl harbor, the North Shore, and ate a lot of great fish.

 Please excuse the hair and no makeup...we had been snorkeling...

 Yep, there's a hole in my shirt...I'm classy like that!

 View from our balcony!

 Special thanks to Grammy and Papa for keeping Leo.

 My little blonde Hawaiian in his new digs!

Of course, it wasn't all play.  I attended my conference and presented on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  Made some great connections and heard some great talks.  Overall, we are so blessed that OC gave us this opportunity to get away, learn about some new movements in the education field, and enjoy God's beautiful creation.