Vacations

Family time is the most important time in the world!  Nothing else matters when you are spending time with those you love.  We especially love going places with our kids.  In the 23 years that we've been married we have been lucky enough to visit places all over the world.  We have enjoyed places like, Florida, Cabo, New York City, Washington D.C., Ohio, DisneyLand, Vegas, San Francisco, Hawaii, Lake Powell St. George and Tonga.  Some of these places are closer to home than others but the outcome is always the same.  SUPER FANTASTIC FUN!

Our many day trips to NYC always promised grand subway stories to tell on our return.  Like the time when we took a total of 10 people and mustered the courage to use the subway with the crew.  Of course we didn't loose a kid but we did loose my dad's wife!  That was a funny story!  Or what about the time when a homeless fellow drug his entire home in a bag onto the subway and shared a pole with Falisha?  He proceeded to do his morning stretches, toe touches and all.  The stench was incredible!  I truly didn't know humans could smell that bad!  Falisha's eyes got as big a saucers and I can't believe she didn't vomit!  The fellow topped off our subway ride with the the little amount of water he had left in his bottle.  I thought he was going to be friendly and wash the windows but I was wrong.  He decided to bathe himself!  Falisha can always say she shared a pole and a shower with a homeless man! (And kept it together!) lol  Jaden feel asleep on a man with turrets.  (Maybe that was foreshadowing her future roommate in college)  The best by far was the toothless lady who gummed her watermelon all the way from Fulton Street to JFK and then used the tissue from her front zipper on her pants to wipe her face when she was done.

By far the one place that has the most memories and the one place we would all vote to go over and over is Lake Powell.   Lake Powell has been a place where we all can play in the sand, wake board, tube, catch critters of all kinds, sunbath, sight see, play games and just laugh all day long!  There is no other place on earth I'd rather be with my family.  This is the place that we have all caught a fish or two, tied a milk jug onto a carp, lost a game or two at cards, danced, ate yummy food, learned to jump a wake, hold onto a tube like our life depended on it, had the wind whipping our face and sun burns for days!  Simon has been caught trying to wake board off the second level of the houseboat, skinny dipping in the dark with his wife and a life jacket, winning at poker, loosing at poker, and jumping out of the boat going 40 MPH with a life jacket and his legs crossed.  Jaden has visited the emergency room for stitches, spent time quarantined in a bedroom for the 24hr flu, learned to wake board and successfully landed onto a tube as the boat passes by going 20 MPH.  Falisha has also landed the tube as the boat passes by at 20 MPH.  Well, if you count landing and gracefully rolling off the tube all in one motion.  Falisha will also play card games in Lake Powell and no where else.   Simi has also been to the emergency room for a ruptured eardrum while in lake Powell.  The Dr. on duty gave him something so strong he honestly thought he could catch fish from the air!  We laughed at the time even though it really wasn't funny.  Simi usually has a snake wrapped around his neck at some point during the trip.  Jeremy is the youngest Fehoko to be on the lake.  He started going when he was just a newborn.  He was trained to not cry or whine, where a life jacket at all times and be a big boy while at Lake Powell.  He is the best surfer in the group and likes to fish a lot while there!  Tiff usually just runs around all day with the camera and smiles! 

Family vacations are a time for the Fehokos to do things together that we normally don't do.  We love spending time with family and friends making memories that last a lifetime.  Our family vacations have defined us, made us stronger and brought us together.

Whether you take you kids to a hotel down the street or a hotel across the country, time spent away from the demands of life can be rewarding and valuable.  They have brought the Fehoko's such joy over the years.  We encourage everyone to spend time away with FAMILY!