Hawaii Pictures

A picture I snapped on our way to our resort I like to call it ...

"Sunset Over Maui"

(original, I know)

The view from the girl's bedroom

Hawaii Two

Mom in the kitchen, doing dishes in Hawaii is MUCH better than doing dishes at home!

Jenny, Joshua, and Leah splashing in the waves!

Mom singing to Boo. Boo doesn't like the sand, water, or wind ... YET!

Daddy being cool!

ALOHA! (and pictures!)

Almost all of our stuff!

At Lambert Airport (STL) at 4:00 AM!

Dad and Josh on the plane to Dallas

Brian, Leah, and Emily at the Dallas airport at 9:30 AM

Leah was very interested in the safety procedures

Brian and Emily on the plane to Maui!

(Brian had an asthma attack half way through the flight, we were about to leave CA and fly over the ocean for 4 hours. They said we couldn't use his nebulizer, so he used his inhaler and Mom was thinking we would need to land the plane before we are in the middle of the ocean. After 10 minutes, they said he could use the nebulizer if he had to, but we would need an AC/DC adapter, and we didn't have one. It turns out one of the pilots did bring an adapter. Luckily, we didn't need to use it!)

We're Here

We arrived at the Maui airport at 8 PM (after getting up at 3 AM). It took an hour and a half to get to our hotel, but the drive was along the beach and we saw whales! We are leaving now for a walk on the beach. Will update with pictures later today!

Last Post Before Take Off

OK, I still haven't gotten the pictures off my camera, but I will soon. We are leaving 3:30 AM or so tomorrow morning to catch our flight. We will arrive in Maui at 4:00 PM local time, or 8:00 PM Missouri time. OUCH! Ten or so of those hours will be spent in a plane.

We have packed everything, including an entire lunchbox full of medications, since 8 of the 9 of us are on antibiotics (I finally succumbed to the illness, but it is only a sinus infection, but since the pressurized cabins of a plane are nothing like the pressure outside, I am a little nervous about how that will go!) Getting on and off the plane and through the airport is the biggest foreseeable issue. The buddy system is definitely going to get a work out tomorrow! (I figure if it kept millions of kids from drowning at summer camp, it should keep the 9 of us together through three airports!)

Well, got to go finish the last minute details (like blow drying my hair and finding my tennis shoes). ALOHA!

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HAWAII HERE WE COME!

We are getting ready to leave for Hawaii, and so I decided that our blog must reflect what is on our minds! I will be uploading pictures of our travel preparations soon! (I just have to figure out the best way to take the pictures off my new camera and edit them before putting them up here)! So, I will be back soon ;)

Various Events

As I sit here and eat my Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia Frozen Yogurt, I decided that instead of studying for my upcoming Humanities CLEP, I will upload some pictures of what has been happening lately!

Boo's beloved Minnie hat!

A crocheted quilt/afghan Emily recently made.

SNOW!