Hawaii

I am going to rewind to May and finally post about our trip to Hawaii. In short, we loved it. How could you not? I told Jacob though, next time, we are not taking kids. The best part was watching Zach. Everything was a wonder and so much fun to him. Zach was on Idaho time most of the week. He would wake up pretty early so Jacob would take him on walks. They saw slugs, and cock roaches. They would poke the slugs with sticks and leave the cock roaches alone. (Shudder.)  He loved swimming and was so comfortable in the water. He wanted to swim all by himself, with his vest on.

 Sommer caught on to being a beach bum pretty quickly. I was proud of her.

We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center and had a pretty good time walking around and listening to the funny Polynesian performers. I always wonder if they come up with the jokes by themselves or if they are given a script.

We took Zach to the Dole Plantation where he road the train. I have never seen a boy so excited to ride a train in my life! As soon as we got off he asked to go again. He STILL asks to ride the train in Hawaii.

We went to the USS Arizona Memorial. That was pretty sobering. Oil spills out still of the sunken ship. They say it is the tears of the fallen crew members.

We had a great time and I wish we could go back! No kids. Or when they are old enough to not throw tantrums on the airplane.