well so far Hawaii has been good to us:) the first couple of weeks were a complete blur. moving is always stressful and the bigger our family gets the more stressed out i seem to get. For some reason or another though this one has taken the cake.. by far! maybe its leaving the majority of our belongings and the things that have made home feel like home behind, maybe its going overseas homeless praying housing is not impossible to find..or maybe just maybe its bumping up our rent to triple what we pay in Omaha..yep that might be it:) either way to say the least by the time we found our place here and found things randomly to furnish it we were all completely drained emotionally, mentally and physically.
This last week seth has started work and things have finally slowed down enough that I feel like I can enjoy all the beauty here and really soak it in..let me tell ya..Its been GREAT!
I havent taken any pics of our place yet besides on my phone so ill have to do that still but for all the family and friends wanting to see some pictures here you all go..
Gravy Bug all ready for his first plane ride ever..he giggled so hard during take off:)
Briggy Boy and his get "the camera out of my face smile":)
we stayed in waikiki while we looked for housing, (this was in the condo we rented) we went for a walk through the shopping strip and got the cheapest thing we could find..ice cream! This is gray after eating his ice cream and of course he is this messy because in the words of Graysen.." no my do it!" and no one is ever allowed to help..thank heavens for spray n wash..
Our handsome boy seeing all the city lights and happy to finally see the infamous Honolulu, its been the talk of our house for months:)
Parade in Waikiki, Gray was NOT keen on these jumping, dancing dragons..
Rather than saying," look at mommy and smile" I must have said," hey boys show me your gommer faces" cause not one of there smiles is real..turds:)
Kailua Beach park just down the road from our house..
Brig swimming at our pool
Seth and Briggy body surfing
this picture basically sums up this hike.. where do i even begin? It all starts I guess with the simple fact that i heart mountains, and everything that comes with growing up surrounded by them..so needless to say living in the Nebraska has killed this side of me! (not that i dont love NE for all sorts of reasons, but a girl goes a bit crazy with out her favorite hobbies!) anywho.. so as soon as we get settled me and Seth started trail hunting. This was the first one we set out for, its a mild hike to a small waterfall and known to be muddy. long story short, we forgot bug repellant..I was literally devoured and the boys each had maybe one, it rained on and off the entire hike so we were covered from head to toe in mud and it was so crazy slick me and Brig fell a billion times, Seth didnt thankfully because he had Gravy in the backpack but he gave Gray whip lash several times when he would loose his footing..it was hilarious watching us im sure! the best part by far was on our way out Brig was exhausted and starting to get whinny. We were about to pass some people coming the opposite direction when he started and I confidently told him to be tough and just hold on to mommy, that he would be ok we were almost done..sure enough just in time for the strangers to see he slipped taking my feet out from under me and we both went down in a giant sludge of mud..me landing on top of him smashing his face into the mud..im dying typing this reliving it all:) He was furious, especially at the fact that even though we both hurt like crazy i could not stop laughing for the life of me..oh good times.. (P.S. the picture above is AFTER we had gotten to the swimming hole and rinsed off!)
these hikes went much much much better..
