Dan took a few days of leave and we went to downtown Waikiki and stayed at the Hale Koa. It's a nice hotel on Waikiki beach that's for active and retired military. We ate at this amazing buffet on Father's Day that has a huge aquarium. We got to sit right next to it and watch the diver come in to feed the fish. We visited the Sea Life Park, the Bishop Museum and played at the beach. It was quite the whirlwind vacation. I met this amazing couple by the beach that were 78 and 84 years old. They are on no medication, the husband survived an anurism (i'm sure i spelled that wrong), and looked great. She told me that they eat a ton of garlic and extra virgin olive oil. Not a lot of meat and lots of brown rice, beans, lentils, etc. They also swim every day and walk often. It was really inspiring. She also uses homeopathics, herbs and a cookbook that tell you what to eat for whatever is wrong with you. Too bad I was eating a nasty bacon cheeseburger from the snack shack. Talk about embarassing. While they were visiting Portugal her husband fell and hit his head. They went to the hospital and recieved amazing care. The specialists were sleeping at the hospital so no one had to be called to come in. He went home with 3 perscriptions that cost $23 all together and were all homeopathic!!!!
We had fun...the boys were wild, though. We're going to start up a "bean" reward system. They can earn and lose them according to their behavior. I think I'm going to try and paint them gold to make it more fun looking. I think losing their beans may have helped keep them on track this weekend. Now I just need to decide what they can "buy" with their beans and how many beans will buy what. Any ideas??
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