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I left My Heart in Aulani- Day 8

When E woke up on Thursday, she asked if we were going home today.  When A. and I told her yes, she asked if we could “make a deal” to stay one more day and go home “another day.”  As … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 7

So, I clearly did not meet my personal (soft) deadline of finishing up my blog series on our Aulani trip by the end of July, but I do intend to wrap it up this week. When we woke up on … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 6

When we awoke Tuesday Morning, E seemed to be feeling better, but we wanted to play it safe.  After my hospitalization in April and A.’s mysterious mouth tumor still pending results (which ended up being benign by the way) the … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 5

I know I disappeared for a while, but I’m going to try my hardest to wrap up our vacation series before July ends.   When Monday came around, we were all a little sad, we knew that we now had … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Hair and Makeup

I am not a beauty expert, but I do appreciate recommendations on fashionable yet easy vacation looks. I know, this likely sounds like it’ll be a boring entry, and maybe it will be, but I know that as I was … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 4 Part 2

We decided to head into North Shore in search of Sea Turtles (and Ted’s Cream Pie).  All of my online scouting had told me to head down Kamehameha Highway to find beaches frequented by sea turtles.  To clarify, this is a … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 4 Part 1

I’d like to preface this post with saying that I am currently listening to both the “Lava” score as well as the Aulani soundtrack because my heart is longing to be back in Hawaii tonight. Sunday was a very, very … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 3 Part 2

After we picked E up from Aunty’s Beach House, I had promised her some pool time.  As we were changing her into her swim suit, I asked if she wanted to go back to Aunty’s to learn the hula (dancing). … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 3 Part 1

Jet-lag was still my BFF come Saturday morning, so I woke up to review the Daily ‘Iwa to make a game plan for what activities we’d be attempting to sign E up for Saturday. I was only going to do … Continue reading

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I Left My Heart in Aulani- Day 2 Part 2

Nap time didn’t exactly go as planned (of course).  E fell asleep in the car and woke up once we got back to Aulani.  She was a bit grumpy as she was only asleep about 40 minutes and of course … Continue reading

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