Today is the Day--Gina & Quinn wed

The wedding went off without a hitch and we all were able to enjoy each moment of this special day. It was a beautiful, stress free and magical day. I do believe the memories will stay with us always.

Melissa & Ryan arrive & the Fun Continues

The fun continues and today Melissa, the Maid of Honor, and Ryan arrived.

We are having fun snorkeling since it was high on the list of must do's;), as well as playing on the beach and of course a Hawaiian Luau which is a must for all visitors. 

Got Malasadas???

In June 1882 the British sailing ship 'Monarch' brought Arsenio and Amelia DoRego from San Miguel Island, Portugal to Maui, Hawai’i under contract to work the sugar cane fields. Some 33 years later, their grandson Leonard was born. In 1946 Leonard and his wife Margaret moved to Honolulu with their daughter Diane, age 8. Leonard worked at Snowflake Bakery until he founded Leonard's Bakery in 1952. It is here their famous Malasadas our produced.


A malasada is sort of like a doughnut without the hole. Fried in generously-sized balls of dough until the crust is golden brown with a light and fluffy inside. The malasada has a sweet toasted flavor, both crunchy and chewy. Well, yummy is my only description!

We have arrived in Hawaii-Yahoo

Frank and I elected to arrive a few days prior to the family. We thought a few days by ourselves would give us the chance to relax and allow us to better be available to our family on their arrival. Hey good choice on our part!!! We stayed at an out of the way "old Hawaiian 2 story, outside lobby" hotel, and just a few blocks from the beach.

The day after we arrived it was King Kamehameha Day, big day locally and great day for us personally. King Kamehameha Day was proclaimed in 1871 by King Kamehameha V, to honor his great grandfather, King Kamehameha I. The first King Kamehameha Day was on June 11, 1872, and it was one of the first holidays to be proclaimed when Hawaii became a state in 1959. It is a public holiday of the state of Hawaii and honors Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. 
 We attended the opening ceremonies as well as the all Hawaiian parades that follow (which were only a block from our hotel)

1st comes the bridal shower

Soon our daughter Gina will be married in Hawaii, but today her sister Melissa and maid of honor gave her a wonderful bridal shower with a tropical theme.

There were

creative games and fun activities, and the spread of delicious food to complimented the day.