Busy Summer

I just realized it's been a while since I have written anything on our blog. It' s been a busy past six months and things are just starting to slow down.

Here's all the latest. . .

We spent Spring Break in Klamath Falls with Bruce's parents. It was an emotional trip to say the least. His mom ended up in the hospital a couple of times and we really thought she wasn't going to come home. Thankfully she is fine and doing quite well.

School ended pretty uneventfully, but soon after school got out we headed to Bozeman, Montana to take part in the "Merger". Our friends. . .Jeff and Suzy got hitched and we were so grateful to be a part of the whole thing .

We spent a few extra days fishing, playing and touring. Coming home was really tough. . .


A few days after we returned from Montana we packed our bags again, this time we headed down to Kekaha Beach for a week long camping trip to celebrate the 4th of July. We had the best fireworks show ever. . . thanks to Uncle Eric Inada.



What we are realizing this summer is that there is so much to do and so little time. Sheesh, school is about to start back up again and it seems like we just got here.

The Great Hyatt Fiasco

I have come to the conclusion that we are not meant to ever stay at the Grand Hyatt Kauai. Our friend Mike gave us 2 gift certificates for overnight stays at the Hotel and we were so looking forward to it. We tried once in December to go, but it was the weekend that stormed and we would have been stuck in the room with 3 obnoxious boys. So, we decided this was the weekend, January 23-25, 2009. A friend of ours got us a killer room, Ocean View Suite, with access to the Grand Club, spa, etc. The Executive Chef sent up pupus with champagne and a personal note telling us to call his cell phone if we needed reservations.


Sounds like the weekend of the century. . . until the kids showed up today (as planned) and we tried to get wrist bands for the slide. Only 4 people are allowed per room (even if you have a suite and 3 of the 5 people are children!!). They refused to let us use anymore of the facilities unless we paid for a day room which would be $199. Ahhhh, I don't think so! Bruce tried to talk to the front desk manager but he refused. I could see if the hotel was a maximum capacity, but there was hardly anyone in the hotel at all. Apparently there is some new rule about a maximum of 4 people per room. . . period! So what do these people do who have more than 2 children and want to stay at the Hyatt? Anyway, we decided to check out and come home. What else were supposed to do? At least the kids all got to go down the slide once (Nick went down about 6 times).

The part that irritates me the most is my girlfriend just told me that they go there all the time and get tons of wristbands for the pool and no one has ever questioned them.