STEP Retreat Sunset

Staying in our trailer meant we didn’t have to be back for our evening session until 7:00. That meant we could go to the beach after dinner and watch the sun set. So we did…

On the way back to our session we stopped for hot cocoa at the Chocolate Cafe. Mmmmm!!!

We had a great time with fantastic teaching and gorgeous weather! It was really hard to have to go back on Saturday night but we were thankful for the time we had!

Surfin’ At STEP

What a difference a year makes! I am sure that the weather in March couldn’t have been any more different than last year. It was STUNNING!

Warren and Chris spent all morning watching the waves out the Conference Center windows and keeping an eye on the forecast (which was INCREDIBLE!)…

When it was finally time to go, we went to the trailer to change, met Zack and Tatum, picked up a board for Zack and hit Indian Beach, along with about 200 other people!

The parking was a mad house, but there was plenty of space on the beach for our towels and beach chairs! The guys got their boards ready and went out to ride some waves…

Tatum and I enjoyed taking pictures, chatting, snacking, working on my tan in a tank top… It was crazy gorgeous!

   The guys worked up quite an appetite, so we got changed and went to Mo’s for dinner… a Cannon Beach tradition!

Sunset and Goodbye

We got done at the North Shore in time to drive to Ko Olina to watch the sunset one last time before going home. We wandered down to Lagoon #4 and bought frozen Mai Tai’s at Longboards and sat to enjoy the show God puts on every single night but we rarely get to appreciate…

Chris needs a board that looks like this!

  We walked around a bit more and enjoyed the evening and then went to Thai food for supper. Yum!!!

the rice came in the basket inside a plastic bag

Shawn dropped us at the airport in the morning before church. We were a bit early for our flight but we spent so much time deciding on a place to eat breakfast that we missed breakfast altogether and had to eat lunch instead. The Honolulu airport has a TON of purse stores but not many restaurants…

We had a fantastic view out the window when we took off and for the first time, I actually got teary as we took off. I truly love Hawaii and am so blessed that we got to go twice!

      Goodbye, Hawaii! Hope to see you again someday…