I am guilty on non-blogging! So sorry...so much has been going on, too. Let's catch up, shall we?
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| The McGoon clan in Colorado Springs |
Since I last wrote John and I went to the mainland, a couple of days in California and a few in Colorado for my tri-annual family reunion... yes every three years the McGoon clan gathers in a differnt location to talk and gossip and visit and hug it out... and yes, I did say "McGoon".. what are you going to do about it?? All of my McGoon girl cousins and sisters agree we might have married just for a name change and we certainly didn't take back our maiden names when the occasion arose! Can you blame us? Here we were in Colorado Springs. This is my Dad's side of the family. It is funny, even only seeing each other every 3 years I feel so close to my cousins and they are all invited to Hawaii! Next reunion, 2015 in San Diego!
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| Nana, Kayla, Papa and Kirsten |
I was so happy there as I got to get my hands on my grand-daughters and give them crazy hugs! How cute are these girls? Kirsten even slept with Nana and Papa because she missed us so bad! I am praying they come here for Christmas so bad!
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| Joan, Leigh, Renn (me), Dinah and Teri |
We also had dinner with my girls, the Fab Five, thanks to our fabulous hosts Joan and Dave... a delicous dinner with everyone contributing but as always, the fun part was getting a photo we all liked... not possible I might add.. but I like this one. We are all so different and bring differnet things to the table, so to speak, but we get along great and our husbands do, too! Always a plus!
I also got to check in with Carolina, Shadow and my little Layla who were on an RV adventure before they join us here in Hawaii! Layla is growing so fast and was happy to show me her "sweet RV" and tell me about her adventures. We got to sit under "Balancing Rock" at the Garden of the Gods in CO and it felt so good to have her tucked up next to me and have her announcing she needed "Papa Time"! It was a whirlwind week and then back to the Island... too fast!
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| Ippy loves avocados! |
Of course, once we got back we got to pick up out little Ippy, the goat! We are still getting to know Ippy as he is a little skittish. I tried making him goat treat from a web recipe but he doesn't care about them. Today I found he loves avocados... luck for us since we have 42 avocado trees! Check out his avocado mouth in this picture!
My garden is growing by leaps and bounds and I'll give you some pictures next time. for now i want to say I'm working on the Mac Nut Flavor menu and trying to figure out how to market! I took some with me to the mainland and got great praise! I make killer Mac Nut Brittle and have developed some nut flavors - Curry, Garlic Onion, Chocolate Glazed, Cinnamon Sugar, Tomato-Basil, Mai-Tai, Salt and Vinegar and more...now need to figure out marketing and such! Our lilikoi (passionfruit) to rippening like crazy so I've been able to make some yummy Lilikoi Jelly and freezing alot of juice to work with. I've even made a couple of sales!
I'm putting it out there... if anyone knows how to create a webpage which also has a shopping cart I'm willing to trade product for help in this area.. I promise you won't be disappointed!
Until my next post, Aloha, it wont be so long...let me leve you with these cute surfing dogs we saw Sunday at Hookena Beach!
