Flight Back to Reality

Our flight home was quite the experience. It started out smoothly. We flew from Oahu to Portland, where we changed airlines and needless to say planes. Our next plane switch was in Houston, TX. We were really worried we were going to miss our connecting flight in Houston because our plane arrived late. We were running as fast we could through the airport with the kids to get to the next gate, we made it in time because they delayed the flight about 30 minutes, we were relieved!! So we boarded the plane unexpecting of being STUCK on the plane for nearly 7 hours! We happened to be on the plane in Houston when the snow "storm" decided to strike there. They wouldn't let us off the plane because there were no gates available for the plane to drive to (at least that's what they told us). Also, there were loads of planes waiting in line to be deiced on the runway. It felt like we must have been last in that line! Thank goodness our flight wasn't full! I think I would have lost my mind if it had been a full flight! Being pregnant, it's extremely hard to get "comfortable" on a plane seat...sooo, I didn't sleep for more than 24 hours when our traveling initially started. ANYWAY, all in all I suppose it could have been worse. Our kids did a great job of waiting on the plane and kept themselves busy. We finally made it home sweet home! We are finally readjusting to the time here. I think without the delay in houston we might have adjusted sooner, it is certainly an experience we will never forget!

Hawaii!!

We got to go to the North Shore on oahu for vacation this year. We were there for 2 weeks. It was loads of fun. I found a house to rent up in Hauula. It was right near the beach, with easy access to a beautiful view. We went with Luke's sisters family and their kids. It was nice cause our kids got to play with their cousins the whole time. My brother also came out for a little bit of the time we were there. We also saw Luke's parents for a couple days on Oahu. We mostly just relaxed while we were there. We went to the beach as often as possible and just sat while the kids played with their cousins in the water. We did a couple touristy things as well, like the PCC and Hanauma Bay, dole factory (had to get that pineapple ice cream!!), we also went up to see the Heao, of course we ate at Hukilau cafe a couple times, we even had time to stop by wher Luke proposed to me, it's always fun to stop back by there, we also stopped in at Angels, any of you recognize it? We got some huge snow cones there!! We also went to a BYUH Seasiders basketball game, like old times, except this time we didn't sit with the students :) Luke loved walking around campus again at BYUH. We stopped in the seasider a few times for some Haupia (coconut) ice cream, yummy :) I actually began to feel kind of like some weird, old people walking around campus (with no reason to be there), knowing that we really aren't college age anymore! With Luke around though, we still ran into many people, made friends and visited with old friends, and teachers. It was tons of fun to catch up with those who are in the area there still. I already miss it!! I was never really ready to come back home to the cold.

Oregon

We got to go to Oregon to visit Luke's family and friends. The boys loved seeing their Oregon cousins. They also were able to spend time with Luke's grandpa, their great-grandpa. We visited a farm as well while we were there. Fun times :)