What we did last summer...

I can't believe I forgot to tell you about our summer vacation trip in Hawaii....
My husbands cousins are great at planning a family reunion every other year, but this year was different...1st we weren't suppose to have a reunion this summer as last year we met in Bodega Bay. 2nd one of the cousins wanted to do it big. I mean really big! His nick name is Big Daddy. Anyway it was his 50th birthday. So he and his wife Zoe, well mostly Zoe, planned an all expenses paid extravaganza at the Grand Wailea in Maui, but not just at the hotel...oh no, we had 9 condominiums at the Grand Wailea. Did I mention there were sixty people??? So here are a few of the highlights from the trip...

We took a day trip to another Island which includes a day of snorkeling, volleyball, sunning and dinner...

Our host "Big Daddy" his wife Zoe. There last name is Campbell like the soup so they call there family Team Soup....and as you can tell Team Soup had more flavors to be added to the long line of soups...see below for the latest....


One thing that is traditional with the family reunions is that every family usually takes turns hosting a dinner. This year was a bit different because of the sheer quantity of people. So we mostly band together by condo to host a meal. We worked with our condo-mates to create a feast of a dinner. Included grilled fish, lime-coconut rice with cilantro, chicken wings, Chinese long beans and a mixed green salad with nuts, blue cheese and raspberries. Sorry for some reason no photos?

We didn't make dessert that night so I did make cupcakes one night mostly to celebrate Team Soups upcoming additions...
No Hawaiian trip is complete without the quintessential Luau....

There were so many amazing moments, we cannot express how much this trip meant to us nor can we possibly even begin to thank Kevin and Zoe enough for all the memories...

Congratulations on their new additions to the Soup Mix!