One Day We Went to Hawaii

We went to Hawaii, and it was amazing.  Marilyn did AWESOME on the 6 hour flight both ways! That was a bit of a worry for me, she is at a hard age to sit still for that long.  But we were totally prepared with Dum Dums and beads and movies and magnets and stickers and all that jazz...so the flight was totally successful.  We got there one night before my parents and Jeff got there so we stayed in a darling little hotel for 1 night.  Emily and Cami were also there, we asked for our rooms to be next to each other...think they could have been any closer? They even connected...how randomly awesome slash weird right?

It was amazing because while Marilyn and Cami were both champs on the plane ride over, they still however struggled with the time change.  They both woke up at 3 am and were ready to play...so it was nice to have both rooms where some could sleep and some could run around like maniacs and watch movies and play games.  We got them this little tea set to play with...funny right? Cause how did they even know what a tea pot was?

Then, after a LONG morning, my parents arrived and the real fun started! We checked in immediately and the rest of the trip blurred into memories of greatness.   Here are some of my favorite moments...

The view from our room...incredible! When Marilyn took her naps in the afternoon, I was either rocking my mom at a hard core game of Peanuts or sitting looking at this view!

Sorta rocks that our anniversary was 2 days before we left! My parents were nice enough to watch Missy so we could go exploring slash celebrating our love. 

The lawn in front of our room was UBER important, we played ring-a-round-the-rosies and did summer salts and played tag and laid down and so many other things while we waited for the Dad to get the car.  Good times..

We went to this funny place that had bumper boats that shot water at each other? AWESOME! Marilyn liked it for about 10 minutes and then spotted the rock wall, so she peaced out pretty quick...but we had a super fun time!

This was a totally necessary addition to our dress up box right?

We were all pleasantly surprised how well Marilyn and Cami played together! They did so good and were buddies the whole trip!

The beach was amazing...I could have stayed there all day every second!

This is Tom holding Marilyn and Jeff holding Camille in the ocean...So adorable right?

When I was 2 my Mar Mar and Far Far brought me a French Bikini from France, (so it had not top) and said it was only for swimming in their jacuzzi...so OBVIOUSLY for tradition sake, Grammie bought this string bikini for Marilyn (for use only in Hawaii and at her house).  She was so cute in it...even though it was ridiculously immodest!

The girls loved looking at the trees and grass from the window...

Basically, it was the best trip ever! We completely relaxed and had tons of time to unwind.  I was so sad when it was over because we had to come back to reality and do laundry and work.  But mostly I was sad we had to leave my family, we treasure the moments we get with them. 

Love you Hawaii...