Paradise With Our Family

We recently had the most enjoyable visit from two of our daughters, Annie and Sasha.  Annie brought along Ramsi Lin, the granddaughter I had not yet held in my arms. 

It was pure heaven.   

It is true that we are live on a tropical paradise, but all its beauty could not compare with being with my girls. 

Annie has also blogged about this.  I wish I knew how to do the link thing.  But, instead, I'll just say, go to:  russanniesquire.blogspot.com and check out her December 11-12-13-14-and 15 posts.  Really.  You will be so glad you did.  They are wonderful posts.  Much better than what follows here.  But, here goes...

Here they are, just getting off the plane.  That's Annie and Ramsi in front and Sasha right behind them.

Ramsi was all smiles until I tried putting the second ula around her neck. 

As you can see, she quickly forgave me and was all smiles for her newly met grandma.

She looks pretty comfy in her pink lava lava being held by Sister Toala.  Sister Etuale (they are sisters) is sitting right next to them.

There are beautiful waterfalls on all the islands.  We visited this one. 

Another beautiful view with my beautiful daughters.

Samoa is a florist's dream.

This was right outside our beachfront fale.

All three of us bought cute sundresses to wear.

Here we are, waiting for dinner.  The mosquitoes had us for dinner before ours came.  Do I look like I am feeling a little queasy?  I was.  It was a long night for Sister Merrell.  I'm glad I wasn't contagious...I just wish I had chosen the chicken for lunch instead of the fish.

Look at these great shells we found in the ocean. 

A view of the market.  This part was mostly fruits and veggies.  The handcrafts section is towards the back.

Here's Ramsi and me feeding the chickens.

Here we are at High Tea at the Plantation House.  I was still so sick when it was time to go, but I decided to venture out.  Good company and herbal tea was the best medicine I could have taken.  I'm so glad I went.

The girls' last night here, we went to a fiafia at Aggie Grey's.  It was a fun last night.

After the girls left, I discovered that my flashdrive with all my mision pictures had gotten a virus.  I was just sick!  And our computer tech guys were out of town.  Fortuantely for me, when Sam returned, he worked his magic and got my pictures back.  Watch on my facebook page for a more complete album.