A Few Vacation Adventures

Denten, Wade and Ben spent a day marlin fishing and after catching their bait and doing a lot of waiting, the big moment came. Denten feels fortunate he was in the hot seat when the action happened (sorry Wade and Bonj!).

This Blue Marlin weighed close to 300 pounds and was 8-9 feet long... for a guy who likes to fish, just imagine the adreneline...



Reeling him in



The fishermen



Next, a more unfortunate adventure, but memorable just the same. This is Cooper and Dad in the Emergency Room the day after Cooper's face had an unwelcome intense collision with a cement bench.



He'd had a fever for two days and just to be safe we wanted to be sure everything was ok. It turned out his face and head were fine, but he had contracted strep throat! Who knew, he had been so completely pleasant the entire trip!

I wish I could have captured just how terrific his eye looked the night after the smash, it was pretty impressive just how many shades of black and purple were present, but because he couldn't see his own eye, he was just mildly concerned about the tiny scrape on his knee



We wrapped up the week with a visit to a traditional Luau, complete with a roasted pig pulled out of the ground in front of us and all the trimmings. It was pretty good food and lovely entertainment if you're a kid who loves a show (cooper) or a guy who likes a lot of shaking with very limited clothing (ben). The rest of us enjoyed the evening as well!