A JOYFUL NOISE

From September 5-12, our family (my Mom, Dad, Grandma, uncle, aunt, and cousin) went to Hawaii. It was a great trip! Mom, Dad, and I landed in Honolulu around 2:30pm Hawaii time (I think that's about 8:30 or so East Coast time). Anyhow, it was a LONG 14 hr flight. The layover to Hawaii was only 20 minutes from Charlotte to Phoenix (which the flight there was about 4 hrs long); and the layover from Phoenix to Honolulu was only an hr, w/ a flight of 6 hrs! The time in Oahu was wonderful; we were supposed to go to Mai, but it didn't work out because my grandma wasn't feeling well part of the trip so we decided to stay in Oahu the whole time. Here are some pics to share.........ENJOY! Picture from the airplane of one of the Island in Hawaii. Arrived at the Honolulu airport!! At the Polynesian Cultural Center---the whole family! This is the Diamond Back Volcano/Crater hike that my cousin and I hiked. It was a rough 760 feet high hike....very rocky and steep.....and ...

Yesterday was my birthday Yesterday I turned 30. Yesterday.....I once again saw the blessings in my life. For MONTHS....for some reason I was so bummed about turning 30. I mean, think about it. You are no longer in your 20s......scary thought. I have people who knows me but doesn't know my age who thinks I am in my mid 20s.....one coworker thought I was only 25----bless her heart! Ha-ha! She said I could pass for a mid-twenty year old. Hmmm.... maybe my Oil of Olay is work (j/k... I really don't use it...I'm actually allergic to it). Anyhow, I was showered w/ bunches of birthday wishes from friends and from my clients. I think my clients were more excited about my birthday then I was. Not that there was cake or ice cream or what not....my clients just kept coming to me w/ hugs and yelling "happy bday!!!". I will get cards made out of ripped pieces of paper that will read "hapy bithday, beky" (remember, guys, my clients have dev...