Hawaii

Josh and I booked a trip to Hawaii on my birthday in January and we were so excited!!!! We have never been on a trip together like this, in fact the only time we have ever been away together was for Josh’s brothers wedding to Oregon or when we have a baby and are in the hospital. So this was something we were really looking forward too. There were many times that we almost canceled our trip but for some reason always decided against that. I will be forever grateful that we didn’t cancel it. It was hard for Josh to leave work and it was so hard for me to leave all my kids. We took Raegan because I was still nursing her so I couldn’t leave her, but she was amazingly wonderful, best baby ever. We are so glad that we took the time out of our busy lives and spent time together. I think if you asked us both we would say this saved our marriage this year!! We really needed this time. We flew in to Oahu and stayed there for two days and then flew to Kauai and spent 5 days there. These were both the most beautiful  places in the world!! The most calm, warm, peaceful, wonderful place ever! I could live there and be the happiest person ever! This was an amazing adventure!! We spent so much time with each other and really built a connection that could not have been built any other way. We rented a convertible and drove around the island and had a blast!! We swam in the ocean and saw turtles and whales. I saw my first lighthouse and I love lighthouses! Everything we did was so fun and so wonderful. The food was amazing, the ocean was beautiful, the people were the most friendly people I have ever met. I was so afraid of flying over the ocean for 6 hours, I really did have a hard time with that and it is a struggle for me to ever want to fly again because of it. I just did not want that plane to crash in the ocean I wanted to make it back home to my kids. My sweet Mother watched my kids for me and she took such good care of them, I am so grateful for her. I took hundreds of pictures! I wanted to remember ever moment we had. The only regret I have is not bringing my nice camera. I decided to take pictures with my phone and my other camera because I was worried about carrying my big one around and I could just kick myself because I would have had a lot nicer pictures. But Oh well you live and you learn that’s for sure. Here is my adventure to Hawaii…enjoy!