Our 2 weeks in Hawaii

People keep telling us it's like we're running a toddler daycare. :) Word to the wise - don't take your whole toddler daycare on 30+ hour travels! 11 hour flight, then 5 hour layover, then 3 hour flight, then 1 hour bus ride. Add in customs, immigration, security, luggage, and potty training, and it is enough to make the whole gang have a meltdown. And the next day we kept on traveling to get back to our city. Then a flight was cancelled, then it took yet another day. We are so happy to be home!



Dustin, Jamie and Katie Hobbs came to visit us in Hawaii too! They were such a great encouragement to us, and it was wonderfully refreshing to be with them! We lived with them a few years ago when we were homeless (in our transition phase of moving overseas). Our kids had a lot of fun with their sweet Katie (2 years old). They also babysat for us and brought us lots of cool things from California... including a video our friends made for us of themselves. Very fun! Thanks friends!!




Dance party on the side patio. "If you're happy and you know it...."








It was such a blessing to hang out with my Grandma and my Great Aunt Jeannie in Hawaii. They watched the kids while we went out to eat, they helped feed and bathe the little people. They played outside with them in the grass too! Grass is a novelty for our kids.




You can never have too many rocks, sticks and leaves for your rock, stick, and leaf collection.