Alarm rings at 3:30 a.m. with the sound of hustle and bustle right outside my door. Who knew last semester would go so fast? I jumped out of bed as quickly as I could knowing that I had to be out the door in fifteen minutes. Luckily I had finished packing about two hours before so I was ready to go. I do the little hula to my mom as she is racing through the house doing what moms do right before you leave on a long journey. Soon enough we were in the car ready to go. Jeff was ready with the camera in my face, within the first few minutes. Conveniently it was too dark to see a thing. We picked up Jon and Ging with little J on the way and we were off to the airport, Brady Bunch style with bags overfilling the backseat. With a quick wave and some thank yous we said goodbye to the Bradshaw's, who lucked out on being the designated drivers. We rushed through the security and were on the plane before we had time to breathe. With a roll call and a thumbs up we were off into the air, Honolulu was just hours away. 


Like all great adventures, it was over way too soon, however, an endless amount of memories had been created and will stay with us forever...

• Jonah earns best baby on plane award
• perfect beach scene
• north shore adventure with surf boards with mom and jon
• Jon matching his lobster on his tall with redness ("don't worry it will be golden brown tomorrow")
• Mom catching her first wave
• endless nurts
• temple (future wedding?)
• coconut tree climber.... wait that was Nate
• trip around the world to New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa and many others
• Pearl Harbor sad and memorable with the cutest old men, survivors, I have ever met
• swap meet. greatest water bottle I've ever been the owner of. Thanks Dave.
• drunk man passed out on the beach getting a ticket
• ten blisters well earned by a 4 a.m. excursion to the stairway to heaven with Jon and Nate
• well earned beach time with Ging
• 20 min plane ride to kauai
• hello mini van and ghetto gangsta cruiser
• shaved ice + coconut + bahama mama + snow capped + a little heaojvva?? ice cream on the bottom = paradise
• breath taking condo we get to stay in
• room arrangements... questionable
• pool time. yes please. every day for 4 hours at least
• boogie boarding
• more shaved ice (people know us as regulars by the time we leave)
• reading by the pool
• some pool football with jon and jenson
• running in the rain along the beach
• shopping adventures with the best family shopper. jeff.
• road trip to the north shore. 
• another beach day! boogie boards, Maui babe tanning lotion, nothing better
• asleep by 10:30
• hungry man search for a Mexican restaurant 
• Mom and dave romantic cruise getaway 
• family pictures
• Aloha! church
• long journey home through the night

So much fun and I miss spending every minute with my family. Maybe we should buy a mansion and all live in it together? Yep. I support it.