June 22--Day 1

It was finally our day to leave for Hawaii for a month!! We had all our suitcases packed: 4 to check, 1 to carry on & 2 backpacks.

Paw paw had stayed the night before to take us at 4am to the airport.  Mike & I both wake up before the alarm went off, me at about 2ish & Mike at 3:30.  Kids actually woke up in good moods & were ready to go!!  We said goodbye to Sammy (who is staying with PawPaw, Trudy we took yesterday to be boarded) & headed to the airport.  Our flight was on time & the kids were excited to board!!  It was really a joy to see how excited they were for the plane to take off!!  They loved being in the clouds!

Oh Alex!!  Not a fan of having his picture taken!

They watched movies the whole time & did a great job!!

It was about a 3 1/2 hour flight to San Fran, where we were supposed to have only a 1 1/2 hr lay over, but our plane was delayed & we ended up spending 4 hours!!  But we were lucky that Mike was able to get us into the United Club, which was "fancy" as Kate called it.  They had free snacks & drinks, which the kids loved!!  We finally boarded the plane and Alex fell right to sleep for a few hours of the flight.  Kate watched movies & was very interested in the safety manual!

Here's Kate pretending to sleep on Alex.

Mike & I had free flight drinks!

We were excited to see land again after flying over only water for over 5 hours!!

I was just as excited that all 4 bags made it & then we were on our way to get our rental car with our fingers crossed that all our bags fit!!!

Having our fingers crossed worked, cause the bags barely all fit!!!  Then we were on our way to our condo!!  Here is the inside of our new home for the next month!

But the best part are the views!!!

The grounds are beautiful!!!

I will have to get more pictures of these!!

By the time we got to the condo, it was like 4pm here, but 9pm to us.  I started to feel sick, so Mike took Alex to get some food.  Once I felt a little better, Kate & I unpacked.  We watched TV & at around 7:30 we all went to sleep.  Mike & I were up for almost 24 hours!!!!

LONG DAY---but totally worth it!!!