Even with all the abundant Hawaiian buffet breakfasts, I'm at 245. Wahoo!

I swam every day, snorkeled, walked a lot on deep-sandy beaches (those are tiring!), and even paddled an outrigger canoe. It was a blast. Also got some quality time in with D*H, which was nice. We never really had a honeymoon.

I was so proud of our daughter. She's 11 and a month ago wasn't comfortable swimming across a lap pool for a swim test. It took her three tries before they let her pass. This last week, though, she was swimming in open ocean with sea turtles and all kinds of fish, not just a little bit, but with abandon. She loved it. She's even talking about being a marine biologist one day. She's so into animals. I think she grew about an inch this last two weeks, too. Hawaii was good for her.

It was good for all of us.

Roxy